List of films based on military books (fantasy)

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

Contents

Hyborian Age

Campaigns of Thulsa Doom

# Film Date Director Country Source
work		 Author Date Type
1 Conan the Barbarian 1982 John Milius USA Conan the Barbarian Robert E. Howard 1954 Stories

War of the Ring

T.A. 3018–3019

Bulletin ... films currently in production: The Hobbit by Guillermo del Toro

# Film Date Director Country Source
work		 Author Date Type
1 The Hobbit 1977 Arthur Rankin Jr.
& Jules Bass		 USA The Hobbit, or There and Back Again ♠ J.R.R. Tolkien 1937 Novel

Skirmish on Weathertop

T.A. 3018?

# Film Date Director Country Source
work		 Author Date Type
1 J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings 1978 Ralph Bakshi USA The Fellowship of the Ring[1] J.R.R. Tolkien 1954 Novel
1 The Two Towers[1] J.R.R. Tolkien 1954 Novel

Battle of Helm's Deep

3–4 March, T.A. 3019

# Film Date Director Country Source
work		 Author Date Type
1 J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings 1978 Ralph Bakshi USA The Fellowship of the Ring[1] J.R.R. Tolkien 1954 Novel
1 The Two Towers[1] J.R.R. Tolkien 1954 Novel

Battle of Pelennor Fields

15 March, T.A. 3019

# Film Date Director Country Source
work		 Author Date Type
1 The Return of the King 1980 Arthur Rankin Jr.
& Jules Bass		 USA The Return of the King[1] J.R.R. Tolkien 1954 Novel

Demobilization

# Film Date Director Country Source
work		 Author Date Type

Campaigns of Arthur

Twice filmed: The Once and Future King

# Film Date Director Country Source
work		 Author Date Type
1 The Sword in the Stone 1963 Wolfgang Reitherman USA The Sword in the Stone from
The Once and Future King		 T. H. White 1938/
1958		 Novel
2 Camelot 1967 Joshua Logan USA Camelot Alan Jay Lerner 1960 Musical
2 The Ill-Made Knight from
The Once and Future King		 T. H. White 1940/
1958		 Novel
2 The Candle in the Wind from
The Once and Future King		 T. H. White 1958 Novel

Campaigns of Ilya Muromets

980–1453 (against enemies including the Polovtsi and the Golden Horde)

# Film Date Director Country Source
work		 Author Date Type
1 Ilya Muromets
Илья Муромец		 1956 Aleksandr Ptushko USSR Bogatyr cycle Epic poet  ? Bylina
2 Ilya Muromets and Nightingale the Robber
Илья Муромец и Соловей-Разбойник		 2007 Vladimir Toropchin USSR Bogatyr cycle Epic poet  ? Bylina

Lilliput–Blefuscu War

1699–1702

# Film Date Director Country Source
work		 Author Date Type
1 Le Voyage de Gulliver à Lilliput et chez les géants 1902 Georges Méliès France Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World, in Four Parts. By Lemuel Gulliver, First a Surgeon, and then a Captain of several Ships Jonathan Swift 1726/1735 Novel
2 Gulliver's Travels 1939 Dave Fleischer USA Gulliver's Travels Jonathan Swift 1726/1735 Novel

Dwarf–Giant War

# Film Date Director Country Source
work		 Author Date Type
1 Le royaume nain de Lilliput contre Gigas le long, prince des géants ♠ 1914 ? France Gulliver's Travels Jonathan Swift 1726/1735 Novel

Great Lilliputian Proletarian Revolution

# Film Date Director Country Source
work		 Author Date Type
1 The New Gulliver ♠
Новый Гулливер		 1935 Aleksandr Ptushko USSR Gulliver's Travels Jonathan Swift 1726/1735 Novel

Wars of Nonestica

(The Land of Oz and neighbouring countries)

Roly-Rogue War

c. 1905

# Film Date Director Country Source
work		 Author Date Type
1 The Magic Cloak of Oz 1914 J. Farrell MacDonald USA Queen Zixi of Ix ♠ L. Frank Baum 1904–1905 Novel

Scarecrow's Rebellion

c. 1914

# Film Date Director Country Source
work		 Author Date Type
1 His Majesty, the Scarecrow of Oz ♠ 1914 J. Farrell MacDonald USA The Scarecrow of Oz L. Frank Baum 1915 Novel
1 The Wonderful Wizard of Oz L. Frank Baum 1900 Novel

Wars of Magic Land

(Not to be confused with the Land of Oz, in spite of having a Wizard residing in an Emerald City)

Wooden Soldier Rebellion

c. 1939

# Film Date Director Country Source
work		 Author Date Type
1 The Wizard of the City of Emeralds
Volshebnik izumrudnogo goroda *		 1974 Valentin Popov & L. Smironov USSR Urfin Jus and his Wooden Soldiers
Урфин Джюс и его деревянные солдаты		 Aleksandr Volkov 1963 Novel
1 The Wizard of the Emerald City
Волшебник Изумрудного города		 Aleksandr Volkov 1939/1959 Novel
1 The Seven Underground Kings
Семь подземных королей		 Aleksandr Volkov 1964 Novel
1 The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (uncredited) L. Frank Baum (uncredited) 1900 Novel

Wars of Narnia

c. 1940–1949 (Narnian Year 1000–2555)

# Film Date Director Country Source
work		 Author Date Type
1 The Lion, the Witch & the Wardrobe * 1979 Bill Melendez USA The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe ♠ C.S. Lewis 1950 Novel
2 The Lion, the Witch & the Wardrobe * 1988 Marilyn Fox UK The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe ♠ C.S. Lewis 1950 Novel
3 The Lion, the Witch & the Wardrobe]] * 2005 Andrew Adamson UK The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe ♠ C.S. Lewis 1950 Novel

Battle of Aslan's How

Narnian Year c. 2300

# Film Date Director Country Source
work		 Author Date Type
1 Prince Caspian * 1989 Alex Kirby UK Prince Caspian: The Return to Narnia C.S. Lewis 1951 Novel
2 Prince Caspian * 2008 Andrew Adamson UK Prince Caspian ♠ C.S. Lewis 1951 Novel

Bulletin ... upcoming film: The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader by Michael Apted

# Film Date Director Country Source
work		 Author Date Type
1 The Voyage of the Dawn Treader * 1989 Michael Apted UK The Voyage of the Dawn Treader C.S. Lewis 1952 Novel

Rebellion of Manor Farm

1940s[4]

# Film Date Director Country Source
work		 Author Date Type
1 Animal Farm 1954 John Halas & Joy Batchelor UK Animal Farm: A Fairy Story[5] "George Orwell" ♠ 1945 Novel

Collapse of Animal Government

1999
The experimental government by the "more equal" animals ended at the same time as the Bolshevik experiment in the Soviet Union.

# Film Date Director Country Source
work		 Author Date Type
1 Animal Farm ♠ 1999 Joseph Stephenson USA Animal Farm: A Fairy Story "George Orwell" 1945 Novel

Efrafan War

(War of the rabbits of Watership Down with Efrafa)
1970s

# Film Date Director Country Source
work		 Author Date Type TV Date Country
1 Watership Down 1978 Martin Rosen[8] UK Watership Down[9] Richard Adams 1972 Novel Watership Down 1999–2001 Canada & UK

Second Rebellion of Voldemort

1990s[10]

Prewar

# Film Date Director Country Source
work		 Author Date Type
1 Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone 2001 Chris Columbus UK & USA Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone[11][12][13] J.K. Rowling 1997 Novel

Phoney War

Basilisk Incident

# Film Date Director Country Source
work		 Author Date Type
1 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets 2002 Chris Columbus UK & USA Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets[14][15] J.K. Rowling 1998 Novel

Dementor Mutiny

# Film Date Director Country Source
work		 Author Date Type
1 Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban 2004 Alfonso Cuarón UK & USA Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban[16][17][18][19][20] J.K. Rowling[21] 1999 Novel

Skirmish at the Graveyard

[22][23]

# Film Date Director Country Source
work		 Author Date Type

Rearmament

Dumbledore's Army

Battle of the Ministry of Magic

[24][25]

# Film Date Director Country Source
work		 Author Date Type

Skirmish on Astronomy Tower

[26][27][28]

# Film Date Director Country Source
work		 Author Date Type

Skirmish at Malfoy Manor

Bulletin ... film currently in production: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 and Part 2 by David Yates

# Film Date Director Country Source
work		 Author Date Type
1 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 2010 David Yates UK & USA Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows[29] J.K. Rowling 2007 Novel

Battle of Hogwarts

2 May 1998

# Film Date Director Country Source
work		 Author Date Type
1 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 2011 David Yates UK & USA Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows J.K. Rowling 2007 Novel

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

References

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e The Lord of the Rings was the recipient of the Prix du Meilleur livre étranger in 1972.
  2. ^ The French title translates as The dwarf kingdom of Lilliput against Gigas the tall, prince of the giants.
  3. ^ Source: Plot of The New Gulliver
  4. ^ The official title of Animal Farm in Spanish is Rebelión en la granja, or Rebellion on the Farm.
  5. ^ Recipient of the Hugo Award for Best Novella for 1946.
  6. ^ "Bunt" in Polish means "Resist".
  7. ^ Reymont was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1924.
  8. ^ Rosen made a second film of equal quality, The Plague Dogs (1982), based on a later novel by Adams.
    That film's bleak conclusion will trouble some viewers.
  9. ^ Recipient of the Carnegie Medal in 1972.
  10. ^ J.K. Rowling appears to have modelled her Voldemort character after Adolf Hitler,
    so the Harry Potter section has been structured like the Second World War.
  11. ^ Recipient of the Smarties Prize in 1997.
  12. ^ Shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal in 1997.
  13. ^ Recipient of the British Book Award in 1998.
  14. ^ Recipient of the Smarties Prize in 1998.
  15. ^ Recipient of the British Book Award in 1999.
  16. ^ Recipient of the Whitbread Award in 1999.
  17. ^ Recipient of the Bram Stoker Award in 1999.
  18. ^ Recipient of the Smarties Prize in 1999.
  19. ^ Shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal in 1999.
  20. ^ Recipient of the Locus Award in 2000.
  21. ^ Rowling was awarded the British Book Award for The Author of the Year in 2000.
  22. ^ Nominated for the Bram Stoker Award in 2000.
  23. ^ Recipient of the Hugo Award in 2001.
  24. ^ Recipient of the Bram Stoker Award in 2003.
  25. ^ Nominated for the Carnegie Medal in 2003.
  26. ^ Nominated for the Carnegie Medal in 2005.
  27. ^ Recipient of the British Book Award in 2006.
  28. ^ Recipient of the WH Smith Literary Award in 2006.
  29. ^ Nominated for the Carnegie Medal in 2008.

Bibliography

See also

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