Movies About the Cost of War
Kinora's catalogue lists 101 films about the cost of war, spanning 1937–2024. Each is tagged by where and when it takes place — filter by real-world setting, era, and environment, or open any film for its full tagged world.
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- 2019
1917
Undergrounddir. Sam Mendes - 1977
A Bridge Too Far
Rural · Urbandir. Richard Attenborough - 1992
A League of Their Own
Urban · Ruraldir. Penny Marshall - 2022
All Quiet on the Western Front
Ruraldir. Edward Berger - 1966
Andrei Rublev
Ruraldir. Andrei Tarkovsky - 1979
Apocalypse Now
Wilderness · Ruraldir. Francis Ford Coppola - 1958
Ashes and Diamonds
Urbandir. Andrzej Wajda - 2007
Atonement
Rural · Urban · Coastal Seadir. Joe Wright - 1983
Barefoot Gen
Urbandir. Mori Masaki - 2019
Beanpole
Urbandir. Kantemir Balagov - 2015
Beasts of No Nation
Rural · Wildernessdir. Cary Joji Fukunaga - 1984
Birdy
Urbandir. Alan Parker - 1989
Born on the Fourth of July
Suburbandir. Oliver Stone - 1990
Bullet in the Head
Urban · Wildernessdir. John Woo - 1943
Casablanca
Urbandir. Michael Curtiz - 1989
Casualties of War
Wilderness · Ruraldir. Brian De Palma - 1970
Catch-22
Island · Coastal Seadir. Mike Nichols - 2024
Civil War
Urban · Ruraldir. Alex Garland - 2003
Cold Mountain
Rural · Mountaindir. Anthony Minghella - 1985
Come and See
Rural · Wildernessdir. Elem Klimov - 1981
Das Boot
Off Worlddir. Wolfgang Petersen - 1965
Doctor Zhivago
Urban · Ruraldir. David Lean - 2004
Downfall
Urban · Undergrounddir. Oliver Hirschbiegel - 2017
Dunkirk
Coastal Seadir. Christopher Nolan - 2014
Edge of Tomorrow
Urban · Coastal Seadir. Doug Liman - 1987
Empire of the Sun
Urbandir. Steven Spielberg - 1964
Fail Safe
Urbandir. Sidney Lumet - 1982
First Blood
Wilderness · Mountain · Ruraldir. Ted Kotcheff - 1952
Forbidden Games
Ruraldir. René Clément - 2016
Free State of Jones
Ruraldir. Gary Ross - 1987
Full Metal Jacket
Urbandir. Stanley Kubrick - 1981
Gallipoli
Desert · Rural · Urbandir. Peter Weir - 1948
Germany, Year Zero
Urbandir. Roberto Rossellini - 1993
Gettysburg
Ruraldir. Ronald F. Maxwell - 1989
Glory
Coastal Sea · Ruraldir. Edward Zwick - 1937
Grand Illusion
Rural · Mountaindir. Jean Renoir - 1988
Grave of the Fireflies
Urbandir. Isao Takahata - 2020
Greyhound
Coastal Seadir. Aaron Schneider - 1959
Hiroshima Mon Amour
Urbandir. Alain Resnais - 2019
Hotel Mumbai
Urbandir. Anthony Maras - 2004
Howl's Moving Castle
Ruraldir. Hayao Miyazaki - 2016
In This Corner of the World
Urban · Coastal Seadir. Sunao Katabuchi - 2010
Incendies
Urbandir. Denis Villeneuve - 2008
Ip Man
Urbandir. Wilson Yip - 1962
Ivan's Childhood
Wildernessdir. Andrei Tarkovsky - 1990
Jacob's Ladder
Urban · Wildernessdir. Adrian Lyne - 1971
Johnny Got His Gun
dir. Dalton Trumbo - 1980
Kagemusha
Ruraldir. Akira Kurosawa - 2005
Kingdom of Heaven
Desert · Urbandir. Ridley Scott - 1962
Lawrence of Arabia
Desertdir. David Lean - 1944
Lifeboat
Coastal Seadir. Alfred Hitchcock - 2013
Lone Survivor
Mountaindir. Peter Berg - 1970
M*A*S*H
Ruraldir. Robert Altman - 1983
Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence
dir. Nagisa Ōshima - 1942
Mrs. Miniver
Ruraldir. William Wyler - 1959
On the Beach
Urban · Coastal Seadir. Stanley Kramer - 2023
Oppenheimer
Desert · Urbandir. Christopher Nolan - 1946
Paisan
Urban · Rural · Coastal Seadir. Roberto Rossellini - 1957
Paths of Glory
Undergrounddir. Stanley Kubrick - 1970
Patton
Desert · Ruraldir. Franklin J. Schaffner - 1986
Platoon
Wildernessdir. Oliver Stone - 1988
Red Sorghum
Ruraldir. Zhang Yimou - 1945
Rome, Open City
Urbandir. Roberto Rossellini - 1986
Salvador
Urban · Ruraldir. Oliver Stone - 1998
Saving Private Ryan
Ruraldir. Steven Spielberg - 1993
Schindler's List
Urbandir. Steven Spielberg - 1941
Sergeant York
Ruraldir. Howard Hawks - 1977
Soldier of Orange
dir. Paul Verhoeven - 1993
Stalingrad
Urbandir. Joseph Vilsmaier - 1997
Starship Troopers
Off Worlddir. Paul Verhoeven - 1960
The Alamo
dir. John Wayne - 1966
The Battle of Algiers
Urbandir. Gillo Pontecorvo - 1946
The Best Years of Our Lives
Urban · Suburbandir. William Wyler - 1957
The Bridge on the River Kwai
Wilderness · Ruraldir. David Lean - 1957
The Cranes Are Flying
Urbandir. Mikhail Kalatozov - 1951
The Day the Earth Stood Still
Urbandir. Robert Wise - 1978
The Deer Hunter
Urban · Wildernessdir. Michael Cimino - 2001
The Devil's Backbone
Ruraldir. Guillermo del Toro - 1967
The Dirty Dozen
Ruraldir. Robert Aldrich - 1963
The Great Escape
Rural · Undergrounddir. John Sturges - 1959
The Great War
Ruraldir. Mario Monicelli - 1961
The Guns of Navarone
Island · Coastal Sea · Mountaindir. J. Lee Thompson - 2008
The Hurt Locker
Urban · Desertdir. Kathryn Bigelow - 1992
The Last of the Mohicans
Wilderness · Mountaindir. Michael Mann - 1962
The Longest Day
Coastal Sea · Ruraldir. Ken Annakin - 1976
The Outlaw Josey Wales
Ruraldir. Clint Eastwood - 2002
The Pianist
Urbandir. Roman Polanski - 1998
The Thin Red Line
Wilderness · Island · Coastal Seadir. Terrence Malick - 1964
The Train
Rural · Urbandir. John Frankenheimer - 2013
The Wind Rises
Urban · Ruraldir. Hayao Miyazaki - 1999
Three Kings
Desertdir. David O. Russell - 1970
Tora! Tora! Tora!
Coastal Sea · Urbandir. Toshio Masuda - 2004
Troy
Coastal Sea · Urbandir. Wolfgang Petersen - 1949
Twelve O'Clock High
Ruraldir. Henry King - 1960
Two Women
Rural · Mountaindir. Vittorio De Sica - 1953
Ugetsu
Rural · Coastal Seadir. Kenji Mizoguchi - 1995
Underground
Urban · Undergrounddir. Emir Kusturica - 2008
Waltz with Bashir
Urbandir. Ari Folman - 2017
War for the Planet of the Apes
Wilderness · Mountain · Undergrounddir. Matt Reeves - 2011
War Horse
Ruraldir. Steven Spielberg - 1964
Zulu
Ruraldir. Cy Endfield
Frequently asked
How many movies are about the cost of war?
Kinora's catalogue lists 101 films about the cost of war, spanning 1937–2024.
What are some movies about the cost of war?
Films about the cost of war in our catalogue include 1917 (2019), A Bridge Too Far (1977), A League of Their Own (1992), All Quiet on the Western Front (2022), and Andrei Rublev (1966).
What is the oldest movie about the cost of war?
Grand Illusion (1937) is the earliest film about the cost of war in our catalogue; the most recent is Civil War (2024).