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1. Jarhead (2005)
R | 125 min | Biography, Drama, War
A 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.
Director: Sam Mendes | Stars: Jake Gyllenhaal, Jamie Foxx, Lucas Black, Scott MacDonald
Votes: 206,466 | Gross: $62.66M
2. The Manchurian Candidate (2004)
R | 129 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
In the midst of the Gulf War, soldiers are kidnapped and brainwashed for sinister purposes.
Director: Jonathan Demme | Stars: Denzel Washington, Liev Schreiber, Meryl Streep, Kimberly Elise
Votes: 116,597 | Gross: $65.96M
3. Three Kings (1999)
R | 114 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
In 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.
Director: David O. Russell | Stars: George Clooney, Mark Wahlberg, Ice Cube, Spike Jonze
Votes: 180,427 | Gross: $60.65M
4. The Men Who Stare at Goats (2009)
R | 94 min | Comedy, War
A reporter in Iraq might just have the story of a lifetime when he meets Lyn Cassady, a guy who claims to be a former member of the U.S. Army's New Earth Army, a unit that employs paranormal powers in their missions.
Director: Grant Heslov | Stars: Ewan McGregor, George Clooney, Kevin Spacey, Jeff Bridges
Votes: 137,563 | Gross: $32.43M
5. 10th & Wolf (2006)
R | 107 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A former street tough returns to his Philadelphia home after a stint in the military. Back on his home turf, he once again finds himself tangling with the mob boss who was instrumental in his going off to be a soldier.
Director: Bobby Moresco | Stars: James Marsden, Giovanni Ribisi, Brad Renfro, Piper Perabo
Votes: 6,950 | Gross: $0.05M
6. The Salt of the Earth (2014)
PG-13 | 110 min | Documentary, Biography, History
The life and work of photographer Sebastião Salgado, who has spent forty years documenting societies in hidden corners of the world.
Directors: Juliano Ribeiro Salgado, Wim Wenders | Stars: Sebastião Salgado, Wim Wenders, Lélia Wanick Salgado, Juliano Ribeiro Salgado
Votes: 23,446 | Gross: $1.34M
7. Flight of the Phoenix (2004)
PG-13 | 113 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Survivors of a plane crash in the Mongolian desert work together to build a new plane.
Director: John Moore | Stars: Dennis Quaid, Miranda Otto, Giovanni Ribisi, Tyrese Gibson
Votes: 56,743 | Gross: $21.01M
8. The Baader Meinhof Complex (2008)
R | 150 min | Action, Biography, Crime
A look at Germany's terrorist group, The Red Army Faction (RAF), which organized bombings, robberies, kidnappings, and assassinations in the late 1960s and '70s.
Director: Uli Edel | Stars: Martina Gedeck, Moritz Bleibtreu, Johanna Wokalek, Bruno Ganz
Votes: 40,115 | Gross: $0.48M
9. Baraka (1992)
Not Rated | 96 min | Documentary
A collection of expertly photographed scenes of human life and religion.
Director: Ron Fricke | Star: Patrick Disanto
Votes: 40,976 | Gross: $1.33M
10. Taking Chance (2009 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 77 min | Drama, War
Based on real-life events, Lt. Col. Michael Strobl, a volunteer military escort officer, accompanies the body of 19-year-old Marine Chance Phelps back to his hometown of Dubois, Wyoming.
Director: Ross Katz | Stars: Kevin Bacon, Tom Aldredge, Nicholas Art, Blanche Baker
Votes: 14,771
11. Airlift (2016)
Not Rated | 130 min | Action, Drama, History
When Iraq invades Kuwait in August 1990, a callous Indian businessman becomes the spokesperson for more than 170,000 stranded countrymen.
Director: Raja Menon | Stars: Akshay Kumar, Nimrat Kaur, Kumud Mishra, Prakash Belawadi
Votes: 58,784
12. Uncle Sam (1996 Video)
R | 89 min | Comedy, Horror
Desert Storm vet who was killed in combat rises from the grave on July Fourth, to kill the unpatriotic citizens of his hometown, after some teens burn an American flag over his burial site.
Director: William Lustig | Stars: William Smith, David 'Shark' Fralick, Christopher Ogden, Leslie Neale
Votes: 3,655
13. The Last Winter (2006)
Not Rated | 101 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Sent to evaluate the environmental impact of oil drilling in the Arctic, James Hoffman clashes with the drilling crew's chief, who wants to get the job done.
Director: Larry Fessenden | Stars: Ron Perlman, James Le Gros, Connie Britton, Zach Gilford
Votes: 9,839 | Gross: $0.03M
14. Half Moon Street (1986)
R | 90 min | Drama, Thriller
A brilliant researcher in London who works as a high-class hooker in her spare time, becomes a pawn in a dangerous political game, when her latest client, a nobleman who is negotiating an Arab-Israeli peace treaty, falls for her.
Director: Bob Swaim | Stars: Sigourney Weaver, Michael Caine, Patrick Kavanagh, Faith Kent
Votes: 2,799 | Gross: $1.13M
15. Best Defense (1984)
R | 94 min | Comedy, War
A military weapons engineer struggles to do his job responsibly, while a hapless tank commander has to live with the consequences in combat years later.
Director: Willard Huyck | Stars: Dudley Moore, Eddie Murphy, Kate Capshaw, George Dzundza
Votes: 6,417 | Gross: $19.27M
16. The Animals of Farthing Wood (1993–1995)
TV-Y7 | 25 min | Animation, Adventure, Family
A group of wild animal friends are forced to move to a park after humans drive them away from their old home.
Stars: Ron Moody, Stacey Gregg, Rupert Farley, Sally Grace
Votes: 3,642
17. Lessons of Darkness (1992 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 54 min | Documentary, War
This film surveys the disaster of the Kuwaiti oil fields in flames, with little narration and scarcely any interviews. Hell on Earth is presented in such transcendent visions and music that one can only be fascinated by it.
Director: Werner Herzog | Star: Werner Herzog
Votes: 6,742
18. The Exchange (I) (2023– )
TV-14 | 50 min | Drama
Set in Kuwait in 1987, two women making their way in the boys club of the Kuwait Stock Exchange, on the eve of Saddam Hussein's invasion of the country.
Stars: Rawan Mahdi, Mona Hussain, Hussain Al-Mahdi, Michael Benyaer
Votes: 882
19. 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: 4,542
20. Deterrence (1999)
R | 104 min | Drama, Thriller
The President of the United States must deal with an international military crisis while confined to a Colorado diner during a freak snowstorm
Director: Rod Lurie | Stars: Kevin Pollak, Timothy Hutton, Sheryl Lee Ralph, Clotilde Courau
Votes: 2,839 | Gross: $0.14M
21. Black Thunder (II) (1998)
R | 85 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
A top secret stealth fighter is stolen. Only Navy Test Pilot Vince Connors can recover the plane and bring it back in one piece. Battling terrorists, and flying with deadly nerve gas, he has to evade his mentor, now the enemy's top pilot.
Director: Rick Jacobson | Stars: Michael Dudikoff, Richard Norton, Michael Cavanaugh, Nancy Valen
Votes: 621
22. Khawatir (2005–2015)
TV-14 | 25 min | Family, Reality-TV, Sci-Fi
A TV show devoted to help young people to be mature in their faith, work, and knowledge.
Star: Ahmad Al Shugairi
Votes: 3,925
23. The Banquet (1991)
97 min | Comedy
Film with a weak plot about an businessman trying to clinch a deal for the reconstruction of Kuwait after the Gulf War from a Kuwaiti prince. The climax of the movie is a banquet/dinner at ... See full summary »
Directors: Alfred Cheung, Tung Cho 'Joe' Cheung, Clifton Ko, Hark Tsui | Stars: Eric Tsang, Carol 'Do Do' Cheng, Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Jacky Cheung
Votes: 424
24. Brothers at War (2009)
R | 110 min | Documentary, War
An intimate portrait of an American family during a turbulent time. Jake Rademacher sets out to understand the experience, sacrifice, and motivation of his two brothers serving in Iraq. The... See full summary »
Director: Jake Rademacher | Stars: Jake Rademacher, Isaac Rademacher, Joe Rademacher, Mahmoud Hamid Ali
Votes: 595 | Gross: $0.15M
25. American Son (2008)
R | 90 min | Drama, Romance, War
The story of a young Marine, fresh from Camp Pendleton, who is forced to confront the complexities of adulthood and a volatile home life during a four-day Thanksgiving leave.
Director: Neil Abramson | Stars: Nick Cannon, Matt Sigloch, Dotan Baer, Justin Diedolf
Votes: 916
26. The Human Shield (1991)
R | 88 min | Action, Drama, War
An ex-Marine who was hired to train Iraqi soldiers to fight Iran returns to Iraq as a CIA agent to free his brother, who has been imprisoned there by a renegade general.
Director: Ted Post | Stars: Michael Dudikoff, Tommy Hinkley, Hanna Azoulay Hasfari, Steve Inwood
Votes: 546
27. Uncle Saddam (2000)
Unrated | 63 min | Documentary, Comedy, History
A "Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous"--style mockumentary, filmed partly in Iraq under the guise of an actual documentary, that is a send up of Saddam Hussein
Director: Joel Soler | Stars: Qusay Hussein, Saddam Hussein, Uday Hussein, Wallace Langham
Votes: 253
28. Fires of Kuwait (1992)
36 min | Documentary, Short
Man's emergency creativity can be seen at its best, after Saddam Hussein had the Kuwait oil wells lit up, as teams from all over the world fought those fires for months, and had to save the oil resources, as well as reduce air pollution.
Director: David Douglas | Star: Rip Torn
Votes: 580
29. A Call to Arms (2009)
85 min | Documentary, History, War
The eyewitness story of the illegal U.S. and U.K. military anthrax vaccination programs, which is recommended by Montel Williams as the Must-See Documentary of the Year. Because of the ... See full summary »
Director: Scott Miller | Stars: Michael Douglas, Linda Hamilton, Scott Miller, Melissa Mosich Miller
Votes: 60
30. Back to Q82 (2017)
105 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
A Kuwaiti version of the iconic movie Back to the future
Director: Ahmed Siddiqui | Stars: Jasem Al-Nabhan, Khaled Al Madhfar, Abdaziz Al Nasar, El Hussein Abd
Votes: 138
31. Desert Storm: The War Begins (1991 TV Movie)
75 min | Documentary, War
An historic presentation by CNN documenting the lead up to and the beginning of the war in Iraq.
Stars: Bernard Shaw, Cliff Acree, Hafez al-Assad, Nayirah al-Sabah
Votes: 36
32. Cumulus 9 (1992 Video)
93 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Director: Aaron Michael Lacey | Stars: Aaron Michael Lacey, Reza Fayyazi, Annemette Andersen, Langford King Jordan
Votes: 69
33. A Family Affair (II) (2022)
Not Rated | 17 min | Short, Drama
A girl brought up alone by his father, as her mother moved on with her life without leaving a trace. The memories of her mother linger as she grows up without any anger towards her mother.
Director: Josun Rivera | Stars: Dennis Carlos, C.J. Hong, Yzabella Precious, Chenee Tagomata
34. ManIslam: Islam and Masculinity (2014)
58 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Muslim men can change the dark side of the masculinities in their cultures.
Director: Nefise Özkal Lorentzen | Stars: Naif Al-Mutawa, Ihsan Eliacik, Nefise Özkal Lorentzen, Imtiaz Pavel
Votes: 35
35. Amnesty! When They Are All Free (2011)
70 min | Documentary
The documentary examines Amnesty International's successes and failures over the 50 years since it was founded.
Director: James Rogan | Stars: Claudio Cordone, Gerardo Ducos, Patricia Feeney, Said Haddadi
Votes: 13
36. Direct Order (2003)
55 min | Documentary
The United States Military is using an experimental drug on our men and women in uniform, and it is killing them.
Director: Scott Miller | Stars: Michael Douglas, Rick Otto
Votes: 24
37. Dead to Rights (2003)
Thriller
A Gulf War veteran returns home and while attempting to make peace with his past, gets caught up in a deadly triangle involving two very sexy, very dangerous women.
Director: Steven Kohl | Stars: Valerie Mikita, Tony Czyzyk, Heather Frayne, Peter H. Simon
38. Where the Hell is Matt? 2008 (2008 Video)
4 min | Short
A man dances in over forty countries to the song Praan by Gary Schyman.
Director: Matt Harding
40. Losing Ahmad (2006)
68 min | Documentary, Drama, War
Shot over 12 months in Iraq, Kuwait, London and the US, Losing Ahmad follows the true story of Ahmad Sharif, a seven-year-old from Baghdad who lost his sight and right arm to an American ... See full summary »
Director: Abdullah Boushahri | Stars: Ahmad Sharif, Saad Sharif, Jabbar Sharif, Muhammad Al-Saffar
Votes: 26
41. Falafel Cart (2014 Video)
9 min | Animation, Short
The experimental and early version which paved the way to the short animated film Falafel Cart (2019).
Director: Abdullah Al-Wazzan
Votes: 150
42. Clouds (2020 Video)
3 min | Short, Music, Romance
The conflict of body, mind, and heart is portrayed in this love relationship between Ema, the Kuwaiti Arab, and Tyler, a US soldier. Dance and Music.
Director: Ema Shah | Stars: Jared Andrew Hughes, Ema Shah
43. Bipen B. K. (2019)
13 min | Short, Drama
A story about the suicide of an Asian worker that causes controversy in his workplace.
Director: Yousef Alabdullah | Stars: Mohammed Akram, Ali, Yousif Bin Ali, Vart Hovagimian
Votes: 6
44. Dust Storm (2017 TV Special)
50 min | Documentary
This film explores a growing threat. We investigate storm causes, why they occur frequently and severely in several parts of the world, how to predict them, and what can be done to lessen ... See full summary »
Director: Neil Cameron | Star: Anna Koval
45. Flames of Wrath (1993)
A bunch of firefighters including Haj Hemmat and his nephew Saleh are trying to put out a fire in oil wells of Kuwait. Saleh seizes the opportunity and starts searching for his cousin, ... See full summary »
Director: Hamid Reza Ashtianipoor | Stars: Ali Nasirian, Abdolhassan Barzideh, Esmail Soltanian, Shohreh Ahmadpoor
46. President George H.W. Bush: Speeches of the 41st President of the United States 1989-1993 (2005 Video)
76 min | Documentary, Biography, History
The 41st President's greatest speeches from 1989-1993, including the national address on Iraq's invasion of Kuwait, his address to the nation on Panama's police action, and his speech at the end of the Gulf War.
Star: George Bush
47. Wonderful World (2008)
Short, Musical
Director: Tamir Naber | Stars: Nima Algooneh, Sama Falah, Tamer Gargour
48. The Dawn (2017)
14 min | Short, Comedy
When Bader's father cancels their fishing trip, Bader takes it upon himself (and his friends) to find out why.
Director: Yousef Al-Qenaei
49. Storm Clouds (1992 TV Movie)
92 min | Drama
Bruce Becker, petroleum engineer takes a job in Kuwait as job opportunities at home in the US disappear. He is taken hostage and is used as part of the "Human Shield" prior to the first ... See full summary »
Director: W. Scott Lineberger | Stars: John Funchess, Claire Grey, Karen Ignatz, Joy Noe
50. Desert Storm: The Victory (1991 TV Movie)
101 min | Documentary, War
This CNN program historically documents the Persian Gulf War; its beginnings, the air war, ground war, liberation and celebration.
Star: Bernard Shaw
Votes: 18