In the 1980s U.S. Rep. Charlie Wilson, Texas socialite Joanne Herring and CIA agent Gust Avrakotos form an unlikely alliance to boost funding for Afghan freedom fighters in their war against invading Soviets. The trio's successful efforts to finance these covert operations contributes to the fall of the Soviet Union and the end of the Cold War.

• Universal Pictures
• Relativity Media
• Tom Hanks
• Julia Roberts
• Philip Seymour Hoffman
• Amy Adams
• Emily Blunt
• Om Puri
• Shiri Appleby
• Rachel Nichols