Pacifist movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant pacifist movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out exciting, serious, realistic, epic, captivating and suspenseful films and TV shows about / with pacifist, explosion, soldier, death, battles, violence, murder, military, rifle and heroes plots mostly in Drama, War and Action genres shot in USA, UK, France and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as pacifist: Hacksaw Ridge (2016), Ferdinand (2017), Gandhi (1982), The Red Collar (2018), Frantz (2016), The Day Shall Come (2019), Tomorrow, When the War Began (2010), The Patriot (2000), The Lone Ranger (2013), Dear Wendy (2005).

List of pacifist movies

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 8.1
 588K
Hacksaw Ridge (2016)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: Australia, USA, UK, China
Duration: 139 min.
Story: WWII American Army Medic Desmond T. Doss, who served during the Battle of Okinawa, refuses to kill people and becomes the first Conscientious Objector in American history to receive the Congressional Medal of Honor.
Style: inspirational, touching, sentimental, harsh, motivational ...
Audience: manly
Plot: world war two, war, soldier, conscientious objector, combat, religion, survival, american soldier, military, us military, bible, u.s. army ...
Time: 1940s, year 2016, 2010s, 20th century, year 1945 ...
Place: okinawa, okinawa japan, japan, tennessee, usa
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 6.7
 63K
Ferdinand (2017)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Ferdinand, a little bull, prefers sitting quietly under a cork tree just smelling the flowers versus jumping around, snorting, and butting heads with other bulls. As Ferdinand grows big and strong, his temperament remains mellow, but one day five ...
Style: touching, stylized, exciting, 3d animation, computer animated ...
Audience: kids, family friendly, preschool
Plot: bull, bullfighting, friendship, pacifist, kindness, countryside, animal, farm, girl, matador, child, talking horse ...
Time: 20th century, year 2017, 2010s
Place: spain, europe, madrid
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 8.0
 240K
Gandhi (1982)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: UK, India, USA, South Africa
Duration: 191 min.
Story: In the early years of the 20th century, Mohandas K. Gandhi, a British-trained lawyer, forsakes all worldly possessions to take up the cause of Indian independence. Faced with armed resistance from the British government, Gandhi adopts a policy of ...
Style: epic, spiritual, inspirational, political, uplifting ...
Audience: kids, teens
Plot: protest, biopic, idealism, life philosophy, politics, independence, freedom, british empire, leadership, human spirit, religious intolerance, indian history ...
Time: 1930s, 1920s, 19th century, victorian era, 1940s ...
Place: india, south africa, britain, los angeles, new delhi ...
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 6.0
 532
The Red Collar (2018)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, War
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 83 min.
Story: In 1919, in a small town under the crushing heat of summer, a war hero is held prisoner in an abandoned barracks. Outside, his mangy dog barks night and day. Not far off in the countryside, an extraordinarily intelligent young woman works the land, ...
Style: touching, captivating, disturbing
Plot: world war one, pacifist, firing squad, dog, wartime, donkey, boot camp, gendarme, flashback, medal, dead rat, barking dog
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 7.5
 17K
Frantz (2016)
Genre: Drama, History, Romance, War
Country: France, Germany
Duration: 113 min.
Story: In the aftermath of WWI, a young German who grieves the death of her fiancé in France meets a mysterious French man who visits the fiance’s grave to lay flowers.
Style: sentimental, touching, black and white, inspirational, captivating ...
Audience: date night
Plot: world war one, guilty conscience, german soldier, death of loved one, french soldier, grave, casualty of war, war veteran, nationalism, sadness, mourning, soldier ...
Time: post world war one, year 1919, 1910s, year 1918, 90s ...
Place: germany, paris france, france
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The Day Shall Come (2019)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: An impoverished leader of a small religious commune in Miami, is offered cash to save his family from eviction. He has no idea his sponsor works for an FBI agent, who plans to turn him into a criminal by fueling his madcap revolutionary dreams.
Style: tragicomedy, serious, intense, exciting, light ...
Plot: racism, optimist, nuclear, religious cult, absurdism, police raid, political satire, social satire, police corruption, pacifist, secret police, snitch ...
Place: miami
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Tomorrow, When the War Began (2010)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi, Thriller, War
Country: Australia
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Ellie Linton, a teen from an Australian coastal town, leads her friends on an excursion to a camp deep in the woods, dubbed "Hell." Upon their return, the youths find that their town has been overrun by an enemy army, and their friends and ...
Style: suspenseful, realistic, exciting, serious, apocalyptic ...
Audience: teens, boys' night, teen drama
Plot: invasion, military, wartime life, survival, young heroes, danger, life is a bitch, youth, society, resistance, teenager, hopes ...
Time: 21st century
Place: australia
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 7.2
 292K
The Patriot (2000)
Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 165 min.
Story: After proving himself on the field of battle in the French and Indian War, Benjamin Martin wants nothing more to do with such things, preferring the simple life of a farmer. But when his son Gabriel enlists in the army to defend their new nation, ...
Style: period piece, dramatic, rough, uplifting, factual ...
Audience: manly, family friendly, kids, boys' night, adult
Plot: american revolution, war, freedom, revolution, military, battles, vengeance, rebellion, human spirit, heroic mission, wartime, combat ...
Time: 18th century, year 2000, georgian era, y2k, 1780s ...
Place: south carolina, america, southern usa, virginia, britain ...
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 6.4
 244K
The Lone Ranger (2013)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 150 min.
Story: The Texas Rangers chase down a gang of outlaws led by Butch Cavendish, but the gang ambushes the Rangers, seemingly killing them all. One survivor is found, however, by an American Indian named Tonto, who nurses him back to health. The Ranger, ...
Style: exciting, humorous, scenic, buddy comedy, semi serious ...
Audience: teens, boys' night, girls' night, chick flick
Plot: texas ranger, superhero, horse, wild west, native american, indians, gunfight, cowboy, corruption, partner, revenge, masked vigilante ...
Time: 19th century, year 2013, 2010s, victorian era, 20th century ...
Place: texas, seattle, austin texas, usa, san francisco
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 6.5
 10K
Dear Wendy (2005)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: Denmark, France, Germany, UK
Duration: 105 min.
Story: In a blue-collar American town, a group of teens bands together to form the Dandies, a gang of gunslingers led by Dick Dandelion. Following a code of strict pacifism at odds with the fact that they all carry guns, the group eventually lets in ...
Style: harsh, disturbing, serious, realistic, offbeat ...
Plot: obsession, friendship, violence, coming of age, character study, self esteem, underdog, juvenile delinquency, social misfits, forbidden love, love and romance, teenage life ...
Time: year 2004, 21st century
Place: west virginia, virginia
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 7.2
 428
The Cazalets (2001)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: UK
Duration: 360 min.
TV show
Story: The Cazalets is a 2001 six-episode television drama series (5 episodes when broadcast in the US) about the life of a large privileged family in the years 1937 to 1942.[1] Most of the action takes place in London, and at the family's large ...
Style: captivating, historical drama
Plot: world war two, family relations, affair, parents and children, family problems, family life, large family, mother daughter relationship, eccentric family, lifestyle, kids and family, wartime ...
Time: edwardian era
Place: england, london
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Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets (2017)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: France, China, Belgium, Germany, United Arab Emirates, USA, Canada
Duration: 136 min.
Story: In the 28th century, Valerian and Laureline are special operatives charged with keeping order throughout the human territories. On assignment from the Minister of Defense, the two undertake a mission to Alpha, an ever-expanding metropolis where ...
Style: futuristic, entertaining, exciting, captivating, cult classic ...
Audience: teens, family friendly, chick flick, kids
Plot: alien, space travel, outer space, alien planet, space station, government agent, creature, mission, alien race, marriage proposal, space adventure, space pirate ...
Time: future, 2010s, year 2017, year 1975, 70s ...
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 7.2
 5K
Companeros (1970)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Western
Country: Italy, Spain, West Germany
Duration: 115 min.
Story: Arms dealer Yolaf Peterson aims to make a sale to guerilla Mongo, but the money is locked in a bank safe, the combination known only to Professor Xantos, a prisoner of the Americans. Yolaf agrees to free Xantos, accompanied by reluctant guerilla ...
Style: spaghetti western, euro western, action adventure, epic, funny ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: mexican revolution, cowboy, female nudity, shootout, marriage, coin, hawk, buddy, pacifist, epic battle, civil war, combat ...
Time: year 1970, 19th century, 1900s, 1910s
Place: mexico, texas, latin america, usa
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Battle for Terra (2007)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Family, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Poland
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A peaceful alien planet faces annihilation, as the homeless remainder of the human race sets its eyes on Terra. Mala, a rebellious Terrian teenager, will do everything she can to stop it.
Style: atmospheric, exciting, captivating, futuristic, cult classic ...
Audience: teens, family outing, kids
Plot: benign alien, idealism, air battle, mysterious planet, invasion, save the planet, space travel, survival, alien, culture clash, space and aliens, space battle ...
Time: future, year 2007
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 5.2
 7K
Sniper 2 (2002)
Genre: Action, War
Country: USA, Hungary
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Sergeant Thomas Beckett (Berenger) is back - and this time he has teamed up with death row inmate B.J. Cole (Woodbine) on a suicide mission to the Balkans. Their target: a rogue general accused of running ethnic cleansing missions. But when Becket ...
Style: realistic, suspenseful, rough, serious, suspense ...
Audience: boys' night, manly
Plot: rescue mission, sniper, military, terrorism, death row, betrayal, assassination, soldier, hitman, danger, undercover, dishonesty ...
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The Deadly Trackers (1973)
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Sheriff Sean Kilpatrick is a pacifist. Frank Brand is the leader of a band of killers. When their paths cross Kilpatrick is compelled to go against everything he has stood for to bring death to Brand and his gang. Through his hunt into Mexico he is ...
Style: exciting, tense, serious, realistic, bleak ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: murder, bank robbery, revenge, pacifist, heroes, vigilantism, squad, convent, quicksand, wild west, heist, bank ...
Time: 70s
Place: texas, usa, latin america, mexico
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 2.4
 5K
Theodore Rex (1995)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: In an alternate futuristic society, a tough female police detective is paired with a talking dinosaur to find the killer of dinosaurs and other prehistoric animals leading them to a mad scientist bent on creating a new Armageddon.
Style: detective, humorous, entertaining, melancholic, semi serious ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: dinosaur, tyrannosaurus rex, murder, buddy cop, mad scientist, murder investigation, imaginary, clumsiness, surrealism, female police officer, telepathy, conspiracy ...
Time: future, prehistoric times, prehistory
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 5.8
 767
Trapped (1982)
Genre: Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 95 min.
Story: A group of college students accidentally see a local redneck kill his wife. A deadly game of cat-and-mouse ensues, with the students trying to escape the area while the killer sets out to eliminate the witnesses who can tie him to the murder.
Style: slasher, retro, independent film
Plot: backwoods, redneck, exploitation, nightmare, hicksploitation, canuxploitation, freak, adultery, murder, chase, college, attempted rape ...
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Kong: Skull Island (2017)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, China
Duration: 118 min.
Story: Explore the mysterious and dangerous home of the king of the apes as a team of explorers ventures deep inside the treacherous, primordial island.
Style: exciting, suspense, intense, scenic, suspenseful ...
Audience: teens, family friendly
Plot: monster, giant monster, creature, king kong, giant animal, island, survival, giant creature, jungle, chase, expedition, monster versus monster ...
Time: 70s, 1940s, year 2017, 2010s, year 1973 ...
Place: vietnam, fictional island, pacific ocean, washington d.c., thailand ...
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 6.6
 66K
Short Circuit (1986)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: After a lightning bolt zaps a robot named Number 5, the lovable machine starts to think he's human and escapes the lab. Hot on his trail is his designer, Newton, who hopes to get to Number 5 before the military does. In the meantime, a spunky ...
Style: feel good, entertaining, light, humorous, sentimental ...
Audience: family outing, kids, teens, teen drama
Plot: robot, artificial intelligence, androids and robots, military, animal lover, lightning, childhood, cyborgs, struck by lightning, androids, technology, machine ...
Time: 80s, 20th century, future
Place: usa, oregon, astoria oregon
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 6.8
 11K
Chisum (1970)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story: Cattle baron John Chisum joins forces with Billy the Kid and Pat Garrett to fight the Lincoln County land war.
Style: harsh, rough, serious, exciting, realistic ...
Audience: manly
Plot: old west, bounty hunter, cattle, betrayal, justice, gunfight, aging, shootout, cons and scams, corrupt law enforcer, dishonesty, elderly ...
Time: 19th century, 1870s
Place: new mexico, yuma arizona, usa, santa fe new mexico, arizona ...
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Nothing to Report (1973)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: France, Italy, Tunisia
Duration: 110 min.
Story: In 1956, the professional army of France lacks the manpower to keep the peace in Algeria, the colony which the country is determined to hold on to at any price. For this reason, reservists are called up and subject to an intense period of training ...
Style: captivating, tense, realistic, serious, disturbing ...
Plot: french algerian war, soldier, prostitute, colonialism, french army, platoon, idealist, military training, conscience, communist, anti war protest, pacifist ...
Time: 1950s, 50s, 20th century
Place: algeria, africa, france
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Trigun: Badlands Rumble (2010)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 90 min.
Story: In a quicksand surrounded town called Makka, rumors spread of a legendary robber named Gasback is after the town. To protect it, Mayor Kepler has hired bounty hunters. These hunters have been following Gasback from town to town in hopes of getting ...
Style: anime, semi serious, humorous, exciting, suspenseful ...
Plot: thief, bounty hunter, danger, heroes, criminal heroes, notoriety, gossip and rumors, reward, robbery, fear, father daughter relationship, gunfight ...
Place: japan, space western
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Testament of Youth (2014)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: UK, Denmark, USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story: Testament of Youth is a powerful story of love, war and remembrance, based on the First World War memoir by Vera Brittain, which has become the classic testimony of that war from a woman’s point of view. A searing journey from youthful hopes and ...
Style: touching, period piece, captivating, serious, romantic ...
Audience: girls' night, chick flick, teens
Plot: world war one, wartime, war, aspiring writer, women, death, poetry, nurse, life is a bitch, wartime life, love and romance, love affair ...
Time: 1910s, 20th century, 1920s, edwardian era, 2010s ...
Place: england, oxford university, london, yorkshire, france ...
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 6.2
 3K
Sebastiane (1976)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 86 min.
Story: Rome, AD 303. Emperor Diocletian demotes his favourite, Sebastian, from captain of the palace guard to the rank of common soldier and banishes him to a remote coastal outpost where his fellow soldiers, weakened by their desires, turn to homosexual ...
Style: erotic, controversial, homoerotic, avant garde, realistic ...
Plot: gay, ancient rome, lgbt, ancient history, soldier, military, sexual relations, roman empire, roman, gay erotica, religion, lgbtq ...
Time: ancient times
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A Call to Spy (2019)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: USA, Hungary
Duration: 123 min.
Story: The story of Vera Atkins, a crafty spy recruiter, and two of the first women she selects for Churchill's "secret army": Virginia Hall, a daring American undaunted by a disability and Noor Inayat Khan, a pacifist. These civilian women ...
Style: rough, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, islamic
Plot: world war two, british intelligence, espionage, spy, gestapo, female spy, strong female character, female secret agent, nazi, disguise, female protagonist, secret ...
Time: year 1941, year 1942, year 1944
Place: germany, vichy, paris france, europe, scotland ...
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Oblivion 2: Backlash (1996)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi, Western
Country: USA, Romania
Duration: 83 min.
Story: In the alien-western world of Oblivion, a suave, yet lethal bounty hunter named Sweeney arrives to arrest the seductive outlaw Lash on multiple charges, including murder. Lash, who just "inherited" a mine of Derconium (the most valuable ...
Style: futuristic, independent film, saga, serious, exciting ...
Plot: stop motion, apocalypse, space opera, cowboy, desert, space adventure, giant monster, adventurer, kaiju, love triangle, special agent, violent content ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: space western
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 6.4
 277
Sadat (1983)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 195 min.
TV show
Story: The dramatization of the life of Egyptian leader Muhammad Anwar al-Sadat, from his early years as a young officer fighting the British to his assassination in 1981.
Style: historical drama
Plot: conflict, war on terror, terrorism, intrigue, president, politics, battlefield, death of hero, war hero, tragedy, car, peace ...
Place: sahara, egypt, africa
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 5.6
 3K
Touch (1997)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: When Juvenal, a presumed miracle worker, appears on the scene Bill Hill attempts to exploit him but his plans go astray with the untimely intervention of August Murray and the developing relationship between Juvenal and Lynn Faulkner.
Style: light, realistic, semi serious, witty, humorous ...
Plot: love and romance, abusive husband, religions or cults, hopes, satire, love, moral ambiguity, religion, magic, miraculous event, investigation, dark humor ...
Time: 90s, year 1997
Place: los angeles, california, usa
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 6.6
 13K
Howl (2010)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: It's San Francisco in 1957, and an American masterpiece is put on trial. Howl, the film, recounts this dark moment using three interwoven threads: the tumultuous life events that led a young Allen Ginsberg to find his true voice as an artist, ...
Style: atmospheric, surreal, thought provoking, realistic, sincere ...
Plot: poet, gay, poetry, courtroom drama, writers, beat generation, literature, biopic, freedom, lgbt, art, artist ...
Time: 1950s, 50s, 1920s, post world war two, year 1957 ...
Place: kansas, bronx new york city, colorado, arkansas, greenwich village manhattan new york city ...
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