1. Brothers
When his helicopter goes down during his fourth tour of duty in Afghanistan, Marine Sam Cahill is presumed dead. Back home, brother Tommy steps in to look over Sam’s wife, Grace, and two children. Sam’s surprise homecoming triggers domestic mayhem.
It has an average vote of 7.324 on TMDB.
2. Rory Fanning: From Ranger to Resister
After ex-NFL star turned soldier Pat Tillman's death is covered up by the U.S. Army, Rory Fanning is discharged from the Army for resisting a second combat tour. Back home, he walks across the country while studying the history of war resistors.
3. Region of Heroes (Область героїв)
Film reconstruction of five real stories about the heroic deeds of the residents of Kyiv region during the Russian occupation. A story about those who heroically and selflessly saved tens of thousands of Ukrainian lives.
It has an average vote of 8 on TMDB.
4. The Stopover (Voir du pays)
At the end of their tour of duty in Afghanistan, two young military women, Aurore and Marine, are given three days of decompression leave with their unit at a five-star resort in Cyprus, among tourists. But it's not that easy to forget the war and leave the violence behind.
It has an average vote of 5.4 on TMDB.
5. Afghanistan : vivre en pays taliban (Afghanistan : vivre en pays taliban)
By immersing themselves in a Taliban village, and after gaining very rare access to major institutions, the directors shed a disturbing light on today's Taliban society, and on the workings of this ultra-conservative parallel state. whose leaders have just symbolically moved into the presidential palace, to assert a stranglehold that foreshadows the Afghanistan of tomorrow.
6. Afghánistán bez obalu (Afghánistán bez obalu)
(Afghánistán bez obalu)
7. The Soldier's Star (L'étoile du soldat)
A Russian guitarist was enlisted in 1984 in the Afghan war. Imprisoned, he will meet an Afghan musician and a French journalist.
8. Massoud the Afghan (Massoud, l'Afghan)
The friendship between Christophe de Ponfilly and Commander Massoud, a legendary figure of the Afghan resistance against the Soviet invader, goes back to the filmmaker's first film, "A Valley Against an Empire", made in 1981. Fifteen years later, weakened, isolated, betrayed by many of his own, the "Lion of Panshir" has not surrendered to his new and implacable enemies, the Taliban. While preparing his next offensive, he evokes his commitment and his fights, and bears witness to a history in which he has been one of the main actors for twenty years. At the same time, the director questions the role and power of the media, as well as his own approach as a filmmaker. Commander Massoud was killed in an attack in September 2001.
It has an average vote of 8 on TMDB.
9. Afghanistan: War without End?
Key decision makers reveal the inside story of how the West was drawn ever deeper into the Afghan war. Reporter John Ware charts the history of a decade of fighting and looks at when the conflict may end.
It has an average vote of 10 on TMDB.
10. Afghanistan: The Battle for Helmand
Mark Urban tells the inside story of Britain's fight for Helmand, told with unique access to the generals and frontline troops who were there.
11. The Hornet's Nest
Armed only with their cameras, Peabody and Emmy Award-winning conflict Journalist Mike Boettcher, and his son, Carlos, provide unprecedented access into the longest war in U.S. history.
It has an average vote of 6.456 on TMDB.
12. Con Traje y Sin Zapatos (Con Traje y Sin Zapatos)
(Con Traje y Sin Zapatos)
13. Guy Ritchie's The Covenant
During the war in Afghanistan, a local interpreter risks his own life to carry an injured sergeant across miles of grueling terrain.
It has an average vote of 7.763 on TMDB.
14. Mazar Sharif (مزار شریف)
An Iranian diplomat who miraculously survived Taliban's raid on the Iranian consulate in Mazar E Sharif narrates his 19 days of hide and escape to reach Iran's borders meanwhile on the other side, the Iranian troops are preparing for retaliation.
It has an average vote of 6.7 on TMDB.
15. Armadillo (Armadillo)
Danish soldiers are sent to Afghanistan in 2009 for 6 months, to help stabilize the country against the Taliban. They're stationed on Armadillo military base in Helman province. Unlike other war movies, this is the real deal – no actors.
It has an average vote of 7.035 on TMDB.
16. Privacy of Wounds (Privacy of Wounds)
Set as an experiment in a simulated cell in Oslo, three former political prisoners are locked up for three days with no film crew, to revisit their memories of Syria's darkest detention facilities.
17. Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience
A unique documentary about troops' experiences in Iraq and Afghanistan, based on writings by soldiers, Marines, and air men.
It has an average vote of 6.9 on TMDB.
18. Korengal
Korengal picks up where Restrepo left off; the same men, the same valley, the same commanders, but a very different look at the experience of war.
It has an average vote of 6.556 on TMDB.
19. The True Legend of the Eiffel Tower (La Légende vraie de la tour Eiffel)
This movie is a docudrama relating the early history of the Eiffel Tower: From the planning to its first military use.
It has an average vote of 4.7 on TMDB.
20. National Geographic - Inside the Taliban
Six years ago, U.S.-led forces drove the Taliban from power in Afghanistan for providing sanctuary to al Qaeda terrorists. Now, these Islamist militants are back.