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The White Helmets 2016
Documentary
As daily airstrikes pound civilian targets in Syria, a group of indomitable first responders risk their lives to rescue victims from the rubble.
The sides of The White Helmets
- Rescue workers in Aleppo
- Survivors dug out of rubble after airstrikes
- Training in Turkey between missions
Good for you if
- you want to see ordinary men who chose to run toward the bombs.
- you like being moved by a child pulled alive from the rubble.
- you want something short, about forty minutes.
Bad for you if
- you can't watch real airstrikes and their victims.
- you won't read subtitles.
About: courage · war · hope
Korengal 2014
Documentary
Korengal picks up where Restrepo left off; the same men, the same valley, the same commanders, but a very different look at the experience of war.
The sides of Korengal
- US soldiers at an outpost in Afghanistan
- The same men and valley as Restrepo
- Soldiers talking about what war did to them
Good for you if
- you want to know what combat feels like to the men who fought it.
- you want real soldiers, not actors.
- you like hearing young men speak honestly about fear and brotherhood.
Bad for you if
- you can't watch real firefights.
- you'd rather not face real loss and trauma on screen.
About: brotherhood · the cost of war · fear

Mosul 2019
Documentary
An Iraqi journalist joins an army of uneasy allies and unforgettable characters in the epic battle to liberate the city of Mosul from the Islamic State.
The sides of Mosul
- An Iraqi journalist with the troops
- The battle to retake Mosul from ISIS
- Uneasy allies fighting street by street
Good for you if
- you want to see a modern battle from the inside.
- you like the fear of every street in a city under siege.
- you want the fight against ISIS told by someone from Iraq.
Bad for you if
- you can't watch real combat and real dead.
- you can't bear the real suffering of civilians.
About: war · liberation · courage
Waltz with Bashir 2008
Documentary
A film director from Israel interviews fellow veterans of the 1982 invasion of Lebanon to reconstruct his own memories of his term of service in that conflict.
The sides of Waltz with Bashir
- An Israeli director who can't remember his war
- Interviews with fellow veterans of Lebanon, 1982
- Animated memories that end on real footage
Good for you if
- you want to know what a war does to the memory of those who fought it.
- you like a director investigating his own past.
- you like dreamlike animated images, like soldiers rising from the sea at night.
Bad for you if
- you'd rather not see a war documentary in animation.
- you won't read subtitles. It's in Hebrew.
- you can't take a film about guilt and the dead of a war, seen through a soldier's nightmares.
About: memory · guilt · war

Taxi to the Dark Side 2008
Documentary
An in-depth look at the torture practices of the United States in Afghanistan, Iraq and Guantanamo Bay, focusing on an innocent taxi driver in Afghanistan who was tortured and killed in 2002.
The sides of Taxi to the Dark Side
- An Afghan taxi driver named Dilawar
- Detention at Bagram and Guantanamo
- Soldiers and officials on interrogation orders
Good for you if
- you want the true story of one innocent man who died in US custody.
- you want to see how orders from the top reached a prison cell.
- you want to understand what the war on terror did behind closed doors.
Bad for you if
- you can't take a story of torture and death of an innocent man.
- you can't look at photos of prisoners being abused.
About: torture · responsibility · justice
NAZA 2026
Documentary
Filmed at night from Tel Aviv rooftops, this investigative documentary examines the civilian casualties of Israel's military operations in Gaza and the systems behind targeted killings of Palestinians.
The sides of NAZA
- Night footage from Tel Aviv rooftops
- Anonymous testimonies from former soldiers
- Civilian deaths in Gaza
Good for you if
- you want firsthand testimony about real lives lost in Gaza.
- you want to understand how a war is waged from the inside.
- you want to look at the systems behind targeted killings.
Bad for you if
- you can't bear accounts of civilian deaths.
- you need some hope at the end of a film.
About: war · responsibility · testimony
En tierra hostil 2008
Película
En Irak, una unidad de élite de artificieros norteamericanos actúa en una caótica ciudad donde cualquier persona puede ser un enemigo y cualquier objeto, una bomba. El jefe del grupo, el sargento Thompson, muere en el transcurso de una misión y es sustituido por el impredecible y temerario sargento William James. Cuando falta poco para que la brigada sea relevada, el imprudente comportamiento de James hará que dos de sus subordinados, se planteen seriamente el riesgo que corren.
Las caras de En tierra hostil
- Un equipo de desactivación de bombas en Bagdad
- Un sargento que se quita el traje de protección
- Días contados hasta el fin del turno
Buena para ti si
- te gustan los largos minutos de un hombre arrodillado junto a una bomba en plena calle.
- te gusta Jeremy Renner como un sargento adicto al peligro.
- quieres una película de guerra sobre el oficio, no sobre la política.
Mala para ti si
- no soportas los coches bomba ni los cuerpos en pantalla.
- no soportas ver soldados quebrarse bajo la tensión de cada aviso.
Temas: la adicción al peligro · la guerra · la vuelta a casa
For Sama 2019
Documentary
A love letter from a young mother to her daughter, the film tells the story of Waad al-Kateab’s life through five years of the uprising in Aleppo, Syria as she falls in love, gets married and gives birth to Sama, all while cataclysmic conflict rises around her. Her camera captures incredible stories of loss, laughter and survival as Waad wrestles with an impossible choice– whether or not to flee the city to protect her daughter’s life, when leaving means abandoning the struggle for freedom for which she has already sacrificed so much.
The sides of For Sama
- A young mother filming for her baby daughter
- A hospital in Aleppo under bombing
- The choice to stay or to leave
Good for you if
- you want a war told from inside by the woman living it.
- you like a love letter from a mother to her child.
- you want to understand what years of siege did to Aleppo.
Bad for you if
- you can't bear to see wounded children and grieving families.
- you won't read subtitles for a film mostly in Arabic.
About: motherhood · freedom · loss · hope
Five Broken Cameras 2011
Documentary
Five broken cameras – and each one has a powerful tale to tell. Embedded in the bullet-ridden remains of digital technology is the story of Emad Burnat, a farmer from the Palestinian village of Bil’in, which famously chose nonviolent resistance when the Israeli army encroached upon its land to make room for Jewish colonists. Emad buys his first camera in 2005 to document the birth of his fourth son, Gibreel. Over the course of the film, he becomes the peaceful archivist of an escalating struggle as olive trees are bulldozed, lives are lost, and a wall is built to segregate burgeoning Israeli settlements.
The sides of Five Broken Cameras
- A Palestinian farmer filming his village
- Weekly protests against a separation wall
- A son growing up in front of the camera
Good for you if
- you want to see Bil'in through the eyes of a man who lives there.
- you like a father filming his youngest son as he grows up.
- you like a story told by one man and his cameras, year after year.
Bad for you if
- you can't watch real people being hurt and killed on camera.
- you need some hope by the end of a film.
About: resistance · land · fatherhood · loss
City of Ghosts 2017
Documentary
With unprecedented access, this documentary follows the extraordinary journey of “Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently”—a group of anonymous citizen journalists who banded together after their homeland was overtaken by ISIS—as they risk their lives to stand up against one of the greatest evils in the world today.
The sides of City of Ghosts
- Citizen journalists from Raqqa
- Reporting on ISIS from exile
- Activists living under threat in Turkey and Germany
Good for you if
- you want to meet the people behind Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently.
- you like real suspense, with activists checking over their shoulders even in Germany.
- you want to see the Syrian war through the eyes of its citizens.
Bad for you if
- you can't watch real execution and propaganda footage.
- you can't face the grief of families who lost people to ISIS.
About: courage · exile · the truth
El francotirador 2014
Película
El marine del grupo de operaciones especiales de la Marina de Estados Unidos Chris Kyle es enviado a Irak con una sola misión: proteger a sus compañeros de ejército. Su precisión milimétrica salva incontables vidas en el campo de batalla y, a medida que se extienden sus valientes hazañas, se gana el apodo de 'Leyenda'. Sin embargo, su reputación también crece detrás de las líneas enemigas, de manera que ponen precio a su cabeza y se convierte en objetivo prioritario de los insurgentes. Al mismo tiempo también se está enfrentando a otra batalla en casa: ser un buen marido y padre desde el otro lado del mundo.
Las caras de El francotirador
- El francotirador más letal de la historia de Estados Unidos
- Cuatro misiones en Irak
- Una familia que espera en casa
Buena para ti si
- te gustan los momentos largos y silenciosos tras la mira de un rifle.
- quieres una historia de guerra que realmente sucedió.
- te gusta un soldado que no puede dejar la guerra atrás.
Mala para ti si
- ver muertes a través de una mira, de niños también, es demasiado.
- el trauma de guerra y lo que le cuesta a una familia es demasiado pesado esta noche.
Temas: el deber · el trauma · la familia
El único superviviente 2013
Película
Año 2005. A un equipo de élite de las fuerzas especiales SEAL del ejército norteamericano, liderados por Marcus Luttrell junto a otros tres soldados les es encomendada una peligrosa misión, la "Operación red wing": capturar o matar a un líder terrorista talibán, Admad Shad, que se esconde en una zona boscosa de Afganistán. La llegada al punto donde localizaron el objetivo se realizó sin problemas, pero pronto la situación se complicó hasta extremos inimaginables.
Las caras de El único superviviente
- Cuatro Navy SEALs en misión en Afganistán
- Una decisión sobre dejar ir a unos pastores de cabras
- Una emboscada real en las montañas
Buena para ti si
- te gusta un tiroteo largo donde cada minuto cuenta.
- te gustan las historias de soldados contadas a ras de suelo.
- quieres la historia real de Marcus Luttrell y su equipo.
Mala para ti si
- no soportas los cuerpos cayendo por las rocas ni las heridas en primer plano.
- pones los ojos en blanco ante una película de guerra hecha como homenaje a los hombres que lucharon.
Temas: la hermandad · el sacrificio · los dilemas morales
Turning Point: 9/11 and the War on Terror 2021
Documentary
Modern history can be divided into two time frames: before 9/11 and after 9/11. This five-part docuseries is a cohesive chronicle of the September 11, 2001 attacks on the U.S., offering illuminating perspectives and personal stories of how the catastrophic events of that day changed the course of the nation.
The sides of Turning Point: 9/11 and the War on Terror
- The September 11 attacks
- Twenty years of war in Afghanistan
- Survivors, soldiers and officials remembering
Good for you if
- you want the personal stories of people who lived through that day.
- you like seeing how one day reshaped the following twenty years.
- you want to understand the choices made in Washington after the attacks.
Bad for you if
- you can't watch footage of the attacks and accounts of torture.
- you want something light for your evening.
About: terrorism · grief · security and freedom
20 Days in Mariupol 2023
Documentary
As the Russian invasion begins, a team of Ukrainian journalists trapped in the besieged city of Mariupol struggle to continue their work documenting the war's atrocities.
The sides of 20 Days in Mariupol
- Ukrainian journalists trapped in a besieged city
- Hospitals filling with the wounded
- Getting the footage out
Good for you if
- you want to see what the first weeks of the invasion looked like on the ground.
- you want to understand what a siege does to a city and its people.
Bad for you if
- the grief of parents losing children is too much for you.
- you can't watch real dead and wounded people on screen.
About: war · the truth · grief · journalism
Band of Brothers 2001
Series
Drawn from interviews with survivors of Easy Company, as well as their journals and letters, Band of Brothers chronicles the experiences of these men from paratrooper training in Georgia through the end of the war. As an elite rifle company parachuting into Normandy early on D-Day morning, participants in the Battle of the Bulge, and witness to the horrors of war, the men of Easy knew extraordinary bravery and extraordinary fear - and became the stuff of legend. Based on Stephen E. Ambrose's acclaimed book of the same name.
The sides of Band of Brothers
- The paratroopers of Easy Company
- A night jump over Normandy on D-Day
- The Battle of the Bulge in winter
Good for you if
- you want a war story built from the real men's interviews and letters.
- you like soldiers who become brothers, from training in Georgia to the end.
- you want to follow one company from Normandy to Bastogne and the end of the war.
Bad for you if
- you can't watch men wounded and killed in combat.
- you need some lightness, and the cold of Bastogne and the camps are too much for you.
About: brotherhood · courage · war
Restrepo 2010
Documentary
Directors Hetherington and Junger spend a year with the 2nd Battalion of the United States Army located in one of Afghanistan's most dangerous valleys. The documentary provides insight and empathy on how to win the battle through hard work, deadly gunfights and mutual friendships while the unit must push back the Taliban.
The sides of Restrepo
- A year with one platoon in the Korengal valley
- An outpost named after a medic who died
- Soldiers talking straight to camera afterwards
Good for you if
- you want a year with one platoon and no voice-over telling you what to think.
- you want to know what a deployment actually feels like day to day.
- you can sit through firefights filmed from behind the sandbags.
Bad for you if
- you can't watch real combat and real losses.
- you'd rather not spend an evening with men grieving a friend.
About: fear · brotherhood · grief
The Pacific 2010
Series
Track the intertwined real-life stories of three U.S. Marines – Robert Leckie, John Basilone, and Eugene Sledge – across the vast canvas of the Pacific Theater during World War II. A companion piece to the 2001 miniseries Band of Brothers.
The sides of The Pacific
- Three real Marines in the Pacific war
- Guadalcanal, Peleliu, Iwo Jima and Okinawa
- Coming home after the fighting
Good for you if
- you want the true stories of Leckie, Basilone and Sledge.
- you want to understand the war against Japan island by island.
- you like battle scenes on the scale of a film.
Bad for you if
- you can't watch combat deaths filmed up close.
- the toll of war on real men's minds is too much for you.
About: war · brotherhood · trauma
No Other Land 2024
Documentary
This film made by a Palestinian-Israeli collective shows the destruction of the occupied West Bank's Masafer Yatta by Israeli soldiers and the alliance which develops between the Palestinian activist Basel and Israeli journalist Yuval.
The sides of No Other Land
- Villages of Masafer Yatta in the West Bank
- Homes and a school torn down
- A Palestinian activist and an Israeli journalist
Good for you if
- you want to see events filmed by the people living them.
- you like a bond between Basel and Yuval across a divide.
- you want to see who holds power over a home.
Bad for you if
- you can't watch families losing their homes, filmed as it happens.
- you won't read subtitles.
About: home · occupation · friendship · resistance
Dirty Wars 2013
Documentary
Investigative journalist, Jeremy Scahill is pulled into an unexpected journey as he chases down the hidden truth behind America's expanding covert wars, and examines how the US government has responded to international terrorist threats in ways that seem to go against the established laws of the land.
The sides of Dirty Wars
- A journalist following covert US operations
- A night raid in Afghanistan
- Families of victims telling their story
Good for you if
- you want to see what happens far from official statements.
- you like asking who decides on secret wars.
- you like following Jeremy Scahill from one lead to the next.
Bad for you if
- you can't take grieving families talking about their dead.
- you need a film that ends with some hope.
About: secrecy · accountability · war
Apocalypse: The Second World War 2009
Documentary
A six-part French documentary about the Second World War composed exclusively of actual footage of the war as filmed by war correspondents, soldiers, resistance fighters and private citizens. The series is shown in color, with the black and white footage being fully colorized, save for some original color footage. The only exception to the treatment are most Holocaust scenes, which are presented in the original black and white.
The sides of Apocalypse: The Second World War
- Archive footage shot by soldiers and civilians
- Black and white images restored in color
- The whole war in six parts
Good for you if
- you want to see the Second World War through the eyes of those who filmed it.
- you like the whole war told from start to end in six episodes.
- you want to see black and white archive footage restored in colour.
Bad for you if
- you can't face the footage of the Holocaust.
- you can't watch real combat and real bodies.
About: war · memory · the Holocaust