Iraq, Afghanistan and The War on Terror

3   7  

Known as the Soviets equivilent to the Vietnam war, this film is their equivilent to 'Platoon'. A well made film based on a true story of a last stand by the Soviets against the Mujahideen.

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12   8.3  

aka The Beast of War

Very good film that represents a moral struggle for a young soldier who disagrees with the actions of his ruthless commander.

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2   0  

Iv'e heard very good things about this movie, but it's pretty hard to get hold of, annoyingly.

217   7.3  

Fictional story about three soldiers who want to get their hands on some Iraqi gold, doesn't take itself too seriously and has some great action scenes. One of my favorites.

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3   8  

Based on a real life undercover SAS mission to find Iraqi Scud missile launchers during the Gulf War in 1991. A little known classic based on the accounts of ex-SAS soldier Andy McNab.

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42   7.2  

The realities of being a sniper during the Gulf War, realistic and well acted. Due to the principle of the film being to show that many of these men are specially trained and bread to kill and then in fact see no action means that the film does feature next ot know battles, so be prepared if you want to check it out.

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34   7.4  

This film follows an Investigation into whether a female chopper commander is worthy of the Medal of Honor after she died in a crash during operation Desert Storm.

2   7  

Based on Chris Ryan's account of the failed Bravo Two Zero mission.

8   10  

US TV film about a TV crew who cover the events of the Iraq war.

4   10  

Outstanding series! From the makers of 'The Wire' comes a highly accurate account of a US recon teams time in the Iraq war.

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17   8  

Follows a US bomb disposal units tour of Iraq. Doesn't seem to be everyones cup of tea, however I personally thought it was a very well made and insightful film. Would recommend to any war movie fan.

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11   9.3  

US Marine Sergeant Nicholas Brody comes home a war hero after serving in Iraq for 8 years, however CIA agent Carrie Mathison suspects he may be plotting a terrorist attack on the US.

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1   0  

BAFTA Award–winning BBC TV serial that follows three soldiers that served in Iraq. After finishing their tour and returning to the UK each is inspired to return to Basra for their own personal reasons.

4   8  

Very different to Generation Kill, less realistic, more of a soap opera/mainstream feel to it, but enjoyed it nonetheless.

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8   7  

Inspired by the non-fiction book 'Imperial Life in the Emerald City', in Green Zone Matt Damon portrays a US Officer who along with his team are investigating in Baghdad for evidence of WMD's. They however stumble across a cover up along the way. This is a good film, I was expecting slightly better, but I enjoyed it nonetheless.

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5   7.3  

Tommy Lee Jones plays a former detective desperatly trying to find out what happened to his son in Iraq and how that lead to his disappearance back home. Not a film to watch if you are after frontline fighting, more of a detective drama, excellent film.

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2   7  

Loosely based on factual events, this movie portrays when 24 Iraqi men, women and children were killed in Haditha (14 alleged to be non-combatants), allegedly by US Marines. A contraversial film, but an interesting watch, a must see for those with a interest in the Iraq War.

(Following the films release all charges against the troops have been dropped due to lack of evidence).

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2   7  

Low budget, but well made fictional story about British soldiers who are framed by their non-com for actions carried out in against prisoners in Iraq. For me, being British, it was nice to see a British movie on the Iraq war and I thought it was a good fictional story built around the Iraq war and the mistreatment of prisoners.

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10   7.5  

A story about the unenviable troops who have to pass on the messages to those that have lost their loved ones.

17   7  

Deals with the issue of Stop-Loss, in which US troops can be sent back into combat even after they have served their allotted time on the front-line. Better than I expected, a good eye opener. Word of note for those looking for combat, it's focus is on back home in the USA, so combat scenes are only really shown near the beginning.

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2   9  

This movie tells the story of a boys who finds his Grand fathers old footlocker with his belongings from WWII in it, the Grandfather tells his Grand Son several stories from his time in the army during WWII and conversely the movie shows future pictures of when his Grand son will serve with the armed forces in Iraq.

20   5.9  

Samuel L. Jackson is the only actor to come out of this without losing respect for me. The movie tries to make some good points about how the war affects the soldiers once they come back home, but I felt it painted a one sided picture of what soldiers go through when they came back from Iraq. An anti-war film that laid it on a bit too thick for me, I wasn't a fan.

By all means if you are interested check it out, I'd read various critical reviews before I checked it out myself.

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16   7.8  

Another film on the effects of combat of the human psyche, well acted and a solid movie.

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1   0  

The Danish original of the above.

2   6  

A French journalist in Afghanistan is kidnapped by the Taliban. A French movie that has more of the kind of elements that you would relate to a traditional war movie - Action!.

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6   7.3  

Involves three intertwining stories following the three main characters based around the Afghan war.

7   8.8  

A chronicle of the decade-long hunt for al-Qaeda terrorist leader Osama bin Laden after the 9/11 attacks, and his death at the hands of the Navy SEAL Team 6 in May, 2011

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5   7.5  

Movie about the U.S Navy SEALs that stars active Navy SEALs and U.S. Navy Special Warfare Combatant Crewmen. As a result the movie is very accurate and action packed, I would highly recommend this to anyone interested in the armed forces, as you would expect however, it is, very American.

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2   9  

Follows the lives of an elite special forces group simply named 'The Unit', focusing both on their missions and their lives at home. Some episodes are first class and the series as a whole is well worth a watch.

“24 meets Desperate Housewives in this gripping US drama…” (Radio Times)

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11   7  

Di Caprio plays a CIA agent operating in Jordan, looking for evidence of terrorist activities. A very solid and easy to follow flick, well worth a watch.

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38   7.4  

Set in Saudi Arabi, is seen by many as a political comment by Peter Berg, but features solid action and acting, worth a look if you're interested.

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3   8  

Acclaimed UK fictional series Based on ex-SAS man Chris Ryan's best selling book 'Strike Back'.

4   7