Movies like Live from Baghdad: 20 to watch next

If you loved Live from Baghdad (2002) — a drama, war and tv movie film directed by Mick Jackson — these 20 movies are the closest matches.

The first picks are what fans of Live from Baghdad most often go on to watch; the rest share its genres and themes like hotel, gulf war and based on novel or book. 4 of them are streaming in India right now — each entry shows where.

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1
A Private War 2018★ 6.8
Shares: Drama, War
One of the most celebrated war correspondents of our time, Marie Colvin is an utterly fearless and rebellious spirit, driven to the frontlines of conflicts across the globe to give voice to the voiceless.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
2
Civil War 2024★ 6.8
Shares: War, Drama
In the near future, a group of war journalists attempt to survive while reporting the truth as the United States stands on the brink of civil war.
Stream in India on Zee5
3
Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk 2016★ 6.0
Shares: Drama, War
19-year-old Billy Lynn is brought home for a victory tour after a harrowing Iraq battle. Through flashbacks the film shows what really happened to his squad – contrasting the realities of war with America's perceptions.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
4
The Yellow Birds 2018★ 6.0
Shares: War, Drama
Two young soldiers, Bartle and Murph, navigate the terrors of the Iraq war under the command of the older, troubled Sergeant Sterling. All the while, Bartle is tortured by a promise he made to Murph's mother before their deployment.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
5
Welcome to Sarajevo 1997★ 6.5
Shares: War, Drama
Follow a group of international journalists into the heart of the once cosmopolitan city of Sarajevo—now a danger zone of sniper and mortar attacks where residents still live. While reporting on an American aid worker who’s trying to get children out of the country, a British correspondent decides to take an orphaned girl home to London.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
6
Darfur 2009★ 5.9
Shares: War, Drama
American journalists in Sudan are confronted with the dilemma of whether to return home to report on the atrocities they have seen, or to stay behind and help some of the victims they have encountered.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
7
Bravo Two Zero 1999★ 5.9
Shares: War, TV Movie
When an elite eight-man British SAS team is dropped behind enemy lines, their mission is clear: take out Saddam Hussein's SCUD missile systems. But when communications are cut and the team finds themselves surrounded by Saddam's army, their only hope is to risk capture and torture in a desperate 185-kilometer run to the Syrian border. Based on the true story of a British Special Forces unit behind enemy lines during the Gulf War, Bravo Two Zero explores the tragedies and triumphs of men taken to the edge of survival in the Persian Gulf War.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
8
Bat★21 1988★ 6.3
Shares: War, Drama
Lt. Col. Iceal "Ham" Hambleton is a weapons countermeasures expert and when his aircraft is shot over enemy territory the Air Force very much wants to get him back. Hambleton knows the area he's in is going to be carpet-bombed but a temporary shortage of helicopters causes a delay. Working with an Air Force reconnaissance pilot, Capt. Bartholomew Clark, he maps out an escape route.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
9
Stop-Loss 2008★ 6.1
Shares: Drama, War
A veteran soldier returns from his completed tour of duty in Iraq, only to find his life turned upside down when he is arbitrarily ordered to return to field duty by the Army.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
10
Outlaws - For Greater Glory 2012★ 7.0
Shares: Drama, War
A chronicle of the Cristeros War (1926-1929), which was touched off by a rebellion against the Mexican government's attempt to secularize the country.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
11
The Devil's Double 2011★ 6.7
Shares: Drama, War
A chilling vision of the House of Saddam Hussein comes to life through the eyes of the man who was forced to become the double of Hussein's sadistic son.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
12
Redacted 2007★ 5.9
Shares: War, Drama
A fictional documentary discusses the effects the Iraq war has had on soldiers and local people through interviews with members of an American military unit, the media, and local Iraqis.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
13
Thank You for Your Service 2017★ 6.6
Shares: Drama, War
A group of U.S. soldiers returning from Iraq struggle to integrate back into family and civilian life, while living with the memory of a war that threatens to destroy them long after they've left the battlefield.
Stream in India on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
14
Sahara 1995★ 6.7
Shares: TV Movie, War
After the fall of Tobruk in June 1942, U.S. Army sergeant Joe Gunn leads his tank into the Sahara desert, in order to evade advancing Rommel's forces and reach Allied lines. Along the way he picks up few Allied soldiers, but soon they are running out of water. They find water at the ancient well, but the well is a goal of an entire German battalion. Despite the impossible odds, Sergeant Gunn decides to defend the well.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
15
Green Zone 2010★ 6.5
Shares: War, Drama
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.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
16
The Killing Fields 1984★ 7.5
Shares: Drama, War
New York Times reporter Sydney Schanberg is on assignment covering the Cambodian Civil War, with the help of local interpreter Dith Pran and American photojournalist Al Rockoff. When the U.S. Army pulls out amid escalating violence, Schanberg makes exit arrangements for Pran and his family. Pran, however, tells Schanberg he intends to stay in Cambodia to help cover the unfolding story — a decision he may regret as the Khmer Rouge rebels move in.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
17
The Outpost 2020★ 6.9
Shares: War, Drama
A small unit of U.S. soldiers, alone at the remote Combat Outpost Keating, located deep in the valley of three mountains in Afghanistan, battles to defend against an overwhelming force of Taliban fighters in a coordinated attack. The Battle of Kamdesh, as it was known, was the bloodiest American engagement of the Afghan War in 2009 and Bravo Troop 3-61 CAV became one of the most decorated units of the 19-year conflict.
Stream in India on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, JioHotstar
18
The Big Red One 1980★ 6.7
Shares: Drama, War
A veteran sergeant of World War I leads a squad in World War II, always in the company of the survivor Pvt. Griff, the writer Pvt. Zab, the Sicilian Pvt. Vinci and Pvt. Johnson, in Vichy French Africa, Sicily, D-Day at Omaha Beach, Belgium and France, and ending in a concentration camp in Czechoslovakia where they face the true horror of war.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
19
Full Metal Jacket 1987★ 8.1
Shares: Drama, War
A pragmatic U.S. Marine observes the dehumanizing effects the U.S.-Vietnam War has on his fellow recruits from their brutal boot camp training to the bloody street fighting in Hue.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Field of Lost Shoes 2015★ 6.1
Shares: War, Drama
A group of teenage cadets sheltered from war at the Virginia Military Institute must confront the horrors of an adult world when they are called upon to defend the Shenandoah Valley.
Stream in India on Tubi TV