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10 famous stories set in Iraq

Live snapshot of the top 10 most popular catalogue items (2026-09-04). Click any card to open this entry on the live map.

Browse 110 books, 119 movies, 2 TV shows and 10 games set in Iraq.

American Sniper

American Sniper

Village Roadshow Pictures-Malpaso Productions-Warner Bros. Pictures-Mad Chance-RatPac Entertainment-22 & Indiana Pictures
movie

U.S. Navy SEAL Chris Kyle takes his sole mission—protect his comrades—to heart and becomes one of the most lethal snipers in American history. His pinpoint accuracy not only saves countless lives but also makes him a…

Setting: USA; IraqTime Period: 2000s
The Hurt Locker

The Hurt Locker

Summit Entertainment-Kingsgate Films-Voltage Pictures-Film Capital Europe Funds (FCEF )-First Light-Grosvenor Park Media
movie

During the Iraq War a Sergeant recently assigned to an army bomb squad is put at odds with his squad mates due to his maverick way of handling his work.

Setting: IraqTime Period: Iraq War
Exhalation: Stories

Exhalation: Stories

by Ted Chiang
book

An alternate cover edition for this book can be found here.This much-anticipated second collection of stories is signature Ted Chiang, full of revelatory ideas and deeply sympathetic characters. In The Merchant and the…

Setting: Baghdad, IraqTime Period: Ancient
Cherry

Cherry

The Hideaway Entertainment-AGBO
movie

Cherry drifts from college dropout to army medic in Iraq - anchored only by his true love Emily. But after returning from the war with PTSD his life spirals into drugs and crime as he struggles to find his place in the…

Setting: Ohio; IraqTime Period: 2000s
The A-Team

The A-Team

20th Century Fox-Ingenious Media-Dune Entertainment-Scott Free Productions-Top Cow Productions-Stephen J. Cannell Productions-Big Screen Productions-Phoenix Film Partners
movie

A group of Iraq War veterans goes on the run from U.S. military forces while they try to clear their names after being framed for a crime they didn't commit. Along the way Col. Hannibal Smith Capt. H.M. ‘Howling Mad’…

Setting: Iraq; Europe; USATime Period: Contemporary
Megan Leavey

Megan Leavey

LD Entertainment-Calle Cruzada
movie

The true story of Marine Corporal Megan Leavey who forms a powerful bond with an aggressive combat dog Rex. While deployed in Iraq the two complete more than 100 missions and save countless lives until an IED explosion…

Setting: IraqTime Period: 2000s
Jarhead

Jarhead

Neal Street Productions-Red Wagon Entertainment
movie

Jarhead is a film about a US Marine Anthony Swofford’s experience in the Gulf War. After putting up with an arduous boot camp Swofford and his unit are sent to the Persian Gulf where they are eager to fight but are…

Setting: Persian Gulf; Iraq; KuwaitTime Period: 1990-1991
Buried

Buried

Lionsgate-Studio 37-Canal+ España-Versus Entertainment-The Safran Company-Dark Trick Films-Atresmedia
movie

Paul is a U.S. truck driver working in Iraq. After an attack by a group of Iraqis he wakes to find he is buried alive inside a coffin. With only a lighter and a cell phone it's a race against time to escape this…

Setting: IraqTime Period: Contemporary
Fahrenheit 9/11

Fahrenheit 9/11

Miramax-BIM Distribuzione-Fellowship Adventure Group-Dog Eat Dog Films-Questar Entertainment
movie

Michael Moore's view on how the Bush administration allegedly used the tragic events on 9/11 to push forward its agenda for unjust wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.

Setting: USA; Afghanistan; IraqTime Period: Post-9/11
Three Kings

Three Kings

Village Roadshow Pictures-Atlas Entertainment-Village-A.M. Partnership-Coast Ridge-Junger Witt Productions
movie

A group of American soldiers stationed in Iraq at the end of the Gulf War find a map they believe will take them to a huge cache of stolen Kuwaiti gold hidden near their base and they embark on a secret mission that's…

Setting: IraqTime Period: 1990s

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