An anti-war film is a film that emphasizes the pain, horror, and human costs of armed conflict. While some films criticize armed conflicts in a general sense, others focus on acts within a specific war, such as the use of poison gas or the genocidal killing of civilians (e.g., Hotel Rwanda, 2004). Some anti-war films such as Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964) use parody and black comedy to satirize wars and conflicts. An anti-war film's goal is to show the physical and psychological destruction warfare causes to the soldiers and to innocent civilians.
Anti-war films[]
See also: List of films about nuclear issues
Some films with anti-war themes include, but not limited to:
Film | Year |
---|---|
1969 | 1988 |
1971 | 2007 |
A Generation | 1955 |
A Midnight Clear | 1992 |
All Quiet on the Western Front | 1930 |
All Quiet on the Western Front | 1979 |
Amazing Grace and Chuck | 1987 |
The Americanization of Emily | 1964 |
Apocalypse Now | 1979 |
Ashes and Diamonds | 1958 |
Avatar | 2009 |
A Very Long Engagement | 2004 |
Ballad of a Soldier | 1959 |
Baghdad ER | 2006 |
Barefoot Gen | 1983 |
The Battle of Algiers | 1967 |
Battle Circus | 1953 |
The Beast | 1988 |
The Bedford Incident | 1965 |
Beach Red | 1967 |
The Big Red One | 1980 |
Big Wednesday | 1978 |
Birdy | 1983 |
Black Hawk Down | 2001 |
Blood Diamond | 2006 |
Body of War | 1987 |
Border | 1997 |
Born on the Fourth of July | 1989 |
The Boys in Company C | 1978 |
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas | 2008 |
The Boy With Green Hair | 1948 |
Brothers | 2009 |
The Bubble | 2006 |
Bullet in the Head | 1990 |
By Dawn's Early Light | 1990 |
The Burmese Harp | 1956 |
Canadian Bacon | 1995 |
Casualties of War | 1989 |
Catch 22 | 1970 |
Cavalcade | 1933 |
Charge of the Light Brigade | 1968 |
Chattahoochee | 1989 |
Cheyenne Autumn | 1964 |
Cold Mountain | 2003 |
Combat Shock | 1986 |
Coming Home | 1978 |
Come and See | 1985 |
Copperhead | 2013 |
Cross of Iron | 1977 |
Das Boot | 1981 |
The Day After | 1983 |
The Dawn Patrol | 1938 |
The Deer Hunter | 1978 |
Die Brücke | 1959 |
Downfall | 2004 |
Dirty War | 2004 |
Distant Thunder | 1988 |
Don't Cry it's Only Thunder | 1982 |
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb | 1964 |
Enemies of the People | 2009 |
The Enemy Below | 1957 |
Fail Safe | 2000 |
Fail-Safe | 1964 |
Fear and Desire | 1953 |
Field of Honor | 1986 |
Fires on the Plain | 1959 |
Flags of Our Fathers | 2006 |
For the Boys | 1991 |
Fort Apache | 1948 |
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse | 1921 |
F.T.A. | 1972 |
Friendly Fire | 1979 |
Full Metal Jacket | 1987 |
Gallipoli | 1981 |
Gardens of Stone | 1987 |
Go Tell the Spartans | 1978 |
Gone with the Wind | 1939 |
Good Guys Wear Black | 1977 |
Grace Is Gone | 2007 |
Grand Illusion | 1937 |
Grave of the Fireflies | 1988 |
The Great Dictator | 1940 |
Greetings | 1968 |
Hair | 1979 |
Hamburger Hill | 1987 |
The Hasty Heart | 1949 |
Hearts and Minds | 1974 |
Heaven & Earth | 1993 |
Hedd Wyn | 1992 |
Hell Is for Heroes | 1962 |
A Hill in Korea | 1956 |
High Treason | 1928 |
Hiroshima mon amour | 1959 |
Home of the Brave | 2006 |
Hotel Rwanda | 2004 |
Hôtel Terminus: The Life and Times of Klaus Barbie | 1988 |
How I Won the War | 1967 |
I'll Remember April | 1999 |
Iluminados por el fuego | 2005 |
In Country | 1989 |
In the Valley of Elah | 2007 |
In the Year of the Pig | 1968 |
Jacknife | 1989 |
J'accuse | 1919 |
Jacob's Ladder | 1990 |
Johnny Got His Gun | 1971 |
Journey from the Fall | 2007 |
Joyeux Noël | 2005 |
Kanal | 1956 |
Kelly's Heroes | 1970 |
King of Hearts | 1966 |
King Rat | 1965 |
Ladybug Ladybug | 1963 |
Last Ounce of Courage | 2012 |
L'Ennemi Intime | 2007 |
Les Carabiniers | 1963 |
Letters from Iwo Jima | 2006 |
Lions for Lambs | 2007 |
Little Big Man | 1970 |
Lord of War | 2005 |
Love and Honor | 2013 |
Main Hoon Na | 2004 |
MASH | 1970 |
The Memory of Justice | 1978 |
The Men | 1950 |
Men in War | 1957 |
The Mortal Storm | 1940 |
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind | 1984 |
Neighbours | 1952 |
No Man's Land | 2001 |
Off Limits | 1988 |
Oh! What a Lovely War | 1969 |
O.k. | 1970 |
On the Beach | 1957 |
The Outsider | 1961 |
The Outlaw Josey Wales | 1976 |
The Panama Deception | 1992 |
The Peacemaker | 1997 |
Paths of Glory | 1957 |
Platoon | 1986 |
Platoon Leader | 1988 |
Pretty Village Pretty Flame | 1996 |
The Promise of Love | 1980 |
Purple Hearts | 1984 |
Purple Sunset | 2001 |
The Rack | 1956 |
The Red Baron | 2008 |
Redacted | 2007 |
Rendition | 2007 |
The Road to Guantanamo | 2006 |
Salvador | 1986 |
The Sand Pebbles | 1966 |
Saving Private Ryan | 1998 |
Savior | 1998 |
Schindler's List | 1993 |
Shame | 1968 |
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon | 1949 |
Shenandoah | 1965 |
The Siege of Firebase Gloria | 1989 |
Sir! No Sir! | 2006 |
Slaughterhouse-Five | 1972 |
So Proudly We Hail! | 1943 |
Soldier Blue | 1970 |
Some Kind of Hero | 1982 |
Sophie Scholl - Die letzten Tage | 2005 |
The Sorrow and the Pity | 1969 |
Stalingrad | 1993 |
Stop-Loss | 2008 |
South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut | 1999 |
Taking Chance | 2009 |
Taegukgi | 2004 |
Tango Charlie | 2005 |
Testament | 1983 |
The Thin Red Line | 1998 |
Things to Come | 1936 |
Threads | 1984 |
Tigerland | 2000 |
Triage | 2009 |
Turtles Can Fly | 2004 |
Waltz with Bashir | 2008 |
The War | 1994 |
The War at Home | 1996 |
Two Women | 1960 |
Un taxi pour Tobrouk | 1960 |
The Visitors | 1972 |
War Horse | 2011 |
War, Inc. | 2008 |
Welcome to Dongmakgol | 2005 |
Welcome Home, Johnny Bristol | 1972 |
When Hell was in Session | 1979 |
When Trumpets Fade | 1998 |
Why We Fight | 2005 |
Winter Soldier | 1972 |
Zulu | 1964 |
References[]
- ^ Chaudhry, Lakshmi. "When Boys Will be Jarheads". AlterNet. November 18, 2005.
- ^ "Record Crop of Anti-War Films to Hit Cinemas.
External links[]
- Anti-war films at the Iraq Media Action Project
- Anti-war films at Allmovie
- Antiwar Films Continue to Fizzle At The Box Office
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