List of book-based war films (1945–2000 wars)

A list of films that are based on war books.

Chinese Civil War

1945–1950

FilmDateDirectorCountrySource
work
AuthorDateType
The Left Hand of God1955Edward DmytrykUSThe Left Hand of GodWilliam E. Barrett1951[1]Novel
Yangtse Incident: The Story of H.M.S. Amethyst1957Michael AndersonUKYangtse Incident: The Story of H.M.S. Amethyst, April 20, 1949, to July 31, 1949Lawrence Earl1950[2]Non-fiction
Satan Never Sleeps1962Leo McCareyUSSatan Never SleepsPearl S. Buck1962Novel
Farewell My Concubine1993Chen KaigeChinaFarewell My ConcubineLilian Lee1993Novel
Assembly2007Feng XiaogangChinaGuan Si
官司
Yang Jingyuan[3]199?Novel

Greek Civil War

1946–1949

FilmDateDirectorCountrySource
work
AuthorDateType
Eleni1985Peter YatesUSEleniNicholas Gage1983[1]Non-fiction

First Indochina War

1946–1954

FilmDateDirectorCountrySource
work
AuthorDateType
The Quiet American1958Joseph L. MankiewiczUSThe Quiet American[4]Graham Greene1955Novel
The 317th Platoon1965Pierre SchoendoerfferFranceLa 317e SectionPierre Schoendoerffer1963Novel
The Quiet American2002Phillip NoyceUSThe Quiet American[4]Graham Greene1955Novel

Cold War

1947–1989
This section deals with the confrontational elements of the Cold War, including mutual suspicion and espionage.
Actual combat operations, such as proxy wars supported by the two sides, are handled in their own sections.

Confrontation

FilmDateDirectorCountrySource
work
AuthorDateType
The Third Man1949Carol ReedUKThe Third ManGraham Greene1950Novella
The Red Danube1949George SidneyUSVespers in ViennaBruce Marshall1947Novel
Assignment – Paris!1952Robert Parrish & Phil Karlson (uncredited)US"Trial of Terror"Paul Gallico & Pauline Gallico195?Story
Seven Days in May1964John FrankenheimerUSSeven Days in MayFletcher Knebel & Charles W. Bailey II1962Novel
The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming1966Norman JewisonUSThe Off-IslandersNathaniel Benchley1961Novel
The Shoes of the Fisherman1968Michael AndersonUSThe Shoes of the FishermanMorris West1963Novel
Ice Station Zebra1968John SturgesUSIce Station ZebraAlistair MacLean1963Novel
Gorky Park1983Michael AptedUSGorky ParkMartin Cruz Smith1981Novel
Atomic Station
Atómstöðin
1984Þorsteinn JónssonIcelandThe Atom Station
Atómstöðin
Halldór Laxness[5]1948Novel
Orion's Belt
Orions belte
1985Ola Solum &
Tristan Cole (English version)
Norway & UKOrion's BeltJon Michelet1977Novel
Buffalo Soldiers2001Gregor JordanUSBuffalo SoldiersRobert O'Connor1993Novel
Karol: A Man Who Became Pope *2005Giacomo BattiatoPoland, Italy, France, Germany, CanadaStories of Karol: The Unknown Life of Pope John Paul IIGian Franco Svidercoschi2001Non-fiction
Karol: The Pope, The Man *2006Giacomo BattiatoPoland, Italy, France, Germany, CanadaStories of Karol: The Unknown Life of Pope John Paul IIGian Franco Svidercoschi2001Non-fiction
The Good German2006Steven SoderberghUSThe Good GermanJoseph Kanon2001Novel
  • ♠ The film is set in Vienna during the Allied occupation of Austria.
  • * television film.

Secret missions

FilmDateDirectorCountrySource
work
AuthorDateType
Action of the Tiger1957Terence YoungUSAction of the TigerJames Wellard195?Novel
Francis Gary Powers: The True Story of the U-2 Spy Incident1976Delbert MannUSOperation OverflightFrancis Gary Powers &
Curt Gentry
1971Memoir
Firefox1982Clint EastwoodUSFirefoxCraig Thomas1977Novel
Smuggler's Ransom2008Daniel Noa & Brandon RiceCanadaTo Die and Live: Smuggler's RansomSteve Losee200?Story?
  • ♠ A US agent must rescue a born-again Bible smuggler from the Romanians.

Espionage

FilmDateDirectorCountrySource
work
AuthorDateType
The Iron Curtain1948William WellmanUSThis Was My Choice[6]Igor Gouzenko1948Memoir
I Was a Communist for the FBI1951Gordon DouglasUSSaturday Evening Post seriesMatt Cvetic194?Stories
5 Steps to Danger1957Henry S. KeslerUSThe Steel MirrorDonald Hamilton1948Novel
From Russia with Love1963Terence YoungUKFrom Russia, with LoveIan Fleming1957Novel
Hot Enough for June1964Ralph ThomasUKThe Night of WenceslasLionel Davidson1960Novel
The Spy Who Came in from the Cold1965Martin RittUKThe Spy Who Came in from the Cold[7]John le Carré1963Novel
The Ipcress File1965Sidney J. FurieUKThe IPCRESS FileLen Deighton1962Novel
The Deadly Affair1966Sidney LumetUKCall for the DeadJohn le Carré1961Novel
The Looking Glass War1969Frank PiersonUKThe Looking Glass WarJohn le Carré1965Novel
Topaz1969Alfred HitchcockUSTopazLeon Uris1967Novel
The Kremlin Letter1970John HustonUSThe Kremlin LetterNoel Behn196?Novel
Hopscotch1980Ronald NeameUSHopscotchBrian Garfield1975Novel
TASS Is Authorized to Declare... *1984Vladimir FokinUSSRТАСС уполномочен заявить..."Yulian Semyonov"1979Novel
The Falcon and the Snowman1985John SchlesingerUK & USThe Falcon and the Snowman: A True Story of Friendship and EspionageRobert Lindsey1979Non-fiction
The Whistle Blower1986Simon LangtonUKThe Whistle BlowerJohn Hale1984[2]Novel
No Way Out1987Roger DonaldsonUSThe Big ClockKenneth Fearing1946Novel
Scandal[8]1989Michael Caton-JonesUKScandal (uncredited)Christine Keeler (uncredited)1989Memoir
The Russia House1990Fred SchepisiUSThe Russia HouseJohn le Carré1989Novel
The Waiting Time *1999Stuart OrmeUKThe Waiting TimeGerald Seymour1998Novel
A Different Loyalty2004Marek KanievskaCanada, UK, USKim Philby: The Spy I Loved (uncredited)Eleanor Brewer Philby (uncredited)1967Memoir
The Company ♠ *2007Mikael SalomonUSThe Company: A Novel of the CIARobert Littell2002Novel
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy2011Tomas AlfredsonUKTinker, Tailor, Soldier, SpyJohn Le Carré1974Novel
A Perfect Spy **1987Peter SmithUKA Perfect SpyJohn le Carré1986Novel
  • ♠ The story of the CIA, from postwar Berlin, through the Hungarian Revolution and the Bay of Pigs, to Gorbachev and Yeltsin.
  • * television film.
  • ** TV miniseries.
The Thirty-Nine Steps

The famous 1935 Alfred Hitchcock version is set during the interwar years.

FilmDateDirectorCountrySource
work
AuthorDateType
The 39 Steps1959Ralph ThomasUKThe Thirty-Nine StepsJohn Buchan1915Novel

Defection

FilmDateDirectorCountrySource
work
AuthorDateType
Never Let Me Go1953Delmer DavesUKCame the Dawn"Roger Bax"1949Novel
Skyjacked1972John GuillerminUSHijacked"David Harper"197?Novel
The Girl from Petrovka1974Robert Ellis MillerUSThe Girl from PetrovkaGeorge Feifer197?Novel
Judgment in Berlin1988Leo PennWest Germany & USJudgment in BerlinHerbert Jay Stern1984Memoir
The Contract *1988Ian ToyntonUKThe ContractGerald Seymour1980Novel
I Am David2003Paul FeigUSI Am DavidAnne Holm1963Novel
  • * television film.
Mariel Boatlift

1980

FilmDateDirectorCountrySource
work
AuthorDateType
Scarface1983Brian De PalmaUSScarface (uncredited)Armitage Trail (uncredited)1930[1]Novel
Memorias del desarrollo2009Miguel CoyulaCuba & USMemories of Overdevelopment
Memorias del desarrollo
Edmundo Desnoes2008?Novel

Détente

FilmDateDirectorCountrySource
work
AuthorDateType
Russian Roulette1975Lou LombardoCanada & UKKosygin Is ComingTom Ardies1974Novel

Confrontation

FilmDateDirectorCountrySource
work
AuthorDateType
Blood Alley1955William A. WellmanUSBlood AlleyAlbert Sidney Fleischman195?Novel
On Dangerous Ground *1996Lawrence Gordon ClarkCanada, UKOn Dangerous Ground"Jack Higgins"1994Novel
  • * television film.

Secret missions

FilmDateDirectorCountrySource
work
AuthorDateType
Soldier of Fortune1955Edward DmytrykUSSoldier of FortuneErnest K. Gann1954Novel

Espionage

FilmDateDirectorCountrySource
work
AuthorDateType
Stopover Tokyo1957Richard L. BreenUSRendezvous in Tokyo
aka Right You Are, Mr. Moto
John P. Marquand1956Novel

Defection

FilmDateDirectorCountrySource
work
AuthorDateType
Mao's Last Dancer2009Bruce BeresfordAustraliaMao's Last DancerLi Cunxin2003Autobiography

McCarthy hearings

1954

FilmDateDirectorCountrySource
work
AuthorDateType
Citizen Cohn *1992Frank PiersonUSCitizen CohnNicholas von Hoffman1988Non-fiction
  • * television film.

Cuban Missile Crisis

October 1962

FilmDateDirectorCountrySource
work
AuthorDateType
Memories of Underdevelopment
Memorias del subdesarrollo
1968Tomás Gutiérrez AleaCubaInconsolable Memories
Memorias del subdesarrollo
Edmundo Desnoes1962Novel
The Missiles of October *1974Anthony PageUSThirteen DaysRobert F. Kennedy1969Memoir
Robert Kennedy & His Times *1985Marvin J. ChomskyUSRobert Kennedy and His Times[9]Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.1978Non-fiction
Thirteen Days2000Roger DonaldsonUSThe Kennedy Tapes - Inside the White House During the Cuban Missile CrisisErnest R. May & Philip Zelikow1997Non-fiction
  • * television film.

Mutually assured destruction

FilmDateDirectorCountrySource
work
AuthorDateType
Bombers B-521957Gordon DouglasUSBombers B-52 (?)Sam Rolfe195?Novel
Rally 'Round the Flag, Boys!1958Leo McCareyUSRally 'Round the Flag, Boys!Max Shulman195?Novel
The Inside Man
Slagskämpen
1984Tom CleggSweden & UKThe Fighter
Slagskämpen
Harry Kullman1980Novel
The Hunt for Red October1990John McTiernanUSThe Hunt for Red OctoberTom Clancy1984Novel
Hostile Waters *1997David DruryFrance, Germany, UK, USHostile Waters (uncredited)Capt. Peter Huchthausen ♠, Igor Kurdin, R. Alan White (uncredited)1997Non-fiction
K-19: The Widowmaker2002Kathryn BigelowUK, Germany, US, CanadaK-19: The Widowmaker — The Secret Story of the Soviet Nuclear Submarine (uncredited)Capt. Peter Huchthausen (uncredited)2002Non-fiction
72 Metres
72 метра
2004Vladimir KhotinenkoRussia?Aleksandr Pokrovsky199?Novels
  • ♠ Huchthausen is credited as a researcher, not as an author.
  • * television film.

Doomsday scenario

FilmDateDirectorCountrySource
work
AuthorDateType
Fail-Safe1964Sidney LumetUSFail-SafeEugene Burdick & Harvey Wheeler1962Novel
Dr. Strangelove[10]1964Stanley KubrickUK & USRed AlertPeter Bryant1958Novel
The Bedford Incident1965James B. HarrisUSThe Bedford IncidentMark Rascovich1963Novel
Twilight's Last Gleaming1977Robert AldrichUSViper ThreeWalter Wager1971Novel
The Fifth Missile *1986Larry PeerceItaly & USThe Gold CrewFrank M. Robinson & Thomas N. Scortia1980Novel
By Dawn's Early Light *1990Jack SholderUSTrinity's ChildWilliam Prochnau1983Novel
  • * television film.

What if ...

FilmDateDirectorCountrySource
work
AuthorDateType
The Damned1963Joseph LoseyUKThe Children of LightH.L. Lawrence196?Novel
Archangel *2005Jon JonesUKArchangelRobert Harris1998Novel
Watchmen2009Zack SnyderUSWatchmenAlan Moore1986–
1987
Graphic novel
The Iron Giant α1999Brad BirdUSThe Iron ManTed Hughes1968Novel
  • * television film.
  • α Animated film.

Grand Fenwick-American War

The fictional defeat of the US by the bowmen of the Duchy of Grand Fenwick.

FilmDateDirectorCountrySource
work
AuthorDateType
The Mouse That Roared1959Jack ArnoldUKThe Day New York Was Invaded aka
The Mouse That Roared
Leonard Wibberley1955Novel
The Mouse on the Moon1963Richard LesterUKThe Mouse on the MoonLeonard Wibberley1962Novel

Partition of India

1947

FilmDateDirectorCountrySource
work
AuthorDateType
Bhowani Junction1956George CukorUS & UKBhowani JunctionJohn Masters1952Novel
Dharmputra1961Yash ChopraIndiaDharmputraAcharya Chatursen Shastri195?Novel
The Jewel in the Crown **1984Jim O'Brien &
Christopher Morahan
UKRaj QuartetPaul Scott1966–1975Tetralogy
Tamas **1987Govind NihalaniIndiaTamas[11]Bhisham Sahni1974Novel
Train to Pakistan1998Pamela RooksUK & IndiaTrain to PakistanKhushwant Singh1956Novel
Earth
अर्थ
1998Deepa MehtaIndia & CanadaIce Candy ManBapsi Sidhwa1988Novel
Pinjar: Beyond Boundaries ...[12]
पिंजर
2003Dr. Chandraprakash DwivediIndia & PakistanPinjarAmrita Pritam1970Novel
Midnight's Children2011Deepa MehtaCanada?Midnight's Children[13][14][15]Salman Rushdie1981Novel
  • ♠ The opening credits include the title (پنجر) in Urdu.[16]
  • ** TV miniseries.

Royal Indian Navy Mutiny

February 1946

FilmDateDirectorCountrySource
work
AuthorDateType
Bhowani Junction Δ1956George CukorUS & UKBhowani JunctionJohn Masters1952Novel
  • Δ It is not clear to what extent this conflict is covered by the film or by the source novel.[17]

1948 Arab–Israeli War

1948–1949

FilmDateDirectorCountrySource
work
AuthorDateType
Hill 24 Doesn't Answer
Giv'a 24 Eina Ona
1955Thorold DickinsonIsrael?Zvi Kolitz195?Story
Exodus1960Otto PremingerUSExodusLeon Uris1958Novel
Cast a Giant Shadow1966Melville ShavelsonUSCast a Giant Shadow: The Story of Mickey Marcus Who Died to Save JerusalemTed Berkman1962[1]Non-fiction
Bab el shams2004Yousry NasrallahFrance, Egypt, Belgium, Denmark, MoroccoThe Gate of the SunElias Khoury1998Novel
O Jerusalem2006Élie ChouraquiBelgiumO Jerusalem!Larry Collins & Dominique Lapierre1972Non-fiction
Miral2010Julian SchnabelUK, Israel, FranceMiralRula Jebreal199?Novel

Malayan Emergency

1948–1960

FilmDateDirectorCountrySource
work
AuthorDateType
Windom's Way1957Ronald NeameUKWindom's WayJames Ramsey Ullman195?Novel
The 7th Dawn1964Lewis GilbertUKThe Durian TreeMichael Keon1960Novel
The Virgin Soldiers1969John DexterUKThe Virgin SoldiersLeslie Thomas1966Novel
Stand Up, Virgin Soldiers1977Norman CohenUKStand Up, Virgin SoldiersLeslie Thomas1975Novel

Korean War

1950–1953

Politics 

FilmDateDirectorCountrySource
work
AuthorDateType
Harry S. Truman: Plain Speaking *1976Daniel PetrieUSPlain Speaking: An Oral Biography of Harry S. Truman[18]Merle Miller1974Memoir/
Non-fiction

Land operations 

FilmDateDirectorCountrySource
work
AuthorDateType
Fixed Bayonets!1951Samuel FullerUSImmortal SergeantJohn Brophy194?Novel
Hold Back the Night1956Allan DwanUSHold Back the Night"Pat Frank"1952Novel
Men in War1957Anthony MannUSDay Without EndVan Van Praag195?Novel
Pork Chop Hill1959Lewis MilestoneUSPork Chop Hill: The American Fighting Man in Action, Korea, Spring, 1953S.L.A. Marshall1956Non-fiction
Assembly
集結號
2007Feng XiaogangChinaGuan Si
官司
Yang Jingyuan[3]199?Novel
  • ♠ The novel is in fact credited, but its relationship to the film is said to be coincidental, with its creditation being merely legal in nature.[19]

Air operations 

FilmDateDirectorCountrySource
work
AuthorDateType
The Bridges at Toko-Ri1955Mark RobsonUSThe Bridges at Toko-RiJames Michener1953Novel
The Hunters1958Dick PowellUSThe HuntersJames Salter1956Novel

Military bases 

FilmDateDirectorCountrySource
work
AuthorDateType
Code Breakers *2005Rod HolcombUSA Return to Glory: the Untold Story of Honor, Dishonor, and Triumph at the United States Military Academy, 1950-53Bill McWilliams2000[1]Non-fiction
  • * television film.

Military hospitals 

FilmDateDirectorCountrySource
work
AuthorDateType
The Great Impostor1961Robert MulliganUSThe Great ImpostorRobert Crichton1959Non-fiction
MASH[20]1970Robert AltmanUSM*A*S*H"Richard Hooker"1953Novel
  • ♠ The hospital is aboard an RCN destroyer, HMCS Cayuga.
  • ♦ In the film version, the implicit target of the satire is the Vietnam War, rather than the Korean War.

POWs 

FilmDateDirectorCountrySource
work
AuthorDateType
The Manchurian Candidate[21]1962John FrankenheimerUSThe Manchurian CandidateRichard Condon1959Novel
The Hook1963George SeatonUSL'Hameçon"Vahé Katcha"195?Novel
  • ♠ US soldiers are under orders to murder a North Korean POW.
Koje Island Uprisings
FilmDateDirectorCountrySource
work
AuthorDateType
Joint Security Area2000Park Chan-wookSouth KoreaDMZ
DMZ
Park Sang-yeon1997Novel

Refugees 

FilmDateDirectorCountrySource
work
AuthorDateType
Battle Hymn1957Douglas SirkUSBattle HymnCol. Dean E. Hess1956Memoir

Home front 

FilmDateDirectorCountrySource
work
AuthorDateType
The Last Picture Show[22]1971Peter BogdanovichUSThe Last Picture ShowLarry McMurtry1966Novel
Though None Go with Me *2006Armand MastroianniUSThough None Go with MeJerry B. Jenkins199?Novel
  • * television film.

DMZ

1953–ongoing

FilmDateDirectorCountrySource
work
AuthorDateType
Joint Security Area2000Park Chan-wookSouth KoreaDMZ
DMZ
Park Sang-yeon1997Novel

Egyptian Revolution of 1952

1952

FilmDateDirectorCountrySource
work
AuthorDateType
Abdulla the Great1955Gregory RatoffUK & EgyptMy Kingdom for a WomanIsmet Regeila195?Novel
Ayam El-Sadat2001Mohamed KhanEgyptIn Search of Identity: An AutobiographyAnwar Sadat[23]1978Autobiography

Mau Mau Uprising

1952–1960

FilmDateDirectorCountrySource
work
AuthorDateType
Simba1955Brian Desmond HurstUKSimbaAnthony Perry195?Novel
Something of Value1957Richard BrooksUSSomething of ValueRobert Ruark1955Novel
Guns at Batasi1964John GuillerminUKThe Siege of BatterseaRobert Holles1962Novel
  • ♠ Officially, this film does not take place in Kenya, but in a fictional emerging East African country where there is a rebellion against a British garrison. Both Uganda and Tanganyika enjoyed smooth transitions during this period.

Cuban Revolution

1953–1959

FilmDateDirectorCountrySource
work
AuthorDateType
The Gun Runners1958Don SiegelUSTo Have and Have NotErnest Hemingway[24]1937Novel
Our Man in Havana1959Carol ReedUKOur Man in HavanaGraham Greene1958Novel
Memories of Underdevelopment
Memorias del subdesarrollo
1968Tomás Gutiérrez AleaCubaInconsolable Memories
Memorias del subdesarrollo
Edmundo Desnoes1962Novel
Che Part 12008Steven SoderberghUSEpisodes of the Cuban Revolutionary War
Pasajes de la guerra revolucionaria
Ernesto "Che" Guevara1963Diary
Che Guevara
aka Che
2008Josh EvansUSDon Quixote ♦ (uncredited)Miguel de Cervantes (uncredited)1615Novel
  • ♠ Anderson is credited as chief consultant, not as author.
  • ♦ Guevara recommends Don Quixote to a campesino.

Attack on El Uvero

28 May 1957

FilmDateDirectorCountrySource
work
AuthorDateType
Che Guevara
aka Che
2008Josh EvansUSDon Quixote (uncredited)Miguel de Cervantes (uncredited)1615Novel

Battle of Santa Clara

28 December 1958 – 1 January 1959

FilmDateDirectorCountrySource
work
AuthorDateType
Che Part 12008Steven SoderberghUSEpisodes of the Cuban Revolutionary War
Pasajes de la guerra revolucionaria
Ernesto "Che" Guevara1963Diary

Bay of Pigs Invasion

1961

Bulletin ... film currently in development: Fire Bay by Randall Fried

FilmDateDirectorCountrySource
work
AuthorDateType
The Company *2007Mikael SalomonUSThe Company: A Novel of the CIARobert Littell2002Novel
  • * television film.

Guatemalan coup of 1954

1954

FilmDateDirectorCountrySource
work
AuthorDateType
Che Guevara
aka Che
2008Josh EvansUSDon Quixote (uncredited)Miguel de Cervantes (uncredited)1615Novel
  • ♠ Guevara discusses his participation in Guatemala, before he fled to Mexico where he met Cuban revolutionaries.

Algerian War

1954–1962[25]

FilmDateDirectorCountrySource
work
AuthorDateType
Lost Command1966Mark RobsonUS[26]Les centurions"Jean Lartéguy"1960Novel
Le Crabe-tambour1977Pierre SchoendoerfferFranceLe Crabe-tambour[27]Pierre Schoendoerffer1976Novel
Là-bas... mon pays2000Alexandre ArcadyFranceGrande vacance : romanRené Bonnell1997[28]¤Novel
Mon colonel[29]2006Laurent HerbietFrance & BelgiumMon colonel : romanFrancis Zamponi1999[28]Novel

Atrocities

FilmDateDirectorCountrySource
work
AuthorDateType
La Question
La Question
1977Laurent HeynemannFranceLa Question
La Question
Henri Alleg1958Memoir

Home front

FilmDateDirectorCountrySource
work
AuthorDateType
Wild Reeds
Les Roseaux sauvages
1994André TéchinéFrance"The Oak and the Reed"
"Le Chêne et le Roseau"
Jean de La Fontaine1668Fable

Cyprus Emergency

1955–1959

FilmDateDirectorCountrySource
work
AuthorDateType
The High Bright Sun1964Ralph ThomasUKThe High Bright SunIan Stuart Black1962Novel

Poznań June

1956

FilmDateDirectorCountrySource
work
AuthorDateType
Karol: A Man Who Became Pope *2005Giacomo BattiatoPoland, Italy, France, Germany, CanadaStories of Karol: The Unknown Life of Pope John Paul IIGian Franco Svidercoschi2001Non-fiction

Hungarian Revolution

1956

FilmDateDirectorCountrySource
work
AuthorDateType
The Secret Ways1961Phil Karlson & Richard Widmark (uncredited)USThe Last FrontierAlistair MacLean1959Novel
The Company *2007Mikael SalomonUSThe Company: A Novel of the CIARobert Littell2002Novel
  • * television film.

Vietnam War

1957–1975
(See also the First Indochina War)

Politics  

FilmDateDirectorCountrySource
work
AuthorDateType
The Ugly American1963George EnglundUSThe Ugly AmericanWilliam Lederer & Eugene Burdick1958Novel
Blind Ambition *1979George SchaeferUSBlind Ambition: The White House YearsJohn Dean with Taylor Branch1976Memoir
Kissinger and Nixon *1995Daniel PetrieCanadaKissinger: A BiographyWalter Isaacson1992Non-fiction
A Bright Shining Lie *1998Terry GeorgeUSA Bright Shining Lie: John Paul Vann and America in Vietnam
[30][31]
Neil Sheehan1988Non-fiction
  • ♠ The film is set in the fictional Southeast Asian country of Sarkhan, rather than Vietnam per se.
    Sarkhan, a US ally, is invaded by Communist North Sarkhan.
  • * television film.

Land operations

FilmDateDirectorCountrySource
work
AuthorDateType
The Green Berets1968John WayneUSThe Green BeretsRobin Moore1965Novel
The Deer Hunter[20]1978Michael CiminoUSThree Comrades (uncredited)Erich Maria Remarque (uncredited)1937Novel
Go Tell the Spartans1978Ted PostU.S.Incident at Muc WaDaniel Ford1967Novel
Apocalypse Now[32]1979Francis Ford CoppolaUS"Inspired by"
Heart of Darkness
Joseph Conrad1902Novella
The Odd
Angry Shot
1979Tom JeffreyAustraliaThe Odd Angry ShotWilliam Nagle1975[33]¤Novel
Platoon Leader1988Aaron NorrisU.S.Platoon LeaderJames R. McDonough1985Novel/Memoir
White Badge1992Chung Ji-youngSouth KoreaWhite Badge: a novel of Korea
하얀전쟁
Ahn Junghyo
(An Chŏng-hyo)
1983Novel
A Soldier's Sweetheart1998Thomas Michael DonnellyU.S."Sweetheart of the Song Tra Bong" from The Things They Carried[34] [4]Tim O'Brien1990Story
  • ♠ A South Korean sergeant deals with his memories by writing a novel about the guys in his unit.[35]

Battle of Ia Drang

14–18 November 1965

FilmDateDirectorCountrySource
work
AuthorDateType
We Were Soldiers2002Randall WallaceU.S.We Were Soldiers Once... And Young[36]Lt. Gen. Harold G. Moore & Joseph L. Galloway1992Non-fiction

Battle of Hué

1968

FilmDateDirectorCountrySource
work
AuthorDateType
Full Metal Jacket1987Stanley KubrickU.S.The Short-Timers[4]Gustav Hasford1980Novel

Air operations

FilmDateDirectorCountrySource
work
AuthorDateType
Bat*211988Peter MarkleUSBAT-21William Charles Anderson1980Non-fiction
Air America1990Roger SpottiswoodeUSAir America: The Story of the CIA's Secret AirlineChristopher Robbins1978Non-fiction
Flight of the Intruder1991John MiliusUSFlight of the Intruder Stephen Coonts1986Novel

Military bases

FilmDateDirectorCountrySource
work
AuthorDateType
Full Metal Jacket1987Stanley KubrickUSThe Short-TimersGustav Hasford1980Novel

POWs

FilmDateDirectorCountrySource
work
AuthorDateType
When Hell was in Session *1979Paul KrasnyUSWhen Hell was in SessionRear Adm. Jeremiah A. Denton, Jr. with Ed. Brandt1976[1]Memoir
Some Kind of Hero1982Michael PressmanUSSome Kind of Hero: a novelJames Kirkwood1975[1]Novel
Faith of My Fathers *2005Peter MarkleUSFaith of My FathersJohn McCain
with Mark Salter
1999Autobiography
Rescue Dawn2007Werner HerzogUSEscape from Laos[37] (uncredited)Dieter Dengler (uncredited)1979Memoir
  • * television film.

Atrocities

FilmDateDirectorCountrySource
work
AuthorDateType
Casualties of War1989Brian De PalmaUSCasualties of WarDaniel Lang1969Novel
In the Lake of the Woods *1996Carl SchenkelUSIn the Lake of the Woods[38]Tim O'Brien1994Novel
  • * television film.

Refugees and Boat people

FilmDateDirectorCountrySource
work
AuthorDateType
Turtle Beach1992Stephen WallaceAustraliaTurtle BeachBlanche d'Alpuget1981Novel

Home front

FilmDateDirectorCountrySource
work
AuthorDateType
The Bamboo Incident
Hoa-Binh
1970Raoul CoutardFranceLa Colonne de cendresFrançoise Lorrain1954[28]Novel
Friendly Fire1979David GreeneUSFriendly FireC.D. Bryan1976Non-fiction
Taking Woodstock2009Ang LeeUSTaking Woodstock: A True Story of a Riot, a Concert, and a LifeElliot Tiber & Tom Monte2007Memoir
  • ♠ Information on this film is scanty, but it appears to be about the effect of war on Vietnamese children.[39]
    The novel's publication date implies that it actually concerned the First Indochina War.

Demobilization

FilmDateDirectorCountrySource
work
AuthorDateType
Who'll Stop the Rain1978Karel ReiszUSDog Soldiers[40]Robert Stone1974Novel
Americana1983David CarradineUSThe Perfect RoundHenry Norton Robinson1945[1]Novel
Heaven & Earth1993Oliver StoneUSWhen Heaven and Earth Changed Places: A Vietnamese Woman's Journey from War to PeaceLe Ly Hayslip & Jay Wurts1989Memoir

Casualties physical and mental

FilmDateDirectorCountrySource
work
AuthorDateType
The Deer Hunter[20]1978Michael CiminoUSThree Comrades (uncredited)Erich Maria Remarque (uncredited)1937Novel
Coming Home1978Hal AshbyUSComing HomeGeorge Davis1972[1]Novel
Birdy1984Alan ParkerUSBirdy[41]William Wharton1978Novel
Born on the Fourth of July1989Oliver StoneUSBorn on the Fourth of JulyRon Kovic1976Memoir
White Badge1992Chung Ji-youngSouth KoreaWhite Badge: a novel of Korea
하얀전쟁
Ahn Junghyo
(An Chŏng-hyo)
1983Novel
Skins2002Chris EyreUSSkinsAdrian C. Louis1995Novel

Memorial

FilmDateDirectorCountrySource
work
AuthorDateType
Gardens Of Stone1987Francis Ford CoppolaUSGardens Of StoneNicholas Proffitt1983Novel
In Country1989Norman JewisonUSIn Country[4]Bobbie Ann Mason1985Novel

What if ...

FilmDateDirectorCountrySource
work
AuthorDateType
Watchmen2009Zack SnyderUSWatchmenAlan Moore1986–
1987
Comic

Cambodian Civil War

1967–1975

FilmDateDirectorCountrySource
work
AuthorDateType
The Killing Fields1984Roland JofféUKThe Death and Life of Dith PranSydney Schanberg1980Non-fiction
Nixon1995Oliver StoneUSThe Final DaysBob Woodward &
Carl Bernstein
1976Non-fiction
  • ♠ Cambodia is covered, in addition to Vietnam.

Congo Crisis

1960–1966 (including the Katangan Secession and the Simba Rebellion)

FilmDateDirectorCountrySource
work
AuthorDateType
Dark of the Sun1968Jack CardiffUSTrain From Katanga
aka The Dark of the Sun
Wilbur Smith1965Novel
  • ♠ The film was unofficially remade as Tears of the Sun, set in a fictitious Nigerian Civil War.

Quiet Revolution

1960–1970?

FilmDateDirectorCountrySource
work
AuthorDateType
Duplessis *1977Mark BlandfordCanadaDuplessisConrad Black1973/1977Non-fiction
  • * television film.

Abortive Bolivian revolution

1966–1967

FilmDateDirectorCountrySource
work
AuthorDateType
Che Part 22008Steven SoderberghUSBolivian Diary
Diario del Che en Bolivia
Ernesto "Che" Guevara1968/
1994
Diary
Che Guevara
aka Che
2008Josh EvansUSDon Quixote ♦ (uncredited)Miguel de Cervantes (uncredited)1615Novel
  • ♠ Anderson is credited as chief consultant, not as author.
  • ♦ Guevara recommends Don Quixote to a campesino.

Rhodesian Bush War

1966–1980

FilmDateDirectorCountrySource
work
AuthorDateType
Albino aka
Whispering Death
1976Jürgen GoslarWest GermanyThe Whispering DeathDaniel Carney1969Novel
A Game for Vultures1979James FargoUKA Game for Vultures (?)Michael Hartmann197?Novel

The Troubles

1966–1998

FilmDateDirectorCountrySource
work
AuthorDateType
Cal1984Pat O'ConnorUK & IrelandCalBernard MacLaverty1983Novel
Harry's Game *1982Lawrence Gordon ClarkUKHarry's GameGerald Seymour1975Novel
The Glory Boys *1984Michael FergusonUKThe Glory BoysGerald Seymour1976Novel
The Railway Station Man1992Michael WhyteUKThe Railway Station ManJennifer Johnston1985Novel
In the Name of the Father1993Jim SheridanIreland & UKProved InnocentGerry Conlon199?Memoir
The Informant *1997Jim McBrideIreland & USField of BloodGerald Seymour1985Novel
Bloody Sunday *2002Paul GreengrassUK & IrelandEyewitness Bloody Sunday – The Truth (uncredited)Don Mullan[42] (uncredited)1997Memoir/
Non-fiction
Fifty Dead Men Walking2008Kari SkoglandUK & CanadaFifty Dead Men WalkingMartin McGartland1997Memoir
The Rising of the Moon2002Deborah BaxtromUSDiaryBobby Sands1981Diary
  • * television film.

Six Day War

1967

Atrocities

FilmDateDirectorCountrySource
work
AuthorDateType
Murder in Television House *2001Ram LoevyIsrael"Ido and Einam" from Thus FarS. Y. Agnon[43]197?Story
  • * television film.

Biafran War

1967–1970

FilmDateDirectorCountrySource
work
AuthorDateType
The Dogs of War Δ1981John IrvinUK & USThe Dogs of WarFrederick Forsyth1974Novel
  • Δ The film changes the setting of the opening to non-specific Central America from non-specific Africa.
  • ♠ The novel's team of mercenaries depart from an African civil war but it goes unnamed. Forsyth had been a war correspondent in Biafra.

Prague Spring

1968

FilmDateDirectorCountrySource
work
AuthorDateType
The Unbearable Lightness of Being1988Philip KaufmanUSThe Unbearable Lightness of Being[44]Milan Kundera1984Novel

Bangladesh Liberation War

1971

FilmDateDirectorCountrySource
work
AuthorDateType
Aguner Poroshmoni1995Humayun AhmedBangladeshThe Touchstone of Fire
Aguner Poroshmoni
Humayun Ahmed198?Novel
Shyamol Chhaya2004Humayun AhmedBangladeshThe Green Shade
Shyamol Chhaya
Humayun Ahmed1973Novel

Indo-Pakistani War of 1971

1971

Battle of Longewala

4–5 December 1971

FilmDateDirectorCountrySource
work
AuthorDateType
Border1997J. P. DuttaIndiaDiaryJ. P. Dutta1971Diaries

October War

1973

FilmDateDirectorCountrySource
work
AuthorDateType
Kippur2000Amos GitaiIsraelOne-Dimensional Man (uncredited)Herbert Marcuse ♠ (uncredited)1964Non-fiction
Ayam El-Sadat2001Mohamed KhanEgyptIn Search of Identity: An AutobiographyAnwar Sadat[23]1978Autobiography
  • ♠ Two Israeli reservists discuss Marcuse (as well as used cars) as they drive, looking for the war.

Invasion of East Timor

1975

FilmDateDirectorCountrySource
work
AuthorDateType
Balibo2009Robert ConnollyAustraliaCover-Up: The inside story of the Balibo FiveJill Jolliffe2001Non-fiction

Lebanese Civil War

1975–1982

FilmDateDirectorCountrySource
work
AuthorDateType
The Circle of Deceit/Die Fälschung1981Volker SchlöndorffFrance & West GermanyThe Deception
Die Fälschung
Nicolas Born1979Novel
Karol: The Pope, The Man *2006Giacomo BattiatoPoland, Italy, France, Germany, CanadaStories of Karol: The Unknown Life of Pope John Paul IIGian Franco Svidercoschi2001Non-fiction
  • * television film.

Entebbe Raid

1976

FilmDateDirectorCountrySource
work
AuthorDateType
Rise and Fall of Idi Amin1981Sharad PatelUKThe White PumpkinDenis Hills1976Non-fiction
The Last King of Scotland2006Kevin MacdonaldUKThe Last King of Scotland
[45][46][47][48]
Giles Foden1998Novel

Dirty War

1976–1983

FilmDateDirectorCountrySource
work
AuthorDateType
Jacobo Timerman: Prisoner Without a Name, Cell Without a Number *1983Linda YellenUSPrisoner Without a Name, Cell Without a Number[49][50]Jacobo Timerman1981Memoir
Funny Dirty Little War1983Héctor OliveraArgentinaNo habrá más penas ni olvidoOsvaldo Soriano1979Novel
Night of the Pencils1986Héctor OliveraArgentinaLa noche de los lápicesMaría Seoane & Héctor Ruiz Núñez198?Non-fiction
Verónico Cruz
La deuda interna
1988Miguel PereiraArgentina & UKCostumbres, Poemas y Regionalismos[51]Fortunato Ramos198?Memoir[52]
Imagining Argentina2003Christopher HamptonSpain, UK, USImagining ArgentinaLawrence Thornton1987Novel
Chronicle of an Escape
Crónica de una fuga
2006Israel Adrián CaetanoArgentinaPase libre: la fuga de la Mansión SeréClaudio Tamburrini200?Novel/
Memoir
  • * television film.

Second Shaba War

1978

Battle of Kolwezi

18 May 1978

FilmDateDirectorCountrySource
work
AuthorDateType
Military Coup in Kolwezi
La légion saute sur Kolwezi
1980Raoul CoutardFranceLa Légion saute sur Kolwezi : Opération LéopardCapitaine
Pierre Sergent
1978Non-fiction

Uganda-Tanzania War

1978–1979

FilmDateDirectorCountrySource
work
AuthorDateType
Rise and Fall of Idi Amin1981Sharad PatelUKThe White Pumpkin (uncredited)Denis Hills ♠ (uncredited)1976Non-fiction
  • ♠ Author Hills appears in the film as himself.

Nicaraguan Revolution

1978–1979

Nicaraguan Civil War

1979–1990

Politics and Diplomacy

FilmDateDirectorCountrySource
work
AuthorDateType
Karol: The Pope, The Man **2006Giacomo BattiatoPoland, Italy, France, Germany, CanadaStories of Karol: The Unknown Life of Pope John Paul IIGian Franco Svidercoschi2001Non-fiction
  • ** TV miniseries.
Iran–Contra affair
FilmDateDirectorCountrySource
work
AuthorDateType
Guts and Glory: The Rise and Fall of Oliver North *1989Mike RobeUSGuts and Glory: The Rise and Fall of Oliver North (?)Ben Bradlee Jr.198?Non-fiction
  • * television film.

Soviet–Afghan War

1978–1989

FilmDateDirectorCountrySource
work
AuthorDateType
Charlie Wilson's War2007Mike NicholsUSCharlie Wilson's War: The Extraordinary Story of the Largest Covert Operation in HistoryGeorge Crile2003Non-fiction
The Kite Runner2007Marc ForsterUSThe Kite RunnerKhaled Hosseini2003Novel

Iranian Revolution

1979

FilmDateDirectorCountrySource
work
AuthorDateType
Persepolis α2007Vincent Paronnaud &
Marjane Satrapi
France & USPersepolisMarjane Satrapi2000–2003Memoir/
Graphic novel
House of Saddam **2008Alex Holmes &
Jim O'Hanlon
UK & USSaddam Hussein: The Politics of Revenge[53] (uncredited)Said Aburish1999Non-fiction
  • ♠ Abu Rish [sic] is credited as script consultant, rather than author.
  • ** TV miniseries.
  • α Animated film.

Canadian caper

FilmDateDirectorCountrySource
work
AuthorDateType
Escape from Iran: The Canadian Caper *1981Lamont JohnsonCanada & USThe Canadian Caper (uncredited)Jean Pelletier ♠ & Claude Adams
(both uncredited)
1981[54]¤Non-fiction/
Memoir
  • ♠ Journalist Pelletier broke the story for La Presse and appears in the film as a character.[55]
  • * television film.

Gwangju Uprising

May 1980

FilmDateDirectorCountrySource
work
AuthorDateType
White Badge1992Chung Ji-youngSouth KoreaWhite Badge: a novel of Korea Ahn Junghyo
(An Chŏng-hyo)
1989[1]Novel
A Petal1994Jang Sun-wooSouth KoreaThere a Petal Silently Falls Ch'oe Yun1988Short Story

Iran–Iraq War

1980–1988

Politics and Diplomacy

FilmDateDirectorCountrySource
work
AuthorDateType
House of Saddam **2008Alex Holmes &
Jim O'Hanlon
UK & USSaddam Hussein: The Politics of Revenge[53] (uncredited)Said Aburish1999Non-fiction
  • ♠ Abu Rish [sic] is credited as script consultant, rather than author.
  • ** TV miniseries.

Iran–Contra affair

FilmDateDirectorCountrySource
work
AuthorDateType
Guts and Glory: The Rise and Fall of Oliver North *1989Mike RobeUSGuts and Glory: The Rise and Fall of Oliver North (?)Ben Bradlee Jr.198?Non-fiction
  • * television film.

Home front

FilmDateDirectorCountrySource
work
AuthorDateType
Persepolis α2007Vincent Paronnaud &
Marjane Satrapi
France & USPersepolisMarjane Satrapi2000–2003Memoir/
Graphic novel
  • α Animated film.

Salvadoran Civil War

1980–1992

FilmDateDirectorCountrySource
work
AuthorDateType
Salvador1986Oliver StoneUSThe Flower of the Dragon: the Breakdown of the U.S. Army in Vietnam[56][57] (uncredited)Richard Boyle (uncredited)1972[1]¤Non-fiction
Karol: The Pope, The Man *2006Giacomo BattiatoPoland, Italy, France, Germany, CanadaStories of Karol: The Unknown Life of Pope John Paul IIGian Franco Svidercoschi2001Non-fiction
  • * television film.

Falklands War

1982

Land operations

FilmDateDirectorCountrySource
work
AuthorDateType
Resurrected1989Paul GreengrassUKSummer SoldierPhilip Williams & M. S. Power1990Memoir
Blessed by Fire
Iluminados por el fuego
2005Tristán BauerArgentinaIluminados por el fuego: confesiones de un soldado que combatió en MalvinasEdgardo Esteban with Gustavo Romero Borri1993[1]Non-fiction
  • ♠ The book was reprinted in 1999 as Malvinas, diario del regreso: iluminados por el fuego.

Battle of Mount Tumbledown

13–14 June 1982

FilmDateDirectorCountrySource
work
AuthorDateType
Tumbledown *1988Richard EyreUKWhen the Fighting Is Over: A Personal Story of the Battle for Tumbledown Mountain and Its AftermathJohn Lawrence & Robert Lawrence198?Memoir
  • * television film.
FilmDateDirectorCountrySource
work
AuthorDateType
Verónico Cruz
La deuda interna
1988Miguel PereiraArgentina & UKCostumbres, Poemas y Regionalismos[51]Fortunato Ramos198?Memoir[52]

Casualties physical and mental

FilmDateDirectorCountrySource
work
AuthorDateType
Tumbledown *1988Richard EyreUKWhen the Fighting Is Over: A Personal Story of the Battle for Tumbledown Mountain and Its AftermathJohn Lawrence & Robert Lawrence198?Memoir
Blessed by Fire
Iluminados por el fuego
2005Tristán BauerArgentinaIluminados por el fuego: confesiones de un soldado que combatió en MalvinasEdgardo Esteban with Gustavo Romero Borri1993[1]Non-fiction
  • * television film.

Memorial

FilmDateDirectorCountrySource
work
AuthorDateType
Blessed by Fire
Iluminados por el fuego
2005Tristán BauerArgentinaIluminados por el fuego: confesiones de un soldado que combatió en MalvinasEdgardo Esteban with Gustavo Romero Borri1993[1]Non-fiction

Invasion of Lebanon

1982–1985

Bulletin ... upcoming release: Lebanon by Samuel Maoz

FilmDateDirectorCountrySource
work
AuthorDateType
Beaufort
בופור
2007Joseph CedarIsraelBeaufortRon Leshem2005Novel
Waltz with Bashir † α2008Ari FolmanIsraelWaltz with Bashir: A Lebanon War StoryAri Folman &
David Polonsky
2009Memoir/
Graphic novel
  • ◊ The graphic novel was published after the release of the film.
  • † Dramatized documentary.
  • α Animated film.

Sabra and Shatila Massacre

16 September 1982

FilmDateDirectorCountrySource
work
AuthorDateType
Waltz with Bashir2008Ari FolmanIsraelWaltz with Bashir: A Lebanon War StoryAri Folman &
David Polonsky
2009Memoir/
Graphic novel

Lord's Resistance Army Insurgency

1987–2009

FilmDateDirectorCountrySource
work
AuthorDateType
Karol: The Pope, The Man *2006Giacomo BattiatoPoland, Italy, France, Germany, CanadaStories of Karol: The Unknown Life of Pope John Paul IIGian Franco Svidercoschi2001Non-fiction
Machine Gun Preacher2012Marc ForsterUSAnother Man's War: The True Story of One Man's Battle to Save Children in the SudanSam Childers2009Memoir
  • * television film.

Invasion of Panama

1989–1990

FilmDateDirectorCountrySource
work
AuthorDateType
Full Fathom Five1990Carl FranklinPeru & USFull Fathom FiveBart Davis198?Novel

Collapse of the Soviet Union

FilmDateDirectorCountrySource
work
AuthorDateType
The Man Who Knew Too Little1997Jon AmielUSWatch That ManRobert Farrar199?Novel (unpublished)[58]

Soviet coup of 1991

1991

FilmDateDirectorCountrySource
work
AuthorDateType
The Company *2007Mikael SalomonUSThe Company: A Novel of the CIARobert Littell2002Novel
  • * television film.

Gulf War

1991

Politics

FilmDateDirectorCountrySource
work
AuthorDateType
Karol: The Pope, The Man **2006Giacomo BattiatoPoland, Italy, France, Germany, CanadaStories of Karol: The Unknown Life of Pope John Paul IIGian Franco Svidercoschi2001Non-fiction
House of Saddam **2008Alex Holmes &
Jim O'Hanlon
UK & USSaddam Hussein: The Politics of Revenge[53] (uncredited)Said Aburish1999Non-fiction
  • ♠ Abu Rish [sic] is credited as script consultant, rather than author.
  • ** TV miniseries.

Operations

FilmDateDirectorCountrySource
work
AuthorDateType
Courage Under Fire1996Edward ZwickUS"In a Grove" (uncredited)Ryūnosuke Akutagawa (uncredited)1922Story
The One That Got Away *1996Paul GreengrassUKThe One That Got Away"Chris Ryan", M.M.1995?Memoir
Bravo Two Zero *1999Tom CleggUKBravo Two Zero"Andy McNab"1993Memoir
Live from Baghdad *2002Mick JacksonUSLive from BaghdadRobert Wiener1991Memoir
Jarhead2005Sam MendesUSJarhead: A Marine's Chronicle of the Gulf War and Other BattlesAnthony Swofford2003Memoir
  • ♠ The events of these books were thoroughly questioned by Michael Asher in The Real Bravo Two Zero: The Truth Behind Bravo Two Zero.
    (See Bravo Two Zero accounts for the saga of the historiography on this single patrol.)
  • ♦ Producer Ingrid Formanek is seen with a copy of the book shortly before the war commences.
  • * television film.

Home front

FilmDateDirectorCountrySource
work
AuthorDateType
The Law of Enclosures1999John GreysonCanadaThe Law of EnclosuresDale Peck1996Novel
Towelhead2007Alan BallUSTowelheadAlicia Erian2005Novel
  • ♠ The film is set in the industrial city of Sarnia, Ontario in order to have an oil industry parallel with the war.[59]

Yugoslav Wars

1991–2001

FilmDateDirectorCountrySource
work
AuthorDateType
Harrison's Flowers2000Elie ChouraquiFranceLe diable a l'avantageIsabel Ellsen199?Novel
Dezerter Дезертер2000Živojin PavlovićYugoslavia"The Eternal Husband"Fyodor Dostoyevsky18??Story

Bosnian War

1992–1995

FilmDateDirectorCountrySource
work
AuthorDateType
Territorio Comanche1997Gerardo HerreroSpain, France, Germany, ArgentinaTerritorio ComancheArturo Perez-Reverte1994Novel/
Memoir
  • * television film.

Politics

FilmDateDirectorCountrySource
work
AuthorDateType
Karol: The Pope, The Man *2006Giacomo BattiatoPoland, Italy, France, Germany, CanadaStories of Karol: The Unknown Life of Pope John Paul IIGian Franco Svidercoschi2001Non-fiction

Siege of Sarajevo

1992–1996

FilmDateDirectorCountrySource
work
AuthorDateType
Welcome To Sarajevo1997Michael WinterbottomU.S. & UKNatasha's StoryMichael Nicholson1993Novel
Shot Through the Heart *1998David AttwoodCanada, U.S., UK, Hungary"Anti-Sniper"John Falk1995Article
Sympathy for the Devil (Sympathie pour le diable)2019Canada, France, BelgiumSympathie pour le diablePaul Marchand1997Book
  • * television film.

Demobilization

FilmDateDirectorCountrySource
work
AuthorDateType
That Beautiful Somewhere2006Robert BudreauCanadaLoonA.W. Plumstead200?Novel
  • ♠ The detective leading an investigation is a Canadian veteran of Bosnia.

Justice and Retribution

FilmDateDirectorCountrySource
work
AuthorDateType
Avenger *2006Robert MarkowitzU.S.AvengerFrederick Forsyth2003Novel
The Hunting Party2007Richard ShepardU.S., Croatia, Bosnia"How I Spent My Summer Vacation"Scott Anderson2000Article
  • * television film.

Somalian Civil War

1991–present

Battle of Mogadishu

1993

FilmDateDirectorCountrySource
work
AuthorDateType
Black Hawk Down2001Ridley ScottUSBlack Hawk Down: A Story of Modern WarMark Bowden1999Non-fiction

Rwandan genocide

1994

FilmDateDirectorCountrySource
work
AuthorDateType
A Sunday in Kigali2006Robert FavreauCanadaA Sunday at the pool in KigaliGil Courtemanche2000Novel
Shake Hands with the Devil2007Roger SpottiswoodeCanadaShake Hands with the Devil: The Failure of Humanity in Rwanda[60]Roméo Dallaire2003Non-fiction

First Chechen War

1994–1996

FilmDateDirectorCountrySource
work
AuthorDateType
Prisoner of the Mountains1996Sergei BodrovRussia"The Prisoner of the Caucasus"Leo Tolstoy18??Story
Purgatory Chistilishche ♠ *1998Alexander NevzorovRussia"Psalm 137"[61]Book of Psalms Псалтирь?Scripture
Proof of Life2000Taylor HackfordUS"Adventures in the Ransom Trade"William Prochnau199?Article
  • ♠ A grisly[62] Russian film, deemed "ultra-nationalist exploitation".[63]
  • * television film.

1998 Chadian Civil War

1998–2002

Justice and Retribution

FilmDateDirectorCountrySource
work
AuthorDateType
Daratt2006Mahamat Saleh HarounFrance, Belgium, Chad, AustriaLa clemenza di TitoMetastasio1791Libretto

What if ...

20th century

Coups

FilmDateDirectorCountrySource
work
AuthorDateType
Seven Days in May1964John FrankenheimerUSSeven Days in MayFletcher Knebel and
Charles W. Bailey II
1962Novel
The Dogs of War1981John IrvinUK and USThe Dogs of WarFrederick Forsyth1974Novel
A Very British Coup **1988Mick JacksonUKA Very British CoupChris Mullin1982Novel
The Enemy Within *1994Jonathan DarbyUSSeven Days in MayFletcher Knebel and
Charles W. Bailey II
1962Novel
  • ♠ The film concerns a coup in the fictional African country of 'Zangaro', but the novel's basis was a genuine plot against the government of Equatorial Guinea.
  • * Television film.
  • ** Television miniseries.

Wars

FilmDateDirectorCountrySource
work
AuthorDateType
Far North2007Asif KapadiaUK & France"True North" from Telling TalesSara Maitland1983Story

War in the abstract

20th century

FilmDateDirectorCountrySource
work
AuthorDateType
The Desert of the Tartars
Il deserto dei Tartari
1976Valerio ZurliniItaly, France,
West Germany
The Tartar Steppe
Il deserto dei Tartari[15] [4]¤
Dino Buzzati1940Novel
Notre musique2004Jean-Luc GodardSwitzerland & France?Fedor Dostoievski[64]?Texte


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Notes

  1. Publication details for this title have been confirmed by the catalogue of the US Library of Congress.
    Source: Library of Congress Online Catalog.
  2. British Library Integrated Catalogue.
  3. DVD opening credits.
  4. Recommended by Sebastian Faulks. Source: Faulks and Hensgen (q.v.).
  5. Laxness was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1955.
  6. Gouzenko's second book, a novel entitled The Fall of a Titan, was the recipient of the Governor General's Award in 1954.
  7. Recipient of the Edgar Award in 1965.
  8. The film was later spoofed as The Man Who Knew Too Little, with Joanne Whalley-Kilmer playing a similar role in both films.
  9. Recipient of the National Book Award in 1979.
  10. Inducted into the US National Film Registry in 1989.
  11. Recipient of the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1975.
  12. The film is dedicated to the late Indira Gandhi, amongst others.
  13. Recipient of the Booker Prize in 1981.
  14. Recipient of the James Tait Black Memorial Prize in 1981.
  15. Listed in the 100 livres du siècle, from a poll organized by FNAC and Le Monde in 1999.
  16. The film also credits the poetry of both Amrita Pritam and Zehra Nigah (of Pakistan); it is unclear whether this poetry is original or source material.
  17. Source: Wikipedia article on Bhowani Junction.
  18. Miller's biography is now controversial due to allegations of falsification.
  19. Source: Wikipedia, main article.
  20. Inducted into the US National Film Registry in 1996.
  21. Inducted into the US National Film Registry in 1994.
  22. Inducted into the US National Film Registry in 1998.
  23. Sadat was awarded the Nobel Prize in Peace in 1978, jointly with Menachem Begin.
  24. Hemingway was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1954.
  25. According to French Wikipédia, this war in France is still referred to as "the Events of Algeria": dans les textes législatifs notamment, l'expression officielle continue d'être « événements d'Alger » ou « événements d'Algérie ».
  26. The film was shot in Spain.
  27. Recipient of the Grand Prix de l'Académie française in 1976.
  28. Publication details for this title have been confirmed by the catalogue of the French Bibliothèque nationale.
    Source: Catalogue collectif de France.
  29. Costa-Gavras produced the film and wrote the screen story.
  30. Recipient of the National Book Award in 1988.
  31. Recipient of the Pulitzer Prize in 1989.
  32. Inducted into the U.S. National Film Registry in 2000.
  33. Publication details for this title have been confirmed by the catalogue of the National Library of Australia.
    Source: Catalogue Home.
  34. Recipient of the Prix du Meilleur livre étranger in 1993.
  35. Incidents include a short-arm inspection, interrogation (drowning) of civilian suspects, tunnel ratting, a brothel scene, an altercation with US GIs, a war crime, and a VC night assault.
  36. The 2008 sequel is entitled, We Are Soldiers Still: A Journey Back to the Battlefields of Vietnam.
  37. "The film is vaguely based on the book, Escape From Laos written by Dieter Dengler."
    Source: Rescue Dawn the Truth Archived 2007-09-28 at the Wayback Machine.
  38. Recipient of the Cooper Prize in 1995.
  39. The film's Italian title is Sciuscià nel Vietnam (Shoeshine in Vietnam) with an implicit reference to De Sica's 1946 neo-realist classic Shoeshine, a film about children.
    According to French Wikipédia, the film concerns « l'état d'innocence ou [sic] se trouvaient les enfants confrontés à cette guerre ininterrompue que décrit Coutard [the film's director]. Comme ils n'ont aucune notion autre que la guerre quotidienne et banale, ils s'y retrouvent bien naturellement pour vivre une existence que peu d'humains pourraient supporter en continu. » (But then, that's the resilience of children, isn't it?) See Boorman's Hope and Glory for a close World War II equivalent.
  40. Recipient of the National Book Award in 1975.
  41. Recipient of the National Book Award for First Novel in 1980.
  42. Mullan is credited as co-producer and actor, not as an author.
  43. Agnon was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1966.
  44. Recipient of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize in 1984.
  45. Recipient of the Whitbread Award for First Novel in 1998.
  46. Recipient of a Somerset Maugham Award in 1999.
  47. Recipient of a Betty Trask Award in 1999.
  48. Recipient of the Winifred Holtby Memorial Prize in 1999.
  49. Recipient of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize in 1981.
  50. Recipient of the Crime Writers' Association Gold Dagger Award in 1981.
  51. Costumbres, Poemas y Regionalismos por Fortunato Ramos.
    (En sus textos se basó la pelicula [sic] La Deuda Interna)
    Humahuaca - Jujuy - 1988
    Tercera edicion [sic]
    La base del largometraje "La deuda interna", de Miguel Ángel Pereyra [sic], es parte de la vida de un alumno de Santa Ana, Veronico [sic] Cruz; relato vivencial escrito por este maestro rural.
    Source: Costumbres, Poemas y Regionalismos por Fortunato Ramos
  52. English Wikipedia claims the unnamed source book is non-fiction. Spanish Wikipedia claims it is a novela.
  53. "The actor[Yigal Naor read various books to prepare for his performance, in particular "Saddam Hussein: The Politics of Revenge" by Palestinian author Said Aburish. During a joint interview with Naor on the BBC World Service, Aburish said [...] that Naor has captured the swagger, gestures and nuances of Saddam."
    Source: House of Saddam’ brings Saddam’s complexities to the small screen Archived 2008-08-22 at the Wayback Machine, Susannah Tarbush, Saudi Gazette. Retrieved 2010-06-24 (12 Rajab 1431 AH).
  54. Publication details for this title have been confirmed by the catalogue of Library and Archives Canada.
    Source: Library Search.
  55. Source: TV captures heroic Iran escape, Mike Boone, Montreal Gazette, 16 May 1981.
  56. Source: Lavington (q.v.), p. 63–64.
  57. Foreword by Paul N. McCloskey.
  58. Source: DVD commentary.
  59. Source: The Free Library: John Greyson's The law of enclosures
  60. Recipient of the Governor General's Award in 2004.
  61. The Eastern Orthodox numbering of the psalms differs from the Protestant numbering, so the psalm is listed in the Russian opening credits as Psalm 136, rather than Psalm 137.
    The passage used is as follows:
    7 Remember, O LORD, the children of Edom in the day of Jerusalem; who said, Rase it, rase it, even to the foundation thereof.
    8 O daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed; happy shall he be, that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us.
    9 Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones.
  62. In Grozny, Arabs and Chechens cut the head off a terrified Russian soldier as black American mercenaries stand and laugh. The corpse continues to kick as the head receives a light roasting over the fire. Later, an Arab attaches the severed head to an RPG and shoots it into the Russian lines.
    Baltic women snipers target the crotch of a screaming Russian soldier.
    Black Americans laugh heartily as an Arab urinates on Russian corpses while performing a little dance.
    A Russian male sniper gains the upper hand when he takes out the groins of the Baltic women.
    The fact that a surviving Russian tank crewman has only one limb remaining makes it more difficult for the Chechens to crucify him. The blood-drooling Russian Christ survives long enough to see victory.
    Many urban warfare scenes involving tanks and infantry are effective.
    The Chechen commander smokes Sobranie Cocktail cigarettes.
  63. Source: IMDb review by "Over Nine Thousand", 2008.
  64. These authors are credited without specifying the precise nature of the texte in question.
    The film also contains "quotations" which may be the work of the screenwriter (Godard),
    e.g. « Le rêve d'un individu est d'être deux. Le rêve de l'Etat est d'être seul. »

Bibliography

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