No End In Sight
No End In Sight

Uncovered: The Whole Truth About the Iraq War
Year: 2003
Director: Robert Greenwald
Director Greenwald had almost unprecedented access to the officials and policy experts who were behind the Bush government's decision to invade Iraq in the wake of 9/11, and thoroughly and damningly detailed the government's agenda for war.

Fahrenheit 9/11
Year: 2004
Director: Michael Moore
Michael Moore's Palme D'Or-winning film, by far the highest grossing documentary of all time, was a scathing look at the actions of the U.S. government after the fall of the Twin Towers and an attack on the character of George W. Bush. Moore had famously condemned the "fictitious president" starting a "fictitious war" during the Oscar acceptance speech for his previous film, Bowling for Columbine.

Gunner Palace
Year: 2004
Director: Michael Tucker & Petra Epperlein
Epperlein and Tucker's movie was the first doc to actually show what was happening in Iraq from the soldiers' perspective. A raw and unsanitized view of the action, the film got a landmark decision when it successfully appealed the MPAA's R rating and was granted a PG-13 because of the real-life context of its violence and, particularly, profanity.

Iraq in Fragments
Iraq in Fragments

Voices of Iraq
Yearr: 2004
Director: "People of Iraq"
Martin Kunert, the uncredited director, collected together videos made by 150 Iraqis who were given digital cameras to record their thoughts. The first post-Saddam movie to come out of Iraq, it was notable for the refreshing vibrancy and optimism of its subjects, despite their difficult situation.

The Blood of My Brother: A Story of Death in Iraq
Year: 2005
Director: Andrew Berends
Documentarian Berends' film told the harrowing tale of the death of Raad al-Azawi, an Iraqi portrait photographer shot dead by American soldiers, and its impact on his younger brother, who wants to avenge his needless killing. Though Berends features U.S. soldiers discussing the difficulty of their task, The Blood of My Brother gained its power from focusing mostly on the dead Iraqi's family, crippled by grief.

Iraq in Fragments
Year: 2006
Director: James Longley
The first Iraq movie to be nominated for the Best Documentary Feature Academy Award, Iraq in Fragments analyzed the conflict in Iraq by viewing the country as comprised of three discrete groups, the Shiites, Sunnis and Kurds, with each faction represented by a narrative strand. Longley was also praised for the film's visual scope and beauty as well as its sterling documentary credentials.

The Ground Truth: After the Killing Ends
Year: 2006
Director: Patricia Foulkrod
Foulkrod's film took an apolitical stance in its depiction of the U.S. soldier's experience, from training through to combat and beyond to their return after a tour of duty. The film pulled no punches, and featured footage of both brutal army training process and Iraqi civilians being abused by American troops.

Trailer for The Ground Truth

No End in Sight
Year: 2007
Director: Charles Ferguson
Political scientist and academic Charles Ferguson's acclaimed film drew on the testimonies of high-level government officials in a shocking exposé of the conduct of the Bush administration and U.S. army following the invasion of Iraq. The second highest grossing documentary of 2007, it was also nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary.

Redacted
Year: 2007
Director: Brian De Palma
One of the first fiction films to tackle the Iraq war, De Palma's movie was inspired by video footage shot by U.S. soldiers in Iraq that had been posted on the internet. De Palma won Best Director when the film debuted at the Venice Film Festival, further fueling debate about the film's critical take on the army's actions in Iraq.

Battle for Haditha
Year: 2007
Director: Nick Broomfield
A rare fiction film from Brit documentarian Broomfield, Battle for Haditha revisits the killings of Iraqi insurgents and civilians by U.S. marines. The director humanizes the events by showing the events from the perspective of all three parties, this being the first non-documentary film on Iraq to show points of view from both sides.