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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