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Template:Lists of book-based war films A list of films that are based on war books.

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

21st century[]

War on Terror[]

("War of Terror")
2001–ongoing[1]

Film Date Director Country Source
work		 Author Date Type
The Guys 2002 Jim Simpson USA The Guys Anne Nelson 2002 Play
Rudy: The Rudy Giuliani Story * 2003 Robert Dornhelm USA Rudy!: An Investigative Biography of Rudy Giuliani Wayne Barrett 2000 Non-fiction
The Path to 9/11 * 2006 David L. Cunningham USA The Cell John Miller & Michael Stone 200? Non-fiction
1000 Years for Revenge: International Terrorism and the FBI – the Untold Story Peter Lance 2003 Non-fiction
Relentless Pursuit Samuel M. Katz 200? Non-fiction
Karol: The Pope, The Man * 2006 Giacomo Battiato Poland, Italy, France, Germany, Canada Stories of Karol: The Unknown Life of Pope John Paul II Gian Franco Svidercoschi 2001 Non-fiction
The 9/11 Commission Report 2006 Leigh Scott USA Final Report of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States 2004 Non-fiction
The Unit *** 2006–2009 David Mamet et al. USA Inside Delta Force: The Story of America's Elite Counterterrorist Unit Eric L. Haney 2002 Memoir
A Mighty Heart 2007 Michael Winterbottom USA A Mighty Heart Mariane Pearl 2003 Non-fiction
Body of Lies 2008 Ridley Scott USA Body of Lies David Ignatius 2007 Novel
Adopt a Sailor 2008 Charles Evered USA Adopt a Sailor Charles Evered 2002 Play
The End of America δ 2008 Annie Sundberg & Ricki Stern USA The End of America: A Letter of Warning to a Young Patriot Naomi Wolf 2007 Non-fiction
Murder in Samarkand ♠ 2011 Michael Winterbottom UK Murder in Samarkand Craig Murray 2006 Memoir/
Non-fiction
Dear John 2010 Lasse Hallström USA Dear John Nicholas Sparks 2006 Novel
  • ♠ The film concerns torture by strategic US ally Uzbekistan.
    • TV movie.
        • TV series.
  • δ Documentary.

Prior international terrorism[]

Prior to September 11, 2001

Film Date Director Country Source
work		 Author Date Type
My House in Umbria ♦ * 2003 Richard Loncraine UK & Italy My House in Umbria William Trevor 1991 Novella
  • ♦ The film updates the timeframe of the novella.
    • TV movie.

War in Afghanistan[]

2001–present

Source
work		 Author Date Type Country
A Thousand Splendid Suns Khaled Hosseini 2007 Novel USA
Where Men Win Glory: The Odyssey of Pat Tillman Jon Krakauer 2009 Non-fiction USA

Home front[]

Film Date Director Country Source
work		 Author Date Type
Army Wives *** 2007–present Ben Younger et al. USA Under the Sabers: The Unwritten Code of Army Wives Tanya Biank 200? Non-fiction
        • TV series.

Iraq War[]

2003–ongoing

Politics[]

Film Date Director Country Source
work		 Author Date Type
Karol: The Pope, The Man * 2006 Giacomo Battiato Poland, Italy, France, Germany, Canada Stories of Karol: The Unknown Life of Pope John Paul II Gian Franco Svidercoschi 2001 Non-fiction
The War Prayer ♠ 2007 Michael A. Goorjian USA "The War Prayer" "Mark Twain" 1916 (posthumous) Story
10 Days to War * 2008 Bruce Goodison & David Belton UK "Eve-of-battle speech" Lt. Col.
Tim Collins		 2003 Speech
The Ghost Writer 2010 Roman Polanski France, Germany, UK The Ghost Robert Harris 2007 Novel
Fair Game 2010 Doug Liman USA Fair Game: My Life as a Spy, My Betrayal by the White House Valerie Plame Wilson 2007 Memoir
  • ♠ The film gives a 2003 setting to Twain's story, which was an ironic commentary on the jingoism of the Spanish–American War.
    • TV movie.

Operations[]

Film Date Director Country Source
work		 Author Date Type
Saving Jessica Lynch * 2003 Peter Markle USA Because Each Life Is Precious Mohammed Odeh al-Rehaief 2003 Non-fiction
Generation Kill * 2008 Susanna White & Simon Cellan Jones USA Generation Kill: Devil Dogs, Iceman, Captain America, and the New Face of American War[2][3][4][5] Evan Wright 2004 Non-fiction
"The Killer Elite"[6] et al. Evan Wright 2003 Articles
The Men Who Stare at Goats 2009 Grant Heslov USA The Men Who Stare at Goats Jon Ronson 2004 Non-fiction
Green Zone 2010 Paul Greengrass USA Imperial Life in the Emerald City: Inside Iraq's Green Zone[7] Rajiv Chandrasekaran 2006 Non-fiction
    • TV movie.
Last stand of Uday and Qusay Hussein[]

22 July 2003

Film Date Director Country Source
work		 Author Date Type
House of Saddam 2008 Alex Holmes &
Jim O'Hanlon		 UK & USA Saddam Hussein: The Politics of Revenge[8] (uncredited) Said Aburish ♣ 1999 Non-fiction
Capture of Saddam Hussein[]

14 December 2003

Film Date Director Country Source
work		 Author Date Type
House of Saddam 2008 Alex Holmes &
Jim O'Hanlon		 UK & USA Saddam Hussein: The Politics of Revenge[8] (uncredited) Said Aburish ♣ 1999 Non-fiction
  • ♣ Abu Rish [sic] is credited as script consultant, rather than author.

Military justice and courts-martial[]

Film Date Director Country Source
work		 Author Date Type
The Mark of Cain * 2007 Marc Munden UK "Eve-of-battle speech" Lt. Col. Tim Collins 2003 Speech
    • TV movie.

Atrocities[]

Film Date Director Country Source
work		 Author Date Type
The Mark of Cain * 2007 Marc Munden UK "Eve-of-battle speech" Lt. Col. Tim Collins 2003 Speech
    • TV movie.

Home front[]

Film Date Director Country Source
work		 Author Date Type
Army Wives *** 2007–present Ben Younger et al. USA Under the Sabers: The Unwritten Code of Army Wives Tanya Biank 200? Non-fiction
        • TV series.

Demobilization[]

Film Date Director Country Source
work		 Author Date Type
In the Valley of Elah 2007 Paul Haggis USA "Death and Dishonor" Mark Boal 2004 Article

Casualties[]

Film Date Director Country Source
work		 Author Date Type
Taking Chance * 2009 Ross Katz USA "Taking Chance Home" Lt. Col. Michael Strobl 2004 Article
    • TV movie.

Justice and retribution[]

Film Date Director Country Source
work		 Author Date Type
House of Saddam 2008 Alex Holmes &
Jim O'Hanlon		 UK & USA Saddam Hussein: The Politics of Revenge[8] (uncredited) Said Aburish ♠ 1999 Non-fiction
  • ♠ Abu Rish [sic] is credited as script consultant, rather than author.

Occupation of Iraq[]

Film Date Director Country Source
work		 Author Date Type
Body of Lies 2008 Ridley Scott USA Body of Lies David Ignatius 2007 Novel

2006 Lebanon War[]

July–August 2006

References[]

Notes[]

  1. ↑ The Bushism "War on Terror" is often not taken seriously outside of the United States. [1]
  2. ↑ Recipient of the PEN USA Award in 2004.
  3. ↑ Recipient of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize in 2004.
  4. ↑ Recipient of the Gen. Wallace Greene Award in 2004.
  5. ↑ Recipient of the Lukas Prize in 2005.
  6. ↑ Recipient of the National Magazine Award for Excellence in Reporting in 2004.
  7. ↑ Recipient of the Samuel Johnson Prize in 2007.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 "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 Script error: No such module "webarchive"., Susannah Tarbush, Saudi Gazette. Retrieved 2010-06-24 (12 Rajab 1431 AH).

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.

See also[]


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