Movies and TV shows set in afghanistan

The list contains the best, new and most relevant movies set in afghanistan ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out serious, realistic, captivating, rough, tense and psychological films and TV shows about / with war in afghanistan, soldier, danger, military, war, taliban, gun, international relations, life is a bitch and survival plots mostly in Drama, War and Thriller genres shot in USA, France, UK and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as afghanistan: The Patience Stone (2012), Brothers (2009), Kandahar (2001), Special Forces (2011), 12 Strong (2018), Leaving Afghanistan (2019), The Outpost (2019), Lone Survivor (2013), A War (2015), Kajaki (2014).

List of movies set in afghanistan

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The Patience Stone (2012)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: France, Germany, UK, Afghanistan
Duration: 102 min.
Story: A woman in an unnamed, war-torn Middle Eastern country delivers an engrossing, emotional monologue to her comatose husband, in novelist and filmmaker Atiq Rahimi's poetic and politically charged allegory based on his award-winning novel. (TIFF)
Style: sincere, disturbing, captivating, realistic, rough ...
Plot: sexual abuse, family problems, injustice, resentment, danger, life is a bitch, rape turns to consensual sex, couples, couple relations, society, mother daughter relationship, muslim ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: afghanistan, middle east, persia
Is relevant ?
 7.1
 145K
Brothers (2009)
Genre: Drama, Thriller, War
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: 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 ...
Style: touching, tense, melancholic, suspense, heartbreaking ...
Plot: family drama, war, adultery, american soldier, marital infidelity, presumed dead, marine, family problems, brothers, dysfunctional family, soldier, suspicion ...
Time: year 2009, 2000s, 21st century
Place: afghanistan, iraq, america, usa
Is relevant ?
 6.8
 7K
Kandahar (2001)
Genre: Drama
Country: Iran, France
Duration: 85 min.
Story: After an Afghanistan-born woman who lives in Canada receives a letter from her suicidal sister, she takes a perilous journey through Afghanistan to try to find her.
Style: sincere, disturbing, surreal, bleak, atmospheric ...
Plot: islam, refugee, on the road, politics, desert, survival, brutality, culture clash, suicide, women, rescue, journalism ...
Time: year 2001, 2000s
Place: middle east, afghanistan, iran, canada, iraq
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 6.3
 19K
Special Forces (2011)
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: France
Duration: 109 min.
Story: Afghanistan. War correspondent Elsa Casanova is taken hostage by the Taliban. Faced with her imminent execution, a Special Forces unit is dispatched to free her. In some of the world’s most breathtaking yet hostile landscapes, a relentless pursuit ...
Style: exciting, tense, serious, realistic, rough ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: taliban, military, journalist, war, war zone, sniper, swat team, soldier, kidnapping, danger, daring rescue, chase ...
Time: 21st century
Place: afghanistan, pakistan
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 6.5
 91K
12 Strong (2018)
Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story: A team of CIA agents and special forces head into Afghanistan in the aftermath of the September 11th attacks in an attempt to dismantle the Taliban.
Style: touching, historical drama, anamorphic, suspenseful, exciting ...
Audience: adult
Plot: soldier, cia, military, taliban, special forces, war on terror, heroism, behind enemy lines, us military, war in afghanistan, machismo, commando mission ...
Time: september 11 2001, 2000s, year 2001, 21st century
Place: afghanistan, middle east, usa
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Leaving Afghanistan (2019)
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: Russia
Duration: 113 min.
Story: 1988-1989. The end of the Soviet-Afghan war. The USSR begins its withdrawal from Afghanistan. Soviet General Vasiliev's son - a pilot named Alexander gets kidnapped by the mujahideen after his airplane crashes. As a result the 108th motorized ...
Style: realistic, exciting, suspenseful, rough
Audience: boys' night
Plot: russian soldier, wartime, war, hostage, danger, conflict, soviet army, brutality, murderer, kgb, murder, robbery ...
Time: 80s, 1880s
Place: afghanistan
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 6.8
 40K
The Outpost (2019)
Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story: A small unit of U.S. soldiers, alone at the remote Combat Outpost Keating, located deep in the valley of three mountains in Afghanistan, battles to defend against an overwhelming force of Taliban fighters in a coordinated attack. The Battle of ...
Style: suspense, suspenseful, brutal, perverse, cult classic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: u.s. army, combat, soldier, war, death, taliban, roadblock, army, military, danger, battles, shooting ...
Time: 2000s, year 2008, year 2009, year 2006, year 1984 ...
Place: afghanistan, middle east
Is relevant ?
 7.5
 305K
Lone Survivor (2013)
Genre: Action, Biography, Drama, War
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 121 min.
Story: Four Navy SEALs on a covert mission to neutralize a high-level al-Qaeda operative must make an impossible moral decision in the mountains of Afghanistan that leads them into an enemy ambush. As they confront unthinkable odds, the SEALs must find ...
Style: rough, tense, captivating, emotional, exciting ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: military, survival, soldier, war, terrorism, gunfight, courage, military life, selflessness, war on terror, squad, army ...
Time: year 2013, 2010s, 2000s, year 2005, 21st century
Place: afghanistan, middle east, usa
Is relevant ?
 7.0
 11K
A War (2015)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: Denmark, France
Duration: 115 min.
Story: Company commander Claus Michael Pedersen and his men are stationed in Helmand, Afghanistan. Meanwhile back in Denmark, with a husband at war and three children missing their father, everyday life is a struggle for Claus' wife Maria. During a ...
Style: social, psychological, tense, realistic, captivating ...
Plot: war in afghanistan, trial, court case, soldier, killed in action, officer, witness, sniper, murder, lawyer, war on terror, life is a bitch ...
Time: 2010s
Place: afghanistan, somalia, iraq, denmark
Is relevant ?
 7.1
 14K
Kajaki (2014)
Genre: Adventure, Biography, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: UK
Duration: 108 min.
Story: British soldiers guarding the Kajaki Dam set out to rescue a three-man team after one of them loses a leg to a landmine.
Style: bleak, exciting, tense, rough, serious ...
Audience: boys' night, girls' night
Plot: war, soldier, bravery, military, british army, war in afghanistan, minefield, desert, heroic mission, danger, tough heroes, battle zone ...
Time: 2000s, year 2006, 21st century
Place: afghanistan, middle east
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Earth and Ashes (2004)
Genre: Drama
Country: Afghanistan, France
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Elderly Dastaguir and his newly deaf 5-year-old grandson Yassin hitchhike and walk, but mostly walk, as they make their way to the coal mine where Dastaguir's son Murad works. Dastaguir must tell Murad that the rest of their family were all ...
Style: serious, sincere, touching, bleak, islamic ...
Plot: boy, elderly, life is a bitch, on the road, wartime life, civil war, parent child relationship, obsessive quest, fire, desert, mine, grandfather grandson relationship ...
Time: 21st century
Place: afghanistan, middle east
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The Objective (2008)
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Morocco
Duration: 90 min.
Story: In the supernatural thriller The Objective, writer-director Daniel Myrick locates the action in a remote mountain region on Afghanistan, where a team of US Special Ops forces is dispatched with the ostensible orders of locating an influential Muslim ...
Style: suspense, exciting, serious, rough, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: military, desert, soldier, survival, cia agent, survival horror, danger, supernatural, terrorism, supernatural ability, mission, parallel universe ...
Time: year 2008, 21st century
Place: afghanistan, middle east, morocco
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The Beast of War (1988)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story: During the war in Afghanistan a Soviet tank crew commanded by a tyrannical officer find themselves lost and in a struggle against a band of Mujahadeen guerrillas in the mountains.
Style: realistic, bleak, sexy, gothic, retro ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: tank, politics, desert, military, soldier, soviet afghanistan war, vengeance, war in afghanistan, international relations, revenge, brutality, world war two ...
Time: 80s, year 1981
Place: afghanistan, middle east
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The Breadwinner (2017)
Genre: Animation, Drama, Family, War
Country: Ireland, Canada, Luxembourg, USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: A headstrong young girl in Afghanistan, ruled by the Taliban, disguises herself as a boy in order to provide for her family.
Style: rough, heartbreaking, sincere, suspense, sad ...
Audience: kids
Plot: poverty, disguise, prison, imprisonment, religious intolerance, storytelling, tyranny, friendship, female protagonist, gender disguise, taliban, father daughter relationship ...
Time: year 2017, 2010s, 2000s
Place: afghanistan
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The Swallows of Kabul (2019)
Genre: Animation, Drama, War
Country: France, Switzerland, Luxembourg, Monaco
Duration: 81 min.
Story: Summer 1998 - Kabul under Taliban rule. Zunaira and Mohsen are young and in love. Despite the daily violence and misery, they hope for a better future. One day, a foolish gesture causes life to take an irrevocable turn.
Style: social, psychological, thought provoking, captivating, political ...
Plot: dispute, dog, death, religious conflict, religious differences, life is a bitch, woman, social relations, society, religious persecution, religious hypocrisy, social problems ...
Time: future, year 1998
Place: afghanistan
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The Kite Runner (2007)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, China, USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story: After spending years in California, Amir returns to his homeland in Afghanistan to help his old friend Hassan, whose son is in trouble.
Style: disturbing, emotional, inspirational, sincere, psychological ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, adult
Plot: childhood, friendship, muslim, coming of age, guilt, courage, islam, betrayal, rape, mission, haunted by the past, child ...
Time: 70s, 80s, year 2007, 2010s, 20th century ...
Place: afghanistan, middle east, china, iraq, bay area ...
Is relevant ?
 7.5
 12K
Brothers (2004)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Denmark, UK, Sweden, Norway
Duration: 117 min.
Story: A Danish officer, Michael (Thomsen), is sent away to the International Security Assistance Force operation in Afghanistan for three months. His first mission there is to find a young radar technician who had been separated from his squad some ...
Style: emotional, tense, disturbing, serious, melancholic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: family drama, courage, depression, brutality, politics, relationships, family relations, war, brothers, family problems, brother brother relationship, prisoner ...
Time: year 2004, 2000s, 21st century
Place: afghanistan, scandinavia, europe, denmark
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The Soldier's Star (2006)
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: France, Germany, Afghanistan
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A Russian guitarist was enlisted in 1984 in the Afghan war. Imprisoned, he will meet an Afghan musician and a French journalist.
Style: realistic, serious, disturbing, exciting, captivating
Plot: heroes, military, fight, freedom fighter, journalism, danger, state affairs, soldier, hostage, war, prisoners of war, soviet afghanistan war ...
Time: september 11 2001
Place: afghanistan, middle east
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At Five in the Afternoon (2003)
Genre: Drama
Country: Iran, France
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Nogreh is a young Afghani woman living with her father and her sister-in-law, Leylomah, whose husband, Akhtar, is missing. Beyond the issue of Akhtar, Leylomah is most concerned with how to feed her baby. She cannot provide milk for her baby as her ...
Style: serious, bleak, realistic, sincere, touching ...
Plot: survival, injustice, hidden identity, danger, political unrest, religions or cults, family relations, life is a bitch, state affairs, war, dishonesty, feminism ...
Time: 21st century
Place: afghanistan, middle east, iran
Is relevant ?
The Kill Team (2019)
Genre: Action, Biography, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: UK, Spain, USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: When Andrew Briggman—a young soldier in the US invasion of Afghanistan—witnesses other recruits killing innocent civilians under the direction of a sadistic Sergeant, he considers reporting them to higher-ups. However, the heavily-armed and ...
Style: suspense, disturbing, tense, exciting, captivating ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: war crime, american soldier, military, behind enemy lines, moral dilemma, soldier, murder, military life, wartime life, heroism, brutality, machismo ...
Time: year 2019, 2000s, year 2009, 21st century
Place: afghanistan, middle east
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The Black Tulip (2010)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story: The Mansouri family opens up a new restaurant after the fall of the Taliban in Kabul, Afghanistan only to be subsequently targeted by factional Taliban elements.
Style: realistic, serious, sentimental, emotional, islamic ...
Plot: rebellion, against the rules, fighting the system, life is a bitch, society, terrorism, hopes, danger, state affairs, human spirit, injustice, family in danger ...
Time: 21st century
Place: afghanistan, middle east
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Operation Belvis Bash (2011)
Genre: Comedy, Music, Romance, War
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: A rock and roll musician travels to Afghanistan to win the hearts and minds of its people.
Style: not serious, humorous, realistic, melancholic, sincere ...
Plot: military, terrorism, performer's life, escapades, musician's life, war, music, military life, fish out of water, farce, society, love and romance ...
Time: 21st century
Place: afghanistan, middle east
Is relevant ?
 4.3
 429
Rockaway (2007)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min.
Story: Trane is a decorated war hero just shipped home to the States from Afghanistan after the brutal murder of his wife and child back in Rockaway, Queens. Upon his return, Trane encounters his old friend Dave, who describes the new forces of crime and ...
Style: suspenseful, realistic, rough, tense, serious ...
Plot: vigilantism, soldier, vengeance, police corruption, downfall, gangster, criminal heroes, life is a bitch, gang, police investigation, criminal's revenge, murder ...
Time: 21st century
Place: afghanistan, middle east
Is relevant ?
 6.5
 424
Walk with Me (2016)
Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: Sweden, Denmark, France
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Deployed on mission in Helmand, Afghanistan, 25-year old Thomas steps on a landmine and loses both his legs. At the local rehabilitation center, he meets Sofie, an ascending ballerina from the Royal Danish Ballet, who is helping a relative to regain ...
Style: psychological, sexy, suspenseful, captivating, thought provoking ...
Plot: amputee, soldier, war veteran, dancing, funeral, war injury, war in afghanistan, international relations, ballet, ballerina, sex scene, pistol ...
Time: year 2009
Place: afghanistan
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Inbetween Worlds (2014)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Germany
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Jesper is a soldier in the German army, who reports for a new tour of duty in Afghanistan. His unit is to protect a village from the Taliban.
Style: realistic, serious, psychological, tense, captivating ...
Plot: soldier, wartime life, translator, culture clash, danger, gain trust, battle zone, friendship, war in afghanistan, death threat, village, murder ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: afghanistan, pakistan, middle east
Is relevant ?
 2.9
 776
Afghan Knights (2007)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Horror
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Haunted by the fact that he left a man behind in Afghanistan, a soldier (Bacic) pulls together a special task force to save his comrade.
Style: serious, rough, suspenseful, exciting
Plot: daring rescue, military, danger, heroes, time travel, master warrior, supernatural, war in afghanistan, soldier, ghost, escapades, rivalry ...
Time: middle ages
Place: afghanistan, middle east
Is relevant ?
 6.2
 7K
Disorder (2015)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 98 min.
Story: An ex-soldier with PTSD is hired to protect the wife and child of a wealthy Lebanese businessman while he's out of town.
Style: neo noir, tense, captivating, psychological, suspense ...
Plot: soldier, hallucination, bodyguard, anxiety, surveillance camera, thunderstorm, rich man, swimming pool, beach, army, party, video surveillance ...
Time: 2010s
Place: afghanistan, maryland, france, mediterranean sea, french riviera
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Wajma, an Afghan Love Story (2013)
Genre: Drama
Country: Afghanistan, France
Duration: 85 min.
Story: It’s snowing in Kabul, and gregarious waiter Mustafa charms a pretty student named Wajma. The pair begin a clandestine relationship—they’re playful and passionate but ever mindful of the societal rules they are breaking. After Wajma discovers ...
Style: realistic, captivating, psychological, emotional, atmospheric ...
Plot: pregnancy, family relations, forbidden love, parents and children, society, life turned upside down, honor, student, love, couples, youth, rivalry ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: afghanistan, middle east
Is relevant ?
 5.4
 821
Afghan Luke (2011)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Canada
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Disheartened when his story about Canadian snipers possibly mutilating corpses in Afghanistan is buried, Luke (Nick Stahl) quits his job but is even more determined to return to Afghanistan to get the real story. With his offbeat buddy, Tom (Nicolas ...
Style: realistic, tense, thought provoking, captivating, psychological ...
Plot: war correspondent, journalism, military, anti war, danger, buddies, idealism, media, war on terror, war in afghanistan, journalist, violent content ...
Time: 21st century
Place: afghanistan
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Lions for Lambs (2007)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller, War
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Three stories told simultaneous in ninety minutes of real time: a Republican Senator who's a presidential hopeful gives an hour-long interview to a skeptical television reporter, detailing a strategy for victory in Afghanistan; two special ...
Style: serious, political, psychological, thought provoking, realistic ...
Plot: war on terror, terrorist, propaganda, state affairs, politics, terrorism, iraq war, conservative, war, hopes, danger, soldier ...
Time: future, 21st century
Place: afghanistan, middle east, iraq, washington d.c., usa ...
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