Topic: Iraq War

Direction Abbas Fahdel

Direction David Simon · Simon Cellan Jones · Susanna White

Cast Alexander Skarsgård · James Ransone · Lee Tergesen · Billy Lush

Synopsis Generation Kill (TV Miniseries) (2008) follows the harrowing journey of the 1st Reconnaissance Battalion, U.S. Marines, during the 2003 invasion of Iraq. Through the eyes of embedded journalist Evan Wright and a diverse group of Marines, the series exposes the...

Direction Charles Ferguson

Synopsis The first film of its kind to chronicle the reasons behind Iraq’s descent into guerilla war, warlord rule, criminality and anarchy, NO END IN SIGHT is a jaw-dropping, insider’s tale of wholesale incompetence, recklessness and venality. Based on over 200...

Direction Javier Corcuera

Direction Jehane Noujaim

Cast Samir Khader · Josh Rushing · Hassam Ibrahim · Deema Khatib

Synopsis A documentary on perception of the United States's war with Iraq, with an emphasis on Al Jazeera's coverage

Direction Mauro Andrizzi

Synopsis Iraqi Short Films by Argentine director Mauro Andrizzi is a compilation of short videos shot in the midst of war, whether by US or British soldiers, Iraqi militia members, or corporate workers. These are not “films” per se. They are...

Direction Deborah Scranton

Synopsis 2006: Tribeca Film Festival: Best Documentary. In March 2004, just as the insurgent movement strengthened, several members of one National Guard unit arrived in Iraq, carrying digital video cameras. THE WAR TAPES is the movie they made with Director Deborah...

Direction Arturo Cisneros

Direction Michael Moore

Cast Michael Moore · George W. Bush · George Bush

Synopsis Fahrenheit 9/11 (Fahrenheit 911) (2004) is a documentary by Michael Moore that examines the aftermath of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks and their impact on American society and politics. The film critiques the Bush administration's response to the attacks,...

Direction Michael Winterbottom · Mat Whitecross

Cast Riz Ahmed · Farhad Harun · Waqar Siddiqui · Arfan Usman

Synopsis In September 2001, the mother of Pakistani Asif Iqbal returns to Tripton in England. She has found a bride for his son in a village not far from Faisalabad. A few days later, Asif goes to the Punjab to meet...

Direction Alice Troughton · Ben A. Williams

Cast Waleed Zuaiter · Corey Stoll · Bertie Carvel · Leem Lubany

Synopsis TV Series (2019). 6 Episodes. In the midst of the chaos, crime and paranoia following Sadam's fall, Iraqi ex-policeman Muhsin al-Khafaji has lost his home, his wife and his career and is battling to keep himself and his ailing daughter...

Direction Errol Morris

Synopsis Can a photograph change the world? In 2004, twelve photographs taken at the prison at Abu Ghraib in Baghdad changed the war in Iraq and had considerable consequences for the way the USA sees itself as a nation. The photographs...

Direction Alex Holmes · Jim O'Hanlon

Cast Yigal Naor · Shohreh Aghdashloo · Philip Arditti · Makram Khoury

Synopsis A mini-series that explores the inner workings of Saddam Hussein's family and his relationship with his closest advisers. Beginning in 1979, when Saddam seized control of Iraq in a bloody coup, the miniseries details the impact of his political ambitions...

Direction Fátima Lianes

Synopsis The story tells the greatest attack against the Spanish Intelligence Service agents, which were victims of an ambush on November 29, 2003 in Iraq. Nineteen years later, those who lived those days and worked alongside the agents remember this tragic...

Direction Jon Sistiaga

Cast Jon Sistiaga

Direction Paul Haggis

Cast Tommy Lee Jones · Charlize Theron · Susan Sarandon · Jason Patric

Synopsis In the Valley of Elah (2007) follows Hank Deerfield, a retired military investigator, as he searches for his son Mike, a soldier who recently returned from Iraq but has gone missing. When Mike's body is found brutally dismembered and burned,...

Direction Kathryn Bigelow

Cast Jeremy Renner · Anthony Mackie · Brian Geraghty · Guy Pearce

Synopsis The Hurt Locker (2008) follows an elite U.S. Army Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) team during the Iraq War. The story centers on Sergeant First Class William James, a reckless yet highly skilled bomb technician, as he takes over the team....

Direction Robert Greenwald

Synopsis Interviews with varied U.S officials and experts offer a deconstruction on the Bush administration's case for war in Iraq in the wake of 9/11.

Direction Nick Murphy

Cast James Nesbitt · Stephen Graham · Warren Brown · Nonso Anozie

Synopsis Three ex-servicemen return to Basra, each for a different reason.

Direction Jon Alpert · Ellen Goosenberg Kent · Matthew O'Neill

Synopsis With suicide rates among active military servicemen and veterans currently on the rise, the HBO special WARTORN 1861-2010 brings urgent attention to the invisible wounds of war. Drawing on personal stories of American soldiers whose lives and psyches were torn...