20 movies like The Fog of War, ordered by similarity : They Shall Not Grow Old(2018), The Trials of Henry Kissinger(2002), Going Upriver: The Long War of John Kerry(2004), Dear America: Letters Home From Vietnam(1987), National Bird(2016), Far From Vietnam(1967), Winter Soldier(1972), Tunisian Victory(1944), Shadow World(2016), An Unlikely Weapon(2008), This Is Not a Movie(2019), Taxi to the Dark Side(2007) ...
Documentary
USA
2003
105 Minutes
secretary of defense president viet cong soldiers gen. william westmoreland vietnam vet chilling patriotic somber emotional vietnam washington, d.c. pentagon military base vietnam war politics communism government controversy war
The story of America as seen through the eyes of the former Secretary of Defense under President John F. Kennedy and President Lyndon B. Johnson, Robert McNamara.
Documentary, War, Drama, History
UK|New Zealand
2018
99 Minutes
soldier army recruit british officer british soldier british soldiers german soldier german troops bleak emotional moving patriotic powerful sad somber war zone france belgium united kingdom trenches training camp
A documentary about World War I with never-before-seen footage to commemorate the centennial of the end of the war.
Documentary
USA|UK|Denmark|France|Canada|Australia
2002
80 Minutes
journalist government official diplomat lawyer christopher hitchens secretary of state fascinating somber powerful office government building cambodia vietnam united states henry kissinger diplomacy vietnam war human rights war crime politics
A film about the war crimes of the American diplomat, Henry Kissinger.
Documentary
USA
2004
89 Minutes
senator soldier president journalist roommate friend patriotic moving washington, d.c. vietnam river boat john kerry vietnam war peace movement politics navy discovery rise 1960s
A documentary on Senator John Kerry's Navy tour of duty in Vietnam, his contributions to the peace movement that followed, and the ultimate shape of his future political career.
Documentary
1987
87 Minutes
soldier sailor pilot mother father wife emotional moving tender sad solemn vietnam battlefield america vietnam war absence death love loss daunting task
Robert De Niro, Michael J. Fox and other actors read letters by U.S. soldiers, set to film clips and music of the era.
Documentary
USA
2016
92 Minutes
Jesselyn Radack
veteran pilot government official terrorist soldier narrator somber emotional intense house office middle east military base street car war terrorism bombing guilt whistle-blowing
Drone whistleblower interviewed about borderless information gathering by the government.
Documentary
1967
110 Minutes
politician fidel castro widow jean-luc godard ho chi minh protester engaging somber profound passionate vietnam france united states battlefield vietnam war politics america government anti-war movement protest
Six filmmakers present war footage and other artifacts of contemporary pop culture to examine the Vietnam War, U.S. foreign policy and President Lyndon B. Johnson.
Documentary
1972
95 Minutes
John Kerry Jonathan Birch Rusty Sachs Joseph Bangert Scott Shimabukuro Scott Camil Steve Pitkin Fred Nienke
soldier john kerry veteran army recruit marine military observer dark gripping disturbing detroit motel vietnam vietnam war massacre war crime wretched excess transformation 1970s
Documentary
USA|UK
1944
75 Minutes
narrator american englishman soldier emotional gripping patriotic inspiring north africa tunis, tunisia desert world war ii north africa campaign allied forces war peace sacrifice rescue pursuit 1940s
Documentary made by the U.S. Army Signal Corps.
Documentary
Belgium|Denmark
2016
94 Minutes
politician sheik president prime minister rebel terrorist brooding gripping chilling white house middle east palace london military base office war arms syndicate terrorism guilt wealth
Based on the book of The Shadow World, this feature length documentary is an investigation into the multi-billion dollar international arms trade.
Documentary
USA
2008
85 Minutes
photographer general guerrilla tom brokaw peter jennings kiefer sutherland fascinating chilling vietnam united states eddie adams vietnam war violence journalism regret discovery adventure rise 2000s
In 1968, in 1/500th of a second Eddie Adams photographed a Saigon police chief, General Nygoc Loan, shooting a Vietcong guerrilla point black. Some say that photograph ended the Vietnam war... See full summary »
Documentary
Canada|Germany
2019
106 Minutes
war correspondent journalist british man writer enemy foreigner suspenseful engaging thrilling intense gripping emotional afghanistan war zone iraq syria iraq war war journalism danger
The groundbreaking and often game-changing reporting of legendary foreign correspondent and author Robert Fisk is profiled in the latest from acclaimed documentarian Yung Chang (Up the Yangtze).
Documentary, War, Crime, Drama
2007
106 Minutes
Brian Keith Allen Jack Cloonan Greg D'Agostino Carl Levin Moazzam Begg
taxi driver soldier narrator detainee chilling intense brutal powerful army base bagram air force base afghanistan guatemala torture politics civil rights government secrets war mystery discovery 2000s
Documentary
USA
2009
92 Minutes
Judith Ehrlich
strategist politician military officer journalist tense engaging washington, d.c. pentagon military secrets daniel ellsberg vietnam war government repression deception leaked information discovery pursuit fall 1970s
"The Most Dangerous Man in America" is the story of what happens when a former Pentagon insider, armed only with his conscience, steadfast determination, and a file cabinet full of ... See full summary »
Documentary
Germany|Spain|Jordan|USA
2016
80 Minutes
admiral general veteran government official terrorist refugee brooding emotional intense afghanistan iraq syria pentagon military base war zone national security global society war rebellion terrorism
The 'Hurt Locker' meets 'An Inconvenient Truth', THE AGE OF CONSEQUENCES is the Emmy® nominated investigation on how climate change impacts increased resource scarcity, migration and ... See full summary »
War, Drama
USA
2020
110 Minutes
Sebastian Stan Christopher Plummer William Hurt Ed Harris Samuel L. Jackson Bradley Whitford Jeremy Irvine Alison Sudol Michael Imperioli Linus Roache Peter Fonda
soldier son government official friend mother father wild disturbing emotional gripping intense incredible vietnam war zone pentagon america city war military vietnam war
Thirty-four years after his death, Airman William H. Pitsenbarger, Jr. ("Pits") is awarded the nation's highest military honor, for his actions on the battlefield.
Documentary
USA
2004
121 Minutes
president condoleezza rice donald rumsfeld michael moore soldier terrorist fascinating gripping witty passionate washington, d.c. iraq afghanistan terrorism war george w. bush corporate greed political corruption 9/11 attacks pursuit
Michael Moore's view on what happened to the United States after September 11; and how the Bush Administration allegedly used the tragic event to push forward its agenda for unjust wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.
Documentary
Switzerland
2002
96 Minutes
photographer journalist news reporter soldier solemn bleak emotional gory fascinating nicaragua south africa rwanda kosovo battlefield photography war military art sacrifice 21st century
Documentary about war photographer James Nachtwey, considered by many the greatest war photographer ever.
Documentary
USA
2017
79 Minutes
green beret terrorist soldier george w. bush intense patriotic powerful tense afghanistan battlefield warfare special ops terror terrorism combat secret mission war adventure 2000s
Immediately after the 9/11 attacks, fewer than 100 US Troops were sent on a secret mission to overthrow the Taliban. What happens next is equal parts war-origin story and cautionary tale, ... See full summary »
Documentary
1987
268 Minutes
nazi war criminal military officer klaus barbie chilling disturbing lyon, france argentina bolivia germany world war ii genocide politics communism nazism wretched excess pursuit 1980s
Eyewitness interviews and archival footage highlight Marcel Ophuls' account of the Nazi "Butcher of Lyon.".