Courage Under Fire

About Courage Under Fire

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.

Courage Under Fire is a 1996 mystery thriller film directed by Edward Zwick. Its themes are military, rescue mission, war veteran, and pilot.

Denzel Washington stars as Lieutenant Colonel Nathaniel Serling, Meg Ryan as Captain Karen Emma Walden, Lou Diamond Phillips as Staff Sergeant John Monfriez, and Michael Moriarty as Brigadier General Hershberg. It runs 116 minutes and was released in July 1996.

The screenplay is by Patrick Sheane Duncan. Production companies include Davis Entertainment and Fox 2000 Pictures.

Good Guys Wear Black, Dunkirk, and Saving Private Ryan make useful companions to Courage Under Fire, all filed under battlefield and politics. TMDB voters put it at 6.6 out of 10 across 1,102 votes and it carries a R rating.