List of films based on war books — future

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

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

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

Wars of Barsoom

1865

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

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Film

Date

Director

Country

Source
work

Author

Date

Type

TV

Date

Country

1

John Carter of Mars

2012

Andrew Stanton

USA

Under the Moons of Mars
aka A Princess of Mars

Edgar Rice Burroughs

1912

Novel

-

-

-

  • ♠ John Carter is an American Civil War veteran who employs his sabre skills on Mars.

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

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.

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

-

-

-

  • ♠ Also known as A Call to Arms Against War, An American Home, The Battle Cry of War.
  • † Maxim appears in the film. His book apparently was published after the film's release.

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

-

-

-

  • ♠ The Loyal Legion of American Women led the uprising against the Emperor of the USA. (Thanks, ladies.)

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

Soviet Union

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

Wars of Oceania against Eurasia and Eastasia

1940s

Frequently filmed: Nineteen Eighty-Four

Bulletin ... film currently in production: 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

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

-

-

-

Second Occupation of the USA

1982
====Occupying force====

Resistance

Alaska National Guard

Third Occupation of the USA

1984
====Occupying force====

, ,

Resistance

Colorado high school students, commanded by Jed Eckert

Fourth Occupation of the USA

1987
====Occupying force====

, United Nations

Resistance

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

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

USA

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 currently in production: 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

Harlan Ellison

1969/1976

Novella

-

-

-

3

The Handmaid's Tale

1990

Volker Schlöndorff

USA & Germany

The Handmaid's Tale

Margaret Atwood

1985

Novel

-

-

-

4

The Postman

1997

Kevin Costner

USA

The Postman

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

Cormac McCarthy

2006

Novel

-

-

-

  • ♠ A comedy, beginning in the Ozarks, inspired by Shelley's novel with roots in the Greek War of Independence.

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

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

-

-

-

  • ♠ The film where the Ape Revolt actually occurs.

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

1982

Ridley Scott

USA

Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?

Philip K. [...]

1968

Novel

-

-

-

  • ♠ The battle is mentioned in Blade Runner.

Bolivian Coup

2015

Battle of Shanghai

2012

Montana Insurrection

Shoulder of Orion

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. [...] (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

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

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
(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

Robert A. Heinlein

1959

Novel

-

-

-

2

Starship Troopers

1997

Paul Verhoeven

USA

Starship Troopers

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 (characters)

Robert A. Heinlein

1959

Novel

-

-

-

Forever War

(United Nations against the Taurans)

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
(It could start tomorrow! Check outside!)

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

-

-

-

  • ♠ Brown's Outsider, being impossible to portray with 1960's special effects, became the reptilian Gorn.

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

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

-

-

-

  • ♠ Hokas and especially Little Fuzzies, both well-known within science fiction, are considered to have inspired the Ewoks.

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

Bibliography

See also

  • List of films based on war books — fantasy
  • List of films based on war books
  • List of films based on war books — pre-1775
  • List of films based on war books — 1775–1898
  • List of films based on war books — 1898–1926
  • List of films based on war books — 1927–1945
  • List of films based on war books — post-1945
  • List of films based on war books — peace
  • Assassinations in fiction


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