List of films based on war books

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

Trojan War

#	Film	Date	Director	Country	Source work	Author	Date	Type	TV	Date	Country
1	Troy	2004	Wolfgang Petersen	USA & Malta & UK	Iliad	Homer	8th century BC	Epic poetry	-	-	-

11th Century Scotland

#	Film	Date	Director	Country	Source work	Author	Date	Type	TV	Date	Country
1	Macbeth	1908	J. Stuart Blackton	USA	Macbeth	William Shakespeare	1605?	Play	-	-	-
2	Macbeth	1909	Mario Caserini	Italy	Macbeth	William Shakespeare	1605?	Play	-	-	-
3	Macbeth	1948	Orson Welles	USA	Macbeth	William Shakespeare	1605?	Play	-	-	-

Hundred Years' War

1337-1453

#	Film	Date	Director	Country	Source work	Author	Date	Type	TV	Date	Country
1	The Chronicle History of King Henry the Fift with His Battell Fought at Agincourt in France	1944	Laurence Olivier	UK	Henry V	William Shakespeare	1599	Play	-	-	-
2	Henry V	1989	Kenneth Branagh	UK	Henry V	William Shakespeare	1599	Play	-	-	-

French and Indian War

1754–1763 See Also: Seven Years' War

#	Film	Date	Director	Country	Source work	Author	Date	Type	TV	Date	Country
1	The Last of the Mohicans	1920	Clarence Brown & Maurice Tourneur	USA	The Last of the Mohicans	James Fenimore Cooper	1826	novel	The Last of the Mohicans	1971	UK
2	Northwest Passage	1940	King Vidor	USA	Northwest Passage	Kenneth Roberts	1937	novel	Northwest Passage	1958-1959	USA
3	The Last of the Mohicans	1992	Michael Mann	USA	The Last of the Mohicans	James Fenimore Cooper	1826	novel	-	-	-

American Revolutionary War

1775–1783

#	Film	Date	Director	Country	Source work	Author	Date	Type	TV	Date	Country
1	Janice Meredith	1924	E. Mason Hopper	USA	Janice Meredith	Paul Leicester Ford	1901	Novel	-	-	-
2	Drums Along the Mohawk	1939	John Ford	USA	Drums Along the Mohawk	Walter D. Edmonds	1936	Novel	-	-	-
3	The Howards of Virginia	1940	Frank Lloyd	USA	The Tree of Liberty	Elizabeth Page	1939	Novel	-	-	-
4	Johnny Tremain	1957	Robert Stevenson	USA	Johnny Tremain	Esther Forbes	1944	Novel	-	-	-
5	The [...]*	1978	Lee H. Katzin	USA	The [...]	John Jakes	1974	Novel	-	-	-
6	The Rebels*	1979	Russ Mayberry	USA	The Rebels	John Jakes	1975	Novel	-	-	-
7	April Morning	1988	Delbert Mann	USA	April Morning	Howard Fast	1961	Novel	-	-	-
8	The Crossing	2000	Robert Harmon	USA	The Crossing	Howard Fast	1971	Novel	-	-	-

* The [...] and The Rebels are both tv mini-series, and both are a part of John Jakes The Bicentennial Series.

French Revolution

1789-1799

#	Film	Date	Director	Country	Source work	Author	Date	Type	TV	Date	Country
1	A Tale of Two Cities	1935	Jack Conway	USA	A Tale of Two Cities	Charles Dickens	1859	Novel	-	-	-
2	Scaramouche	1952	George Sidney	USA	Scaramouche	Rafael Sabatini	1921	Novel	-	-	-

Napoleonic Wars

1799–1815

#	Film	Date	Director	Country	Source work	Author	Date	Type	TV	Date	Country
1	Voyna i mir	1915	Vladimir Gardin & Yakov Protazanov	Russia	War and Peace	Leo Tolstoy	1863-1869	Novel	War and Peace	1972	UK
2	Captain Horatio Hornblower	1951	Raoul Walsh	USA & UK	The Happy Return, A Ship of the Line, and Flying Colours (Horatio Hornblower series)	C.S. Forester	1937 & 1938	Novel	Hornblower	1998-2003	USA & UK
3	War and Peace	1956	King Vidor	Italy & USA	War and Peace	Leo Tolstoy	1863-1869	Novel	-	-	-
4	H.M.S. Defiant	1962	Lewis Gilbert	UK & USA	Mutiny	Frank Tilsley	?	Novel	-	-	-
5	Voyna i mir	1968	Sergei Bondarchuk	Soviet Union	War and Peace	Leo Tolstoy	1863-1869	Novel	-	-	-
6	Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World	2003	Peter Weir	USA	Master and Commander, HMS Surprise, & The Far Side of the World (Aubrey–Maturin series)	Patrick O'Brian	1936	Novel	-	-	-

American Civil War

1861–1865

#	Film	Date	Director	Country	Source work	Author	Date	Type	TV	Date	Country
1	The Birth of a Nation	1915	D.W. Griffith	USA	The Clansman & The Leopard's Spots	Thomas F. Dixon Jr.	1905 & 1902	Novel	-	-	-
2	Gone with the Wind	1939	Victor Fleming	USA	Gone with the Wind	Margaret Mitchell	1936	Novel	-	-	-
3	The Red Badge of Courage	1951	John Huston	USA	The Red Badge of Courage	Stephen Crane	1895	Novel	The Red Badge of Courage	1974	USA
4	The Outlaw Josey Wales	1976	Clint Eastwood	USA	Gone to Texas: The Rebel Outlaw Josey Wales	Forrest Carter	1973	Novel	-	-	-
5	North and South	1985	Richard T. Heffron	USA	North and South	John Jakes	1982	Novel	-	-	-
6	North and South, Book II	1986	Kevin Connor	USA	Love and War	John Jakes	1984	Novel	-	-	-
7	Glory	1989	Edward Zwick	USA	book 1: Lay This Laurel & book 2: One Gallant Rush	author 1: Lincoln Kirstein & author 2: Peter Burchard	book 1: 1973 & book 2: 1965	Novel	-	-	-
8	Gettysburg	1993	Ronald F. Maxwell	USA	The Killer Angels	Michael Shaara	1974	Novel	-	-	-
9	Heaven & Hell: North & South, Book III	1994	Larry Peerce	USA	Heaven and Hell	John Jakes	1987	Novel	-	-	-
10	Ride with the Devil	1999	Ang Lee	USA	Woe to Live On	Daniel Woodrell	1998	Novel	-	-	-
11	Gods and Generals	2003	Ronald F. Maxwell	USA	Gods and Generals	Jeffrey Shaara	1998	Novel	-	-	-
12	Cold Mountain	2003	Anthony Minghella	USA	Cold Mountain	Charles Frazier	1997	Novel	-	-	-

The three North and South "movies" listed above are three separate mini-series.

Battle of Omdurman

September 2, 1898, part of the The Mahdist War (War of the Sudan) See also: Battle of Khartoum, Battle of Abu Klea, Battle of Umm Diwaykarat, and Muhammad Ahmad

#	Film	Date	Director	Country	Source work	Author	Date	Type	TV	Date	Country
1	The Four Feathers	1915	J. Searle Dawley	USA	The Four Feathers	A. E. W. Mason	1902	Novel	-	-	-
2	The Four Feathers	1921	René Plaissetty	UK	The Four Feathers	A. E. W. Mason	1902	Novel	-	-	-
3	The Four Feathers	1929	Merian C. Cooper, Lothar Mendes, & Ernest B. Schoedsack	USA	The Four Feathers	A. E. W. Mason	1902	Novel	-	-	-
4	The Four Feathers	1939	Zoltan Korda	UK	The Four Feathers	A. E. W. Mason	1902	Novel	-	-	-
5	Storm Over the Nile	1955	Zoltan Korda & Terence Young	UK	The Four Feathers	A. E. W. Mason	1902	Novel	-	-	-
5	The Four Feathers*	1977	Don Sharp	UK	The Four Feathers	A. E. W. Mason	1902	Novel	-	-	-
6	The Four Feathers	2002	Shekhar Kapur	UK & USA	The Four Feathers	A. E. W. Mason	1902	Novel	-	-	-

* TV movie.

World War I

1914-1918

#	Film	Date	Director	Country	Source work	Author	Date	Type	TV	Date	Country
1	All Quiet on the Western Front	1930	Lewis Milestone	USA	All Quiet on the Western Front	Erich Maria Remarque	1929	Novel	All Quiet on the Western Front\| 1979	UK & USA
2	Westfront 1918	1930	Georg Wilhelm Pabst	Germany	Vier von der Infanterie	Ernst Johannsen	?	Novel	-	-	-
3	A Farewell to Arms	1932	Frank Borzage	USA	A Farewell to Arms	Ernest Hemingway	1929	Novel	-	-	-
4	Brown on Resolution	1935	Walter Forde	UK	Brown on Resolution	C. S. Forester	1929	Novel	-	-	-
5	The Road Back	1937	James Whale	USA	The Road Back	Erich Maria Remarque	1931	Novel	-	-	-
6	Three Comrades	1938	Frank Borzage	USA	Three Comrades	Erich Maria Remarque	1937	Novel	-	-	-
7	The African Queen	1952	John Huston	UK & USA	The African Queen	C.S. Forester	1935	Novel	-	-	-
8	A Farewell to Arms	1957	Charles Vidor	USA	A Farewell to Arms	Ernest Hemingway	1929	Novel	-	-	-
9	Paths of Glory	1957	Stanley Kubrick	UK & USA	Paths of Glory	Humphrey Cobb	1935	Novel	-	-	-
10	The Blue Max	1966	John Guillermin	UK	The Blue Max	Jack D. Hunter	1964	Novel	-	-	-
11	Johnny Got His Gun	1971	Dalton Trumbo	USA	Johnny Got His Gun	Dalton Trumbo	1939	Novel	-	-	-
12	The Return of the Soldier	1982	Alan Bridges	UK	The Return of the Soldier	Rebecca West	1918	Novel	-	-	-

| 13 || Sergeant York || || Howard Hawks|| USA|| diary|| Alvin C York || 1940 || || - || - || - |-

Russian Revolution

1917

#	Film	Date	Director	Country	Source work	Author	Date	Type	TV	Date	Country
1	Scarlet Dawn	1932	William Dieterle	USA	Revolt	Mary C. McCall Jr.	?	Novel	-	-	-
2	Doctor Zhivago	1965	David Lean	USA	Doctor Zhivago	Boris Pasternak	1957	Novel	-	-	-

Spanish Civil War

1936-1939

#	Film	Date	Director	Country	Source work	Author	Date	Type	TV	Date	Country
1	For Whom the Bell Tolls	1943	Sam Wood	USA	For Whom the Bell Tolls	Ernest Hemingway	1940	Novel	For Whom the Bell Tolls	1965	UK

World War II

1939-1945

#	Film	Date	Director	Country	Source work	Author	Date	Type	TV	Date	Country
1	Mrs. Miniver	1942	William Wyler	USA	Mrs. Miniver	Jan Struther	1939	Novel (originally newspaper columns)	Mrs. Miniver (TV film)	1960	USA
2	Edge of Darkness	1943	Lewis Milestone	USA	Edge of Darkness	William Woods	1942	Novel	-	-	-
3	Raduga	1944	Mark Donskoy	Soviet Union	Tęcza	Wanda Wasilewska	1944	Novel	-	-	-
4	A Walk in the Sun	1945	Lewis Milestone	USA	A Walk in the Sun	Harry Brown (writer)	1944	Novel	-	-	-
5	Twelve O'Clock High	1949	David Lean	UK & USA	Twelve O'Clock High	Sy Bartlett & Beirne Lay, Jr.	1948	Novel	Twelve O'Clock High (TV series)	1964-1967	USA
6	The Cruel Sea	1953	Charles Frend	UK	The Cruel Sea	Nicholas Monsarrat	1951	Novel	-	-	-
7	From Here to Eternity	1953	Fred Zinnemann	USA	From Here to Eternity	James Jones (author)	1951	Novel	-	-	-
8	The Dam Busters	1954	Michael Anderson	UK	The Dam Busters	Paul Brickhill	1951	Novel	-	-	-
9	The Caine Mutiny	1954	Edward Dmytryk	USA	The Caine Mutiny	Herman Wouk	1951	Novel	-	-	-
10	The Man Who Never Was	1956	Ronald Neame	UK	The Man Who Never Was	Ewen Montagu	1954	Novel	-	-	-
11	The Bridge on the River Kwai	1957	David Lean	UK & USA	The Bridge over the River Kwai	Pierre Boulle	1952	Novel	-	-	-
12	Ill Met by Moonlight	1957	Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger	UK	Ill Met by Moonlight	W. Stanley Moss	1950s	Novel	-	-	-
13	Dunkirk	1958	Leslie Norman	UK	1: The story of Dunkirk 2: The Big Pickup	1: Lt. Col. Ewan Butler & Major J.S. Bradford MBE MC 2: Trevor Dudley Smith	1: 1955 2: 1955	Novel	-	-	-
14	Never So Few	1959	John Sturges	USA	Never So Few	Tom T. Chamales	1957	Novel	-	-	-
15	Sink the Bismarck!	1960	Lewis Gilbert	UK	The Last Nine Days of the Bismarck	C.S. Forester	1959	Novel	-	-	-
16	The Guns of Navarone	1961	J. Lee Thompson	Yugoslavia & USA	The Guns of Navarone	Alistair MacLean	1957	Novel	-	-	-
17	The Longest Day	1962	Ken Annakin & Andrew Marton & Bernhard Wicki	USA	The Longest Day	Cornelius Ryan	1959	Novel	-	-	-
18	The Great Escape	1963	John Sturges & Andrew Marton & Bernhard Wicki	USA	The Great Escape	Paul Brickhill	1950	Novel	-	-	-
19	The Thin Red Line	1964	Andrew Marton	USA	The Thin Red Line	James Jones (author)	1962	Novel	-	-	-
20	633 Squadron	1964	Walter Grauman	UK & USA	633 Squadron	Frederick E Smith	1958	Novel	-	-	-
21	Von Ryan's Express	1965	Mark Robson	USA	Von Ryan's Express	David Westheimer	1964	Novel	-	-	-
22	The Dirty Dozen	1967	Robert Aldrich	UK & USA	The Dirty Dozen	E.M. Nathanson	1965	Novel	-	-	-
23	Battle of Britain	1969	Guy Hamilton	UK	The Narrow Margin	Derek Wood and Derek Dempster	1961	Novel	-	-	-
24	Catch-22	1970	Mike Nichols	USA	Catch-22	Joseph Heller	1961	Novel	-	-	-
25	Slaughterhouse-Five	1972	George Roy Hill	USA	Slaughterhouse-Five	Kurt Vonnegut	1969	Novel	-	-	-
26	A Bridge Too Far	1977	Richard Attenborough	UK & USA	A Bridge Too Far	Cornelius Ryan	1974	Novel	-	-	-
27	Force 10 from Navarone	1978	Guy Hamilton	UK	Force 10 From Navarone	Alistair MacLean	1967	Novel	-	-	-
28	The Sea Wolves: The Last Charge of the Calcutta Light Horse	1980	Andrew V. McLaglen	UK & Switzerland & USA	Boarding Party	James Leasor	1980?	Novel	-	-	-
29	Empire of the Sun	1987	Steven Spielberg	USA	Empire of the Sun	J. G. Ballard	1984	Novel	-	-	-
30	Schindler's List	1993	Steven Spielberg	USA	Schindler's Ark	Thomas Keneally	1982	Novel	-	-	-
31	The English Patient	1996	Anthony Minghella	USA	The English Patient	Michael Ondaatje	1992	Novel	-	-	-
32	The Thin Red Line	1998	Terrence Malick	USA & Canada	The Thin Red Line	James Jones	1962	Novel	-	-	-
33	Enemy at the Gates	2001	Jean-Jacques Annaud	USA, UK, Germany, & Ireland	1: War of the Rats & 2: Enemy at the Gates: The Battle for Stalingrad	1: David L. Robbins 2: William Craig	1: 1999 2: 2001	Novel	-	-	-
34	Captain Corelli's Mandolin	2001	John Madden	USA	Corelli's Mandolin	Louis de Bernières	1994	Novel	-	-	-
35	Hart's War	2002	Gregory Hoblit	USA	Hart's War	John Katzenbach	1999	Novel	-	-	-
36	The Great Raid	2005	John Dahl	USA & Australia	Great Raid on Cabanatuan: Rescuing the Doomed Ghosts of Bataan and Corregidor	William Breuer	1994	Novel	-	-	-
37	Flags of Our Fathers	2006	Clint Eastwood	USA	Flags of Our Fathers	James Bradley	2000	Novel	-	-	-

Korean War

1950-1953 (cease fire, war not yet officially concluded)

#	Film	Date	Director	Country	Source work	Author	Date	Type	TV	Date	Country
1	The Bridges at Toko-Ri	1955	Mark Robson	USA	The Bridges at Toko-Ri	James Michener	1953	Novel	-	-	-
2	MASH	1970	Robert Altman	USA	MAS*H	Richard Hooker	1953	Novel	MAS*H	1972-1983	USA
3	The Hunters	1958		USA	The Hunters	James Salter	1956	Novel

Porkchop Hill

Vietnam War

1957-1975

#	Film	Date	Director	Country	Source work	Author	Date	Type	TV	Date	Country
1	The Quiet American	1958	Joseph L. Mankiewicz	USA	The Quiet American	Graham Greene	1955	Novel	-	-	-
2	Apocalypse Now	1979	Francis Ford Coppola	USA	“Inspired by” Heart of Darkness	Joseph Conrad	1902	Novella	-	-	-
3	Full Metal Jacket	1987	Stanley Kubrick	USA	The Short-Timers	Gustav Hasford	1980	Novel	-	-	-
4	Casualties of War	1989	Brian De Palma	USA	Casualties of War	Daniel Lang	1969	Novel	-	-	-
5	Air America	1990	Roger Spottiswoode	USA	Air America	Christopher Robbins	1979	Novel	-	-	-
6	Flight of the Intruder	1991	John Milius	USA	Flight of the Intruder	Stephen Coonts	1986	Novel	-	-	-
7	We Were Soldiers	2002	Randall Wallace	USA	We Were Soldiers Once ... And Young	Lt. Gen. Harold G. Moore (Ret.) and Joseph L. Galloway	1953	Novel	-	-	-
8	The Quiet American	2002	Phillip Noyce	USA	The Quiet American	Graham Greene	1955	Novel	-	-	-

Cold War

1947-1989

#	Film	Date	Director	Country	Source work	Author	Date	Type	TV	Date	Country
1	The Hunt for Red October	1990	John McTiernan	USA	The Hunt for Red October	Tom Clancy	1984	Novel	-	-	-

Gulf War

1991

#	Film	Date	Director	Country	Source work	Author	Date	Type	TV	Date	Country
1	Jarhead	2005	Sam Mendes	USA	Jarhead: A Marine's Chronicle of the Gulf War and Other Battles	Anthony Swofford	2003	Novel	-	-	-

Bosnian War

1992-1995

#	Film	Date	Director	Country	Source work	Author	Date	Type	TV	Date	Country
1	Welcome To Sarajevo	1997	Michael Winterbottom	USA & UK	Natasha's Story	Michael Nicholson	1993	Novel	-	-	-

Battle of Mogadishu

1993 See Also: Somalian Civil War

#	Film	Date	Director	Country	Source work	Author	Date	Type	TV	Date	Country
1	Black Hawk Down	2001	Ridley Scott	USA	Black Hawk Down: A Story of Modern War	Mark Bowden	1999	Novel	-	-	-