Green Zone is a 2010 action thriller film directed by Paul Greengrass. The storyline was conceived from a screenplay written by Brian Helgeland, based on a 2006 non-fiction book Imperial Life in the Emerald City by journalist Rajiv Chandrasekaran. The book documented life within the Green Zone in Baghdad during the 2003 invasion of Iraq.
Starring: Alan Arkin•Meryl Streep•Wendy Phillips•Reese Witherspoon•Matt Damon•Bob Gunton•Greg Kinnear•Jason Isaacs•Brendan Gleeson•Peter Sarsgaard
Rendition is a 2007 American political thriller film directed by Gavin Hood and starring Reese Witherspoon, Jake Gyllenhaal, Meryl Streep, Peter Sarsgaard, Alan Arkin, and Omar Metwally. It centers on the controversial CIA practice of extraordinary rendition and is based on the true story of Khalid El-Masri, who was mistaken for Khalid al-Masri.
Starring: Jake Gyllenhaal•J. K. Simmons•Amy Ryan•Omar Metwally•Khalid Abdalla•Simon Abkarian•Patrick St. Esprit•Michael O'Neill•Sean Huze•Antoni Corone