Theaters of War is a 2022 American documentary film that probes the influence of the Pentagon and CIA in shaping Hollywood and television scripts.

The film examines a trove of internal state documents in addition to interviewing academics, government officials, veterans, and industry players like Oliver Stone.

[1][2] The film is directed, edited, and narrated by Communication Studies professor Roger Stahl and co-produced by Matthew Alford, Tom Secker and Sebastian Kaempf.

Some case studies draw analysis from Matthew Alford and Tom Secker's National Security Cinema and David Robb's Operation Hollywood.

"[10] Journalist and media watchdog Norman Solomon described it as "dramatic smoking-gun evidence of methodical and deadly manipulation.