10 Iraq war films about coming home
With two films detailing the experiences of returning soldiers out this month, we look back at some past films that have brought the war back home... This week’s Return and the imminent release of another Nicholas Sparks adaptation, The Lucky One , proves that cinema still has plenty of room for potrayals of the Iraq war veteran’s return home. Return is making news for the fact that it unusually follows a sole female soldier, but Hollywood has been trying to commit the troubled experiences of returning veterans for years, some more successfully than others. We don’t yet know how well The Lucky One will do, but we can only hope it echoes some of the more effective and insightful examples on this list (but it will probably be a lot like Dear John ). There are, as with all films based on sensitive topics, some genuine stinkers here, but they are accompanied by an alarmingly small selection of movies that have dared ask the questions and explore the realitie...