The Hurt Locker

USA 2008
Genre: War
Director: Kathryn Bigelow
Writer: Mark Goal
Producers: Kathryn Bigelow, Mark Boal, Greg Saphiro, Nicholas Chartier
Cast: Jeremy Renner, Anthony Mackie, Brian Geraghty
Budget: $11M

Plot Summary:
Bagdad, 2004. War is a drug. An intense portrayal of elite soldiers who have one of the most dangerous jobs in the world: disarming bombs in the heat of combat. When a new sergeant, James, takes over a highly trained bomb disposal team amidst violent conflict, he surprises his two subordinates, Sanborn and Eldridge, by recklessly plunging them into a deadly game of urban combat. James behaves as if he's indifferent to death. As the men struggle to control their wild new leader, the city explodes into chaos, and James' true character reveals itself in a way that will change each man forever.

Inglorious Basterds

USA 2009
Genre: War
Directed by: Quentin Tarantino
Producer: Lawrence Bender
Writter: Quentin Tarantino
Budget: $70M
Cast: Brad Pitt, Christoph Waltz, Michael Fassbender, Mèlanie Laurent, Diane Kruger, Daniel Brühll, Mike Myers

Plot Summary:
During World War II a group of Jewish-American soldiers known as "The Basterds" are chosen specifically to spread fear throughout the Third Reich by scalping and brutally killing Nazis. The Basterds soon cross paths with a French-Jewish woman who runs a movie theater in Paris which is targeted by the soldiers.