205 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.

Avengers: Endgame (2019)★ 8.2power, sacrifice, family, technologyThe Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)★ 8.4power, prejudice, war, faithThe Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)★ 8.5war, power, corruption, destinyThe Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)★ 8.4war, power, environment, cultureStar Wars (1977)★ 8.2war, rebellion, power, authorityWonder Woman (2017)★ 7.2war, mythology, gender, powerThor: The Dark World (2013)★ 6.5power, authority, war, destinyReturn of the Jedi (1983)★ 7.9power, rebellion, family, redemptionCaptain Marvel (2019)★ 6.8prejudice, war, refugee, identityThe Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)★ 8.0class, nostalgia, bureaucracy, warStar Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999)★ 6.6power, politics, warThe Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (2014)★ 7.3prejudice, greed, warStar Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005)★ 7.5power, authority, war, betrayalTerminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)★ 8.1technology, future, warX-Men: First Class (2011)★ 7.3prejudice, power, war, ideologyDawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014)★ 7.3prejudice, war, identity, powerTransformers (2007)★ 6.8war, technology, power, identityThe Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005)★ 7.1faith, power, war, monarchyBraveheart (1995)★ 7.9freedom, identity, war, oppressionHowl's Moving Castle (2004)★ 8.4war, love, identity, powerTroy (2004)★ 7.2war, militarism, mortalityStar Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (2019)★ 6.3power, rebellion, legacy, authorityZack Snyder's Justice League (2021)★ 8.1power, colonialism, war, justiceThe Super Mario Bros. Movie (2023)★ 7.6power, family, warMulan (1998)★ 7.9identity, tradition, gender, warIndependence Day (1996)★ 6.9war, survival, coordination, powerJojo Rabbit (2019)★ 8.0prejudice, identity, warWatchmen (2009)★ 7.4power, authority, war, surveillanceWar for the Planet of the Apes (2017)★ 7.2species, war, survival, leadershipTransformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009)★ 6.2war, technology, power, militarismApocalypse Now (1979)★ 8.3war, authority, corruptionTransformers: Dark of the Moon (2011)★ 6.2technology, war, survival, powerPixels (2015)★ 5.8technology, war, survivalKung Fu Panda 2 (2011)★ 7.1identity, war, tradition, powerHellboy (2004)★ 6.7identity, otherness, power, warWarcraft (2016)★ 6.4prejudice, war, culture, power300: Rise of an Empire (2014)★ 6.1war, honor, empire, politicsThe Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian (2008)★ 6.6power, faith, war, authorityTransformers: The Last Knight (2017)★ 6.0technology, war, mythology, powerUnderworld (2003)★ 6.8prejudice, power, war, rebellionMaleficent: Mistress of Evil (2019)★ 7.3prejudice, culture, war, magicIndependence Day: Resurgence (2016)★ 5.4war, survival, coordination, technologyDr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)★ 8.1war, authority, technology, mortalityThe 5th Wave (2016)★ 5.9survival, war, possession, militarismBattleship (2012)★ 5.9war, alien, technology, militarismMars Attacks! (1996)★ 6.4war, militarism, media, othernessStarship Troopers (1997)★ 7.1militarism, propaganda, citizenship, authorityTransformers: Rise of the Beasts (2023)★ 7.2technology, war, alienJack the Giant Slayer (2013)★ 5.9otherness, power, war, mythFantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore (2022)★ 6.6politics, power, prejudice, magicHercules (2014)★ 5.8power, authority, war, griefThe Last Airbender (2010)★ 4.6bending, war, culture, spiritValkyrie (2008)★ 7.0power, authority, rebellion, warNausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984)★ 7.9environment, war, culture, technologyThe Creator (2023)★ 7.0technology, war, consciousness, extinctionBattle: Los Angeles (2011)★ 5.8war, survival, sacrifice, militarismThe Great Dictator (1940)★ 8.3prejudice, authority, war, corruptionScary Movie 4 (2006)★ 5.5media, war, technology, survivalAbraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter (2012)★ 5.8slavery, war, prejudice, vampirismThe Wind Rises (2013)★ 7.8dream, war, love, technologyGuillermo del Toro's Pinocchio (2022)★ 8.0authoritarianism, war, identity, sacrifice10,000 BC (2008)★ 5.5survival, rebellion, love, faithDragon Ball Super: Broly (2018)★ 7.9power, war, identity, oppressionArthur and the Invisibles (2006)★ 6.4war, greed, family, environmentDragon Ball Super: Super Hero (2022)★ 7.9power, heroism, technology, familyA Minecraft Movie (2025)★ 6.3freedom, control, war, technologySouth Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut (1999)★ 7.3prejudice, authority, war, censorshipImmortals (2011)★ 6.0power, faith, war, authorityThe Three Musketeers (2011)★ 5.8technology, politics, honor, warSeason of the Witch (2011)★ 5.5prejudice, faith, plague, authorityThe Boy and the Heron (2023)★ 7.4grief, war, memory, familyGulliver's Travels (2010)★ 5.2prejudice, power, identity, warRebel Moon - Part One: A Child of Fire (2023)★ 6.2imperialism, rebellion, colonialism, powerMortal Kombat (1995)★ 5.9war, competition, power, traditionPriest (2011)★ 5.9religion, authority, war, vampiresHero (2002)★ 7.5power, memory, identity, warLegend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole (2010)★ 6.8war, authority, identity, traditionHot Shots! (1991)★ 6.6war, corruption, heroism, militaryReturn to Never Land (2002)★ 6.5belief, imagination, childhood, warPride and Prejudice and Zombies (2016)★ 6.2class, mortality, prejudice, warStar Wars: The Clone Wars (2008)★ 6.1war, politics, militarism, authorityWarGames (1983)★ 7.1war, technology, deterrence, authorityMonty Python's The Meaning of Life (1983)★ 7.3meaning, death, religion, warI, Frankenstein (2014)★ 5.4monsters, faith, war, immortalityNanny McPhee and the Big Bang (2010)★ 6.3family, authority, war, magicOutside the Wire (2021)★ 6.4technology, war, authority, controlMeet the Spartans (2008)★ 4.1war, celebrity, mediaHouse of Flying Daggers (2004)★ 7.3power, loyalty, love, traditionCats & Dogs (2001)★ 5.4war, technology, loyalty, identityEpic Movie (2007)★ 3.9media, power, war, authorityThe Electric State (2025)★ 6.5technology, exploitation, consciousness, corporateArthur 3: The War of the Two Worlds (2010)★ 5.8war, identity, cooperation, scaleBeneath the Planet of the Apes (1970)★ 6.1prejudice, religion, war, technologyMortal Kombat Legends: Scorpion's Revenge (2020)★ 8.1war, power, justiceAcross the Universe (2007)★ 7.1love, protest, war, identitySky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (2004)★ 5.9technology, heroism, eugenics, imperialismThe Devil's Backbone (2001)★ 7.3war, ghost, memory, traumaFirst Knight (1995)★ 6.1love, honor, duty, warAsterix: The Secret of the Magic Potion (2018)★ 6.8colonialism, tradition, power, warJustice League: War (2014)★ 7.4imperialism, war, heroismThe Water Horse (2007)★ 6.5war, grief, family, authorityEnemy Mine (1985)★ 7.0prejudice, war, slavery, cultureBatman Ninja (2018)★ 5.9culture, war, technology, identityThe Woman in Black 2: Angel of Death (2014)★ 5.2grief, guilt, war, hauntingShadow in the Cloud (2021)★ 5.8prejudice, gender, war, monsterBattle for the Planet of the Apes (1973)★ 5.7prejudice, war, hierarchy, colonialismWaltz with Bashir (2008)★ 7.7memory, trauma, war, guiltThe Lord of the Rings (1978)★ 6.6power, corruption, warBedknobs and Broomsticks (1971)★ 7.0magic, war, family, fantasyJustice League: Throne of Atlantis (2015)★ 7.0prejudice, power, identity, warMasters of the Universe (1987)★ 5.7power, war, authority, technologyLove and Death (1975)★ 7.5love, war, mortality, philosophyValiant (2005)★ 5.6war, militarism, authorityElio (2025)★ 6.9war, diplomacy, identity, technologySoldier (1998)★ 6.4militarism, authority, control, warBlack Crab (2022)★ 6.2war, militarism, survival, sacrificeTeenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III (1993)★ 5.5identity, culture, war, technologyThe Last Legion (2007)★ 5.6power, legacy, myth, warThe Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim (2024)★ 6.6prejudice, war, tradition, powerTristan & Isolde (2006)★ 6.7love, loyalty, politics, war

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