List of anti-war films


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. Some anti-war films such as Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb 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

FilmYear
19172019
All Quiet on the Western Front1930
The Americanization of Emily1964
American Sniper2014
Apocalypse Now1979
The Battle of Algiers1966
Beyond Treason2002
Breaker Morant1980
Das Boot1981
Born on the Fourth of July1989
'2003
The Bridge on the River Kwai1957
A Bridge Too Far1974
Die Brücke1959
Les Carabiniers1963
Casualties of War1989
Catch-221970
Civilization1916
Come and See1985
Coming Home1978
Les Croix de bois1932
The Deer Hunter1978
Don't Cry, It's Only Thunder1982
Dr. Strangelove1964
Enemies of the People2009
The Enemy Below1957
L'Ennemi Intime2007
Escalation1968
Fahrenheit 9/112004
Fail Safe2000
Fail-Safe1964
Fear and Desire1953
Field of Honor1986
Fires on the Plain1959
Flags of Our Fathers1991
Fort Apache1948
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse1921
F.T.A.1972
Friendly Fire1979
The Frozen War1973
Full Metal Jacket1987
Gallipoli1981
Gardens of Stone1987
Go Tell the Spartans 1977
Goodbye Billy1971
Grace Is Gone2007
La grande guerra1959
La Grande Illusion1937
Grave of the Fireflies1988
The Great Dictator1940
Greenery Will Bloom Again2014
Greetings1968
The Ground Truth2006
Hacksaw Ridge2016
Hair 1979
Hamburger Hill1987
Hearts and Minds1974
Heaven & Earth1993
Hedd Wyn1992
Hell Is for Heroes1962
Hell on Earth1928
A Hidden Life2019
Hiroshima mon amour1959
Hijacking Catastrophe2004
Home of the Brave2006
Hotel Rwanda2004
'1988
How I Won the War1999
The Human Condition1959-1961
Iluminados por el fuego1989
In the Valley of Elah2007
In the Year of the Pig1989
J'accuse1919
Jacob's Ladder1990
Johnny Got His Gun1971
Jojo Rabbit2019
Journey's End1930
Joyeux Noël2005
Kameradschaft1931
Kanal1956
Kelly's Heroes 1970
King and Country1964
King of Hearts1966
King Rat 1965
Ladybug Ladybug1963
Last Ounce of Courage 2012
Letters from Iwo Jima2006
Lions for Lambs2007
Little Big Man1970
Lord of War2005
Love and Honor2013
Main Hoon Na 2004
Major Dundee1965
'1992
Many Wars Ago1970
M*A*S*H1970
Maudite soit la guerre1914
The Memory of Justice1978
The Men1950
Men in War1957
The Mice War2017
Mickey Mouse in Vietnam1969
The Mortal Storm1940
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind1984
Neighbours1952
No Man's Land2001
'2006
Off Limits1988
Oh! What a Lovely War1969
The Oil Factor2004
O.k.1970
On the Beach1959
The Outsider1961
The Outlaw Josey Wales1976
Palestine Is Still the Issue2002
The Panama Deception1992
Paths of Glory1957
The Patrol2014
'2000
Peace on Earth1939
Peace, Propaganda & the Promised Land2004
The Peacemaker1997
'2002
Platoon1986
Platoon Leader1988
Pretty Village Pretty Flame1996
Pride of the Marines1945
The Promise of Love1980
Purple Hearts 1984
Purple Sunset 2001
Quiet Nights of Blood and Pain2009
The Rack 1956
The Red Baron2008
Redacted2007
Rendition2007
Ringing Bell1978
The Road Back1937
The Road to Glory1936
The Road to Guantanamo2006
Romero1989
Rosa Luxemburg1986
Salvador1986
The Sand Pebbles1966
Savior1998
'1987
Shame1968
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon 1949
Shenandoah1965
The Siege of Firebase Gloria1989
Sir! No Sir!2006
Slaughterhouse-Five1972
So Proudly We Hail! 1943
Soldier Blue1970
Some Kind of Hero 1982
Sophie Scholl - Die letzten Tage2005
The Sorrow and the Pity1969
Stalingrad1993
Stop-Loss 2008
Taegukgi2004
Taking Chance 2009
Tango Charlie2005
Un taxi pour Tobrouk1960
Taxi to the dark side2007
Tell England1931
Tell Me Lies1968
Testament 1983
The Thin Red Line1998
Things to Come1936
Threads1984
Three Comrades1938
Tigerland2000
Too Late the Hero1970
Triage2009
Turtles Can Fly2004
Two Women1960
The Unknown Soldier2017
'2013
Verdun, visions d'histoire1929
Vice2018
The Visitors1972
Waltz with Bashir2008
The War1994
The War at Home1996
War, Inc.2008
The War on Democracy2007
2007
The Water Diviner2014
We Are Many2014
Welcome to Dongmakgol2005
Westfront 19181930
When Hell was in Session 1979
When the Wind Blows1986
When Trumpets Fade1998
Why We Fight2005
Winter Soldier1972