List of war films and TV specials set between 2001 and the present

War depictions in film and television include documentaries, TV mini-series, and drama serials depicting aspects of historical wars. The films included here are films set in the time period from 2001 to present day, or from the moment the world woke up to a new reality one September morning at the dawn of a new century, the 9/11 attacks were followed by the War on Terrorism, which has now lasted for about two decades. But it's worth noting that the early period of 21st century hasn't only seen the war on terror, but wars that have followed in the aftermath of the Arab Spring.

Note: Various wars on here are still ongoing in one form or another.

War on Terrorism (2001–present)

September 11 attacks (2001)

11'09"01 September 11 (2002)
DC 9/11: Time of Crisis (2003) (TV)
Ash Tuesday (2003)
September (2003 film)
Rudy: The Rudy Giuliani Story
Yasmin (2004)
Fahrenheit 9/11 (2004) (documentary)
FahrenHYPE 9/11 (2004) (documentary)
Hamburg Cell (2004) (TV)^[1]^[2]^[3]
Homeland Security (2004)
Tiger Cruise (2004) (TV)
WTC View (2005)
The Flight That Fought Back (2005)
Into the Fire (2005)
Flight 93 (film) (2006)
A Few Days in September (2006)
The 9/11 Commission Report (2006)
The Path to 9/11 (2006) (TV)
United 93 (2006)
A Broken Sole (2006)
World Trade Center (2006)
9/11: The Twin Towers
Brick Lane (2007)
Liberty Kid (2007)
Kurbaan (2009)
The Space Between
Remember Me (2010 film)
My Name Is Khan
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (2012)
Zero Dark Thirty (2012)
The Reluctant Fundamentalist (film) (2012)
Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit (2014)
9/11 (2017)
12 Strong (2018)
Vice (2018)
The Looming Tower (2018)
Windows on the World (2019)
The Report (2019)
The Mauritanian (2021)

War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)

Kandahar (2001)
Osama (2003)
Fire Over Afghanistan (2003)
September Tapes (2004)
Brødre (2004)
Lions for Lambs (2007)
Where in the World Is Osama Bin Laden? (2008), documentary
Iron Man (2008)
The Objective (2008)
Opium War (2008)
Red Sands (2009)
Brothers (2009)
Restrepo (2010) Oscar Nominee
Armadillo (2010)
My Name is Khan (2010)
Essential Killing (2010)
Dear John (2010)
Hell and Back Again (2011) Oscar Nominee
Afghan Luke (2011)
Our War (2016)
Forces spéciales (2011)
Hooligans At War (2011)
Zero Dark Thirty (2012)
Deutschland is a good country (2012) (documentary) more on [1]
The Patrol (2013)
Vishwaroopam (2013)
Lone Survivor (2013) Based on Marcus Luttrell's book Lone Survivor
Korengal (2014) documentary on soldiers' experiences of war in the Korengal Valley of Afghanistan.
Kajaki (2014)
Inbetween Worlds (2014)
Hyena Road (2015)
Krigen (2015)
Sniper Special Ops (2016)
War Machine (2017)
12 Strong (2018)
The Outpost (2020)
Retrograde (2022), documentary
Guy Ritchie's The Covenant (2023)

Iraq War (2003–2011)

Saving Jessica Lynch (2003) (TV)
Ghayr Saleh (Under Exposure, alternative title: Invalid) (2004)
Gunner Palace (2004), documentary
The Dreams of Sparrows (2005), documentary
Occupation: Dreamland (2005), documentary
Over There (2005) (TV series)
The Tiger and the Snow (2005)
American Soldiers (2005)
Baghdad ER (2006), documentary
Djihad (2006) (TV)
Dreams (2006)
Home of the Brave (2006)
Iraq in Fragments (2006)
My Country, My Country (2006)
The Situation (2006)
Valley of the Wolves Iraq (2006)
The War Tapes (2006), documentary
In the Valley of Elah (2007)
Honor Guard (2007)
Body of War (2007), documentary
Nassiryia – Per non dimenticare (2007) (TV series)
No End In Sight (2007), documentary
Redacted (2007)
Grace Is Gone (2007)
The Mark of Cain (2007) (TV)
Battle For Haditha (2007)
The Four Horsemen (2007)
Stop Loss (2008)
W. (2008)
House of Saddam (2008) (miniseries)
Generation Kill (2008) (TV series)
Body of Lies (2008)
10 Days to War (2008)
Time Bomb (2008)
Standard Operating Procedure (2008), documentary
A Line in the Sand (2009)
Brothers at War (2009), documentary
Taking Chance (2009) (TV)
The Hurt Locker (2009)
The Messenger (2009)
The Road to Fallujah (2009), documentary
The Triangle of Death (2009), documentary
Occupation (TV series) (2009)
Baker Boys: Inside the Surge (2010) (miniseries)
Fair Game (2010)
Farewell Baghdad (2010)
Green Zone (2010)
Shadows in Paradise (2010)
Son of Babylon (2010)
No True Glory: Battle for Fallujah (2011)
Homeland (TV series) (2011)
Memorial Day (2012)
Allegiance (2012)
Boys of Abu Ghraib (2014)
American Sniper (2014)
War Dogs (2016)
Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk (film)(2016)
Sand Castle (2017)
The Wall (2017)
The Long Road Home (2017)
The Yellow Birds (2017)
Indivisible (2018)
Once Upon a Time in Iraq (2020), BBC documentary
Warfare (2025)

Covert special operations in Afghanistan, Iraq, Somalia etc.

The Unit (2006–2009) (TV series)
Body of Lies (2008)
Forces spéciales (2011)
Soldiers of Fortune (2012)
Vishwaroopam (2013)
Good Kill (2014)
Eye in the Sky (2015)
Mine (2016)
SEAL Team (2017–2024) (TV series)

Insurgency in Saudi Arabia (2003–present)

Syriana (2005)
The Kingdom (2007)

Insurgency in the Maghreb (2002–present)

Rendition (2007)

Joint Chiefs of Staff operations

E-Ring (2005–2006) (TV series)

Modern wars in sub-Saharan Africa (2003–2020)

War in Darfur (2003–2020)

The Devil Came on Horseback (2007)
Google Darfur (2007), documentary
On Our Watch (2007), documentary
Darfur (2009)

Central African Republic Bush War (2003–2012)

The Ambassador (2011), documentary

Kivu conflict (2004–2013)

Sniper: Reloaded (2011)
War Witch (2012)

Chadian Civil War (2005–10)

Daratt (2006)
A Screaming Man (2010)

Tuareg rebellion (2012)

Timbuktu (2014)

2004 unrest in Kosovo

UNMIK Titanik (2004), documentary
Kosovo: Can You Imagine? (2009), documentary
Enclave (2015)
Darkling (2022)

Mexican Drug War (2006–present)

Breaking Bad (TV series) (2008–2013)
El Sicario, Room 164 (2010), A documentary about an anonymous Ciudad Juárez Sicario known to have killed hundreds
Miss Bala (2011), A beauty contestant is kidnapped by a cartel and forced to do drug missions in wartorn Mexico
Savages (2012), Small-time pot growers search for their lover, kidnapped by a cartel they refused to work with
Snitch (2012), His son arrested, a concerned father makes a deal with a US attorney to infiltrate a Mexican cartel and ends up trapped in a war zone
End of Watch (2012), The Sinaloa Cartel declares war on 2 LAPD officers arrest who raid a safe house
The Last Stand (2013), A border-town Sheriff's Department takes on a powerful drug lord and his private army
The Mexican Mormon War (2012), Vice documentary on the Mormon vigilante militia fighting a drug cartel in Chihuahua
Narco Cultura (2013), A documentary film that explores the cultural glorification of modern drug traffickers
El Velador/The Night Watchman (2013), A documentary portraying the quieter, less obvious impact of the drug war
600 Miles (2015)
Cartel Land (2015), documentary
Metástasis (TV series) (2015)
Sicario (2015), An idealistic FBI agent is enlisted by an elected government task force to aid in the escalating war against drugs at the border area between the U.S. and Mexico
Sicario: Day of the Soldado (2018), A sequel to 2015's Sicario. The story relates to the drug war at the U.S.-Mexico border and an attempt by the United States government to incite increased conflict among the cartels.
Narcos: Mexico (2018–2021), It focuses on the illegal drug trade in Mexico.
Rambo: Last Blood (2019 Film),