Beasts of No Nation(2015)

Combined Rating:
82
Combined Critics Rating: 79

A drama based on the experiences of Agu, a child soldier fighting in the civil war of an unnamed African country.



12 Strong(2018)

Combined Rating:
74
Combined Critics Rating: 68

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.



The Swimmers(2022)

Combined Rating:
32
Combined Critics Rating: 47

A story of the miraculous journey made by swimming sisters Yusra and Sarah Mardini who fled as refugees from war-torn Syria all the way to the 2016 Rio Olympics.



Sand Castle(2017)

Combined Rating:
44
Combined Critics Rating: 35

Set during the occupation of Iraq, a squad of U.S. soldiers try to protect a small village.



Hyena Road(2015)

Combined Rating:
39
Combined Critics Rating: 37

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.



We Die Young(2019)

Combined Rating:
9
Combined Critics Rating: 0

Lucas, a 14-year-old boy inducted into the gang life in Washington, D.C., is determined that his 10-year-old brother won't follow the same path. When an Afghanistan war veteran comes into the neighborhood, an opportunity arises.



Ezra(2007)

Combined Rating:
20
Combined Critics Rating: 28

Ezra is the first film to give an African perspective on the disturbing phenomenon of abducting child soldiers into the continent's recent civil wars. Ezra is structured around the ...