List of book-based war films (future wars)

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 — fantasy.

This page endorses the existence of alien races and documents their histories below.

Contents

Prehistory

Fire War

# Film Date Director Country Source
work		 Author Date Type TV 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

[1]

Wars of Barsoom

1865

Bulletin ... film currently in production: John Carter of Mars by Andrew Stanton

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

War of the Worlds

(War of the Martians against the Victorians)
1890s

# Film Date Director Country Source
work		 Author Date Type TV Date Country
1 The War of the Worlds ♠ 1953 Byron Haskin USA The War of the Worlds [2] H.G. Wells 1897 Novel - - -

First Occupation of the USA

Homeground American pacifism made foreign invasion inevitable.

Invasion by Emanon

1915

# Film Date Director Country Source
work		 Author Date Type TV Date Country
1 The Battle Cry of Peace ♠ 1915 J. Stuart Blackton & Wilfrid North USA Defenseless America † Hudson Maxim 1916 Non-fiction - - -

Rebellion of the Loyal Legion

1916

# Film Date Director Country Source
work		 Author Date Type TV Date Country
1 The Fall of a Nation ♠ 1916 Rev. Thomas F. Dixon Jr. USA The Fall of a Nation Rev. Thomas F. Dixon Jr. 1916 Novel - - -

Martian Proletarian Revolution

c. 1920

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

Metropolis Rebellion

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

Freedonia–Sylvania War

1933

Collision of the Earth with Bronson Alpha

1933
Since this incident resulted in the destruction of the Earth, it is possible that it is legend and not fact.
Some academics continue to disagree.

Global Civil War

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

Wars of Oceania against Eurasia and Eastasia

1940s

Frequently filmed: Nineteen Eighty-Four

Bulletin ... film currently in development: 1984 by director unknown
# Film Date Director Country Source
work		 Author Date Type TV Date Country
1 1984 1956 Michael Anderson UK Nineteen Eighty-Four [2] George Orwell 1949 Novel - - -

Second World War

1940–1966

Rebellion of 2036

2036

# Film Date Director Country Source
work		 Author Date Type TV 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

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 TV Date Country
1 2001: A Space Odyssey ♠ [5] 1968 Stanley Kubrick UK 2001: A Space Odyssey Arthur C. Clarke 1968 Novel - - -

Second Occupation of the USA

1982

Occupying force

 Soviet Union

Resistance

Alaska National Guard

Third Occupation of the USA

1984

Occupying force

 Soviet Union,  Cuba,  Nicaragua

Resistance

Colorado high school students, commanded by Jed Eckert

Fourth Occupation of the USA

1987

Occupying force

 Soviet Union, United Nations

Resistance

Second American Revolution, initiated by the Heartland Defense Force, based in Omaha

Fifth Occupation of the USA

2005

Occupying force

UN (Global Community), led by the Antichrist

Resistance

Tribulation Force

Reign of Fire

2008–2020

This is the present day.

Apocalyptic

# Film Date Director Country Source
work		 Author Date Type TV Date Country
1 On the Beach 1959 Stanley Kramer USA On the Beach Nevil Shute 1957 Novel On the Beach 2000 Australia
2 Panic in Year Zero! 1962 Ray Milland USA "Lot" &
"Lot's Daughter"
(uncredited)		 Ward Moore (uncredited) 1953–1954 Stories - - -
3 Testament 1983 Lynne Littman USA "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

Bulletin ... film ready for release: The Road by John Hillcoat

# Film Date Director Country Source
work		 Author Date Type TV Date Country
1 The Last Man on Earth ♠ 1924 John G. Blystone USA The Last Man (uncredited) Mary Shelley (uncredited) 1826 Novel - - -
2 A Boy and His Dog 1974 L.Q. Jones USA A Boy and His Dog [6] Harlan Ellison 1969/1976 Novella - - -
3 The Handmaid's Tale 1990 Volker Schlöndorff USA & Germany The Handmaid's Tale [7][8] Margaret Atwood 1985 Novel - - -
4 The Postman 1997 Kevin Costner USA The Postman
[9][10]		 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 USA The Road [11][12] Cormac McCarthy 2006 Novel - - -
n Malevil
Malevil		 1981 Christian de Chalonge France Malevil [13]
Malevil		 Robert Merle [14] 1972 Novel - - -

Frequently filmed: I Am Legend

# Film Date Director Country Source
work		 Author Date Type TV Date Country
1 The Last Man on Earth 1964 Ubaldo Ragona &
Sidney Salkow		 USA & 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 USA I Am Legend Richard Matheson 1954 Novel - - -

Ape Revolt

Frequently filmed: La Planète des singes

# Film Date Director Country Source
work		 Author Date Type TV Date Country
1 Planet of the Apes [15] 1968 Franklin J. Schaffner USA La Planète des singes Pierre Boulle 1963 Novel - - -
2 Conquest of the Planet of the Apes ♠ 1972 J. Lee Thompson USA La Planète des singes (characters) Pierre Boulle 1963 Novel - - -

Campaigns of the American Forces / Fuerzas Americanas

War of the Six Cities

Moscow Incident

Saudi Campaign

Battle of the Argentine Moons

2036 (Year 40)

Battle of Tannhäuser Gate

# Film Date Director Country Source
work		 Author Date Type TV Date Country
1 Blade Runner ♠ [16] 1982 Ridley Scott USA Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? Philip K. Dick 1968 Novel - - -

Bolivian Coup

2015

Battle of Shanghai

2012

Montana Insurrection

Shoulder of Orion

[17]

Nibian Moon Campaign

Antares Maelstrom War

Perdition's Flames War

Battle of Arcadia 234

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

Drac War

c. 2080

# Film Date Director Country Source
work		 Author Date Type TV Date Country
1 Enemy Mine 1985 Wolfgang Petersen USA Enemy Mine [18][19] Barry B. Longyear 1979 Novella - - -

Wars of the Colonial Marines

Nostromo Incident

# Film Date Director Country Source
work		 Author Date Type TV Date Country
1 Alien [20] 1979 Ridley Scott USA The Voyage of the Space Beagle
(uncredited)		 A.E. van Vogt (uncredited) 1950 Novel - - -

Battle of Planetoid LV-426

# Film Date Director Country Source
work		 Author Date Type TV Date Country
1 Aliens 1986 James Cameron USA Starship Troopers [21]
(uncredited)		 Robert A. Heinlein (uncredited) 1959 Novel - - -

Bug War

(War of Terrans and Skinnies against Arachnids)

Battle of Klendathu

Battle of Planet P

# Film Date Director Country Source
work		 Author Date Type TV Date Country
1 Uchū no senshi
aka Starship Troopers		 1987 Tetsuro Amino Japan Starship Troopers [21] Robert A. Heinlein 1959 Novel - - -
2 Starship Troopers 1997 Paul Verhoeven USA Starship Troopers [21] Robert A. Heinlein 1959 Novel - - -

Second Bug War

Battle of Planet OM-1

# Film Date Director Country Source
work		 Author Date Type TV Date Country
1 Starship Troopers 3: Marauder 2008 Ed Neumeier USA Starship Troopers [21] (characters) Robert A. Heinlein 1959 Novel - - -

Exterminator Rebellion

2293

# Film Date Director Country Source
work		 Author Date Type TV Date Country
1 Zardoz ♠ 1974 John Boorman UK The Wonderful Wizard of Oz L. Frank Baum 1900 Novel - - -

Forever War

(United Nations against the Taurans) [22][23][24]

Bulletin ... film currently in development: The Forever War by Ridley Scott

# Film Date Director Country Source
work		 Author Date Type TV Date Country

Psychlo Occupation of Earth

c. AD 2000

Revolt of the Man-animals

AD 3000

# Film Date Director Country Source
work		 Author Date Type TV Date Country

Outsider War

Stardate 3045.6

# Film Date Director Country Source
work		 Author Date Type TV Date Country
1 Arena from Star Trek ♠ 1967 Joseph Pevney USA "Arena" Fredric Brown 1944 Story - - -

War of the Old Empire against House Atreides

Invasion of Arrakis

Fremen Jihad

Battle of Arrakeen

# Film Date Director Country Source
work		 Author Date Type TV Date Country
1 Dune 1984 David Lynch USA Dune [25][26] Frank Herbert 1965 Novel - - -
2 Dune
Extended Version		 1989 "Alan Smithee" USA Dune [25][26] Frank Herbert 1965 Novel - - -

Clone Wars

22 BBY – 19 BBY

# Film Date Director Country Source
work		 Author Date Type TV Date Country

War of the Rebel Alliance against the Empire

Battle of the Moon of Endor

# Film Date Director Country Source
work		 Author Date Type TV Date Country
1 Return of the Jedi 1983 Richard Marquand USA Earthman's Burden ♠ (uncredited) Gordon R. Dickson &
Poul Anderson (uncredited)		 1957 Stories - - -
1 Little Fuzzy ♠ (uncredited) H. Beam Piper (uncredited) 1962 Novel - - -

Periodic Civil War of Lagash

Every 2049 years, civilization on Lagash collapses.

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

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

References

Notes

  1. ^ The title of this section bears no relation to any Moody Blues album from 1967 or otherwise.
  2. ^ a b Listed in the 100 livres du siècle, from a poll organized by FNAC[[{{subst:DATE}}|{{subst:DATE}}]]  and Le Monde in 1999.
  3. ^ Source: controversial IMDb review by F. Gwynplaine MacIntyre, 2003.
  4. ^ Source: IMDb plot summary by Jim Beaver.
  5. ^ Inducted into the US National Film Registry in 1991.
  6. ^ Recipient of the Nebula Award for Best Novella in 1969.
  7. ^ Recipient of the Governor General's Award in 1985.
  8. ^ Recipient of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize in 1986.
  9. ^ Recipient of the John W. Campbell Memorial Award in 1986.
  10. ^ Recipient of the Locus Award in 1986.
  11. ^ Recipient of the James Tait Black Memorial Prize in 2006.
  12. ^ Recipient of the Pulitzer Prize in 2007.
  13. ^ Recipient of the John W. Campbell Memorial Award in 1974 (tie with Rendezvous with Rama).
  14. ^ Merle was awarded the Grand Prix Jean-Giono in 2003.
  15. ^ Inducted into the US National Film Registry in 2001.
  16. ^ Inducted into the US National Film Registry in 1993.
  17. ^ Sharp view of 'Orion's shoulder' BBC News, Wednesday, 29 July 2009
  18. ^ Recipient of the Hugo Award for Best Novella in 1980.
  19. ^ Recipient of the Nebula Award for Best Novella in 1980.
  20. ^ Inducted into the US National Film Registry in 2002.
  21. ^ a b c d Recipient of the Hugo Award in 1960.
  22. ^ Recipient of the Nebula Award in 1975.
  23. ^ Recipient of the Hugo Award in 1976.
  24. ^ Recipient of the Locus Award in 1976.
  25. ^ a b Recipient of the Nebula Award in 1965.
  26. ^ a b Recipient of the Hugo Award in 1966.

Bibliography

See also

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