Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk

Movie · 6.0 / 10 · 10 Nov 2016 · English

19-year-old Billy Lynn is brought home for a victory tour after a harrowing Iraq battle. Through flashbacks the film shows what really happened to his squad – contrasting the realities of war with America's perceptions.

Stop-Loss

Movie · 6.1 / 10 · 28 Mar 2008 · English

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.

Cherry

Movie · 7.3 / 10 · 26 Feb 2021 · English

Cherry drifts from college dropout to army medic in Iraq—anchored only by his one true love, Emily. But after returning from the war with PTSD, his life spirals into drugs and crime as he struggles to find his place in the world.

The Yellow Birds

Movie · 6.0 / 10 · 24 May 2018 · English

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.

Jacknife

Movie · 6.3 / 10 · 5 Oct 1989 · English

A conflict develops between a troubled Vietnam veteran and the sister he lives with when she becomes involved romantically with the army buddy who reminds him of the tragic battle they both survived.

Born on the Fourth of July

Movie · 7.0 / 10 · 20 Dec 1989 · English

Paralyzed in the Vietnam war, Ron Kovic becomes an anti-war and pro-human rights political activist after feeling betrayed by the country he fought for.

The Railway Man

Movie · 6.8 / 10 · 2 Dec 2013 · English

A victim from World War II's "Death Railway" sets out to find those responsible for his torture. A true story.

Civil War

Movie · 6.9 / 10 · 10 Apr 2024 · English

In the near future, a group of war journalists attempt to survive while reporting the truth as the United States stands on the brink of civil war.

Slaughterhouse-Five

Movie · 6.5 / 10 · 15 Mar 1972 · English

Billy Pilgrim, a veteran of the Second World War, finds himself mysteriously detached from time, so that he is able to travel, without being able to help it, from the days of his childhood to those of his peculiar life on a distant planet called Tralfamadore, passing through his bitter experience as a prisoner of war in the German city of Dresden, over which looms the inevitable shadow of an unspeakable tragedy.

Uncommon Valor

Movie · 6.3 / 10 · 16 Dec 1983 · English

A group of Vietnam War veterans re-unite to rescue one of their own left behind and taken prisoner by the Vietnamese.

The Manchurian Candidate

Movie · 6.5 / 10 · 30 Jul 2004 · English

Years after his squad was ambushed during the Gulf War, Major Ben Marco finds himself having terrible nightmares. He begins to doubt that his fellow squad-mate Sergeant Raymond Shaw, now a vice-presidential candidate, is the hero he remembers him being. As Marco's doubts deepen, Shaw's political power grows, and, when Marco finds a mysterious implant embedded in his back, the memory of what really happened begins to return.

The Kill Team

Movie · 6.5 / 10 · 17 Oct 2019 · English

When Andrew Briggman — a young soldier in the US Army during the invasion of Afghanistan — witnesses the murderous behavior of fellow soldiers, under the direction of a malevolent Sergeant, he faces a moral dilemma. His increasingly-violent platoon becomes suspicious that someone in their ranks has turned on them, and Andrew begins to fear for his safety. A fictionalized dramatization based on a true story.