Charlie Wilson, a former Texas congressman convinces the CIA to train and arm Afghan rebels in order to battle the Soviet Union. Together with another rogue CIA agent, Wilson is able to provide money and supplies to turn the fighters into an army that began the fall of the Red Super Power.

Tom Hanks, Julia Roberts, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Slim Khezri, Amy Adams, Shiri Appleby, Erick Avari, Mary Bonner Baker, Paul Bartholomew, Cyia Batten, P.J. Byrne, Kevin Cooney, Walter Delmar, Christopher Denham, François Duhamel, Russell Edge, Mayte Gar