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Green Zone (2010)

During the U.S.-led occupation of Baghdad in 2003, Chief Warrant Officer Roy Miller and his team of Army inspectors are dispatched to find weapons of mass destruction believed to be stockpiled in the Iraqi desert. Rocketing from one booby-trapped and treacherous site to the next, the men search for deadly chemical agents but stumble instead upon an elaborate cover-up that threatens to invert the purpose of their mission.

Directed byPaul Greengrass

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    The Good Shepherd

    Shared cast

    2006 · 167 min · Drama · History · Thriller

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    Edward Wilson, the only witness to his father's suicide and member of the Skull and Bones Society while a student at Yale, is a morally upright young man who values honor and discretion, qualities that help him to be recruited for a career in the newly founded OSS. His dedication to his work does not come without a price though, leading him to sacrifice his ideals and eventually his family.

    Why it connects

    • strong story and style similarity
    • a principal cast member
    • a closely matched era
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    The Wall

    Strong story similarity

    2017 · 90 min · Action · Drama · Thriller · War

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    An American sniper and his spotter engage in a deadly cat-and-mouse game with an Iraqi sniper.

    Why it connects

    • strong story and style similarity
    • strong genre and movie-style overlap
    • shared themes: iraq war and soldier
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    Hyena Road

    Strong story similarity

    2015 · 120 min · Action · Drama · Thriller · War

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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. A unique and dramatic look at the Canadian Army in Afghanistan.

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    • strong story and style similarity
    • strong genre and movie-style overlap
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  4. 04

    Beirut

    Strong story similarity

    2018 · 109 min · Action · Drama · Thriller

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    In 1980s Beirut, Mason Skiles is a former U.S. diplomat who is called back into service to save a colleague from the group that is possibly responsible for his own family's death. Meanwhile, a CIA field agent who is working under cover at the American embassy is tasked with keeping Mason alive and ensuring that the mission is a success.

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    • strong story and style similarity
    • substantial genre overlap
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    Man Down

    Strong story similarity

    2016 · 90 min · Drama · Thriller · War

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    When a U.S. Marine returns home from Afghanistan, he finds that the place he once called home is no better than the battlefields he fought on overseas. Accompanied by his best friend, he searches desperately for the whereabouts of his estranged son and wife. In their search, the two intercept a man carrying vital information about his family.

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    • strong story and style similarity
    • substantial genre overlap
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  6. 06

    The Guest

    Strong story similarity

    2014 · 101 min · Action · Mystery · Thriller

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    A soldier introduces himself to the Peterson family, claiming to be a friend of their son who died in action. After the young man is welcomed into their home, a series of accidental deaths seem to be connected to his presence.

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    • strong story and style similarity
    • a closely matched era
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    Shock and Awe

    Strong story similarity

    2017 · 90 min · Drama · History · Thriller

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    A group of journalists covering George Bush's planned invasion of Iraq in 2003 are skeptical of the presidents claim that Saddam Hussein has "weapons of mass destruction."

    Why it connects

    • strong story and style similarity
    • shared theme: iraq war
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    Grace Is Gone

    Strong story similarity

    2007 · 85 min · Drama

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    Upon hearing his wife was killed in the Iraq war, a father takes his two daughters on a road trip, all the while searching for the right time and place to tell them about their mother's fate.

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    • strong story and style similarity
    • a closely matched era
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    Attack Force

    Strong story similarity

    2006 · 94 min · Action · Adventure · Science Fiction · Thriller

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    Marshall Lawson is the commander of an elite military unit. Marshall Lawson loses his strike-team in a cold-blooded and seemingly random attack, and he takes it upon himself to investigate the attack, with the help of his girlfriend Tia and his friend Dwayne.

    Why it connects

    • strong story and style similarity
    • substantial genre overlap
    • a closely matched era
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