248 films
Films about war
Stories where organised violence is the world, not the backdrop.
Every film here has been read through the same lens: which rung of the E0–E14 reality ladder its story fights on, whether it moves consciousness off the human, and which rule of its world it alters. Ordered by how many people have rated them.
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)★ 8.4
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)★ 8.5
Inglourious Basterds (2009)★ 8.2
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)★ 8.4
Star Wars (1977)★ 8.2
Wonder Woman (2017)★ 7.2
Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015)★ 7.2
Thor: The Dark World (2013)★ 6.5
Return of the Jedi (1983)★ 7.9
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016)★ 7.5
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (2014)★ 7.3
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005)★ 7.5
300 (2007)★ 7.2
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002)★ 6.6
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2013)★ 7.6
Justice League (2017)★ 6.1
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 (2015)★ 6.9
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014)★ 7.3
Transformers (2007)★ 6.8
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005)★ 7.1
Pan's Labyrinth (2006)★ 7.8
Braveheart (1995)★ 7.9
Howl's Moving Castle (2004)★ 8.4
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (2011)★ 7.1
Zack Snyder's Justice League (2021)★ 8.1
Watchmen (2009)★ 7.4
War for the Planet of the Apes (2017)★ 7.2
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)★ 8.5
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009)★ 6.2
Apocalypse Now (1979)★ 8.3
Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011)★ 6.2
Pixels (2015)★ 5.8
Kung Fu Panda 2 (2011)★ 7.1
Warcraft (2016)★ 6.4
The Expendables 2 (2012)★ 6.4
Terminator Salvation (2009)★ 6.1
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian (2008)★ 6.6
Transformers: The Last Knight (2017)★ 6.0
Clash of the Titans (2010)★ 5.9
Dracula Untold (2014)★ 6.5
Mortal Kombat (2021)★ 7.0
Ender's Game (2013)★ 6.6
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)★ 8.1
John Carter (2012)★ 6.4
Battleship (2012)★ 5.9
The Favourite (2018)★ 7.5
Mars Attacks! (1996)★ 6.4
The Great Wall (2016)★ 6.0
Starship Troopers (1997)★ 7.1
Pacific Rim: Uprising (2018)★ 6.1
Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore (2022)★ 6.6
The King's Man (2021)★ 6.7
Mad Max (1979)★ 6.7
Rocky IV (1985)★ 7.1
Underworld: Evolution (2006)★ 6.6
The Last Airbender (2010)★ 4.6
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984)★ 7.9
Underworld: Blood Wars (2016)★ 5.9
The Creator (2023)★ 7.0
Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra (2002)★ 7.4
Porco Rosso (1992)★ 7.8
The Great Dictator (1940)★ 8.3
The BFG (2016)★ 6.3
Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter (2012)★ 5.8
Army of Darkness (1992)★ 7.3
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio (2022)★ 8.0
Dragon Ball Super: Broly (2018)★ 7.9
Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero (2022)★ 7.9
South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut (1999)★ 7.3
Immortals (2011)★ 6.0
Mufasa: The Lion King (2024)★ 7.3
The Boy and the Heron (2023)★ 7.4
Gulliver's Travels (2010)★ 5.2
Rebel Moon - Part One: A Child of Fire (2023)★ 6.2
Mortal Kombat (1995)★ 5.9
Priest (2011)★ 5.9
Hero (2002)★ 7.5
Reign of Fire (2002)★ 6.2
Hot Shots! (1991)★ 6.6
Return to Never Land (2002)★ 6.5
Diamonds Are Forever (1971)★ 6.4
A Serbian Film (2010)★ 5.4
Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008)★ 6.1
WarGames (1983)★ 7.1
Persepolis (2007)★ 7.9
I, Frankenstein (2014)★ 5.4
Hot Shots! Part Deux (1993)★ 6.5
Team America: World Police (2004)★ 6.7
Machete Kills (2013)★ 5.6
Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection 'F' (2015)★ 6.9
Spectral (2016)★ 6.5
Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox (2013)★ 7.9
Outside the Wire (2021)★ 6.4
Meet the Spartans (2008)★ 4.1
The Animatrix (2003)★ 7.2
Cats & Dogs (2001)★ 5.4
The Electric State (2025)★ 6.5
Arthur 3: The War of the Two Worlds (2010)★ 5.8
Star Trek: Nemesis (2002)★ 6.3
Justice League Dark: Apokolips War (2020)★ 8.2
Jonah Hex (2010)★ 5.0
Don't Look Now... We're Being Shot At! (1966)★ 7.9
Rebel Moon - Part Two: The Scargiver (2024)★ 6.1
Beneath the Planet of the Apes (1970)★ 6.1
Across the Universe (2007)★ 7.1
Top Secret! (1984)★ 7.1
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (2004)★ 5.9
The Devil's Backbone (2001)★ 7.3
Mortal Kombat: Annihilation (1997)★ 4.5
The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)★ 7.5
Dead Snow (2009)★ 6.0
Asterix & Obelix: The Middle Kingdom (2023)★ 4.8
Justice League: War (2014)★ 7.4
M*A*S*H (1970)★ 6.9
The Water Horse (2007)★ 6.5
Godzilla (1954)★ 7.6
Critters (1986)★ 6.5
Enemy Mine (1985)★ 7.0
The Woman in Black 2: Angel of Death (2014)★ 5.2
Shadow in the Cloud (2021)★ 5.8Showing the 120 most-rated of 248. Filter the full catalog →
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