Here we've displayed a list of the best Afghanistan films : This Is Not a Movie(2019), The Breadwinner(2017), The Kite Runner(2007), The Boy Who Plays on the Buddhas of Bamiyan(2004), Restrepo(2010), Dirty Wars(2013), Armadillo(2010), Source Code(2011), Fahrenheit 9/11(2004), Lone Survivor(2013), The Giant Buddhas(2005), Osama(2003) ... ...
Documentary
Canada|Germany
2019
106 Minutes
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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).
Animation, Drama
Ireland|Canada|Luxembourg|USA|Japan|UK|France
2017
94 Minutes
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In 2001, Afghanistan is under the control of the Taliban. When her father is captured, a determined young girl disguises herself as a boy in order to provide for her family.
Drama
USA|China|UK|Afghanistan
2007
128 Minutes
Khalid Abdalla Homayoun Ershadi Zekeria Ebrahimi Ahmad Khan Mahmoodzada Shaun Toub Nabi Tanha Ali Danesh Bakhtyari Saïd Taghmaoui Atossa Leoni Abdul Qadir Farookh Maimoona Ghizal
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After spending years in California, Amir returns to his homeland in Afghanistan to help his old friend Hassan, whose son is in trouble.
Drama, Documentary, History, War
UK|Afghanistan
2004
95 Minutes
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In 2001, the Taliban government of Afghanistan destroyed the Buddhas of Bamiyan, the world's tallest stone sculptures. By the summer of 2002, after the fall of the Taliban, more than 250 ... See full summary »
Documentary
USA
2013
86 Minutes
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Investigative journalist Jeremy Scahill is pulled into an unexpected journey as he chases down the hidden truth behind America's expanding covert wars.
Documentary, War
Denmark|Sweden
2010
100 Minutes
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Danish soldiers are sent to Afghanistan in 2009 for 6 months, to help stabilize the country against the Taliban. They're stationed on Armadillo military base in Helman province. Unlike other war movies, this is the real deal - no actors.
Sci-Fi, Mystery & Thriller, Action
USA|Canada|France|Germany
2011
89 Minutes
Jake Gyllenhaal Michelle Monaghan Vera Farmiga Jeffrey Wright Brent Skagford Cas Anvar Russell Peters Michael Arden Craig Thomas Gordon Masten Susan Bain
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A soldier wakes up in someone else's body and discovers he's part of an experimental government program to find the bomber of a commuter train within 8 minutes.
Documentary
USA
2004
121 Minutes
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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.
War, Drama
USA|UK
2013
121 Minutes
Mark Wahlberg Taylor Kitsch Eric Bana Emile Hirsch Ben Foster Sammy Sheik Yousuf Azami Ali Suliman
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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.
Documentary
Switzerland
2005
95 Minutes
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A filmmaker's investigation into the destruction of giant Buddha statues in Afghanistan.
Drama
Afghanistan|Ireland|Japan|Iran|Netherlands
2003
82 Minutes
Marina Golbahari Arif Herati Zubaida Sahar Khwaja Nader Hamida Refah Gul Rahman Ghorbandi
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After the rise of the Taliban in Afghanistan and the restriction of women in public life, a pre-teen girl is forced to masquerade as a boy in order to find work to support her mother and grandmother.
Drama
Afghanistan|France
2013
85 Minutes
Haji Gul Aser Wajma Bahar Mustafa Abdulsatar Brehna Bahar Assib Ibrahim Saleha Ibrahim Tahera Hashemi
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It's snowing in Kabul, and gregarious waiter Mustafa charms a pretty student named Wajma. The pair begins a clandestine relationship - they're playful and passionate but ever mindful of the... See full summary »
Documentary
USA
2007
81 Minutes
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A unique documentary about troops' experiences in Iraq and Afghanistan, based on writings by soldiers, Marines, and air men. Some writings were published in the New Yorker in summer 2006. A... See full summary »
Comedy, Drama
USA|Germany
2007
102 Minutes
Tom Hanks Julia Roberts Philip Seymour Hoffman Amy Adams Ned Beatty Emily Blunt Om Puri Ken Stott John Slattery Denis O'Hare Judy Tylor
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A drama based on a Texas congressman Charlie Wilson's covert dealings in Afghanistan, where his efforts to assist rebels in their war with the Soviets have some unforeseen and long-reaching effects.
Drama
Afghanistan|France|Germany|UK
2012
98 Minutes
Golshifteh Farahani Hamid Djavdan Hassina Burgan Massi Mrowat Mohamed Al Maghraoui Malak Djaham Khazal Hiba Lharrak Aya Abida
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In a war ridden country a woman watches over the husband reduced to a vegetable state by a bullet in the neck, abandoned by Jihad companions and brothers. One day, the woman decides to say things to him she could never have done before.
Mystery & Thriller
India
2006
106 Minutes
John Abraham Linda Arsenio Hanif Hum Ghum Salman Shahid Arshad Warsi
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A thrilling story spanning 48 hours of five individuals linked by hate and fear but brought together by fate to finally recognize each other.
Drama, War
USA|Bulgaria
2020
123 Minutes
Scott Eastwood Caleb Landry Jones Orlando Bloom Jack Kesy Cory Hardrict Milo Gibson Jacob Scipio Taylor John Smith Jonathan Yunger Celina Sinden Alexander Arnold
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A small team of U.S. soldiers battle against hundreds of Taliban fighters in Afghanistan.
War, Biography, Drama
UK|USA
2018
110 Minutes
Rosamund Pike Jamie Dornan Tom Hollander Stanley Tucci Jeremie Laheurte Hilton McRae Fady Elsayed Raad Rawi
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One of the most celebrated war correspondents of our time, Marie Colvin is an utterly fearless and rebellious spirit, driven to the frontline of conflicts across the globe to give voice to the voiceless.
War, Drama
USA
2018
130 Minutes
Chris Hemsworth Michael Shannon Michael Peña Navid Negahban Trevante Rhodes Geoff Stults Thad Luckinbill Austin Hébert Austin Stowell Ben O'Toole Kenneth Miller
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12 Strong tells the story of the first Special Forces team deployed to Afghanistan after 9/11; under the leadership of a new captain, the team must work with an Afghan warlord to take down the Taliban.
Documentary
Germany|Spain|Jordan|USA
2016
80 Minutes
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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 »
Drama
France|Afghanistan
2008
97 Minutes
Hadji Gul Valéry Schatz Amélie Glenn Mohammad Chafi Sahel Helena Alam Messi Gul Saleha Khan Gul Rohina Gul
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A woman in a light-blue chadri abandons her infant in the backseat of a cab in the bustling streets of post-war Kabul.
Comedy, Drama
UK
2019
112 Minutes
Kristin Scott Thomas Sharon Horgan Jason Flemyng Emma Lowndes Gaby French Greg Wise Lara Rossi Amy James-Kelly
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With their partners away serving in Afghanistan, a group of women on the home front form a choir and quickly find themselves at the center of a media sensation and global movement.
War, Drama
Canada
2015
120 Minutes
Rossif Sutherland Paul Gross Christine Horne Nabil Elouahabi Allan Hawco David Richmond-Peck Karl Campbell Clark Johnson Jennifer Pudavick Nikki Duval
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Three different men, three different worlds, three different wars - all stand at the intersection of modern warfare - a murky world of fluid morality where all is not as it seems.
War, Drama
USA
2014
102 Minutes
Ethan Hawke January Jones Bruce Greenwood Zoë Kravitz Jake Abel Dylan Kenin Stafford Douglas Alma Sisneros
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A family man begins to question the ethics of his job as a drone pilot.
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
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While on a mission in Afghanistan, French captain Antarès Bonassieu's men start vanishing one by one without explanation.
Drama
USA
2007
92 Minutes
Robert Redford Meryl Streep Tom Cruise Derek Luke Michael Peña Andrew Garfield Peter Berg Kevin Dunn
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Injuries sustained by two Army rangers behind enemy lines in Afghanistan set off a sequence of events involving a congressman, a journalist and a professor.
Drama
France|Greece
2016
102 Minutes
Soko Muriel Coulin Ariane Labed Ginger Romàn Karim Leklou Andreas Konstantinou Efthymis Papadimitriou Jeremie Laheurte Alexis Manenti Robin Barde Sylvain Loreau
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Two young French soldiers take a three-day leave in Cyprus after finishing their tour of duty in Afghanistan.
Adventure
USA|Yugoslavia|Hong Kong
1983
105 Minutes
Tom Selleck Bess Armstrong Jack Weston Wilford Brimley Robert Morley Brian Blessed
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During WW1, an alcoholic American biplane pilot is hired by the spoiled daughter of an industrialist to find her father who disappeared in Asia.
Mystery & Thriller, War
Poland|Norway|Ireland|Hungary|France
2010
84 Minutes
Vincent Gallo Emmanuelle Seigner Zach Cohen Iftach Ophir Nicolai Cleve Broch Stig Frode Henriksen David Price Tracy Spencer Shipp Phillip Goss
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An Afghan POW attempts his escape.