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Jarhead(2005)

R
| 2h 3min | Drama, War
3.3/5 (with 1,250 votes)

Jarhead is a film about a US Marine Anthony Swofford’s experience in the Gulf War. After putting up with an arduous boot camp, Swofford and his unit are sent to the Persian Gulf where they are eager to fight, but are forced to stay back from the action. Swofford struggles with the possibility of his girlfriend cheating on him, and as his mental state deteriorates, his desire to kill increases.

Directed by Sam Mendes - With Jake Gyllenhaal, Peter Sarsgaardd, Chris Cooper, Jamie Foxx, Jacob Vargas, Lucas Black, ...
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Courage Under Fire(1996)

R
| 1h 56min | Drama, Thriller, Mystery, War
3.3/5 (with 377 votes)

A US Army officer, who made a "friendly fire" mistake that was covered up, has been reassigned to a desk job. He is tasked to investigate a female chopper commander's worthiness to be awarded the Medal of Honor. At first all seems in order. But then he begins to notice inconsistencies between the testimonies of the witnesses...

Directed by Edward Zwick - With Denzel Washington, Meg Ryan, Lou Diamond Phillips, Matt Damon, Scott Glenn, Michael Moriarty, ...
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The Manchurian Candidate(2004)

R
| 2h 9min | Drama, Thriller, Mystery
3.2/5 (with 664 votes)

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.

Directed by Jonathan Demme - With Denzel Washington, Meryl Streep, Liev Schreiber, Jon Voight, Kimberly Elise, Vera Farmiga, ...
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Three Kings(1999)

R
| 1h 54min | Action, Comedy, War
3.3/5 (with 884 votes)

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 everything.

Directed by David O. Russell - With George Clooney, Mark Wahlberg, Ice Cube, Spike Jonze, Cliff Curtis, Nora Dunn, ...
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Wag the Dog(1997)

R
| 1h 37min | Comedy, Drama
3.5/5 (with 394 votes)

During the final weeks of a presidential race, the President is accused of sexual misconduct. To distract the public until the election, the President's adviser hires a Hollywood producer to help him stage a fake war.

Directed by Barry Levinson - With Dustin Hoffman, Robert De Niro, Anne Heche, Denis Leary, Willie Nelson, Andrea Martin, ...
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Sgt. Bilko(1996)

PG
| 1h 30min | Comedy
2.9/5 (with 151 votes)

The US army is known for churning out lean mean fighting machines intent on protecting our great nation. Sergeant Ernie Bilko is the leader of a ragtag group of the sorriest soldiers ever to enlist in the armed forces.

Directed by Jonathan Lynn - With Steve Martin, Dan Aykroyd, Phil Hartman, Chris Rock, Daryl Mitchell, Eric Edwards, ...
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Towelhead(2008)

R
| 1h 51min | Drama
3.1/5 (with 61 votes)

A young Arab-American girl struggles with her sexual obsession, a bigoted Army reservist, and her strict father during the Gulf War.

Directed by Alan Ball - With Aaron Eckhart, Toni Collette, Maria Bello, Peter Macdissi, Summer Bishil, Carrie Preston, ...

The Pentagon Wars(1998)

R
| 1h 44min | Comedy, Drama, War, TV Movie
3.5/5 (with 20 votes)

From the director of “Made In America” and “The Money Pit” comes a hilarious look at one of the most expensive blunders in military history. Over 17 years and almost as many billion dollars have gone into devising the BFV (Bradley Fighting Vehicle). There's only one problem. . . it doesn't work.

Directed by Richard Benjamin - With Kelsey Grammer, Cary Elwes, John C. McGinley, Olympia Dukakis, Richard Benjamin
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Lessons of Darkness(1992)

NR
| 54min | War, Documentary
4.0/5 (with 56 votes)

This film shows the disaster of the Kuwaiti oil fields in flames. In contrast to the common documentary film there are no comments and few interviews. What must have been the hell itself is presented to the viewer in such beautiful sights and beautiful music that one has to be fascinated by it.

Directed by Werner Herzog - With Werner Herzog
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Live from Baghdad(2002)

1h 48min | Drama, War, TV Movie
3.4/5 (with 20 votes)

A group of CNN reporters wrestle with journalistic ethics and the life-and-death perils of reporting during the Gulf War.A Directors Guild Award-winning movie for director Mick Jackson, starring Michael Keaton and Helena Bonham Carter. In 1990, CNN was a 24-hour news network in search of a 24-hour story. They were about to find it in Baghdad. Veteran CNN producer Robert Wiener and his longtime producing partner Ingrid Formanek find themselves in Iraq on the eve of war. Up against the big three networks, Weiner and his team are rebels with a cause, willing to take risks to get the biggest stories and - unlike their rivals - take them live at a moment's notice. As Baghdad becomes an inevitable US target, one by one the networks pull out of the city until only the crew from CNN remains. With a full-scale war soon to be launched all around them, and CNN ready to broadcast whatever happens 24 hours a day, Wiener and Formanek are about to risk their lives for the story of a lifetime.

Directed by Mick Jackson - With Michael Keaton, Helena Bonham-Carter, Lili Taylor, Bruce McGill, Michael Murphy, Paul Guilfoyle, ...

The Finest Hour(1992)

1h 45min | War, Drama
2.0/5 (with 3 votes)

Macho Lawrence 'Larry' Hammer and frailer Dean Mazzoli initially rival as U.S. Navy SEAL trainees, but become buddies in instructor chief petty officer Bosco's merciless training class. The friends date two girls, but both love Barbara, who chooses to marry Larry, as ideal father for her pre-teen son. After graduation from Basic UDT/SEAL training, they choose opposite oceans for further training. However Sadam Husein's invasion of Kuwait gets both mobilized in the same unit, with Bosco, who gets captured and tortured. Dean learns Barbara has left adulterer Larry. They mount a rescue together, taking risks even on their own side.

Directed by Shimon Dotan - With Rob Lowe, Gale Hansen, Tracy Griffith

Thirst(2018)

1h 28min | War
2.2/5 (with 2 votes)

Two best friends are pitted against each other when a new girl comes to town, matters are further complicated when they enlist together in the U S Army to fight in the Persian Gulf War, the men and their unit captured by Iraqi forces and must work together with other prisoners of war to escape...

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Friday On My Mind(1992)

2h 30min

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Thanks of a Grateful Nation(1998)

3h 24min | Drama
0.5/5 (with 1 vote)

An examination of the aftermath of Desert Storm and how servicemen and women were affected by it medically.

Directed by Rod Holcomb - With Ted Danson, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Brian Dennehy

The Hidden Wars of Desert Storm(2001)

PG
| 1h 4min | Documentary, War
3.8/5 (with 1 vote)

"Hidden Wars of Desert Storm" looks at the origins of the Gulf War crisis and challenges the official Western "party-line" view of a spontaneous crusade for "Freedom & Democracy". Instead, the documentary exposes the White House and US State Department's hidden agenda in the Gulf as well as the Pentagon's use of radioactive ammunitions made of uranium 238.

General H. Norman Schwarzkopf: Command Performance(1991)

30min | Documentary, TV Movie

General H. Norman Schwarzkopf: Command Performance shows historic archive photographs and coverage of “Stormin’ Norman’s” role from the inception of Desert Shield to the onslaught of Desert Storm.

Staying Up(2002)

30min

Set in 1990 on an Air Force base in the mid-Atlantic. Billy is desperate to listen to his team Middlesborough, play Newcastle United. But Billy's quest for diversion masks an unspoken trauma in his past which he is forced to confront.

GUERRA & PACE(2022)

6min | Documentary, Drama, War, Romance / Love

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Diary Of A Disgraced Soldier(2009)

1h 8min | Documentary
5.0/5 (with 1 vote)

In Iraq 2003 Corporal Martin Webster filmed fellow soldiers beating Iraqi youths during rioting in Al Amara. Two years later, a British newspaper obtained his footage. The story that ran led to outrage across the world.

Desolate Rome(1995)

1h 10min | Documentary
2.5/5 (with 2 votes)

Chronicles of a male homosexual drug addict in 1980's in voice-over with long take scenes from Rome, television snippets of news of Gulf War and commercials.

Directed by Vincent Dieutre

The Boot(2022)

4min | Animation, Drama

In a city ravaged by war and famine where there is nothing but wreckage and corpses, a bird struggles to find food for its hungry chickens. But nothing is easy as it seems to be.

John Heroux: Gulf War Fighter Pilot(2012)

PG
| 8min | War, Documentary

In 1991, John Heroux served in Operation Desert Storm, piloting one of forty F16 Fighter Planes sent in to target large manufacturing facilities deep inside Iraq. Looking back on these missions, John explains that pilots, himself included, felt no pride at causing destruction, but did have pride in serving their country and completing their tasks. This is his story.

Tingling(2020)

Drama

Over a devastating night, a couple grapples with memories from the Gulf War.

Wings Over the Gulf: First Strike(1992)

3h | Documentary
3.5/5 (with 1 vote)

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Saddam: America's Best Enemy(2005)

54min | Documentary
5.0/5 (with 1 vote)

Documents a 40-year relationship between Saddam Hussein and the U.S., through accounts given by those who were witness to and participants in those years of violence. It is about a man and a superpower who used each other, in a marriage of convenience between strange bed-fellows. Includes selected archival footage of Saddam's beginnings, filmed to immortalise his exploits, at 20 years of age, in 1959. Includes also images from the film, Saddam Hussein, le maître de Baghdad, directed by Michel Vuillermet (Zarafa Films)