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 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 not just to the soldiers, but to innocent civilians caught in the crossfire.

Selected films

Some films with anti-war themes include:

• 1969 (1988)
• Age of Innocence ^[1] (1977)
• All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
• All Quiet on the Western Front (1979)
• The Americanization of Emily (1964)
• Apocalypse Now (1979)
• A Very Long Engagement (2004)
• Baghdad ER (2006)
• Barefoot Gen (1983)
• The Battle of Algiers (1966)
• The Beast (1988)
• The Bedford Incident (1965)
• Birdy (1983)
• Black Hawk Down (2001)
• Blood Diamond (2006)
• Born on the Fourth of July (1989)
• Boy Soldiers ^[2] (1990)
• Brother Sun, Sister Moon (1972)
• The Burmese Harp (1956)
• Casualties of War (1989)
• Catch 22 (1970)
• Cavalcade (1933)
• Children of Men (2006)
• Coming Home (1978)
• Come and See (1985)
• The Day After (1983)
• The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)
• Die Brücke (1959)
• Dirty War (2004)
• Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
• Fahrenheit 9/11 (2004)
• Fail-Safe (1964)
• Fear and Desire (1953)
• Fires on the Plain (1959)
• F.T.A. (1972)
• The Four Feathers (2002)
• Full Metal Jacket (1987)
• Gandhi (1982)
• The Garden of the Finzi-Continis (1971)
• Gardens of Stone (1987)
• Ghosts of Abu Ghraib (2007)
• Grace Is Gone (2007)
• Grand Illusion (1937)
• Grave of the Fireflies (1988)
• Hearts and Minds (1974)
• Heaven & Earth (1993)
• High Treason (1928)
• Hiroshima Mon Amour (1959)
• Home of the Brave (2006)
• Hotel Rwanda (2004)
• How I Won the War (1967)
• In the Valley of Elah (2007)
• In the Year of the Pig (1968)
• J'accuse! (1919) ^[3]
• J'accuse! (1938) ^[4] remake of the 1919 silent film
• Johnny Got His Gun (1971)
• Joyeux Noël (2005)
• Kingdom of Heaven (2005)
• Ladybug Ladybug (1963)
• Les Carabiniers (1963)
• Letters from Iwo Jima (2006)
• Lions for Lambs (2007)
• Lord of War (2005)
• Main Hoon Na (2004)
• Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence (1983)
• Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind (1984)
• Neighbours (1952)
• Night and Fog (1955)
• No Man's Land (2001)
• Oh! What A Lovely War (1969)
• On the Beach (1957)
• Platoon (1986)
• Princess Mononoke (1997)
• Redacted (2007)
• Rendition (2007)
• The Road to Guantanamo (2006)
• The Sand Pebbles (1966)
• Shenandoah (1965)
• Saving Private Ryan (1998)
• Savior (1998)
• Schindler's List (1993)
• Shame (1968)
• Sir! No Sir! (2006)
• Slaughterhouse-Five (1972)
• Sophie's Choice (1982)
• Sophie Scholl – Die letzten Tage (2005)
• Stop Loss (2008)
• The Thin Red Line (1998)
• Taegukgi (2004)
• Tango Charlie (2005)
• Three Kings (1999)
• Things to Come (1936)
• Tigerland (2000)
• Truth, Lies and Intelligence[1] (2005)
• Turtles Can Fly (2004)
• The Wall (1982)
• War, Inc. (2008)
• Why We Fight (2005)

References

1. ^ Age of Innocence (1977) - Plot summary
2. ^ NFSA - Title Details
3. ^ J'accuse! (1919)
4. ^ J'accuse! (1938)

• ^ Chaudhry, Lakshmi. "When Boys Will be Jarheads". AlterNet. November 18, 2005.

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• ^  "Record Crop of Anti-War Films to Hit Cinemas.

External links

• Anti-war films at the Iraq Media Action Project
• Anti-war films at the All Movie Guide
• Memorial Day Alternative by Butler Shaffer
• More Antiwar Films by Butler Shaffer
• Antiwar Films Continue to Fizzle At The Box Office

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