20 movies like The Hurt Locker, ordered by similarity : American Sniper(2014), Buried(2010), This Is Not a Movie(2019), Instrument of War(2017), Green Zone(2010), The Wall(2017), Ronin(1998), Thank You for Your Service(2017), Eye in the Sky(2015), Battle for Haditha(2007), Stop-Loss(2008), Kajaki(2014) ...
Mystery & Thriller, War, Drama, Action
USA
2008
127 Minutes
Jeremy Renner Anthony Mackie Brian Geraghty Guy Pearce Ralph Fiennes David Morse Evangeline Lilly Christian Camargo Christopher Sayegh Suhail Aldabbach Sam Spruell
soldier mercenary civilian insurgent gripping gritty tense suspenseful iraq baghdad desert iraq war bomb explosion death survival dangerous assignment quest 2000s
During the Iraq War, a Sergeant recently assigned to an army bomb squad is put at odds with his squad mates due to his maverick way of handling his work.
War, Biography, Drama
USA
2014
132 Minutes
Bradley Cooper Sienna Miller Jake McDorman Luke Grimes Navid Negahban Keir O'Donnell Max Charles Kyle Gallner Cory Hardrict Sam Jaeger Mido Hamada
navy seal sniper soldier insurgent husband father brooding dark intense iraq building war zone war hospital house wedding iraq war post-traumatic stress disorder sniper family courage
Navy S.E.A.L. sniper Chris Kyle's pinpoint accuracy saves countless lives on the battlefield and turns him into a legend. Back home with his family after four tours of duty, however, Chris finds that it is the war he can't leave behind.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
Spain|UK|USA|France
2010
94 Minutes
truck driver terrorist man iraqi insurgent hostage suspenseful bleak shocking tense thrilling underground iraq coffin kidnapping terrorism iraq war buried alive race against time desperation
Paul is a U.S. truck driver working in Iraq. After an attack by a group of Iraqis he wakes to find he is buried alive inside a coffin. With only a lighter and a cell phone it's a race against time to escape this claustrophobic death trap.
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).
War, Drama, Action
USA
2017
90 Minutes
Jack Ashton Elliot James Langridge Daniel Betts Rupert Simonian Urs Rechn Andrea Deck Andreas Wisniewski Callum McGowan Barney White Ethan Vincent
bomber pilot prisoner of war british soldier nazi german soldier tense suspenseful gripping dark engaging nazi germany world war ii prisoners of war survival captivity oppression escape pursuit quest rescue
When U.S. B-24 bomber pilot Clair Cline is shot down and captured in northern Germany, one war ends and another begins -- to keep hope alive. Now behind German barbed wire and oppression, ... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller, Action, War
UK|France|Spain|USA
2010
115 Minutes
Matt Damon Greg Kinnear Brendan Gleeson Amy Ryan Khalid Abdalla Jason Isaacs Said Faraj Igal Naor Jerry Della Salla Sean Huze Raad Rawi
military officer soldier journalist politician tense gutsy iraq war zone iraq war deception investigative journalism quest discovery mystery 2000s
Discovering covert and faulty intelligence causes a U.S. Army officer to go rogue as he hunts for Weapons of Mass Destruction in an unstable region.
Mystery & Thriller, War
USA
2017
90 Minutes
soldier sniper enemy bleak brooding chilling emotional suspenseful iraq field village desert survival military engagement war iraq war escape rivalry sacrifice mystery
Two American Soldiers are trapped by a lethal sniper, with only an unsteady wall between them.
Mystery & Thriller, Action, Crime, Drama
UK|USA|France
1998
118 Minutes
Robert De Niro Jean Reno Natascha McElhone Stellan Skarsgård Sean Bean Skipp Sudduth Michael Lonsdale Jan Tríska Jonathan Pryce Féodor Atkine Katarina Witt
irishwoman intelligence officer soldier russian expert mercenary gritty suspenseful brooding intense paris nice, france villa arena warehouse france irish republican army theft espionage betrayal
A freelancing former U.S. Intelligence Agent tries to track down a mysterious package that is wanted by the Irish and the Russians.
War, Biography, Drama
USA|India
2017
108 Minutes
Miles Teller Haley Bennett Joe Cole Amy Schumer Beulah Koale Scott Haze Keisha Castle-Hughes Brad Beyer Omar J. Dorsey Jayson Warner Smith Sean Bridgers
soldier commander wife daughter son bomber emotional chilling moving solemn tense raw iraq truck united states house bar veteran's hospital iraq war post-traumatic stress disorder
A group of U.S. soldiers returning from Iraq struggle to integrate back into family and civilian life, while living with the memory of a war that threatens to destroy them long after they've left the battlefield.
Mystery & Thriller, War, Drama
UK|Canada
2015
102 Minutes
Helen Mirren Aaron Paul Alan Rickman Barkhad Abdi Iain Glen Richard McCabe Jeremy Northam Phoebe Fox Carl Beukes Kim Engelbrecht Aisha Takow
general lieutenant suicide bomber terrorist dark gripping gritty gutsy patriotic thrilling kenya suicide bombing terrorism saving the day air force war adventure rescue pursuit quest
Col. Katherine Powell, a military officer in command of an operation to capture terrorists in Kenya, sees her mission escalate when a girl enters the kill zone triggering an international dispute over the implications of modern warfare.
War, Drama
UK
2007
93 Minutes
Elliot Ruiz Matthew Knoll Nathan DelaCruz Yasmine Hanani Andrew McLaren Thomas Hennessy
marine army officer iraqi refugee victim woman bleak intense touching brutal melodramatic sad iraq war zone battlefield war war aftermath iraq war battle refugees
An investigation of the massacre of 24 men, women and children in Haditha, Iraq allegedly shot by 4 U.S. Marines in retaliation for the death of a U.S. Marine killed by a roadside bomb. The movie follows the story of the Marines of Kilo Company, an Iraqi family, and the insurgents who plant the roadside bomb.
War, Drama
USA
2008
113 Minutes
Ryan Phillippe Abbie Cornish Channing Tatum Joseph Gordon-Levitt Ciarán Hinds Timothy Olyphant Victor Rasuk Rob Brown Mamie Gummer Alex Frost Linda Emond
soldier friend sergeant fiancée emotional intense iraq texas washington, d.c. new york city iraq war awol post-traumatic stress disorder military new identity stop-loss policy quest sacrifice transformation 2000s
A veteran soldier returns from his completed tour of duty in Iraq, only to find his life turned upside down when he is arbitrarily ordered to return to field duty by the Army.
Drama, War
2014
108 Minutes
Mark Stanley David Elliot Scott Kyle Benjamin O'Mahony Bryan Parry Liam Ainsworth Andy Gibbins John Doughty Paul Luebke Thomas Davison Grant Kilburn
soldier tense striking sultry somber raw gripping afghanistan river minefield war mission dangerous assignment overcoming the odds quest pursuit 2000s
During the war in Afghanistan, British soldiers embark on a mission to save their trapped comrades after one (Benjamin O'Mahony) loses a leg to a land mine.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama, Action
USA|Hong Kong|China
2016
107 Minutes
Mark Wahlberg Kurt Russell Douglas M. Griffin James DuMont Joe Chrest Gina Rodriguez Brad Leland John Malkovich Dave Maldonado J.D. Evermore Ethan Suplee
oil driller foreman crew member wife daughter rescue worker chilling gripping intense house helicopter oil drilling platform bunker ocean office oil spill drilling operation explosion danger survival
A dramatization of the disaster in April 2010, when the offshore drilling rig called the Deepwater Horizon exploded, resulting in the worst oil spill in American history.
Comedy, Drama
USA|Cambodia|Romania
2016
114 Minutes
Jonah Hill Miles Teller Ana de Armas Bradley Cooper Kevin Pollak Steve Lantz Gregg Weiner David Packouz Eddie Jemison Julian Sergi Shaun Toub
arms dealer childhood friend iraqi afghan girlfriend government official brash cheeky intense florida funeral diner pentagon iraq club childhood friends arms syndicate iraq war danger war
Loosely based on the true story of two young men, David Packouz and Efraim Diveroli, who won a three hundred million dollar contract from the Pentagon to arm America's allies in Afghanistan.
War, Drama
France|Belgium|Georgia|Switzerland
2018
115 Minutes
Golshifteh Farahani Emmanuelle Bercot Evin Ahmad Erol Afsin Zübeyde Bulut Behi Djanati Atai Arabi Ghibeh Sinama Alievi
female fighter journalist mother son terrorist intense tense disheartening gripping emotional brutal iraq abandoned building camp village war extremism family love women soldiers
A Kurdish female battalion prepares to take back their town from extremists.
Mystery & Thriller, War, Drama, History
Czech Republic|UK|USA|France
2016
120 Minutes
Cillian Murphy Jamie Dornan Charlotte Le Bon Anna Geislerová Toby Jones Harry Lloyd Alena Mihulová Bill Milner Pavel Reznícek Jirí Simek Sam Keeley
soldier resistance fighter agent nazi commandant assassin gripping tense intense thrilling suspenseful czechoslovakia world war ii assassination plot nazi occupation resistance fighters secret plans quest pursuit 1940s
Based on the extraordinary true story of Operation Anthropoid, the WWII mission to assassinate SS General Reinhard Heydrich, the main architect behind the Final Solution and the Reich's third in command after Hitler and Himmler.
Mystery & Thriller, Action, Crime, Drama
2016
103 Minutes
Reza Sixo Safai Helena Mattsson Parviz Sayyad Julian Sands Dominic Rains Laura Harring Nikolai Kinski Nikohl Boosheri David Diaan Gregory Kasyan
mobster real estate agent poker player soldier brooding intense gripping gritty los angeles club apartment street car poker iran--iraq war secrets drug addiction drug trade escape fall
In the Persian and Russian underworld of Los Angeles, an Iranian gangster must hunt down stolen drugs after being wrongly accused of stealing from his former boss.
War, Drama
USA|UK
2013
121 Minutes
Mark Wahlberg Taylor Kitsch Eric Bana Emile Hirsch Ben Foster Sammy Sheik Yousuf Azami Ali Suliman
navy seal soldier afghan terrorist warlord survivor bleak frenetic dark intense suspenseful afghanistan field desert battlefield betrayal determination surveillance shoot-out war
Marcus Luttrell and his team set out on a mission to capture or kill notorious Taliban leader Ahmad Shah, in late June 2005. Marcus and his team are left to fight for their lives in one of the most valiant efforts of modern warfare.
Action, Adventure
USA|UK
2010
118 Minutes
Liam Neeson Bradley Cooper Jessica Biel Quinton "Rampage" Jackson Sharlto Copley Patrick Wilson Gerald McRaney Henry Czerny Yul Vazquez Brian Bloom Maury Sterling
agent soldier military officer mercenary assassin intelligence officer thrilling tense gripping amusing iraq prison desert mexico airplane skyscraper betrayal blackmail escape iraq war
A group of Iraq War veterans look to clear their name with the U.S. Military, who suspect the four men of committing a crime for which they were framed.
Mystery & Thriller, Fantasy, Drama, War
France|Belgium
2015
100 Minutes
Jérémie Renier Swann Arlaud Marc Robert Kévin Azaïs Finnegan Oldfield Christophe Tek Clément Bresson Sâm Mirhosseini Edouard Court Steve Tientcheu
soldier insurgent gripping frightening thrilling creepy eerie brooding gritty afghanistan war military life missing persons mission escape mystery fall 2010s
While on a mission in Afghanistan, French captain Antarès Bonassieu's men start vanishing one by one without explanation.