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1. Dune (1984)
PG-13 | 137 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
A Duke's son leads desert warriors against the galactic emperor and his father's evil nemesis to free their desert world from the emperor's rule.
Director: David Lynch | Stars: Kyle MacLachlan, Virginia Madsen, Francesca Annis, Leonardo Cimino
Votes: 179,831 | Gross: $30.93M
2. Article 370 (2024)
158 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
After unrest in Kashmir in 2016, local agent Zooni Haksar is chosen for a secret mission by Rajeshwari Swaminathan to end terrorism and economy conflict by abrogating Article 370 without bloodshed.
Director: Aditya Suhas Jambhale | Stars: Yami Gautam, Mohan Agashe, Sukhita Aiyar, Raj Arjun
Votes: 16,670
3. Hotel Mumbai (2018)
R | 123 min | Action, Drama, History
The true story of the Taj Hotel terrorist attack in Mumbai. Hotel staff risk their lives to keep everyone safe as people make unthinkable sacrifices to protect themselves and their families.
Director: Anthony Maras | Stars: Dev Patel, Armie Hammer, Nazanin Boniadi, Anupam Kher
Votes: 70,968 | Gross: $9.65M
4. Jarhead (2005)
R | 125 min | Biography, Drama, War
A psychological study of Marine's state of mind during the Gulf War. Told through the eyes of a U.S. Marine sniper who struggles to cope with boredom, a sense of isolation, and other issues back home.
Director: Sam Mendes | Stars: Jake Gyllenhaal, Jamie Foxx, Lucas Black, Scott MacDonald
Votes: 206,758 | Gross: $62.66M
5. Munich (2005)
R | 164 min | Action, Drama, History
After the Black September capture and massacre of Israeli athletes at the 1972 Olympics, five men are chosen to eliminate the people responsible for that fateful day.
Director: Steven Spielberg | Stars: Eric Bana, Daniel Craig, Marie-Josée Croze, Ciarán Hinds
Votes: 238,401 | Gross: $47.40M
6. Body of Lies (2008)
R | 128 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
A CIA agent on the ground in Jordan hunts down a powerful terrorist leader while being caught between the unclear intentions of his American supervisors and Jordan Intelligence.
Director: Ridley Scott | Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio, Russell Crowe, Mark Strong, Golshifteh Farahani
Votes: 239,662 | Gross: $39.39M
7. Patriots Day (2016)
R | 133 min | Action, Crime, Drama
The story of the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing and the aftermath, which includes the city-wide manhunt to find the terrorists responsible.
Director: Peter Berg | Stars: Mark Wahlberg, Michelle Monaghan, J.K. Simmons, John Goodman
Votes: 112,556 | Gross: $31.89M
8. Charlie Wilson's War (2007)
R | 102 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama
A drama based on a Texas congressman Charlie Wilson's covert dealings in Afghanistan, where his efforts to assist rebels in their war with the Soviets have some unforeseen and long-reaching effects.
Director: Mike Nichols | Stars: Tom Hanks, Julia Roberts, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Amy Adams
Votes: 124,948 | Gross: $66.66M
9. Unlocked (I) (2017)
R | 98 min | Action, Thriller
A CIA interrogator is lured into a ruse that puts London at risk of a biological attack.
Director: Michael Apted | Stars: Noomi Rapace, Orlando Bloom, Toni Collette, John Malkovich
Votes: 38,717
10. Four Lions (2010)
R | 97 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Four incompetent British terrorists set out to train for and commit an act of terror.
Director: Christopher Morris | Stars: Will Adamsdale, Riz Ahmed, Adeel Akhtar, Kayvan Novak
Votes: 85,345 | Gross: $0.30M
11. Executive Decision (1996)
R | 133 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller
When terrorists seize control of an airliner, an intelligence analyst accompanies a commando unit for a midair boarding operation.
Director: Stuart Baird | Stars: Kurt Russell, Halle Berry, Steven Seagal, John Leguizamo
Votes: 61,617 | Gross: $56.57M
12. World Trade Center (2006)
PG-13 | 129 min | Drama, History, Thriller
Two Port Authority police officers become trapped under the rubble of the World Trade Center.
Director: Oliver Stone | Stars: Nicolas Cage, Michael Peña, Maria Bello, Maggie Gyllenhaal
Votes: 87,888 | Gross: $70.28M
13. All the Old Knives (2022)
R | 101 min | Mystery, Thriller
Veteran CIA agent Henry is reunited in Vienna with his former colleague and lover Celia.
Director: Janus Metz | Stars: Goksin Erdemli, Kasia Madera, Chris Pine, Thandiwe Newton
Votes: 28,652
14. Lions for Lambs (2007)
R | 92 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Injuries sustained by two Army rangers behind enemy lines in Afghanistan set off a sequence of events involving a congressman, a journalist and a professor.
Director: Robert Redford | Stars: Tom Cruise, Meryl Streep, Robert Redford, Michael Peña
Votes: 52,731 | Gross: $15.00M
15. Postal (2007)
R | 100 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
In the ironically named city of Paradise, a loser teams up with his cult-leading uncle to steal a peculiar bounty of riches from their local amusement park. The recently arrived Taliban have a similar focus, but a far more sinister intent.
Director: Uwe Boll | Stars: Zack Ward, David Foley, Verne Troyer, Chris Coppola
Votes: 24,120 | Gross: $18.01M
16. Rendition (2007)
R | 122 min | Drama, Thriller
When a terrorist bombing in North Africa kills 19 incl. an American, an Egyptian chemical engineer flying from South Africa to his wife in USA, is arrested upon arriving USA. He disappears. His wife asks senator for help.
Director: Gavin Hood | Stars: Reese Witherspoon, Jake Gyllenhaal, Peter Sarsgaard, Alan Arkin
Votes: 58,224 | Gross: $9.74M
17. Traitor (2008)
PG-13 | 114 min | Action, Crime, Drama
When straight arrow FBI agent Roy Clayton heads up the investigation into a dangerous international conspiracy, all clues seem to lead back to former U.S. Special Operations officer, Samir Horn.
Director: Jeffrey Nachmanoff | Stars: Don Cheadle, Guy Pearce, Archie Panjabi, Saïd Taghmaoui
Votes: 59,119 | Gross: $23.53M
18. Happy End (2017)
R | 107 min | Drama
A well-to-do French family deals with a series of setbacks and crises.
Director: Michael Haneke | Stars: Isabelle Huppert, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Mathieu Kassovitz, Fantine Harduin
Votes: 16,945 | Gross: $0.30M
19. Lila dit ça (2004)
R | 89 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
Two inner-city teenagers engage in an obsessive, innocent flirtation fueled by Lila's sexually explicit overtures.
Director: Ziad Doueiri | Stars: Vahina Giocante, Moa Khouas, Karim Ben Haddou, Lotfi Chakri
Votes: 5,054 | Gross: $0.12M
20. The Messenger (I) (2009)
R | 113 min | Drama, Romance, War
An American soldier struggles with an ethical dilemma when he becomes involved with a widow of a fallen officer.
Director: Oren Moverman | Stars: Ben Foster, Samantha Morton, Woody Harrelson, Jena Malone
Votes: 36,790 | Gross: $0.07M
21. Redemption Day (2021)
R | 99 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
When the love of his life is kidnapped and held for ransom by terrorists, a war hero Brad Paxton races against the clock to rescue her in a daring and deadly operation that pits him against the most powerful and shadowy forces.
Director: Hicham Hajji | Stars: Gary Dourdan, Serinda Swan, Andy Garcia, Brice Bexter
Votes: 24,253
22. Religulous (2008)
R | 101 min | Documentary, Comedy, War
Bill Maher's take on the current state of world religion.
Director: Larry Charles | Stars: Bill Maher, Tal Bachman, Jonathan Boulden, Steven Burg
Votes: 60,253 | Gross: $13.00M
23. Profile (I) (2018)
R | 106 min | Mystery, Thriller
An undercover British journalist infiltrates the online propaganda channels of the so-called Islamic State, only to be sucked in by her recruiter.
Director: Timur Bekmambetov | Stars: Valene Kane, Morgan Watkins, Christine Adams, Kate Watson
Votes: 7,018
24. Restrepo (2010)
R | 93 min | Documentary, Biography, History
A year with one platoon in the deadliest valley in Afghanistan.
Directors: Tim Hetherington, Sebastian Junger | Stars: The Men of Battle Company 2nd of the 503rd Infantry Regiment 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team, Juan 'Doc Restrepo, Dan Kearney, LaMonta Caldwell
Votes: 24,425 | Gross: $1.33M
25. Sleeper Cell (2005–2006)
TV-MA | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
An American undercover FBI agent is assigned to infiltrate a terrorist sleeper cell that is planning an attack in Los Angeles.
Stars: Michael Ealy, Oded Fehr, Henri Lubatti, Melissa Sagemiller
Votes: 6,724
26. A Mighty Heart (2007)
R | 108 min | Biography, Drama, History
Mariane Pearl embarks on a frantic search to locate her journalist husband Daniel when he goes missing in Pakistan.
Director: Michael Winterbottom | Stars: Angelina Jolie, Dan Futterman, Irrfan Khan, Archie Panjabi
Votes: 28,223 | Gross: $9.18M
27. Timbuktu (2014)
PG-13 | 96 min | Drama, War
A cattle herder and his family who reside in the dunes of Timbuktu find their quiet lives -- which are typically free of the Jihadists determined to control their faith -- abruptly disturbed.
Director: Abderrahmane Sissako | Stars: Ibrahim Ahmed, Abel Jafri, Toulou Kiki, Layla Walet Mohamed
Votes: 18,291 | Gross: $1.08M
28. The State (2017– )
Drama, Thriller
A look at the lives of four British citizens who join ISIS in Syria.
Stars: Ony Uhiara, Sam Otto, Jessica Gunning, Hiam Abbass
Votes: 1,603
29. Wrong Is Right (1982)
R | 117 min | Comedy, Drama, Thriller
A TV reporter finds himself in the middle of an Arab leader buying two portable nukes, terrorists, arms dealer, a reporter/CIA spy killed, a US president ordering a K-I-L-L etc.
Director: Richard Brooks | Stars: Sean Connery, George Grizzard, Robert Conrad, Katharine Ross
Votes: 2,267 | Gross: $3.38M
30. 9th Company (2005)
R | 139 min | Action, Drama, History
A group of Russian army recruits complete training and take their posting in late-1980s Afghanistan, where the insurgents are slowly gaining the upper hand.
Director: Fedor Bondarchuk | Stars: Artur Smolyaninov, Aleksey Chadov, Konstantin Kryukov, Ivan Kokorin
Votes: 21,689
31. Vishwaroopam (2013)
Not Rated | 148 min | Action, Thriller
When a classical dancer's suspecting wife sets an investigator behind him, a series of violent events are triggered, revealing his real identity and connection to a darker world.
Director: Kamal Haasan | Stars: Pooja Kumar, Miles Anderson, Kamal Haasan, Rahul Bose
Votes: 40,953
32. The Power of Nightmares (2004)
60 min | Documentary, History
A series of three documentaries about the use of fear for political gain.
Stars: Gilles Kepel, William Kristol, Melvin Goodman, Richard Perle
Votes: 4,546
33. City of Tiny Lights (2016)
Not Rated | 110 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
In the teeming, multicultural metropolis of modern-day London, a seemingly straightforward missing-person case launches a down-at-heel private eye into a dangerous world of religious fanaticism and political intrigue.
Director: Pete Travis | Stars: Riz Ahmed, Billie Piper, James Krishna Floyd, Cush Jumbo
Votes: 2,495
34. Black & White (I) (2008)
Not Rated | 134 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A spy living in the house in disguise, who has a heart transformation.
Director: Subhash Ghai | Stars: Anil Kapoor, Anurag Sinha, Shefali Shah, Arun Bakshi
Votes: 641
35. Manhunt: The Inside Story of the Hunt for Bin Laden (2013)
TV-14 | 102 min | Documentary, History, War
Filled with testimony and recollections from actual C.I.A. agents, this in-depth account reveals the remarkable true story of the pursuit of the world's most notorious terrorist, Osama bin Laden.
Director: Greg Barker | Stars: Osama bin Laden, Nada Bakos, Marty Martin, Cindy Storer
Votes: 1,173
36. Mission Kashmir (2000)
R | 154 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
A police officer adopts the son and sole survivor of a family he has massacred while pursuing a terrorist. After some time the foster son finds out what the stepfather did.
Director: Vidhu Vinod Chopra | Stars: Sanjay Dutt, Hrithik Roshan, Preity G Zinta, Sonali Kulkarni
Votes: 7,633
37. Eddie Izzard: Dress to Kill (1998 Video)
Unrated | 115 min | Documentary, Comedy
Executive transvestite Eddie Izzard takes his show to San Francisco to give a brief history of pagan and Christian religions, the building of Stonehenge, the birth of the Church of England ... See full summary »
Director: Lawrence Jordan | Star: Eddie Izzard
Votes: 7,519
38. Rogue Warfare (2019)
R | 103 min | Action, War
A group of the best military personnel from the U.S., Russia, UK, China and France join forces to fight an underground terrorist network.
Director: Mike Gunther | Stars: Will Yun Lee, Jermaine Love, Rory Markham, Bertrand-Xavier Corbi
Votes: 1,533
39. Afghan Breakdown (1992)
140 min | War
The events of the film take place on the eve of the withdrawal of Soviet troops from Afghanistan. The son of a high-ranking military man is sent to the paratrooper unit, commanded by Major Bandura.
Director: Vladimir Bortko | Stars: Michele Placido, Tatyana Dogileva, Mikhail Zhigalov, Filipp Yankovskiy
Votes: 561
40. Outsiders (1977)
Not Rated | 120 min | Drama
In protest of forced conversion to Islam, the Ceddo (outsiders) kidnap King Demba War's daughter Princess Dior Yacine and hold her hostage.
Director: Ousmane Sembene | Stars: Tabata Ndiaye, Alioune Fall, Moustapha Yade, Matoura Dia
Votes: 1,093
41. Destiny (1997)
135 min | Comedy, Drama, History
The story is set in the 12th century in Arab-ruled Spanish province Andalusia, where famed philosopher Averroes is appointed grand judge by the caliph and his liberal court judgments are ... See full summary »
Director: Youssef Chahine | Stars: Nour El-Sherif, Layla Olwi, Mahmoud Hemida, Safia El Emari
Votes: 3,202
42. Damascus Under Fire (2018)
113 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
Two Iranian pilots are in a special mission to save the people of a small Syrian city who are surrounded by the terrorists. But they have to face many challenges before manage to accomplish their mission.
Director: Ebrahim Hatamikia | Stars: Babak Hamidian, Hadi Hejazifar, Pierre Dagher, Layth Al-Mufti
Votes: 2,753
43. Labyrinth (2011)
Not Rated | 123 min | Action, Crime, Drama
The story (fictional) of a Turkish intel team trying to stop a terrorist organization trying to conduct attacks in Istanbul. Due to differing positions of TR, the UK and the U.S. towards ... See full summary »
Director: Tolga Örnek | Stars: Timuçin Esen, Meltem Cumbul, Sarp Akkaya, Riza Kocaoglu
Votes: 2,402
44. Heaven Will Wait (2016)
105 min | Drama
Director: Marie-Castille Mention-Schaar | Stars: Noémie Merlant, Naomi Amarger, Sandrine Bonnaire, Clotilde Courau
Votes: 1,033
45. Fiza (2000)
Not Rated | 170 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
In 1993 Fiza's brother Aman disappears during the riots in Mumbai. In 1999 Fiza is tired of waiting and goes looking for him.
Director: Khalid Mohamed | Stars: Karisma Kapoor, Hrithik Roshan, Jaya Bachchan, Shabana Raza
Votes: 4,487 | Gross: $0.62M
46. Path of Blood (2018)
R | 92 min | Documentary
Deep in the Saudi desert, young thrill-seekers at jihadi boot camp sign up to a plot to overthrow the Saudi government. They detonate three horrific car-bombs at Western compounds in ... See full summary »
Director: Jonathan Hacker | Stars: Lily Fletcher, Tom Hollander, Paul Marshall Johnson Jr., Samuel West
Votes: 598
47. When Pigs Have Wings (2011)
98 min | Comedy
After a tempest, fishermen do not find only fish in their nets. That is what happens to Jafaar, a poor fisherman who lives poorly in Gaza. And what he hauls in is really upsetting : imagine... See full summary »
Director: Sylvain Estibal | Stars: Sasson Gabay, Baya Belal, Myriam Tekaïa, Gassan Abbas
Votes: 3,519
48. Medieval II: Total War (2006 Video Game)
T | Action, History, War
A diplomatic, strategic war game set between the years 1080 and 1530, focusing on medieval warfare, religion and politics in Europe, North Africa and the Middle East.
Director: Michael M. Simpson | Stars: Greg Baldwin, Tim Bentinck, Steffan Boje, Walter Bonacker
Votes: 1,298
49. Sinjar (2022)
127 min | Drama
The real-life stories of three women living under Isis and their horrific consequences.
Director: Anna M. Bofarull | Stars: Nora Navas, Halima Ilter, Eman Eido, Guim Puig
Votes: 89
50. Jihad (2017)
144 min | Drama
The most dangerous madmen are those created by religion, and people whose aim is to disrupt the society always know how to make good use of them on occasion. With various outfits of ... See full summary »
Director: Rakesh Parmaar | Stars: Alfeeya Donna, Ahmer Haider, Hyder Kazmi, Bhawani Muzamil
Votes: 68