Movies and TV shows set in iraq
The list contains the best, new and most relevant movies set in iraq ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, serious, suspense, suspenseful, tense and rough films and TV shows about / with iraq war, military, terrorism, soldier, war on terror, politics, war, murder, violence and brutality plots mostly in Drama, War and Thriller genres shot in USA, UK, Canada and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as iraq: Take Off (2017), The Mark of Cain (2007), Battle for Haditha (2007), Over There (2005), The Blue Man (2014), Green Zone (2010), Jarhead (2005), American Sniper (2014), The Torturer (2008), Redacted (2007).
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 139 min.
Story:
A group of Malayali nurses stranded in Iraq, must survive their capture by the extremists and reach out to the rescue team headed by the Indian government.
Style:
suspense, rough, bleak
Plot:
terrorist, rescue mission, isis, chaos, rescue, civil war, trapped, hospital, woman, ambassador, islam, mission ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
iraq, india
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: UK
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
After a bomb kills their company commander in Iraq, British soldiers Treacle and Shane are ordered to round up suspects and use torture on the detainees. Back home, the press gets the story and the pair achieves instant infamy.
Style:
serious, disturbing, suspenseful, rough, realistic
Plot:
court martial, soldier, political unrest, bare chested male, male nudity, pow, racism, military, courtroom drama, officers and cadets, life is a bitch, legal ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
iraq, middle east
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: UK
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
An investigation of the massacre of 24 men, women and children in Haditha, Iraq allegedly shot by 4 U.S. Marines in retaliation for the death of a U.S. Marine killed by a roadside bomb. The movie follows the story of the Marines of Kilo Company, an ...
Style:
disturbing, tense, sexy, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
soldier, iraq war, military, marine, war, culture clash, desert, military life, marines, society, vengeance, occupation ...
Time:
year 2005, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
iraq, middle east, united kingdom
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Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Gritty, intense, evocative and emotional, "Over There" takes you to the front lines of battle and explores the effects of war on a U.S. Army unit sent to Iraq on their first tour of duty, as well as the equally powerful effects felt at ...
Style:
intellectual, disturbing, suspenseful, realistic, sincere ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
iraq war, military, soldier, combat, friendship, army life, sergeant, adultery, guerilla warfare, u.s. army, self sacrifice, right and wrong ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
iraq, middle east
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Genre: Drama, Thriller, War
Country: Turkey
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
An archaeologist investigating mass graves during the Iraq War wakes up in a basement, unable to remember how he got there. The man must piece together the past of the enigmatic man who brought him there -- and discover who the pregnant woman is who ...
Style:
suspenseful, tense, serious, psychological, realistic ...
Plot:
uncover truth, captivity, danger, hostage situation, kidnapping, claustrophobia, desperation, iraq war, character study, suspicion, pregnant woman, identity crisis ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
iraq, middle east
Is relevant?
147K
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: UK, France, Spain, Japan, USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
During the U.S.-led occupation of Baghdad in 2003, Chief Warrant Officer Roy Miller and his team of Army inspectors were dispatched to find weapons of mass destruction believed to be stockpiled in the Iraqi desert. Rocketing from one booby-trapped ...
Style:
exciting, political thriller, tense, suspense, serious ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night, adult
Plot:
spy, iraq war, cia, war, soldier, military, politics, chase, pow, deception, special forces, gulf war ...
Time:
year 2010, year 2003, 2000s, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
iraq, middle east, baghdad iraq, kurdistan, israel
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223K
Genre: Biography, Drama, War
Country: UK, Germany, USA
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, visually stunning, brutal, factual ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
gulf war, military, iraq war, war, marines, u.s. military, desert, boot camp, american soldier, anti war, death, u.s. marine ...
Time:
year 2005, 2000s, 80s, year 1989, year 1991 ...
Place:
iraq, middle east, saudi arabia, afghanistan, america ...
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Genre: Action, Biography, Drama, War
Country: USA, Morocco
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
U.S. Navy SEAL Chris Kyle takes his sole mission—protect his comrades—to heart and becomes one of the most lethal snipers in American history. His pinpoint accuracy not only saves countless lives but also makes him a prime target of insurgents. ...
Style:
factual, suspenseful, clever, inspirational, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly
Plot:
war, iraq war, sniper, military, soldier, navy seal, assassin, american soldier, violence, battles, war zone, special forces ...
Time:
year 2014, 2010s, 2000s, 90s, september 11 2001 ...
Place:
iraq, middle east, california, usa, kurdistan ...
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller, War
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Rick (Andrew W. Walker) is a man raised with solid American values, who was trained as a "special interrogator" in Iraq. He does and experiences things there that cause him PTSD. When he is debriefed by a therapist (Doc), strange things ...
Style:
suspense, psychological, slasher, tense, captivating ...
Plot:
interrogation, haunted by the past, held captive, danger, soldier, post traumatic stress disorder, murder, politics, terrorism, psychopath, survival, violence ...
Time:
september 11 2001, 21st century
Place:
iraq, usa, afghanistan, middle east
Is relevant?
12K
Genre: Crime, Thriller, War
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Redacted is a film written and directed by Brian De Palma that is a fictional drama loosely based on the Mahmudiyah killings in Iraq.
Style:
sexy, serious, disturbing, suspenseful, bleak ...
Plot:
iraq war, soldier, war, found footage, military, military life, terrorism, journalism, media, danger, politics, state affairs ...
Time:
year 2006
Place:
iraq, middle east
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Iran
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
During the war between Iran and Iraq, a group of Iranian Kurd musicians set off on an almost impossible mission. They will try to find Hanareh, a singer with a magic voice who crossed the border and may now be in danger in the Iraqi Kurdistan. As in ...
Style:
sincere, serious, sentimental, realistic, road movie ...
Plot:
kurd, military life, treasure hunt, escapades, self discovery, daring rescue, orphan, musician's life, military, estrangement, battles, on the road ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
iraq, kurdistan, iran, middle east, persia
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Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: Turkey
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
The movie opens with a fictionalized depiction of a real-life incident: the arrest on July 4, 2003 of 11 Turkish special forces soldiers and 13 civilians by U.S. forces of the 173rd Airborne commanded by Colonel William C. Mayville in the northern ...
Style:
serious, rough, suspenseful, realistic, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
terrorism, vengeance, danger, military, daring rescue, fighting the system, espionage, politics, rivalry, allies, turk, war on terror ...
Place:
iraq, middle east, turkey
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
A mini-series that explores the inner workings of Saddam Hussein's family and his relationship with his closest advisers.
Style:
serious, realistic, political, historical drama, gloomy ...
Plot:
saddam hussein, dictatorship, politics, execution, historical character, totalitarianism, propaganda, treason, rivalry, political unrest, ruler, family relations ...
Time:
80s, 90s, 20th century, 70s, 2000s ...
Place:
middle east, iraq, baghdad iraq, iran
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Genre: Drama, Thriller, War
Country: USA, Luxembourg, Canada
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
Forced to play a dangerous game of cat-and-mouse in the chaos of war, an elite Army bomb squad unit must come together in a city where everyone is a potential enemy and every object could be a deadly bomb.
Style:
tense, realistic, emotional, serious, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly, adult
Plot:
iraq war, terrorism, military, sniper, soldier, war, bomb squad, violence, army, shootout, marines, bomb ...
Time:
year 2008, 2000s, year 2004, 21st century
Place:
middle east, iraq, baghdad iraq, america, afghanistan ...
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249K
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
The CIA’s hunt is on for the mastermind of a wave of terrorist attacks. Roger Ferris is the agency’s man on the ground, moving from place to place, scrambling to stay ahead of ever-shifting events. An eye in the sky – a satellite link – ...
Style:
political thriller, political, tense, realistic, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night, chick flick
Plot:
terrorism, spy, cia, espionage, cia agent, intelligence agency, terrorist, undercover, secret service, government agency, roman empire, politics ...
Time:
year 2008, 21st century
Place:
middle east, jordan, iraq, syria, washington d.c. ...
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: UK, France, Italy, Belgium, Spain
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
A private security contractor in Iraq rejects the official explanation of his friend's death and decides to investigate.
Style:
serious, realistic, tense, bleak, political ...
Plot:
terrorist, investigation, friendship between men, life is a bitch, uncover truth, state affairs, society, dealing with death, love triangle, war, friendship between boys, revenge ...
Time:
year 2010, 21st century
Place:
iraq, ireland, middle east
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: Canada
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Four high school football stars enlist in the Marines and head off to fight in the war in Iraq. When one of them is killed and another wounded, they return home only to find is extremely difficult to pick up the threads of their old lives. The ...
Style:
serious, realistic, emotional, bleak
Plot:
iraq war, military, homecoming, battles, heroes, survival, soldier, battle zone, honor, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, death of friend, depression ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
iraq, middle east
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 60 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:
tense, political, disturbing, rough, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
military, iraq war, marines, soldier, violence, war, anti war, military life, courage, desert, life & death, character study ...
Time:
year 2003, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
iraq, middle east, afghanistan
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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, realistic, suspense ...
Plot:
soldier, iraq war, u.s. military, death, redemption, friendship, war on terror, war, homecoming, small town, depression, wartime life ...
Time:
year 2008, future, 21st century
Place:
iraq, middle east, canada, afghanistan, usa ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Upon hearing his wife was killed in the Iraq war, a father takes his two daughters on a road trip.
Style:
psychological, touching, realistic, sincere, tense ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
iraq war, road trip, family relations, support group, insomnia, parents and children, patriotism, couple relations, death in the family, siblings relations, on the road, anti war ...
Time:
year 2007, 70s, 21st century
Place:
iraq, minnesota, florida, chicago, usa ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Yuko is a Japanese girl who was taken hostage in Iraq while volunteering there as an aid worker. Finally released and back in her hometown, Yuko finds herself ostracized as a national disgrace by society that sees her helping a country other than ...
Style:
psychological, realistic, serious, bleak, gloomy
Plot:
propaganda, journalism, confined, homecoming, estrangement, hopes, misfit, iraq war, social misfits, society, life is a bitch, harassment ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
iraq, japan, asia, middle east
Is relevant?
176K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Spain, UK, France, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Paul is a U.S. truck driver working in Iraq. After an attack by a group of Iraqis he wakes to find he is buried alive inside a coffin. With only a lighter and a cell phone it's a race against time to escape this claustrophobic death trap.
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, psychological, bad ending, disturbing ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
survival, trapped, buried alive, isolation, confined, claustrophobia, terrorist, captivity, twists and turns, threat, panic, desperation ...
Time:
year 2010, 2010s, 20th century, 2000s, year 2006 ...
Place:
iraq, middle east
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Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
Country: Canada
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Iraq, 2004: during a routine sortie a US patrol is ambushed and the young soldiers are forced to put their training and skills into action fast. A determined foe with superior local knowledge, the Fedayeen insurgents soon draw them into close ...
Style:
realistic, serious, independent film
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
iraq war, military, terrorism, war, american soldier, battles, danger, confined, state affairs, heroes, soldier, escapades ...
Place:
iraq, middle east
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, China, Sweden
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
William Tell just wants to play cards. His spartan existence on the casino trail is shattered when he is approached by Cirk, a vulnerable and angry young man seeking help to execute his plan for revenge on a military colonel. Tell sees a chance at ...
Style:
tense, suspense, captivating, disturbing, suspenseful ...
Plot:
ex soldier, revenge, poker, murder, gambling, vengeance, haunted by the past, motel, criminal, secret past, confronting the past, poker player ...
Time:
2020s, year 2003, year 2002, 21st century
Place:
iraq, atlantic city new jersey, atlantic city, panama, las vegas ...
Is relevant?
170K
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, clever, suspense ...
Plot:
family drama, presumed dead, war, american soldier, adultery, marine, marital infidelity, brothers, released from prison, murder, dysfunctional family, twists and turns ...
Time:
year 2009, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
afghanistan, iraq, america, usa
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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:
disturbing, detective, touching, suspense, tense ...
Plot:
investigation, military, guilt, army investigation, murder investigation, cover up, war crime, veteran, evidence, loss of son, war on terror, trauma ...
Time:
post world war two, year 2007, year 2004, 21st century
Place:
iraq, new mexico, afghanistan, tennessee, persia ...
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Embedded is a ripped-from-the-headlines satire about the madness surrounding brave men and women on the front lines of a Middle East conflict. It skewers lapdog embedded journalists, scheming government officials and the media's insatiable ...
Style:
semi serious, realistic, controversial, disturbing, cynical ...
Plot:
satire, military, rebelliousness, political unrest, anti war, soldier, politics, society, state affairs, iraq war, american politics, media ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
iraq
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Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller, War
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Jake Cassevetes is a world renowned shooter just back from being embedded during the U.S. invasion of Iraq. As a well-paid stringer for the networks, Jake does not buy into the currently vogue, left-wing conspiracy theory of a corporate-controlled ...
Style:
disturbing, clever, serious, realistic, political ...
Plot:
anarchist, conspiracy, politics, dishonesty, life is a bitch, rebelliousness, rebellion, society, injustice, political unrest, anarchism, anarchy ...
Time:
september 11 2001
Place:
iraq, afghanistan, new york, usa, middle east ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
On an archaeological dig in Iraq, author Agatha Christie uncovers a series of murders.
Style:
tense, suspense, captivating, realistic, stylized ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
archaeologist, archaeology, danger, villa, murder mystery, murder, adaptation, police investigation, private detective, society, oil, murder investigation ...
Time:
1930s, 1920s
Place:
iraq
Is relevant?
104K
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A platoon of Navy SEALs embarks on a dangerous mission in Ramadi, Iraq, with the chaos and brotherhood of war retold through their memories of the event.
Style:
tension, independent film, suspense, period piece, epic war ...
Plot:
iraq war, survival, based on real people, sniper, chaos, war zone, blood, war violence, brutality, realism, military, soldier ...
Time:
2000s, year 2006, 21st century
Place:
iraq
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