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

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]

Windows on the World by director unknown

# 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, CanadaStories 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

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

War in Afghanistan

2001–2014

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

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

Ivorian Civil War

2002–2004

Darfur Conflict

2003–2009

Iraq War

2003–ongoing

Politics

Fair Game by Doug Liman
# Film Date Director Country Source
work
Author Date Type
1 Karol: The Pope, The Man * 2006 Giacomo Battiato Poland, Italy, France, Germany, CanadaStories 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

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
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
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

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

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

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

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

Memorial

# Film Date Director Country Source
work
Author Date Type

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

South Ossetia War

2008

References

Notes

  1. The Bushism "War on Terror" is often not taken seriously outside of the United States.
  2. 1 2 3 Source: TIME. W.: The Official Film Guide, S. James Snyder, 21 Oct. 2008.
    This article is based on W. The Official Film Guide, 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. 1 2 3 "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, 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.

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