Movies About Iraq War

From Kathryn Bigelow, starring Jeremy Renner, Anthony Mackie, Brian Geraghty, Guy Pearce
Rated R

The Hurt Locker is a 2008 war film directed by Kathryn Bigelow. It is set in Iraq during the Iraq War and stars Jeremy Renner, Anthony Mackie, and Brian Geraghty. The film follows an elite team of Army Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) soldiers who have the job of disarming bombs in the dangerous streets of Baghdad. The team is led by the maverick Staff Sergeant William James (Jeremy Renner), who is seen as a loose cannon by his fellow soldiers due to his reckless and seemingly foolhardy approach to his job. As the film progresses, the team is exposed to more and more danger as the enemy continues to lay bombs and the team tries to disarm them. The film follows the team as they battle not only enemy forces but also the psychological toll of being exposed to life-threatening danger on a daily basis. In the end, the team is forced to face the reality of their situation and how it has affected them and their lives.

From Ross Katz, starring Kevin Bacon, Tom Aldredge, Nicholas Art, Blanche Baker
Rated TV-PG

From Clint Eastwood, starring Bradley Cooper, Sienna Miller, Kyle Gallner, Cole Konis
Rated R

From Paul Haggis, starring Tommy Lee Jones, Charlize Theron, Jonathan Tucker, Jason Patric
Rated R

From Oren Moverman, starring Ben Foster, Samantha Morton, Woody Harrelson, Jena Malone
Rated R

From Todd Phillips, starring Jonah Hill, Miles Teller, Steve Lantz, Gregg Weiner
Rated R

From Gabriela Cowperthwaite, starring Kate Mara, Ramón Rodríguez, Tom Felton, Bradley Whitford
Rated PG-13

From Ridley Scott, starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Russell Crowe, Mark Strong, Golshifteh Farahani
Rated R

From Neil Burger, starring Rachel McAdams, Tim Robbins, Michael Peña, Molly Hagan
Rated R

From Richard Linklater, starring Bryan Cranston, Laurence Fishburne, Steve Carell, J. Quinton Johnson
Rated R

From Paul Greengrass, starring Matt Damon, Jason Isaacs, Greg Kinnear, Igal Naor
Rated R

From Joe Carnahan, starring Liam Neeson, Bradley Cooper, Sharlto Copley, Jessica Biel
Rated PG-13

From Jim Strouse, starring John Cusack, Emily Churchill, Rebecca Spence, Jennifer Tyler
Rated PG-13

From Jason Hall, starring Miles Teller, Beulah Koale, Joe Cole, Scott Haze
Rated R

From Directors: Anthony Russo, Joe Russo, starring Tom Holland, Ciara Bravo, Jack Reynor, Forrest Goodluck
Rated R

From Scott Hicks, starring Zac Efron, Taylor Schilling, Blythe Danner, Riley Thomas Stewart
Rated PG-13

From Kimberly Peirce, starring Ryan Phillippe, Abbie Cornish, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Rob Brown
Rated R

From Marc Munden, starring Gerard Kearns, Matthew McNulty, Naomi Bentley, Elliot Cowan
Rated R

From Philip Haas, starring Connie Nielsen, Damian Lewis, Mido Hamada, Driss Roukhe
Rated R

From Fernando Coimbra, starring Nicholas Hoult, Logan Marshall-Green, Henry Cavill, Glen Powell
Rated TV-MA

From Ang Lee, starring Joe Alwyn, Garrett Hedlund, Arturo Castro, Mason Lee
Rated R

From Doug Liman, starring Aaron Taylor-Johnson, John Cena, Laith Nakli
Rated R

From Irwin Winkler, starring Samuel L. Jackson, 50 Cent, Jessica Biel, Brian Presley
Rated R

From Luke Moran, starring Luke Moran, Sean Astin, Sara Paxton, Omid Abtahi
Rated R

From Sidney J. Furie, starring Curtis Morgan, Zan Calabretta, Jordan Brown, Eddie Della Siepe
Rated R