“The Kingdom” is just one of many major Hollywood movies with an explicitly political edge being released this fall. Here’s what’s coming when. Opening dates are subject to change.
In the Valley of Elah IN THEATERS
Tommy Lee Jones and Susan Sarandon are parents whose son goes missing after he returns home from Iraq. Charlize Theron plays the detective who helps solve the riddle.
The Hunting Party IN THEATERS
Set in Bosnia-Herzegovina in 1999-2000, this relatively lighthearted thriller starring Richard Gere and Terrence Howard focuses on journalists who decide to go after a Serbian war criminal who’s hiding in the mountains near Montenegro.
Grace Is Gone OCT. 5
John Cusack gets serious as a guy who takes his children on a drive across the country after finding out his wife has been killed in Iraq.
Rendition OCT. 19
A woman (Reese Witherspoon) discovers her Egyptian-born husband is being detained overseas in a U.S.-backed facility.
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Lions for Lambs NOV. 9
Tom Cruise, Meryl Streep, Robert Redford, Derek Luke and Peter Berg take the leads in this drama about how far-ranging political decisions affect those fighting on the ground in the war zone. Redford directs.
Redacted DATE TO BE ANNOUNCED
Of all these films, this may turn out to be the most controversial. Based on a true story, this “fictional documentary” is about the rape of a teenage Iraqi girl and the murder of her family by American soldiers.
Battle for Haditha DATE TO BE ANNOUNCED
The story of the 2005 attack by U.S. Marines against two dozen Iraqis they believed planted roadside bombs.
Stop Loss DATE TO BE ANNOUNCED
Originally set for release this fall, it’s now been pushed back to early 2008. Ryan Phillippe plays a soldier who’s back home in Texas after a tour in Iraq and refuses to return.