Iraqi Wars
Films with the Iraqi and Afghanistan Wars as their main subject
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- DirectorSam MendesStarsJake GyllenhaalJamie FoxxLucas BlackA psychological study of Marine's state of mind during the Gulf War. Told through the eyes of a U.S. Marine sniper who struggles to cope with boredom, a sense of isolation, and other issues back home.“ See page 68 of War Cinema: Hollywood on the Front Line, by Guy Westwell (2006) for short contextualization with regards to Apocalypse Now:
it is significant that by 2005 the troops in Jarhead are able to appropriate this sequence ('Charlie don't surf', NIM), and use it to fuel their jingoistic fervour on the eve of the Gulf War. The troops make a wilful misreading, as the film subtly emphasises, but a misreading only possible because of the ambiguity of the initial representation. ' " - DirectorRobert RedfordStarsTom CruiseMeryl StreepRobert RedfordInjuries sustained by two Army rangers behind enemy lines in Afghanistan set off a sequence of events involving a congressman, a journalist and a professor.
- DirectorEdward ZwickStarsDenzel WashingtonMeg RyanLou Diamond PhillipsA U.S. Army officer, despondent about a deadly mistake he made, investigates a female chopper commander's worthiness for the Medal of Honor.The difficulty of representing the Gulf War, and perhaps war in general post-Vietnam, leads Courage Under Fire to prefer the more nuanced moves of the legal investigation narrative to the generic template of the combat movie. Combat is shown in the film-a tank battle and a helicopter crash and rescue-but the action is shown retrospectively in fragments, reconstructed from memory through a series of subjective, unreliable flashbacks. Similar tentative narrative structure can be found in films such as Rules of Engagement (2000), and others. Westwell, 2006, page 86
Liberal 'issue' movie, exploring the changed role of women in the American military. - DirectorKathryn BigelowStarsJeremy RennerAnthony MackieBrian GeraghtyDuring the Iraq War, a Sergeant recently assigned to an army bomb squad is put at odds with his squad mates due to his maverick way of handling his work.
- DirectorDavid O. RussellStarsGeorge ClooneyMark WahlbergIce CubeIn the aftermath of the Persian Gulf War, four soldiers set out to steal gold that was stolen from Kuwait, but they discover people who desperately need their help.
- DirectorRidley ScottStarsDemi MooreViggo MortensenAnne BancroftLt. Jordan, a US Navy topographic analyst, joins the US Navy Special Warfare Group and struggles to prove her worth in a unit dominated by men. But a cynical woman Texan senator has sold her out.Liberal 'issue' movie, exploring the changed role of women in the American military (westwell, 2006, page 86). See also Courage under Fire
- DirectorJonathan DemmeStarsDenzel WashingtonLiev SchreiberMeryl StreepIn the midst of the Gulf War, soldiers are kidnapped and brainwashed for sinister purposes.
- DirectorWilliam FriedkinStarsTommy Lee JonesSamuel L. JacksonGuy PearceAn attorney defends an officer on trial for ordering his troops to fire on civilians after they stormed a U.S. embassy in a Middle Eastern country.Combat is shown in the film but the action is shown retrospectively in fragments, reconstructed from memory through a series of subjective, unreliable flashbacks. Similar tentative narrative structure can be found in films such as Courage under Fire (1996), and others. Westwell, 2006, page 86
- DirectorGregor JordanStarsJoaquin PhoenixAnna PaquinEd HarrisA criminal subculture operates among U.S. soldiers stationed in West Germany just before the fall of the Berlin wall.
- DirectorJohn MooreStarsGene HackmanOwen WilsonGabriel MachtA disillusioned pilot shot down over war-torn Bosnia goes on the run from the local military and an assassin, as his commanding officer risks all to save him.
- DirectorRidley ScottStarsJosh HartnettEwan McGregorTom SizemoreThe story of 160 elite U.S. soldiers who dropped into Mogadishu in October 1993 to capture two top lieutenants of a renegade warlord, but found themselves in a desperate battle with a large force of heavily armed Somalis.
- DirectorAntoine FuquaStarsBruce WillisCole HauserMonica BellucciA Special-Ops commander leads his team into the Nigerian jungle in order to rescue a doctor who will only join them if they agree to save 70 refugees too.