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Independence Day
1996 film directed by Roland Emmerich
The Hurt Locker
2008 film directed by Kathryn Bigelow
The Exorcist
1973 film directed by William Friedkin
Alexander
2004 film by Oliver Stone
Eternals
2021 film by Chloé Zhao
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
2010 film directed by Mike Newell
Body of Lies
2008 film by Ridley Scott
The Scorpion King
2002 film by Chuck Russell
The Mummy
2017 film directed by Alex Kurtzman
The A-Team
2010 film directed by Joe Carnahan
Hot Shots!
1991 film directed by Jim Abrahams
Buried
2010 film directed by Rodrigo Cortés
Hot Shots! Part Deux
1993 film directed by Jim Abrahams
Three Kings
1999 film by David O. Russell
War Dogs
2016 film by Todd Phillips
Valley of the Wolves: Iraq
2006 film by Serdar Akar
The Baader Meinhof Complex
2008 film by Uli Edel
Courage Under Fire
1996 film directed by Edward Zwick
Ek Tha Tiger
2012 film by Kabir Khan
Deliver Us from Evil
2014 film by Scott Derrickson
Turtles Can Fly
2004 Kurdish film by Bahman Ghobadi
The Tiger and the Snow
2005 film by Roberto Benigni
Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk
2016 film directed by Ang Lee
Tiger Zinda Hai
2017 film directed by Ali Abbas Zafar
War
2019 film directed by Siddharth Anand
The Devil's Double
2011 film by Lee Tamahori
Warfare (film)
Warfare is a 2025 war film written and directed by Ray Mendoza and Alex Garland. Based on Mendoza's experiences during the Iraq War as a U.S. Navy SEAL, the film depicts an encounter on 19 November 2006 after the Battle of Ramadi. The script is drawn from the testimonies of the platoon members and is presented in real time. It stars an ensemble cast including D'Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai as Mendoza, alongside Will Poulter, Cosmo Jarvis, Kit Connor, Finn Bennett, Joseph Quinn, and Charles Melton. The film is dedicated to platoon member Elliott Miller, who lost his leg and ability to speak in the incident.
The Lost Patrol
1934 film by John Ford
Redacted
2007 film directed by Brian De Palma
Bekas
2012 film by Karzan Kader
Home of the Brave
2006 film directed by Irwin Winkler
Hidden Strike
2023 film directed by Scott Waugh
Half Moon
2006 film directed by Bahman Ghobadi
House of Saddam
2008 TV miniseries
Bagdad
1950 film by Charles Lamont
Mosul
2020 film directed by Matthew Michael Carnahan
Live from Baghdad
2002 television film directed by Mick Jackson
The Lady of Heaven
2021 film directed by Eli King
Penthouse North
2013 film directed by Joseph Ruben
Dawn of the World
2008 film by Abbas Fahdel
Hercules and the Tyrants of Babylon
1964 film by Domenico Paolella
Mayumi
1990 film by Shin Sang-ok
Route Irish
2010 film directed by Ken Loach
Battle for Haditha
2007 film directed by Nick Broomfield
Legend of the Gold of Babylon
1985 film directed by Seijun Suzuki
Karbala
2015 film directed by Krzysztof Łukaszewicz
Sinbad of the Seven Seas
1989 film by Luigi Cozzi, Enzo G. Castellari
The Human Shield
1991 film directed by Ted Post
Marooned in Iraq
2002 film by Bahman Ghobadi
The Dupes
1973 film by Tewfik Saleh
Semper Fi
2019 film directed by Henry Alex Rubin
The Mountain II
2016 Turkish film by Alper Çağlar
Jani Gal
2007 film by Jamil Rostami
Steal the Sky
1988 HBO film directed by John D. Hancock
Bravo Two Zero
1999 two-hour television miniseries directed by Tom Clegg
War Gods of Babylon
1962 film by Silvio Amadio
Lost Patrol
1929 film by Walter Summers
Baghdad Messi
2023 Belgian film
Niloofar
2008 film