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.
Hyborian Age
Campaigns of Thulsa Doom
| # | Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Conan the Barbarian | 1982 | John Milius | US | Conan the Barbarian | Robert E. Howard | 1954 | Stories |
War of the Ring
T.A. 3018–3019
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 | US | 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 | US | 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 | US | The Return of the King[1] | J.R.R. Tolkien | 1954 | Novel |
Demobilization
| # | Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
|---|
- ♠ The subject of soldiers returning home is dealt with more thoroughly in the novel than in the film.
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 | US | The Sword in the Stone from The Once and Future King | T. H. White | 1938/ 1958 | Novel |
| 2 | Camelot | 1967 | Joshua Logan | US | 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 | US | 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 |
- ♠ According to the film's title,[2] the French discovered a conflict between the tiny Lilliputians and giant Brobdingnagians which Swift neglected to mention in his account.
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 |
- ♠ The Soviets expose the true nature of exploitation and class struggle in capitalistic Lilliputian society.[3]
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 | US | 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 | US | The Scarecrow of Oz | L. Frank Baum | 1915 | Novel |
| 1 | The Wonderful Wizard of Oz | L. Frank Baum | 1900 | Novel |
- ♠ The rebellion leads to the overthrow of King Krewl, dictator of Oz.
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 |
- * TV series.
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 | US | 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 |
- ♠ Lewis chronicles the beginnings of modern Narnian history, and the arrival of the four Kings and Queens.
- * TV movie.
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 |
- * TV movie.
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 |
- ♠ Orwell may have been inspired by the 1924 farm revolt novel, Bunt,[6] the final work by Polish Nobel Laureate Władysław Reymont.[7]
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 | US | Animal Farm: A Fairy Story | "George Orwell" | 1945 | Novel |
- ♠ The 1999 film "improves" Orwell by adding the happy ending that people [who?] demanded for half a century.
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 & US | 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 & US | 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 & US | Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban[16][17][18][19][20] | J.K. Rowling[21] | 1999 | Novel |
Skirmish at the Graveyard
| # | Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
|---|
Battle of the Ministry of Magic
| # | Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
|---|
Skirmish on Astronomy Tower
| # | Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
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Skirmish at Malfoy Manor
| # | Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 | 2010 | David Yates | UK & US | 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 & US | 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 2 3 4 5 The Lord of the Rings was the recipient of the Prix du Meilleur livre étranger in 1972.
- ↑ The French title translates as The dwarf kingdom of Lilliput against Gigas the tall, prince of the giants.
- ↑ Source: Plot of The New Gulliver
- ↑ The official title of Animal Farm in Spanish is Rebelión en la granja, or Rebellion on the Farm.
- ↑ Recipient of the Hugo Award for Best Novella for 1946.
- ↑ "Bunt" in Polish means "Resist".
- ↑ Reymont was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1924.
- ↑ 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. - ↑ Recipient of the Carnegie Medal in 1972.
- ↑ 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. - ↑ Recipient of the Smarties Prize in 1997.
- ↑ Shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal in 1997.
- ↑ Recipient of the British Book Award in 1998.
- ↑ Recipient of the Smarties Prize in 1998.
- ↑ Recipient of the British Book Award in 1999.
- ↑ Recipient of the Whitbread Award in 1999.
- ↑ Recipient of the Bram Stoker Award in 1999.
- ↑ Recipient of the Smarties Prize in 1999.
- ↑ Shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal in 1999.
- ↑ Recipient of the Locus Award in 2000.
- ↑ Rowling was awarded the British Book Award for The Author of the Year in 2000.
- ↑ Nominated for the Bram Stoker Award in 2000.
- ↑ Recipient of the Hugo Award in 2001.
- ↑ Recipient of the Bram Stoker Award in 2003.
- ↑ Nominated for the Carnegie Medal in 2003.
- ↑ Nominated for the Carnegie Medal in 2005.
- ↑ Recipient of the British Book Award in 2006.
- ↑ Recipient of the WH Smith Literary Award in 2006.
- ↑ Nominated for the Carnegie Medal in 2008.
See also
- List of films based on war books — future
- 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
- List of films based on Slavic mythology
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