Edward Zwick

An ex-mercenary turned smuggler. A Mende fisherman. Amid the explosive civil war overtaking 1999 Sierra Leone, these men join for two desperate missions: recovering a rare pink diamond of immense value and rescuing the fisherman's son, conscripted as a child soldier into the brutal rebel forces ripping a swath of torture and bloodshed countrywide.

Dir. Edward Zwick · With Leonardo DiCaprio, Djimon Hounsou, Jennifer Connelly

Nathan Algren is an American hired to instruct the Japanese army in the ways of modern warfare, which finds him learning to respect the samurai and the honorable principles that rule them. Pressed to destroy the samurai's way of life in the name of modernization and open trade, Algren decides to become an ultimate warrior himself and to fight for their right to exist.

Dir. Edward Zwick · With Tom Cruise, Ken Watanabe, Timothy Spall

Robert Gould Shaw leads the US Civil War's first all-black volunteer company, fighting prejudices of both his own Union army and the Confederates.

Dir. Edward Zwick · With Matthew Broderick, Denzel Washington, Cary Elwes

In early 20th-century Montana, Col. William Ludlow lives on a ranch in the wilderness with his sons, Alfred, Tristan, and Samuel. Eventually, the unconventional but close-knit family are bound by loyalty, tested by war, and torn apart by love, as told over the course of several decades in this epic saga.

Dir. Edward Zwick · With Brad Pitt, Anthony Hopkins, Aidan Quinn

During the height of the Cold War, American chess prodigy Bobby Fischer finds himself caught between two superpowers when he challenges the Soviet Empire.

Dir. Edward Zwick · With Tobey Maguire, Peter Sarsgaard, Liev Schreiber

Maggie is an alluring free spirit who won't let anyone – or anything – tie her down. But she meets her match in Jamie, whose relentless and nearly infallible charm serves him well with the ladies and the cutthroat world of pharmaceutical sales. Maggie and Jamie's evolving relationship takes them both by surprise, as they find themselves under the influence of the ultimate drug: love.

Dir. Edward Zwick · With Jake Gyllenhaal, Anne Hathaway, Oliver Platt

The tragic and controversial story of Cameron Todd Willingham, who was executed in Texas for killing his three children after scientific evidence and expert testimony that bolstered his claims of innocence were suppressed.

Dir. Edward Zwick · With Jack O'Connell, Laura Dern, Emily Meade

Following the murder of his fiancée, Mitch Rapp trains under the instruction of Cold War veteran Stan Hurley. The pair then is enlisted to investigate a wave of apparently random attacks on military and civilian targets.

Dir. Michael Cuesta · With Dylan O'Brien, Michael Keaton, Taylor Kitsch

Based on a true story, during World War II, four Jewish brothers escape their Nazi-occupied homeland of West Belarus in Poland and join the Soviet partisans to combat the Nazis. The brothers begin the rescue of roughly 1,200 Jews still trapped in the ghettos of Poland.

Dir. Edward Zwick · With Daniel Craig, Liev Schreiber, Jamie Bell

A US Army officer, who made a "friendly fire" mistake that was covered up, has been reassigned to a desk job. He is tasked to investigate a female chopper commander's worthiness to be awarded the Medal of Honor. At first all seems in order. But then he begins to notice inconsistencies between the testimonies of the witnesses...

Dir. Edward Zwick · With Denzel Washington, Meg Ryan, Lou Diamond Phillips

A man and woman meet and try to have a romantic affair, despite their personal problems and the interference of their disapproving friends.

Dir. Edward Zwick · With Rob Lowe, Demi Moore, Jim Belushi

European mercenaries searching for black powder become embroiled in the defense of the Great Wall of China against a horde of monstrous creatures.

Dir. Zhang Yimou · With Matt Damon, Jing Tian, Willem Dafoe

Years after resigning command of an elite military police unit, the nomadic, righter-of-wrongs Reacher is drawn back into the life he left behind when his friend and successor, Major Susan Turner is framed for espionage. Reacher will stop at nothing to prove her innocence and to expose the real perpetrators behind the killings of his former soldiers.

Dir. Edward Zwick · With Tom Cruise, Cobie Smulders, Danika Yarosh

The secret US abduction of a suspected terrorist from his Middle East homeland leads to a wave of terrorist attacks in New York. An FBI senior agent and his team attempt to locate and decommission the enemy cells, but must also deal with an Army General gone rogue and a female CIA agent of uncertain loyalties.

Dir. Edward Zwick · With Denzel Washington, Annette Bening, Bruce Willis