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Warhorse One(2023)

R
| 2h | Action, Drama, War
3.6/5 (with 94 votes)

A gunned down Navy SEAL Master Chief must guide a child to safety through a gauntlet of hostile Taliban insurgents and survive the brutal Afghanistan wilderness.

Special Forces(2011)

R
| 1h 49min | Action, Drama, War
3.4/5 (with 239 votes)

Afghanistan. War correspondent Elsa Casanova is taken hostage by the Taliban. Faced with her imminent execution, a Special Forces unit is dispatched to free her. In some of the world’s most breathtaking yet hostile landscapes, a relentless pursuit begins between her kidnappers who have no intention of letting their prey escape them and a group of soldiers who risk their lives in pursuit of their single aim – to bring her home alive. This strong, independent woman and these men of duty are thrown together and forced to confront situations of great danger that inextricably bind them – emotionally, violently and intimately.

Lone Survivor(2013)

R
| 2h 1min | War, Action, Drama, History
3.7/5 (with 1,871 votes)

Four Navy SEALs on a covert mission to neutralize a high-level Taliban operative must make an impossible moral decision in the mountains of Afghanistan that leads them into an enemy ambush. As they confront unthinkable odds, the SEALs must find reserves of strength and resilience to fight to the finish.

12 Strong(2018)

R
| 2h 10min | War, Drama, Action, History
3.1/5 (with 1,261 votes)

A team of special forces head into Afghanistan in the aftermath of the September 11th attacks in an attempt to dismantle the Taliban.

The Kite Runner(2007)

PG-13
| 2h 8min | Drama
3.7/5 (with 514 votes)

After spending years in California, Amir returns to his homeland in Afghanistan to help his old friend Hassan, whose son is in trouble.

Whiskey Tango Foxtrot(2016)

R
| 1h 52min | Comedy, Drama, War
3.1/5 (with 422 votes)

In 2002, cable news producer Kim Barker decides to shake up her routine by taking a daring new assignment in Kabul, Afghanistan. Dislodged from her comfortable American lifestyle, Barker finds herself in the middle of an out-of-control war zone. Luckily, she meets Tanya Vanderpoel, a fellow journalist who takes the shell-shocked reporter under her wing. Amid the militants, warlords and nighttime partying, Barker discovers the key to becoming a successful correspondent.

Restrepo(2010)

R
| 1h 33min | War, Documentary
3.7/5 (with 141 votes)

Directors Hetherington and Junger spend a year with the 2nd Battalion of the United States Army located in one of Afghanistan's most dangerous valleys. The documentary provides insight and empathy on how to win the battle through hard work, deadly gunfights and mutual friendships while the unit must push back the Taliban.

Jarhead 2: Field of Fire(2014)

R
| 1h 43min | War, Action
3.2/5 (with 125 votes)

Battle-scarred and disillusioned by the war, Corporal Chris Merrimette is put in charge of a unit whose next mission is to resupply a remote outpost on the edge of Taliban-controlled territory. While driving through the hostile Helmand province, a Navy SEAL flags down their convoy and enlists the unit on an operation of international importance: they must help an Afghan woman famous for her defiance of the Taliban escape the country. Without tanks or air support, Merrimette and his team will need all the courage and firepower they can muster to fight their way across the war-torn country and shepherd the woman to safety.

The Breadwinner(2017)

PG-13
| 1h 34min | Animation, War, Drama
4.0/5 (with 351 votes)

A headstrong young girl in Afghanistan, ruled by the Taliban, disguises herself as a boy in order to provide for her family.

Directed by Nora Twomey

The Point Men(2023)

1h 48min | Crime, Action
3.2/5 (with 14 votes)

A story about a diplomat and a national intelligence service agent who struggle and risk their lives on foreign soil to save Korean hostages that have been abducted in the Middle East.

Sand Serpents(2009)

1h 30min | Action, Horror, Thriller
1.9/5 (with 12 votes)

Jason Gedrick and a small group of Marines are stranded in the remote Afghan desert. But it ain't the Taliban that's worrying them, it's these giant refugees from Tremors. In fact the big worms prove to be an ally of sorts by doing better against the Taliban than themselves but battling these enemies is something not covered in their training.

Directed by Jeff Renfroe - With Jason Gedrick

Kandahar(2001)

1h 25min | Drama
3.1/5 (with 37 votes)

After an Afghanistan-born woman who lives in Canada receives a letter from her suicidal sister, she takes a perilous journey through Afghanistan to try to find her.

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Osama(2003)

1h 23min | Drama
3.5/5 (with 46 votes)

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.

Directed by Siddiq Barmak - With Marina Golbahari

Essential Killing(2010)

1h 24min | Thriller, War
2.9/5 (with 69 votes)

A Taliban soldier struggles to survive after he escapes his captors and flees into the Polish countryside.

Armadillo(2010)

1h 45min | Documentary, War
3.5/5 (with 49 votes)

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.

Kandahar(2010)

1h 43min | Drama
3.3/5 (with 14 votes)

A docudrama about the escape of Russian pilots after being taken hostage by the Taliban in 1996.

At Five in the Afternoon(2003)

1h 45min | Drama
3.3/5 (with 8 votes)

Nogreh is a young Afghani woman living with her father and her sister-in-law, Leylomah, whose husband, Akhtar, is missing. Beyond the issue of Akhtar, Leylomah is most concerned with how to feed her baby. She cannot provide milk for her baby as her own hunger is preventing her from lactating. Nogreh, however, aspires toward a life in a western styled democracy. Although the Taliban are no longer in power in Afghanistan, traditional forces are still active in the country. Nogreh often displays signs of rebellion, such as wearing a pair of white pumps instead of the traditional slipper beneath her burqa. But mostly, Nogreh wants to be educated. Without her father's knowledge, Nogreh is attending a secular girls school. Ultimately, she wants to become President of Afghanistan. With the help of a Pakistani refugee who likes her as a woman, Nogreh tries to understand exactly what forces led to current world leaders being elected, those forces which she wants to emulate.

Directed by Samira Makhmalbaf - With Agheleh Rezaie, Razi Mohebi

Osombie(2012)

1h 32min | Horror, Action
2.1/5 (with 14 votes)

Following the 9/11 attacks, the war on terror against Afghanistan continues. With the Taliban insurgents hiding out in the mountains however, they become increasingly difficult for the US military to engage. The solution is to try and flush them out by adding low level chemicals to the water supply. Little do the USA know however that enemy scientists have adapted the chemicals to make their own formula, one that can bring the dead back to life.

Directed by John Lyde

Omertà(2018)

1h 36min | Action, Drama
3.9/5 (with 6 votes)

A dramatization of the complex and dangerous life of Omar Sheikh. A convicted terrorist who many believe had financial connections to 9/11, Sheikh is widely known as the man responsible forthe 2002 kidnapping and murder of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl.

Directed by Hansal Mehta - With Rajkummar Rao

Massoud the Afghan(1998)

1h 29min | Documentary, History
4.0/5 (with 1 vote)

The friendship between Christophe de Ponfilly and Commander Massoud, a legendary figure of the Afghan resistance against the Soviet invader, goes back to the filmmaker's first film, "A Valley Against an Empire", made in 1981. Fifteen years later, weakened, isolated, betrayed by many of his own, the "Lion of Panshir" has not surrendered to his new and implacable enemies, the Taliban. While preparing his next offensive, he evokes his commitment and his fights, and bears witness to a history in which he has been one of the main actors for twenty years. At the same time, the director questions the role and power of the media, as well as his own approach as a filmmaker. Commander Massoud was killed in an attack in September 2001.

Directed by Christophe de Ponfilly - With Ahmad Shah Massoud, Christophe de Ponfilly

Entrenched(2018)

14min | War
3.5/5 (with 1 vote)

Four Australian soldiers become compromised when they capture a young Afghani boy spying on their reconnaissance position.

Mazar Sharif(2015)

4.5/5 (with 1 vote)

An Iranian diplomat who miraculously survived Taliban's raid on the Iranian consulate in Mazar E Sharif (Afghanistan) narrates his 19 days of hide and escape to reach Iran's borders meanwhile on the other side, the Iranian troops are preparing for retaliation.

Lioness(2023)

U.S. Marine officer, Leslie Martz, is sent to Afghanistan on a mission to work with Afghan women and gain intelligence about their Taliban husbands.

The Forbidden Reel(2020)

2h 1min | Documentary, History
4.0/5 (with 1 vote)

According to the official history of Afghanistan, ruthless destruction has always prevailed over art and creation; but there is another tale to be told, the forgotten account of a diverse and progressive country, seen through the lens of innovative filmmakers, a story that survives thanks to a few brave Afghans, a small but very passionate group that secretly fought to save a huge film archive that was constantly menaced by war and religious fanaticism.

Directed by Ariel Nasr

Traces: The Kabul Museum 1988(2003)

The Kabul National Museum, once known as the "face of Afghanistan," was destroyed in 1993. We filmed the most important cultural treasures of the still-intact museum in 1988: ancient Greco-Roman art and antiquitied of Hellenistic civilization, as well as Buddhist sculpture that was said to have mythology--the art of Gandhara, Bamiyan, and Shotorak among them. After the fall of the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan in 1992, some seventy percent of the contents of the museum was destroyed, stolen, or smuggled overseas to Japan and other countries. The movement to return these items is also touched upon. The footage in this video represents that only film documentation of the Kabul Museum ever made.

Fixer: The Taking of Ajmal Naqshbandi(2010)

1h 24min | Documentary
4.0/5 (with 1 vote)

In 2007, the Taliban kidnapped 24-year-old Ajmal Naqshbandi and an Italian journalist. Naqshbandi was one of Afghanistan's best "fixers" -- someone hired by foreign journalists to facilitate, translate, and gain access for their stories.

Directed by Ian Olds

Talibanerna inifrån(2019)

17min | Documentary

"Inside the Talibans" - What will happen if the Talibans return to power? Swedish journalist Magda Gad travels the Herat and Wardak provinces of Afghanistan to meet with the Taliban fighters.

The Boy who plays On The Buddhas Of Bamiyan(2004)

1h 36min | Documentary
2.5/5 (with 1 vote)

In March 2001, the ruling Taliban destroyed Afghanistan's foremost tourist attraction, the 1600 year-old Buddhas of Bamiyan. This film follows the story of one of the refugees who now lives among the ruins….an eight-year-old boy named Mir.

Directed by Phil Grabsky

Paper Boats(2010)

1h 35min | Drama
2.5/5 (with 1 vote)

A young widow develops a friendship with an older mullah who helps guide her through her spiritual crisis.

Zolykha's Secret(2006)

2h 22min | War, Drama

A rural Afghan family living at the base of a mountain, struggles to survive during the last year of the Taliban and the beginning of a new war that still rages. Living under harsh and oppressive conditions, the family finds comfort in one another and in trying to rebuild their mountainous home. The youngest daughter, Zolykha, is specially receptive, curious and clairvoyant. Zolykha can sense and see spirits of strange men from the past that roam the hills and mountains behind her home. As Zolykha and her older siblings, Amena and Zalmai struggle to find meaning in life's natural and man-made tragedies, they discover new convictions to carry on.

Directed by Horace Shansab