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List of book-based war films (future wars)

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A list of films that are based on war books. If a book has been turned into both a film and a television series (or television film), then the television series is included.

This is a fictional history page. The films and books are real. The history is not.

For other conflicts, see the List of films based on war books — fantasy.

Prehistory[edit]

Fire War[edit]

# Film Date Director Country Source
work		 Author Date Type Television Date Country
1 Quest for Fire 1981 Jean-Jacques Annaud Canada & France La Guerre du feu "J.-H. Rosny" 1911 Novel - - -

Days of future past[edit]

Wars of Barsoom[edit]

1865

# Film Date Director Country Source
work		 Author Date Type Television Date Country
1 Princess of Mars 2009 Mark Atkins US Under the Moons of Mars
aka A Princess of Mars		 Edgar Rice Burroughs 1912 Novel - - -
2 John Carter of Mars ♠ 2012 Andrew Stanton US Under the Moons of Mars
aka A Princess of Mars		 Edgar Rice Burroughs 1912 Novel - - -

War of the Worlds[edit]

(War of the Martians against the Victorians)
1890s

# Film Date Director Country Source
work		 Author Date Type Television Date Country
1 The War of the Worlds ♠ 1953 Byron Haskin US The War of the Worlds [1] H.G. Wells 1897 Novel - - -
  • ♠ The setting has been changed from Queen Victoria's London to Pres. Eisenhower's California but it is still conservative.

Rebellion of the Loyal Legion[edit]

1916

# Film Date Director Country Source
work		 Author Date Type Television Date Country
1 The Fall of a Nation ♠ 1916 Rev. Thomas F. Dixon Jr. US The Fall of a Nation Rev. Thomas F. Dixon Jr. 1916 Novel - - -
  • ♠ The Loyal Legion of American Women led the uprising against the Emperor of the US.[2]

Martian Proletarian Revolution[edit]

c. 1920

# Film Date Director Country Source
work		 Author Date Type Television Date Country
1 Aelita: Queen of Mars Аэлита 1924 Yakov Protazanov USSR Aelita Alexei Tolstoy 1923 Novel - - -

Metropolis Rebellion[edit]

# Film Date Director Country Source
work		 Author Date Type Television Date Country
1 Metropolis 1927 Fritz Lang Germany Metropolis Thea von Harbou 1926 Novel - - -


Collision of the Earth with Bronson Alpha[edit]

1933

Global Civil War[edit]

# Film Date Director Country Source
work		 Author Date Type Television Date Country
1 When Worlds Collide 1951 Rudolph Maté US When Worlds Collide Philip Wylie &
Edwin Balmer		 1933 Novel - - -

Wars of Oceania against Eurasia and Eastasia[edit]

1940s

Frequently filmed: Nineteen Eighty-Four[edit]

# Film Date Director Country Source
work		 Author Date Type Television Date Country
1 1984 1956 Michael Anderson UK Nineteen Eighty-Four [1] George Orwell 1949 Novel - - -

Second World War[edit]

1940–1966

Rebellion of 2036[edit]

2036

# Film Date Director Country Source
work		 Author Date Type Television Date Country
1 Things to Come 1936 William Cameron Menzies UK The Shape of Things to Come H.G. Wells 1933 Novel - - -

Advent of World Peace[edit]

1968
World peace arrived in 1968 when the Star Child destroyed all of the world's nuclear weapons.

# Film Date Director Country Source
work		 Author Date Type Television Date Country
1 2001: A Space Odyssey [3] 1968 Stanley Kubrick UK 2001: A Space Odyssey Arthur C. Clarke 1968 Novel - - -

Apocalyptic[edit]

# Film Date Director Country Source
work		 Author Date Type Television Date Country
1 On the Beach 1959 Stanley Kramer US On the Beach Nevil Shute 1957 Novel On the Beach 2000 Australia
2 Panic in Year Zero! 1962 Ray Milland US "Lot" &
"Lot's Daughter"
(uncredited)		 Ward Moore (uncredited) 1953–1954 Stories - - -
3 Testament 1983 Lynne Littman US "The Last Testament" Carol Amen 198? Story - - -
4 When the Wind Blows 1986 Jimmy Murakami UK When the Wind Blows Raymond Briggs 1982 Graphic novel - - -

Post-apocalyptic[edit]

# Film Date Director Country Source
work		 Author Date Type Television Date Country
1 The Last Man on Earth ♠ 1924 John G. Blystone US The Last Man (uncredited) Mary Shelley (uncredited) 1826 Novel - - -
2 A Boy and His Dog 1974 L.Q. Jones US A Boy and His Dog [4] Harlan Ellison 1969/1976 Novella - - -
3 The Handmaid's Tale 1990 Volker Schlöndorff US & Germany The Handmaid's Tale [5][6] Margaret Atwood 1985 Novel - - -
4 The Postman 1997 Kevin Costner US The Postman
[7][8]		 David Brin 1985 Novel - - -
5 Woundings aka Brand New World 1998 Roberta Hanley UK Woundings Jeff Noon 1986 Play - - -
6 Children of Men 2006 Alfonso Cuarón UK The Children of Men P.D. James 1992 Novel - - -
7 The Road 2009 John Hillcoat US The Road [9][10] Cormac McCarthy 2006 Novel - - -
n Malevil
Malevil		 1981 Christian de Chalonge France Malevil [11]
Malevil		 Robert Merle [12] 1972 Novel - - -

Frequently filmed: I Am Legend[edit]

# Film Date Director Country Source
work		 Author Date Type Television Date Country
1 The Last Man on Earth 1964 Ubaldo Ragona &
Sidney Salkow		 US & Italy I Am Legend Richard Matheson 1954 Novel - - -
2 Soy leyenda 1967 Mario Gómez Martín Spain I Am Legend Richard Matheson 1954 Novel - - -
3 The Omega Man 1971 Boris Sagal US I Am Legend Richard Matheson 1954 Novel - - -

Ape Revolt[edit]

Frequently filmed: La Planète des singes[edit]

# Film Date Director Country Source
work		 Author Date Type Television Date Country
1 Planet of the Apes [13] 1968 Franklin J. Schaffner US La Planète des singes Pierre Boulle 1963 Novel - - -
2 Conquest of the Planet of the Apes ♠ 1972 J. Lee Thompson US La Planète des singes (characters) Pierre Boulle 1963 Novel - - -
  • ♠ The film where the Ape Revolt actually occurs.

Campaigns of the American Forces / Fuerzas Americanas[edit]

Battle of Tannhäuser Gate[edit]

# Film Date Director Country Source
work		 Author Date Type Television Date Country
1 Blade Runner ♠ [14] 1982 Ridley Scott US Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? Philip K. Dick 1968 Novel - - -
  • ♠ The battle is mentioned in Blade Runner.

Battle of Arcadia 234[edit]

# Film Date Director Country Source
work		 Author Date Type Television Date Country
1 Soldier 1998 Paul W.S. Anderson US Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?[citation needed] (uncredited) Philip K. Dick (uncredited) 1968 Novel - - -

Drac War[edit]

c. 2080

# Film Date Director Country Source
work		 Author Date Type Television Date Country
1 Enemy Mine 1985 Wolfgang Petersen US Enemy Mine [15][16] Barry B. Longyear 1979 Novella - - -

Wars of the Colonial Marines[edit]

Nostromo Incident[edit]

# Film Date Director Country Source
work		 Author Date Type Television Date Country
1 Alien [17] 1979 Ridley Scott US The Voyage of the Space Beagle
[citation needed] (uncredited)		 A.E. van Vogt (uncredited) 1950 Novel - - -

Battle of Planetoid LV-426[edit]

# Film Date Director Country Source
work		 Author Date Type Television Date Country
1 Aliens 1986 James Cameron US Starship Troopers [18]
[citation needed] (uncredited)		 Robert A. Heinlein (uncredited) 1959 Novel - - -

Bug War[edit]

(War of Terrans and Skinnies against Arachnids)

Battle of Planet P[edit]

# Film Date Director Country Source
work		 Author Date Type Television Date Country
1 Uchū no senshi
aka Starship Troopers		 1987 Tetsuro Amino Japan Starship Troopers [18] Robert A. Heinlein 1959 Novel - - -
2 Starship Troopers 1997 Paul Verhoeven US Starship Troopers [18] Robert A. Heinlein 1959 Novel - - -

Second Bug War[edit]

Battle of Planet OM-1[edit]

# Film Date Director Country Source
work		 Author Date Type Television Date Country
1 Starship Troopers 3: Marauder 2008 Ed Neumeier US Starship Troopers [18] (characters) Robert A. Heinlein 1959 Novel - - -

Exterminator Rebellion[edit]

2293

# Film Date Director Country Source
work		 Author Date Type Television Date Country
1 Zardoz ♠ 1974 John Boorman UK The Wonderful Wizard of Oz L. Frank Baum 1900 Novel - - -
  • ♠ The revolt against the Eternals, who are anti-penis, by the Brutals, who are (presumably) pro-penis. Eternals worship the Baum.

Outsider War[edit]

Stardate 3045.6

# Film Date Director Country Source
work		 Author Date Type Television Date Country
1 Arena from Star Trek ♠ 1967 Joseph Pevney US "Arena" Fredric Brown 1944 Story - - -
  • ♠ Brown's Outsider, being impossible to portray with 1960s special effects, became the reptilian Gorn.

War of the Old Empire against House Atreides[edit]

Fremen Jihad[edit]

Battle of Arrakeen[edit]

Film Date Director Country Source
work		 Author Date Type Television Date Country
Dune 1984 David Lynch US Dune [19][20] Frank Herbert 1965 Novel - - -
Dune
Extended Version		 1989 "Alan Smithee" US Dune [19][20] Frank Herbert 1965 Novel - - -

War of the Rebel Alliance against the Empire[edit]

Battle of the Moon of Endor[edit]

# Film Date Director Country Source
work		 Author Date Type Television Date Country
1 Return of the Jedi 1983 Richard Marquand US Earthman's Burden ♠ (uncredited) Gordon R. Dickson &
Poul Anderson (uncredited)		 1957 Stories - - -
1 Little Fuzzy ♠ (uncredited) H. Beam Piper (uncredited) 1962 Novel - - -
  • ♠ Hokas and especially Little Fuzzies, both well-known within science fiction, are considered to have inspired the Ewoks.[citation needed]

Periodic Civil War of Lagash[edit]

Every 2049 years, civilization on Lagash collapses.

# Film Date Director Country Source
work		 Author Date Type Television Date Country
1 Nightfall 1988 Paul Mayersberg US Nightfall Isaac Asimov 1941 Story - - -

For other conflicts, see the List of films based on war books — fantasy.

References[edit]

Notes[edit]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Listed in the 100 livres du siècle, from a poll organized by FNAC and Le Monde in 1999.
  2. ↑ Source: IMDb plot summary by Jim Beaver.
  3. ↑ Inducted into the US National Film Registry in 1991.
  4. ↑ Recipient of the Nebula Award for Best Novella in 1969.
  5. ↑ Recipient of the Governor General's Award in 1985.
  6. ↑ Recipient of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize in 1986.
  7. ↑ Recipient of the John W. Campbell Memorial Award in 1986.
  8. ↑ Recipient of the Locus Award in 1986.
  9. ↑ Recipient of the James Tait Black Memorial Prize in 2006.
  10. ↑ Recipient of the Pulitzer Prize in 2007.
  11. ↑ Recipient of the John W. Campbell Memorial Award in 1974 (tie with Rendezvous with Rama).
  12. ↑ Merle was awarded the Grand Prix Jean-Giono in 2003.
  13. ↑ Inducted into the US National Film Registry in 2001.
  14. ↑ Inducted into the US National Film Registry in 1993.
  15. ↑ Recipient of the Hugo Award for Best Novella in 1980.
  16. ↑ Recipient of the Nebula Award for Best Novella in 1980.
  17. ↑ Inducted into the US National Film Registry in 2002.
  18. ↑ 18.0 18.1 18.2 18.3 Recipient of the Hugo Award in 1960.
  19. ↑ 19.0 19.1 Recipient of the Nebula Award in 1965.
  20. ↑ 20.0 20.1 Recipient of the Hugo Award in 1966.

Bibliography[edit]

See also[edit]


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