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1. Brothers (I) (2009)
R | 105 min | Drama, Thriller, War
While on tour in Afghanistan, Sam's helicopter is shot down and he is presumed dead. Back home, it is his screw-up brother who looks after the family. Sam does return, but with a lot of excess baggage.
Director: Jim Sheridan | Stars: Jake Gyllenhaal, Natalie Portman, Tobey Maguire, Sam Shepard
Votes: 146,956 | Gross: $28.50M
2. Forbrydelsen (2007–2012)
TV-MA | 57 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Police detective Sarah Lund investigates difficult cases with personal and political consequences.
Stars: Sofie Gråbøl, Morten Suurballe, Lars Mikkelsen, Bjarne Henriksen
Votes: 30,213
3. Charlie Wilson's War (2007)
R | 102 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama
A drama based on a Texas congressman Charlie Wilson's covert dealings in Afghanistan, where his efforts to assist rebels in their war with the Soviets have some unforeseen and long-reaching effects.
Director: Mike Nichols | Stars: Tom Hanks, Julia Roberts, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Amy Adams
Votes: 124,932 | Gross: $66.66M
4. Riders of Justice (2020)
Not Rated | 116 min | Action, Comedy, Drama
Markus goes home to his teenage daughter, Mathilde, when his wife dies in a train crash. All appears to be a tragic accident until a mathematics geek, who was also a fellow passenger on the train, and his two colleagues show up.
Director: Anders Thomas Jensen | Stars: Mads Mikkelsen, Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Andrea Heick Gadeberg, Lars Brygmann
Votes: 63,683
5. The Kite Runner (2007)
PG-13 | 128 min | Drama
After spending years in California, Amir returns to his homeland in Afghanistan to help his old friend Hassan, whose son is in trouble.
Director: Marc Forster | Stars: Khalid Abdalla, Ahmad Khan Mahmoodzada, Atossa Leoni, Shaun Toub
Votes: 82,567 | Gross: $15.80M
6. Lions for Lambs (2007)
R | 92 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Injuries sustained by two Army rangers behind enemy lines in Afghanistan set off a sequence of events involving a congressman, a journalist and a professor.
Director: Robert Redford | Stars: Tom Cruise, Meryl Streep, Robert Redford, Michael Peña
Votes: 52,724 | Gross: $15.00M
7. Flee (2021)
PG-13 | 89 min | Documentary, Animation, Biography
FLEE tells the extraordinary true story of a man, Amin, on the verge of marriage which compels him to reveal his hidden past for the first time.
Director: Jonas Poher Rasmussen | Stars: Daniel Karimyar, Fardin Mijdzadeh, Milad Eskandari, Belal Faiz
Votes: 19,522
8. Stop-Loss (2008)
R | 112 min | Drama, War
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.
Director: Kimberly Peirce | Stars: Ryan Phillippe, Abbie Cornish, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Rob Brown
Votes: 20,894 | Gross: $10.91M
9. Restrepo (2010)
R | 93 min | Documentary, Biography, History
A year with one platoon in the deadliest valley in Afghanistan.
Directors: Tim Hetherington, Sebastian Junger | Stars: The Men of Battle Company 2nd of the 503rd Infantry Regiment 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team, Juan 'Doc Restrepo, Dan Kearney, LaMonta Caldwell
Votes: 24,425 | Gross: $1.33M
10. Rock the Kasbah (2015)
R | 106 min | Comedy, Music, War
A down-on-his-luck music manager discovers a teenage girl with an extraordinary voice while on a music tour in Afghanistan and takes her to Kabul to compete on the popular television show, Afghan Star.
Director: Barry Levinson | Stars: Bill Murray, Leem Lubany, Zooey Deschanel, Bruce Willis
Votes: 12,752 | Gross: $2.98M
11. The Far Pavilions (1984)
315 min | Drama, History, Romance
Story of forbidden love in 1800s India set against the revolution for India's freedom from England.
Stars: Ben Cross, Amy Irving, Christopher Lee, Robert Hardy
Votes: 878
12. A War (2015)
R | 115 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
During contact with the Taliban in Afghanistan a Danish commander makes a decision which saves many of his men's lives but inadvertently takes the lives of some Afghani civilians. Now he is facing criminal charges.
Director: Tobias Lindholm | Stars: Pilou Asbæk, Tuva Novotny, Søren Malling, Charlotte Munck
Votes: 11,204 | Gross: $0.12M
13. The Objective (2008)
Not Rated | 90 min | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
A military special operations team, led by a CIA case officer, are on a mission in the harsh and hostile terrain of Afghanistan where they find themselves in a Middle Eastern "Bermuda Triangle" of ancient evil.
Director: Daniel Myrick | Stars: Jonas Ball, Matthew R. Anderson, Jon Huertas, Michael C. Williams
Votes: 8,520 | Gross: $2.25M
14. Bluestone 42 (2013–2015)
TV-14 | 586 min | Comedy, War
Follows the lives of a group of soldiers serving in a bomb disposal detachment in Afghanistan.
Stars: Stephen Wight, Tony Gardner, Jamie Quinn, Scott Hoatson
Votes: 2,464
15. The Hornet's Nest (2014)
R | 93 min | Documentary, Action, History
Armed only with their cameras, Peabody and Emmy Award-winning conflict Journalist Mike Boettcher, and his son, Carlos, provide unprecedented access into the longest war in U.S. history.
Directors: David Salzberg, Christian Tureaud | Stars: Frank Adamski, Ofren Arrechaga, Ed Bankston, Carlos Boettcher
Votes: 2,812 | Gross: $0.31M
16. Armadillo (2010)
Not Rated | 105 min | Documentary, War
Danish soldiers are sent to Afghanistan in 2009 for 6 months, to help stabilize the country against the Taliban. They're stationed on Armadillo military base in Helman province. Unlike other war movies, this is the real deal - no actors.
Director: Janus Metz
Votes: 10,332 | Gross: $0.01M
17. Taxi to the Dark Side (2007)
R | 106 min | Documentary, Crime, History
Alex Gibney exposes the haunting details of the USA's torture and interrogation practices during the War in Afghanistan.
Director: Alex Gibney | Stars: Alex Gibney, Brian Keith Allen, Moazzam Begg, Christopher Beiring
Votes: 16,805 | Gross: $0.27M
18. Osama (2003)
PG-13 | 83 min | Drama
After the rise of the Taliban in Afghanistan and the restriction of women in public life, a pre-teen girl is forced to masquerade as a boy in order to find work to support her mother and grandmother.
Director: Siddiq Barmak | Stars: Marina Golbahari, Zubaida Sahar, Khwaja Nader, Mohammad Arif Herati
Votes: 9,533 | Gross: $1.13M
19. 9th Company (2005)
R | 139 min | Action, Drama, History
A group of Russian army recruits complete training and take their posting in late-1980s Afghanistan, where the insurgents are slowly gaining the upper hand.
Director: Fedor Bondarchuk | Stars: Artur Smolyaninov, Aleksey Chadov, Konstantin Kryukov, Ivan Kokorin
Votes: 21,687
20. The Power of Nightmares (2004)
60 min | Documentary, History
A series of three documentaries about the use of fear for political gain.
Stars: Gilles Kepel, William Kristol, Melvin Goodman, Richard Perle
Votes: 4,546
21. Red Sands (2009)
R | 89 min | Action, Horror, Thriller
During a mission in the Middle East, a group of US soldiers destroy a statue out of boredom only to then be visited by something the next day.
Director: Alex Turner | Stars: Shane West, Leonard Roberts, Aldis Hodge, Callum Blue
Votes: 3,651
22. Dirty Wars (2013)
Not Rated | 87 min | Documentary, Crime, History
Investigative journalist Jeremy Scahill is pulled into an unexpected journey as he chases down the hidden truth behind America's expanding covert wars.
Director: Rick Rowley | Stars: Jeremy Scahill, Nasser Al Aulaqi, Saleha Al Aulaqi, Muqbal Al Kazemi
Votes: 9,396 | Gross: $0.38M
23. The Unknown Known (2013)
PG-13 | 103 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Former United States Secretary of Defense, Donald Rumsfeld, discusses his career in Washington D.C. from his days as a congressman in the early 1960s to planning the invasion of Iraq in 2003.
Director: Errol Morris | Stars: Donald Rumsfeld, Errol Morris
Votes: 4,293 | Gross: $0.28M
24. The War You Don't See (2010)
97 min | Documentary, War
Thought-provoking documentary on war propaganda: how governments manipulate the facts and how most media let them get away with it.
Directors: Alan Lowery, John Pilger | Stars: John Pilger, Stuart Ewen, Melvin Goodman, Dan Rather
Votes: 1,527
25. Afghan Breakdown (1992)
140 min | War
The events of the film take place on the eve of the withdrawal of Soviet troops from Afghanistan. The son of a high-ranking military man is sent to the paratrooper unit, commanded by Major Bandura.
Director: Vladimir Bortko | Stars: Michele Placido, Tatyana Dogileva, Mikhail Zhigalov, Filipp Yankovskiy
Votes: 561
26. Heiran (2009)
PG | 85 min | Drama, Romance
An Iranian high school student falls for an illegal foreign worker and follows him to Tehran.
Director: Shalizeh Arefpoor | Stars: Baran Kosari, Mehrdad Sedighian, Farhad Aslani, Jaleh Sameti
Votes: 398
27. Inbetween Worlds (2014)
98 min | Drama, War
Jesper is a soldier in the German army. Although his brother was killed whilst serving in Afghanistan, he nevertheless reports for a new tour of duty in this war zone. He and his unit are ... See full summary »
Director: Feo Aladag | Stars: Ronald Zehrfeld, Mohsin Ahmady, Saida Barmaki, Salam Yousefzai
Votes: 692
28. Larry Flynt: The Right to Be Left Alone (2007)
74 min | Documentary
A documentary that celebrates and examines an unabashed vulgarian.
Director: Joan Brooker-Marks | Stars: Larry Flynt, Al van Schaik, Simon L. Leis Jr., Robert Scheer
Votes: 282
29. Unmanned: America's Drone Wars (2013)
Not Rated | 63 min | Documentary, War
America's Drone War investigates the impact of US drone strikes, at home and abroad, through more than 70 separate interviews, including a former American drone operator who shares what he has witnessed in his own words.
Director: Robert Greenwald | Stars: Akbar Ahmed, Shahzad Akbar, Philip Alston, Abdul Aziz
Votes: 101
30. The Magic Mountain (I) (2015)
85 min | Documentary, Animation, Biography
In the form of an animated docu-drama, the biography of Adam Jacek Winkler wonders through nearly half a century of history. A Polish refugee in Paris, Adam lived a boundless life, wanting ... See full summary »
Director: Anca Damian | Stars: Christophe Miossec, Jean-Marc Barr, Jerzy Radziwilowicz, Lizzie Brocheré
Votes: 152
31. Dar-Badar
45 min | Drama | Completed
Dar-Badar is a human story of displacement, refuge, dreams, reality, success, failure, resilience, challenges, co-incidences and life altering experiences. Dar-Badar is a Farsi and Urdu ... See full summary »
Director: Rohit Khaitan | Stars: Chandan Roy Sanyal, Madhur Bhandarkar, Nidhi Joshi, Shoaib Lodin
32. Tell Spring Not to Come This Year (2015)
84 min | Documentary, War
The war in Afghanistan, through the eyes of the Afghans who live it.
Directors: Saeed Taji Farouky, Michael McEvoy
Votes: 382
33. Fire Over Afghanistan (2003)
R | 92 min | Action, Drama, War
Blackhawk pilot and reporter are knocked out of the sky over renegade warlord's territory and struggle against impossible odds to escape with their lives.
Director: Terence H. Winkless | Stars: Jeff Stearns, Jordan Bayne, Fred Dryer, Mihail Meltev
Votes: 489
34. Day One (I) (2015)
PG-13 | 25 min | Short, Drama, Thriller
On her first day in Afghanistan, an interpreter for the US Army is forced to deliver the child of an enemy bomb-maker.
Director: Henry Hughes | Stars: Layla Alizada, Navid Negahban, Lexi Pearl, Bill Zasadil
Votes: 827
35. Citizen of Moria (2022)
75 min | Documentary, History, War
When Ahmad's life comes under threat by the Taliban in Afghanistan, he leaves his family behind for survival, without saying good bye, and ends up in Europe's worst Refugee Detention Camp, ... See full summary »
Directors: Ahmad Ebrahimi, Jawad Mir | Stars: Laurie Cooper, Ahmad Ebrahimi, Ebrahimi Family, Douglas F. Herman
36. Blood Trail (2008)
Not Rated | 79 min | Documentary, War
Follows Robert King in his fifteen years as a war photographer.
Director: Richard Parry | Star: Robert King
Votes: 130
37. Afghan Alphabet (2002)
45 min | Documentary
Documentary showing the life of children of the Afghan villages bordering Iran, and how their life and culture were affected by Taliban regime.
Director: Mohsen Makhmalbaf | Stars: Ghafour Barahouyi, Maryam Ozbak, Mohsen Makhmalbaf
Votes: 302
38. Human Terrain (2010)
TV-14 | 82 min | Documentary
'Human Terrain' is two stories in one. The first exposes the U.S. effort to enlist the best and the brightest of American universities in a struggle for the hearts and minds of its enemies.... See full summary »
Directors: James Der Derian, David Udris, Michael Udris
Votes: 18
39. Rethink Afghanistan (2009)
Not Rated | 62 min | Documentary, War
Award-winning filmmaker Robert Greenwald and Brave New Foundation deliver a ground-breaking documentary that shatters all perceived truths behind the war in Afghanistan.
Director: Robert Greenwald | Stars: Tariq Ali, Faiysal Alikhan, Andrew Bacevich, Robert Baer
Votes: 102
40. I Am the Revolution (2018)
74 min | Documentary, Biography
The inspiring story of three women risking their lives to incite political, activist, and armed uprisings in Afghanistan, Syria, and Iraq.
Director: Benedetta Argentieri | Stars: Rojda Felat, Selay Ghaffar, Yanar Mohammed
Votes: 28
41. Eine mörderische Entscheidung (2013 TV Movie)
90 min | Documentary, Drama
A dramatized reconstruction of events in restless Afgna province Kunduz, in 2009, and the ensuing trial of the German NATO contingent commander, colonel Klein. After the tragic loss of ... See full summary »
Director: Raymond Ley | Stars: Matthias Brandt, Axel Milberg, Vladimir Burlakov, Ludwig Trepte
Votes: 102
42. The True Story of Charlie Wilson (2007 TV Movie)
91 min | Documentary, History
Director: David Keane | Stars: Frank V. Gaide, Joanne Herring, Michelle McClory, Rene Napoli
Votes: 87
43. Noga (1991)
88 min | Action, Drama, War
Surreal drama based on the novel of the same name by William Faulkner. The first Russian film on the war in Afghanistan and Afghan syndrome.
Director: Nikita Tyagunov | Stars: Ivan Okhlobystin, Pyotr Mamonov, Ivan Zakhava, Natalya Petrova
Votes: 260
44. Black Shark (1993)
95 min | Action
Director: Vitaliy Lukin | Stars: Valeriy Vostrotin, Oleg Martyanov, Inogam Adylov, Berdy Ashirov
Votes: 53
45. Bulletproof Salesman (2008)
Not Rated | 70 min | Documentary
Fidelis Cloer is a self-confessed war profiteer who found The Perfect War when the US invaded Iraq. It wasn't about selling a dozen cars, or even a hundred, it was a thousand-car war where security would become the ultimate product.
Directors: Petra Epperlein, Michael Tucker | Star: Fidelis Cloer
Votes: 278
46. Tehran 7:00 a.m. (2003)
85 min | Drama
Director: Amir Shahab Razavian | Stars: Nazanin Farahani, Ali Golzadeh, Mohammad Haj Hosseini, Behnaz Jafari
Votes: 56
47. The Mullah's Storm
Action | Announced
Having been shot out of the sky and lost his entire crew, Major Michael Parson finds himself in the middle of an Afghan blizzard with only Army Sgt. Sophia Gold and her high value prisoner ... See full summary »
48. Olhos nos Olhos (2008–2009)
50 min | Crime, Drama, Fantasy
Twin brothers Vasco and Victor, both villains, compete to take over a struggling cosmetics company owned by the Viana Levi family, led by the mysterious maestro Leonardo. This complex ... See full summary »
Stars: Paulo Pires, José Wallenstein, Bárbara Norton de Matos, Nuno Távora
Votes: 38
49. Sleeping Soldiers (2009 Video)
5 min | Short, War
The soldiers of 2nd Platoon, Battle Company, 173rd Airborne are shown sleeping. We also see what they might be dreaming about.
Director: Tim Hetherington | Star: The Men of Battle Company 2nd of the 503rd Infantry Regiment 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team
50. Return to Kandahar (2003)
65 min | Documentary
Nelofer Pazira returns to Afghanistan to find her lost friend.
Directors: Paul Jay, Nelofer Pazira
Votes: 111