List of book-based war films (21st-century wars)
For earlier conflicts, see the List of book-based war films (1945–2000 wars).
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A list of films that are based on war books.
21st century
War on Terror
("War of Terror")
2001–ongoing[1]
| # | Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Guys | 2002 | Jim Simpson | USA | The Guys | Anne Nelson | 2002 | Play |
| 2 | Rudy: The Rudy Giuliani Story * | 2003 | Robert Dornhelm | USA | Rudy!: An Investigative Biography of Rudy Giuliani | Wayne Barrett | 2000 | Non-fiction |
| 3 | The Path to 9/11 * | 2006 | David L. Cunningham | USA | The Cell | John Miller & Michael Stone | 200? | Non-fiction |
| 3 | 1000 Years for Revenge: International Terrorism and the FBI – the Untold Story | Peter Lance | 2003 | Non-fiction | ||||
| 3 | Relentless Pursuit | Samuel M. Katz | 200? | Non-fiction | ||||
| 4 | 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 |
| 5 | 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 |
| 6 | 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 |
| 7 | A Mighty Heart | 2007 | Michael Winterbottom | USA | A Mighty Heart | Mariane Pearl | 2003 | Non-fiction |
| 8 | Body of Lies | 2008 | Ridley Scott | USA | Body of Lies | David Ignatius | 2007 | Novel |
| 9 | Adopt a Sailor | 2008 | Charles Evered | USA | Adopt a Sailor | Charles Evered | 2002 | Play |
| 10 | 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 |
| 11 | Murder in Samarkand ♠ | 2011 | Michael Winterbottom | UK | Murder in Samarkand | Craig Murray | 2006 | Memoir/ Non-fiction |
| n | 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.
- TV movie.
- δ Documentary.
Prior international terrorism
Prior to 11/09/2001
| # | Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Barcelona | 1994 | Whit Stillman | USA | The Scarlet Pimpernel ♠ (uncredited) | Baroness Orczy (uncredited) | 1903 & 1905 | Play & Novel |
| 2 | My House in Umbria ♦ * | 2003 | Richard Loncraine | UK & Italy | My House in Umbria | William Trevor | 1991 | Novella |
- ♠ 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
| # | Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 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.
Classics in the making
| # | Source work | Author | Date | Type | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A Thousand Splendid Suns | Khaled Hosseini | 2007 | Novel | USA |
| 2 | Where Men Win Glory: The Odyssey of Pat Tillman | Jon Krakauer | 2009 | Non-fiction | USA |
Iraq War
2003–ongoing
Politics
| # | Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 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 |
| 2 | The War Prayer ♠ | 2007 | Michael A. Goorjian | USA | "The War Prayer" | "Mark Twain" | 1916 (posthumous) | Story |
| 3 | W. | 2008 | Oliver Stone | USA | Fortunate Son: George W. Bush and the Making of an American President[2] (uncredited) | J.H. Hatfield ♦ (uncredited) | 1999 | Non-fiction |
| 3 | The Perfect Wife: the Life and Choices of Laura Bush[2] (uncredited) | Ann Gerhart (uncredited) | c. 2004[3]¤ | Non-fiction | ||||
| 3 | Ambling Into History: The Unlikely Odyssey of George W. Bush[2] (uncredited) | Frank Bruni (uncredited) | 2002 | Non-fiction | ||||
| 3 | The Dark Side: The Inside Story of How the War on Terror Turned into a War on American Ideals (uncredited) | Jane Mayer ♦ (uncredited) | 2008 | Non-fiction | ||||
| 3 | Bush at War and others (uncredited) | Bob Woodward ♦ (uncredited) | 2002 | Non-fiction | ||||
| 3 | The Price of Loyalty: George W. Bush, the White House, and the Education of Paul O'Neill (uncredited) | Ron Suskind ♦ (uncredited) | 2004 | Non-fiction | ||||
| 3 | Hubris: The Inside Story of Spin, Scandal, and the Selling of the Iraq War (uncredited) | David Corn & Michael Isikoff ♦ (uncredited) | 2006 | Non-fiction | ||||
| 3 | ? (uncredited) | Rissin ♦ (uncredited) | 200? | Non-fiction | ||||
| 3 | The Bush Tragedy (uncredited) | Jacob Weisberg ♦ (uncredited) | 2008 | Non-fiction | ||||
| 3 | Bush on the Couch: Inside the Mind of a President (uncredited) | Justin Frank ♦ (uncredited) | 2004 | Non-fiction | ||||
| 3 | Angler[4][5][6] (uncredited) | Barton Gellman ♦ & Jo Becker (uncredited) | 200?–2008 | Articles | ||||
| 3 | Angler: The Cheney Vice Presidency[7] (uncredited) | Barton Gellman (uncredited) | 2008 | Non-fiction | ||||
| 3 | First Son: George W. Bush and the Bush Family Dynasty (uncredited) | Bill Minutaglio ♦ (uncredited) | 1999 | Non-fiction | ||||
| 3 | The Faith of George W. Bush (uncredited) | Stephen Mansfield ♦ (uncredited) | 2004? | Non-fiction | ||||
| 3 | George W. Bush tapes (uncredited) | Doug Wead ♦ (uncredited) | 1997–2000 | Audio interviews | ||||
| 3 | Bush's Brain: How Karl Rove Made George W. Bush Presidential (uncredited) | James Moore and Wayne Slater ♦ (uncredited) | 2003 | Non-fiction | ||||
| 3 | Rove Exposed: How Bush's Brain Fooled America (uncredited) | James Moore and Wayne Slater ♦ (uncredited) | 2005 | Non-fiction | ||||
| 3 | Cobra II: The Inside Story of the Invasion and Occupation of Iraq (uncredited) | Michael R. Gordon ♦ & Bernard E. Trainor (uncredited) | 2006 | Non-fiction | ||||
| 3 | Against All Enemies: Inside America's War on Terror—What Really Happened (uncredited) | Richard A. Clarke ♦ (uncredited) | 2004 | Non-fiction | ||||
| 4 | 10 Days to War * | 2008 | Bruce Goodison & David Belton | UK | "Eve-of-battle speech" | Lt. Col. Tim Collins | 2003 | Speech |
| 5 | The Ghost Writer | 2010 | Roman Polanski | France, Germany, UK | The Ghost | Robert Harris | 2007 | Novel |
| 6 | 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.
- ♦ Major sources discussed by Oliver Stone.[8]
- TV movie.
Operations
| # | Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Saving Jessica Lynch * | 2003 | Peter Markle | USA | Because Each Life Is Precious | Mohammed Odeh al-Rehaief | 2003 | Non-fiction |
| 2 | Generation Kill * | 2008 | Susanna White & Simon Cellan Jones | USA | Generation Kill: Devil Dogs, Iceman, Captain America, and the New Face of American War[9][10][11][12] | Evan Wright | 2004 | Non-fiction |
| 2 | "The Killer Elite"[13] et al. | Evan Wright | 2003 | Articles | ||||
| 3 | The Men Who Stare at Goats | 2009 | Grant Heslov | USA | The Men Who Stare at Goats | Jon Ronson | 2004 | Non-fiction |
| 4 | Green Zone | 2010 | Paul Greengrass | USA | Imperial Life in the Emerald City: Inside Iraq's Green Zone[14] | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | House of Saddam | 2008 | Alex Holmes & Jim O'Hanlon | UK & USA | Saddam Hussein: The Politics of Revenge[15] (uncredited) | Said Aburish ♣ | 1999 | Non-fiction |
Capture of Saddam Hussein
14 December 2003
| # | Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | House of Saddam | 2008 | Alex Holmes & Jim O'Hanlon | UK & USA | Saddam Hussein: The Politics of Revenge[15] (uncredited) | Said Aburish ♣ | 1999 | Non-fiction |
- ♣ Abu Rish [sic] is credited as script consultant, rather than author.
Battle of Fallujah
April 2004 – May 2004
| # | Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No True Glory: The Battle for Fallujah | Cancelled[16] | ? | USA | No True Glory: A Frontline Account of the Battle for Fallujah | Bing West | 2005 | Non-fiction |
Military justice and Courts-martial
| # | Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | House of Saddam | 2008 | Alex Holmes & Jim O'Hanlon | UK & USA | Saddam Hussein: The Politics of Revenge[15] (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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Body of Lies | 2008 | Ridley Scott | USA | Body of Lies | David Ignatius | 2007 | Novel |
2006 Lebanon War
July–August 2006
References
Notes
- The Bushism "War on Terror" is often not taken seriously outside of the United States.
- 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. - Publication details for this title have been confirmed by the catalogue of the US Library of Congress.
Source: Library of Congress Online Catalog. - Recipient of the George Polk Award for Political Reporting in 2007.
- Recipient of the Pulitzer Prize in 2008.
- Recipient of the Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting in 2008?.
- Recipient of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize in 2008.
- Source: DVD audio commentary.
- 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.
- "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). - 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.
See also
- 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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