List of book-based war films (21st-century wars)
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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[edit]
War on Terror[edit]
("War of Terror")
2001–ongoing[1]
- ♠ The film concerns torture by strategic US ally Uzbekistan.
- TV movie.
- TV series.
- TV movie.
- δ Documentary.
Prior international terrorism[edit]
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[edit]
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[edit]
| 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[edit]
2003–ongoing
Politics[edit]
| 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[edit]
| 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[edit]
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[edit]
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[edit]
| 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[edit]
| 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[edit]
| 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[edit]
| 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[edit]
| 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[edit]
| 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[edit]
| 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[edit]
July–August 2006
References[edit]
Notes[edit]
- ↑ The Bushism "War on Terror" is often not taken seriously outside of the United States. [1]
- ↑ Recipient of the PEN USA Award in 2004.
- ↑ Recipient of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize in 2004.
- ↑ Recipient of the Gen. Wallace Greene Award in 2004.
- ↑ Recipient of the Lukas Prize in 2005.
- ↑ Recipient of the National Magazine Award for Excellence in Reporting in 2004.
- ↑ Recipient of the Samuel Johnson Prize in 2007.
- ↑ 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 Archived 2008-08-22 at the Wayback Machine, Susannah Tarbush, Saudi Gazette. Retrieved 2010-06-24 (12 Rajab 1431 AH).
Bibliography[edit]
- 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[edit]
- Lists of book-based war films
- War film
- War novel
- List of war films
- List of United States military books
- Assassinations in fiction
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