List of book-based war films (21st-century wars)

For earlier conflicts, see the List of book-based war films (1945–2000 wars).

A list of films that are based on war books.

21st century

War on Terror

("War of Terror")
2001–ongoing[1]

#FilmDateDirectorCountrySource
work
AuthorDateType
1The Guys2002Jim SimpsonUSAThe GuysAnne Nelson2002Play
2Rudy: The Rudy Giuliani Story *2003Robert DornhelmUSARudy!: An Investigative Biography of Rudy GiulianiWayne Barrett2000Non-fiction
3The Path to 9/11 *2006David L. CunninghamUSAThe CellJohn Miller & Michael Stone200?Non-fiction
31000 Years for Revenge: International Terrorism and the FBI – the Untold StoryPeter Lance2003Non-fiction
3Relentless PursuitSamuel M. Katz200?Non-fiction
4Karol: The Pope, The Man *2006Giacomo BattiatoPoland, Italy, France, Germany, CanadaStories of Karol: The Unknown Life of Pope John Paul IIGian Franco Svidercoschi2001Non-fiction
5The 9/11 Commission Report2006Leigh ScottUSAFinal Report of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United StatesNational Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States2004Non-fiction
6The Unit ***2006–2009David Mamet et al.USAInside Delta Force: The Story of America's Elite Counterterrorist UnitEric L. Haney2002Memoir
7A Mighty Heart2007Michael WinterbottomUSAA Mighty HeartMariane Pearl2003Non-fiction
8Body of Lies2008Ridley ScottUSABody of LiesDavid Ignatius2007Novel
9Adopt a Sailor2008Charles EveredUSAAdopt a SailorCharles Evered2002Play
10The End of America δ2008Annie Sundberg & Ricki SternUSAThe End of America: A Letter of Warning to a Young PatriotNaomi Wolf2007Non-fiction
11Murder in Samarkand2011Michael WinterbottomUKMurder in SamarkandCraig Murray2006Memoir/
Non-fiction
nDear John2010Lasse HallströmUSADear JohnNicholas Sparks2006Novel
  • ♠ The film concerns torture by strategic US ally, Uzbekistan.
    • TV movie.
        • TV series.
  • δ Documentary.

Prior international terrorism

Prior to 11/09/2001

#FilmDateDirectorCountrySource
work
AuthorDateType
1Barcelona1994Whit StillmanUSAThe Scarlet Pimpernel ♠ (uncredited)Baroness Orczy (uncredited)1903 & 1905Play & Novel
2My House in Umbria ♦ *2003Richard LoncraineUK & ItalyMy House in UmbriaWilliam Trevor1991Novella
  • ♠ A victim of terrorism is read the novel in his hospital bed.
  • ♦ The film updates the timeframe of the novella.
    • TV movie.

War in Afghanistan

2001–present

Home front

#FilmDateDirectorCountrySource
work
AuthorDateType
1Army Wives ***2007–presentBen Younger et al.USAUnder the Sabers: The Unwritten Code of Army WivesTanya Biank200?Non-fiction
        • TV series.

Classics in the making

#Source
work
AuthorDateTypeCountry
1A Thousand Splendid SunsKhaled Hosseini2007NovelUSA
2Where Men Win Glory: The Odyssey of Pat TillmanJon Krakauer2009Non-fictionUSA

Iraq War

2003–ongoing

Politics

#FilmDateDirectorCountrySource
work
AuthorDateType
1Karol: The Pope, The Man *2006Giacomo BattiatoPoland, Italy, France, Germany, CanadaStories of Karol: The Unknown Life of Pope John Paul IIGian Franco Svidercoschi2001Non-fiction
2The War Prayer2007Michael A. GoorjianUSA"The War Prayer""Mark Twain"1916 (posthumous)Story
3W.2008Oliver StoneUSAFortunate Son: George W. Bush and the Making of an American President[2] (uncredited)J.H. Hatfield ♦ (uncredited)1999Non-fiction
3The Perfect Wife: the Life and Choices of Laura Bush[2] (uncredited)Ann Gerhart (uncredited)c. 2004[3]¤Non-fiction
3Ambling Into History: The Unlikely Odyssey of George W. Bush[2] (uncredited)Frank Bruni (uncredited)2002Non-fiction
3The Dark Side: The Inside Story of How the War on Terror Turned into a War on American Ideals (uncredited)Jane Mayer ♦ (uncredited)2008Non-fiction
3Bush at War
and others (uncredited)
Bob Woodward ♦ (uncredited)2002Non-fiction
3The Price of Loyalty: George W. Bush, the White House, and the Education of Paul O'Neill (uncredited)Ron Suskind ♦ (uncredited)2004Non-fiction
3Hubris: The Inside Story of Spin, Scandal, and the Selling of the Iraq War (uncredited)David Corn & Michael Isikoff ♦ (uncredited)2006Non-fiction
3? (uncredited)Rissin ♦ (uncredited)200?Non-fiction
3The Bush Tragedy (uncredited)Jacob Weisberg ♦ (uncredited)2008Non-fiction
3Bush on the Couch: Inside the Mind of a President (uncredited)Justin Frank ♦ (uncredited)2004Non-fiction
3Angler[4][5][6] (uncredited)Barton Gellman ♦ & Jo Becker (uncredited)200?–2008Articles
3Angler: The Cheney Vice Presidency[7] (uncredited)Barton Gellman (uncredited)2008Non-fiction
3First Son: George W. Bush and the Bush Family Dynasty (uncredited)Bill Minutaglio ♦ (uncredited)1999Non-fiction
3The Faith of George W. Bush (uncredited)Stephen Mansfield ♦ (uncredited)2004?Non-fiction
3George W. Bush tapes (uncredited)Doug Wead ♦ (uncredited)1997–2000Audio interviews
3Bush's Brain: How Karl Rove Made George W. Bush Presidential (uncredited)James Moore and Wayne Slater ♦ (uncredited)2003Non-fiction
3Rove Exposed: How Bush's Brain Fooled America (uncredited)James Moore and Wayne Slater ♦ (uncredited)2005Non-fiction
3Cobra II: The Inside Story of the Invasion and Occupation of Iraq (uncredited)Michael R. Gordon ♦ & Bernard E. Trainor (uncredited)2006Non-fiction
3Against All Enemies: Inside America's War on Terror—What Really Happened (uncredited)Richard A. Clarke ♦ (uncredited)2004Non-fiction
410 Days to War *2008Bruce Goodison & David BeltonUK"Eve-of-battle speech"Lt. Col.
Tim Collins
2003Speech
5The Ghost Writer2010Roman PolanskiFrance, Germany, UKThe GhostRobert Harris2007Novel
6Fair Game2010Doug LimanUSAFair Game: My Life as a Spy, My Betrayal by the White HouseValerie Plame Wilson2007Memoir
  • ♠ The film gives a 2003 setting to Twain's story, which was an ironic commentary on the jingoism of the Spanish–American War.
  • ♦ Major sources discussed by Oliver Stone.[8]
    • TV movie.

Operations

#FilmDateDirectorCountrySource
work
AuthorDateType
1Saving Jessica Lynch *2003Peter MarkleUSABecause Each Life Is PreciousMohammed Odeh al-Rehaief2003Non-fiction
2Generation Kill *2008Susanna White & Simon Cellan JonesUSAGeneration Kill: Devil Dogs, Iceman, Captain America, and the New Face of American War[9][10][11][12]Evan Wright2004Non-fiction
2"The Killer Elite"[13] et al.Evan Wright2003Articles
3The Men Who Stare at Goats2009Grant HeslovUSAThe Men Who Stare at GoatsJon Ronson2004Non-fiction
4Green Zone2010Paul GreengrassUSAImperial Life in the Emerald City: Inside Iraq's Green Zone[14]Rajiv Chandrasekaran2006Non-fiction
    • TV movie.
Last stand of Uday and Qusay Hussein

22 July 2003

#FilmDateDirectorCountrySource
work
AuthorDateType
1House of Saddam2008Alex Holmes &
Jim O'Hanlon
UK & USASaddam Hussein: The Politics of Revenge[15] (uncredited)Said Aburish1999Non-fiction
Capture of Saddam Hussein

14 December 2003

#FilmDateDirectorCountrySource
work
AuthorDateType
1House of Saddam2008Alex Holmes &
Jim O'Hanlon
UK & USASaddam Hussein: The Politics of Revenge[15] (uncredited)Said Aburish1999Non-fiction
  • ♣ Abu Rish [sic] is credited as script consultant, rather than author.
Battle of Fallujah

April 2004 – May 2004

#FilmDateDirectorCountrySource
work
AuthorDateType
1No True Glory: The Battle for FallujahCancelled[16]?USANo True Glory: A Frontline Account of the Battle for FallujahBing West2005Non-fiction

Military justice and Courts-martial

#FilmDateDirectorCountrySource
work
AuthorDateType
1The Mark of Cain *2007Marc MundenUK"Eve-of-battle speech"Lt. Col. Tim Collins2003Speech
    • TV movie.

Atrocities

#FilmDateDirectorCountrySource
work
AuthorDateType
1The Mark of Cain *2007Marc MundenUK"Eve-of-battle speech"Lt. Col. Tim Collins2003Speech
    • TV movie.

Home front

#FilmDateDirectorCountrySource
work
AuthorDateType
1Army Wives ***2007–presentBen Younger et al.USAUnder the Sabers: The Unwritten Code of Army WivesTanya Biank200?Non-fiction
        • TV series.

Demobilization

#FilmDateDirectorCountrySource
work
AuthorDateType
1In the Valley of Elah2007Paul HaggisUSA"Death and Dishonor"Mark Boal2004Article

Casualties

#FilmDateDirectorCountrySource
work
AuthorDateType
1Taking Chance *2009Ross KatzUSA"Taking Chance Home"Lt. Col. Michael Strobl2004Article
    • TV movie.

Justice and Retribution

#FilmDateDirectorCountrySource
work
AuthorDateType
1House of Saddam2008Alex Holmes &
Jim O'Hanlon
UK & USASaddam Hussein: The Politics of Revenge[15] (uncredited)Said Aburish1999Non-fiction
  • ♠ Abu Rish [sic] is credited as script consultant, rather than author.

Occupation of Iraq

#FilmDateDirectorCountrySource
work
AuthorDateType
1Body of Lies2008Ridley ScottUSABody of LiesDavid Ignatius2007Novel

2006 Lebanon War

July–August 2006

References

Notes

  1. The Bushism "War on Terror" is often not taken seriously outside of the United States.
  2. Source: TIME. W.: The Official Film Guide, S. James Snyder, 21 Oct. 2008.
    This article is based on W. The Official Film Guide Archived 2008-10-20 at the Wayback Machine, David Wyles, Stanley Weiser, and Oliver Stone. Retrieved 2009-9-29.
  3. Publication details for this title have been confirmed by the catalogue of the US Library of Congress.
    Source: Library of Congress Online Catalog.
  4. Recipient of the George Polk Award for Political Reporting in 2007.
  5. Recipient of the Pulitzer Prize in 2008.
  6. Recipient of the Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting in 2008?.
  7. Recipient of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize in 2008.
  8. Source: DVD audio commentary.
  9. Recipient of the PEN USA Award in 2004.
  10. Recipient of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize in 2004.
  11. Recipient of the Gen. Wallace Greene Award in 2004.
  12. Recipient of the Lukas Prize in 2005.
  13. Recipient of the National Magazine Award for Excellence in Reporting in 2004.
  14. Recipient of the Samuel Johnson Prize in 2007.
  15. "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).
  16. The justification for this film announcement came from Fallujah during the Iraq War. The cited IMDb page is no longer active.

Bibliography

  • Clarke, James. Virgin Film: War Films, Virgin Books, London, 2006.
  • 100 Greatest War Movies, special issue of Military History Magazine, Weider History Group, Leesburg, Virginia, 2007.

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