Movies and TV shows set in afghanistan – page 5

List of movies set in afghanistan

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Holiday for Heroes (2019)
Genre: Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story: A woman and a soldier exchange letters for a year before their worlds collide.
Style: light, entertaining, romantic, captivating
Plot: christmas, pen pal, relationships, christmas romance, love and romance, couple relations, romantic relationship, male female relationship, love story, love letter, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, in love ...
Place: afghanistan
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Afghan Breakdown (1991)
Genre: War
Country: Russia, Italy
Duration: 140 min.
Story: A drama about the last days of a specific Russian regiment stationed in Afghanistan, before the main troop withdrawal in 1985.
Plot: war in afghanistan, soviet army, soviet afghanistan war, cavalry, perestroika, air force, military officer, killing, son, father son relationship, amputee, tank ...
Time: 80s
Place: soviet union, ussr, afghanistan
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Clear and Present Danger (1994)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 141 min.
Story: CIA Analyst Jack Ryan is drawn into an illegal war fought by the US government against a Colombian drug cartel.
Style: suspense, political, exciting, suspenseful, political thriller ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: cia, spy, conspiracy, sniper, politics, assassination, shootout, drug cartel, violence, espionage, covert operation, mercenary ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: colombia, washington d.c., usa, langley virginia, iraq ...
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 7.1
 180K
Three Kings (1999)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, War
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 114 min.
Story: A group of American soldiers stationed in Iraq at the end of the Gulf War find a map they believe will take them to a huge cache of stolen Kuwaiti gold hidden near their base, and they embark on a secret mission that's destined to change ...
Style: suspense, humorous, entertaining, intense, suspenseful ...
Plot: gulf war, treasure hunt, military, iraq war, desert, caper, war, heist, culture clash, rescue, robbery, racial slur ...
Time: 90s, year 1999, 20th century
Place: middle east, iraq, iran, america, afghanistan ...
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Enemy of the State (1998)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story: Hotshot Washington lawyer, Robert Dean becomes a victim of high-tech identity theft when a hacker slips an incriminating video into his pocket. Soon, a rogue National Security agent sets out to recover the tape – and destroy Dean.
Style: clever, tense, suspense, political thriller, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night, manly, date night, kids
Plot: conspiracy, surveillance, espionage, cia, political conspiracy, uncover truth, on the run, investigation, politics, twists and turns, manhunt, intelligence ...
Time: year 1998, 20th century, 90s
Place: baltimore, washington d.c., maryland, afghanistan, iraq ...
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 7.0
 205K
Jarhead (2005)
Genre: Biography, Drama, War
Country: USA, UK, Germany
Duration: 125 min.
Story: Jarhead is a film about a US Marine Anthony Swofford’s experience in the Gulf War. After putting up with an arduous boot camp, Swafford and his unit are sent to the Persian Gulf where they are eager to fight, but are forced to stay back from the ...
Style: realistic, emotional, factual, serious, tense ...
Audience: boys' night, adult
Plot: gulf war, war, iraq war, marines, military, u.s. military, anti war, boot camp, american soldier, desert, military training, basic training ...
Time: year 2005, 2000s, 80s, year 1991, 90s ...
Place: iraq, middle east, saudi arabia, america, afghanistan ...
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Turtles Can Fly (2004)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Iran, France, Iraq
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Turtles can fly tells the story of a group of young children near the Turkey-Iran border. They clean up mines and wait for the Saddam regime to fall.
Style: sincere, bleak, emotional, atmospheric, stylized ...
Audience: teens
Plot: childhood, orphan, children in wartime, blind character, refugee, children, coming of age, camp, child, muslim, anti war, survival ...
Time: year 2004, 2000s, 20th century, 21st century
Place: kurdistan, iraq, middle east, iran, afghanistan ...
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In the Valley of Elah (2007)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story: A career officer and his wife work with a police detective to uncover the truth behind their son's disappearance following his return from a tour of duty in Iraq.
Style: detective, touching, suspense, tense, psychological ...
Plot: guilt, investigation, army, military, army investigation, war crime, cover up, murder investigation, character study, uncover truth, parent child relationship, loss of son ...
Time: year 2007, year 2004, 21st century
Place: iraq, new mexico, afghanistan, persia, tennessee ...
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 6.4
 21K
Stop-Loss (2008)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story: A veteran soldier returns from his completed tour of duty in Iraq, only to find his life turned upside down when he is arbitrarily ordered to return to field duty by the Army.
Style: sad, harsh, serious, thought provoking, realistic ...
Plot: soldier, iraq war, u.s. military, friendship, death, war, homecoming, redemption, small town, depression, wartime life, war on terror ...
Time: year 2008, future, 21st century
Place: iraq, usa, middle east, canada, afghanistan ...
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Home of the Brave (2006)
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: USA, Morocco
Duration: 106 min.
Story: The day after they get the word they'll go home in two weeks, a group of soldiers from Spokane are ambushed in an Iraqi city. Back stateside we follow four of them - a surgeon who saw too much, a teacher who's a single mom and who lost a ...
Style: psychological, realistic, disturbing, serious, suspenseful ...
Plot: post traumatic stress disorder, military, hostage, buddies, life is a bitch, politics, homecoming, anti war, coping, amputee, single parent, danger ...
Time: year 2006
Place: iraq, afghanistan, middle east
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Generation Kill (2008)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 70 min.
TV show
Story: Marines prepare to invade Iraq at the beginning of Operation Iraqi Freedom; while the soldiers wait to receive their orders, they learn a Rolling Stone columnist will be embedded with them
Style: suspenseful, tense, disturbing, political, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: military, iraq war, marines, soldier, war, anti war, courage, military life, violence, character study, life & death, survival ...
Time: year 2003, 2000s, 21st century
Place: iraq, middle east, afghanistan
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 7.4
 15K
Taking Chance (2009)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 77 min.
Story: Lt. Col. Michael Strobl, a volunteer military escort accompanies the body of Lance Cpl. Chance Phelps to his hometown in Wyoming.
Style: realistic, touching, sincere, sentimental, sad ...
Plot: war, military, iraq war, soldier, marines, self discovery, ritual, military life, ethnic conflict, unlikely friendships, father son relationship, patriotism ...
Time: 20th century, year 2004, 21st century
Place: iraq, wyoming, afghanistan, baghdad iraq, usa ...
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The Long Road Home (2017)
Genre: Action, Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Relive a heroic fight for survival during the Iraq War, when the 1st Cavalry Division from Fort Hood was ferociously ambushed on April 4, 2004, in Sadr City, Baghdad — a day that came to be known in military annals as “Black Sunday.”
Style: rough, realistic, suspenseful, exciting, serious ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: iraq war, military, war, soldier, wartime life, army, danger, courage, battles, killed in action, death, friendship ...
Place: afghanistan, iraq
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The Afghan Ghost (2008)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, War
Country: Russia
Duration: 360 min.
TV show
Story: Andrei Potyomkin, frontier guard cadet, learns that his MIA father who fought in the Soviet-Afghan war is accused of treason. He is trying to find out the truth about his father's death, and together with a young promising journalist Alyona ...
Style: tense, suspense, captivating
Plot: army, betrayal, father son relationship, soldier, military, female journalist, war crime, investigative reporter, expose, investigative journalism, anti war, journalism ...
Place: afghanistan
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Seal Team Six: The Raid on Osama Bin Laden (2012)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: When the rumored whereabouts of Osama bin Laden are revealed, the CIA readies a team of seasoned U.S. Navy SEALs for the mission of a lifetime. Despite inconclusive evidence that bin Laden is inside the compound, and ignoring the possible ...
Style: tense, exciting, suspenseful, rough, serious ...
Plot: terrorism, military, navy seal, top secret, manhunt, mastermind, heroic mission, government agency, danger, wanted, once in a lifetime opportunity, chases and races ...
Time: year 2012, 2010s, 2020s, 21st century
Place: afghanistan, iraq, pakistan, middle east, usa
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Lousy Bastards (2014)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Czech Republic
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Two brothers got separated after their first love for the same girl. Richard Rohan is an ex-soldier taking care of his two daughters living in a small town. His brother Mikulas Rohan is a neurosurgery expert living in the capital. Both of them have ...
Style: serious, captivating, realistic
Plot: brother brother relationship, soldier, infidelity, adultery, doctor, surgeon, womanizer, death of mother, war in afghanistan, bare chested male, alcoholism, public nudity ...
Place: afghanistan, prague
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Misja Afganistan (2012)
Genre: Action, War
Country: Poland
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: Story about soldiers of the II platoon of the first company of the mechanized infantry from Wedrzyn, under the command of a junior officer - lieutenant Pawel Konaszewicz.
Style: captivating
Plot: soldier, military, wartime life, battles, showdown, war, fight, military service, military base, combat, military officer, military life ...
Place: poland, afghanistan
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 6.3
 27K
Sand Castle (2017)
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story: Set during the occupation of Iraq, a squad of U.S. soldiers try to protect a small village.
Style: thought provoking, suspense, psychological, rough, tense ...
Audience: adult
Plot: soldier, military, occupation, small village, war, military life, wartime life, military base, life is a bitch, military service, war violence, fight for supremacy ...
Time: 2000s, 21st century
Place: iraq, middle east, afghanistan
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 6.9
 43K
Camp X-Ray (2014)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story: A young woman joins the military to be part of something bigger than herself and her small-town roots. Instead, she ends up as a new guard at Guantanamo Bay, where her mission is far from black and white. Surrounded by hostile jihadists and ...
Style: sincere, intense, captivating, serious, realistic ...
Audience: teens
Plot: female soldier, american abroad, military police, female protagonist, military, friendship, bullying, prison, prison life, brutality, life philosophy, ethnic conflict ...
Time: year 2014, 2000s, 21st century
Place: iraq, middle east, afghanistan, cuba
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 6.8
 13K
Black '47 (2018)
Genre: Action, Drama, History
Country: Ireland, Luxembourg, Belgium
Duration: 100 min.
Story: It’s 1847 and Ireland is in the grip of the Great Famine that has ravaged the country for two long years. Feeney, a hardened Irish Ranger who has been fighting for the British Army abroad, abandons his post to return home and reunite with his ...
Style: suspense, bleak, suspenseful, exciting, intense ...
Plot: poverty, deserter, british colonialism, manhunt, starvation, revenge, british army, hunger, firing squad, oppression, desperation, injustice ...
Time: 19th century, 1840s, victorian era
Place: ireland, iraq, afghanistan, britain
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State of Affairs (2014)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: Each day the President is faced with dozens of life and death decisions, and to prioritize the biggest international crises facing the country, one top CIA analyst - Charleston Tucker - assembles the President's Daily Briefing. This list of ...
Style: serious, tense, realistic, suspenseful, suspense ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: politics, cia, national security, spy, dead son, white house, workplace situations, usa president, u.s. president, president, female protagonist, death ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, washington d.c., colombia, afghanistan, nigeria
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The Yellow Birds (2017)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Two young soldiers, Bartle and Murph, navigate the terrors of the Iraq war under the command of the older, troubled Sergeant Sterling. All the while, Bartle is tortured by a promise he made to Murph's mother before their deployment.
Style: tense, thought provoking, captivating, realistic, suspense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: military, iraq war, soldier, war, courage, friendship, adaptation, military officer, danger, brutality, heroes, life is a bitch ...
Place: iraq, afghanistan, virginia
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Descendants of the Sun (2016)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: A drama about the love of people who get closer as they learn to be considerate of each other in desperate times and sacrifices made by people who throw themselves into natural disasters.
Style: romantic, scenic, light, humorous, dorama ...
Plot: medical, army, soldier, friendship, love affair, doctor, love, military, military officer, danger, playing footsie, love and romance ...
Place: korea, afghanistan, thailand
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You Were Never Really Here (2017)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, France
Duration: 89 min.
Story: A traumatised veteran, unafraid of violence, tracks down missing girls for a living. When a job spins out of control, Joe's nightmares overtake him as a conspiracy is uncovered leading to what may be his death trip or his awakening.
Style: psychological, suspense, neo noir, exciting, rough ...
Audience: adult
Plot: murder, child prostitution, hotel, childhood trauma, teenage girl, suicidal thoughts, suicide, violence, corruption, loner, u.s. senator, pedophilia ...
Time: year 2017, 2010s
Place: new york, iraq, afghanistan
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 7.8
 32K
SEAL Team (2017)
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story: The lives of the elite Navy Seals as they train, plan and execute the most dangerous, high-stakes missions our country can ask.
Style: suspenseful, captivating, suspense, exciting
Audience: boys' night
Plot: military, swat team, terrorism, soldier, u.s. military, team, friendship, investigation, spy, gunfight, danger, shooter ...
Time: 2020s, 2010s, 21st century
Place: usa, iraq, afghanistan
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 4.4
 9K
211 (2018)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Bulgaria
Duration: 86 min.
Story: Inspired by one of the longest and bloodiest real-life events in police history, Officer Mike Chandler and a young civilian passenger find themselves under-prepared and outgunned when fate puts them squarely in the crosshairs of a daring bank heist ...
Style: suspense, surprise ending, rough, suspenseful
Audience: boys' night
Plot: police, bank robbery, murder, heist, partners against crime, good versus evil, justice, revenge, police investigation, violence, life philosophy, fight scenes ...
Place: afghanistan, massachusetts
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 1.9
 4K
Fat Slags (2004)
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 75 min.
Story: Leaving their hometown of Fulchester in the North of England, Sandra and Tracey head for the bright lights of London, shagging and boozing their way to fame and fortune.
Style: parody, double entendre, erotic, slapstick comedy
Plot: overweight woman, sexual humor, obesity, toilet humor, vulgar, delusion, accidental killing, exhibitionist, female protagonist, castration, romantic rivalry, profanity ...
Time: 2000s
Place: afghanistan, london
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 6.3
 432
Jirga (2018)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Australia
Duration: 78 min.
Story: Made under extraordinary, and extremely dangerous, conditions, Jirga tells the emotional story of a former Australian soldier who travels to Afghanistan to seek forgiveness.
Style: independent film
Plot: redemption, war in afghanistan, soldier, bus, singing, car, village, justice, remorse, boy, prisoner, lake ...
Place: afghanistan
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Southland Tales (2006)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: France, Germany, USA
Duration: 145 min.
Story: Set in the futuristic landscape of Los Angeles on July 4, 2008, as it stands on the brink of social, economic and environmental disaster. Boxer Santaros is an action star who's stricken with amnesia. His life intertwines with Krysta Now, an ...
Style: surreal, futuristic, allegory, cult classic, cynical ...
Plot: time travel, dystopian future, alternate reality, memory, apocalypse, prophecy, chaos, end of the world, distopia, marxism, mad scientist, drug ...
Time: future, year 2005, year 2006, near future, 2000s ...
Place: los angeles, middle east, nevada, afghanistan, southern california ...
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High Road to China (1983)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Romance, War
Country: USA, Yugoslavia, Hong Kong
Duration: 105 min.
Story: A biplane pilot is saddled with a spoiled industrialist's daughter on a search for her missing father through Asia that eventually involves them in a struggle against a Chinese warlord.
Style: retro, semi serious, exciting, humorous, independent film ...
Plot: biplane, aviation, world war one, medieval, pilot, missing person, treasure hunt, airplane, space, may december romance, great war, superhero ...
Time: year 1983, 1920s, 20th century
Place: china, afghanistan, nepal, asia, india
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