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Wartime preferences are normally used for harrowing , realistic portrayals of warfare in cinema , but real wars have also been used as a backcloth for sci - fi and fantasy fib . Sometimes , wars are used to sum to the historical context of a music genre tale . warfare can even be used to bolster the theme of a phantasy movie . In Guillermo del Toro’sPan ’s Labyrinth , the 10 - year - quondam heroine Ofelia goes to a hidden fantasyland to get off from the horrors of Francoist Spain . That write up would n’t land nearly as in effect if it was set during a passive clock time in Spanish story .
Sometimes , war is just a backdrop , like the American Civil War inJohn Carter , while other times , it ’s key to the story , like World War II inThe Lion , the Witch , and the Wardrobe . Some comical book movies have taken place during a war to imagine how the war would ’ve play out other than with a superhero on one side of it . wonderment Womanputs its titular hoagy on the battlefields of World War I , Captain America : The First Avengerputs its titulary hero on the battlefields of World War II , andWatchmencompletely changes the final result of the Vietnam War .
War movies appropriate filmmakers to ruminate on the nature of humanity and armed conflict . Sci - fi war films do the same - but from the fringes of science .
10Overlord
World War II
There are all variety of rumors and legend about the villainous underground experiments conduct out by Nazi scientists during World War II . Julius Avery conceive of what those experiments might have been in his worrisome sci - fi thrillerOverlord . Set in an alternate timeline on the eve of D - Day , Overlordsees a para squad stumble upon a secret German base where scientists are behave experimentation on the villager – and on themselves – to make an United States Army of crack - strong mutants . It bringsCall of Duty ’s notorious Nazi zombies to the giving screenin thrilling fashion .
9Universal Soldier
Vietnam War
In the 1969 - set scuttle scene ofUniversal Soldier , Jean - Claude Van Damme ’s Luc Deveraux is kill in activeness by his deranged sergeant in the Vietnam War . He ’s then bring back to life history as an unstoppable superhuman warrior in a top - secret military experimentation . Universal Soldieris a definitive gamy - construct actioner , with Van Damme and his co - star Dolph Lundgren wringing every oz. of play out of this ludicrous tale . It ’s not a very substantial picture , but it ’s certainly entertaining .
8Captain America: The First Avenger
One of the Marvel Cinematic Universe ’s earliest installments , Captain America : The First Avenger , takes place at the height of the Second World War . The U.S. administration get the Super Soldier Serum and turns Steve Rogers into the perfect fighting car in a desperate command to even the scales . To avoid being too inflammatory , Captain America : The First Avengerdoesn’t have Cap fight down nazi ; rather , he fights Marvel Comics ’ stand - in organization for the Nazis : Hydra , led by the villainous Red Skull .
7John Carter
American Civil War
Adapted from Edgar Rice Burroughs ’ iconic science fantasy tale , John Carterrevolves around an interplanetary hero ’s attempts to mediate between the conflicting kingdoms of Barsoom ( known to Earthlings as Mars ) . But before he ’s whisk off to Mars , Carter is a Confederate Army police chief in 1868 , fighting in the Arizona Territory in the American Civil War . The moviedraws interesting analogue between the civic war amongst Americans on Earth and the polite warfare amongst Martianson Barsoom .
6X-Men: First Class
Cold War
In going back to fulfil inthe X - Men ’s pedigree story , Matthew Vaughn consume the franchise back to the 1960s inX - Men : First Class . The prequel focus on Charles Xavier ’s family relationship with Magneto , and how they went from being close-fitting friends to mortal enemies . Vaughn cleverlyuses the Cuban Missile Crisis as the backcloth for this falling - out . The standoff between the United States and the Soviet Union complements the standoff between Xavier and Magneto in fascinating ways .
5Kong: Skull Island
For his ‘ 70s - set entry tothe MonsterVerse ’s King Kong , Jordan Vogt - Roberts was heavily influenced by the aesthetic of Vietnam War films . With its prototype of American helicopters displume through jungle landscape with napalm , Kong : Skull Islandis essentiallyApocalypse Nowwith a giant ape . The goliath - infested jungle of Skull Island are shown to be even deadlier than the battlefields of Vietnam . With songs by artists like Jefferson Airplane and Creedence Clearwater Revival , Kong : Skull Islandeven has the soundtrack of a Vietnam War moving picture .
4The Chronicles Of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch, And The Wardrobe
The first chapter inThe Chronicles of Narnia , The Lion , the Witch , and the Wardrobe , treat the magic realm regain inside the wardrobe as an escapism from the horrors of World War II . The movie open up with a terrific air maraud sequence in which the Pevensie nestling flee their London home for the safety gadget of a shelter . After being evacuated to a big sign in the countryside , the Thomas Kid discover a portal to the merry old land of Narnia at the back of a wardrobe . The Lion , the Witch , and the Wardrobeuses a fantastical setting to leave warfare behind .
3Watchmen
Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons ’ germinal comic bookWatchmenreimagines how twentieth - one C American history would ’ve played out if the U.S. had superheroes on its side . InWatchmen ’s alternate history , America won the Vietnam War – but it ’s on the verge of World War III . Zack Snyder ’s movie adaptation might have missed the point by glorifyingWatchmen ’s superpowered vigilantes , but it masterfully translated Hylobates lar ’ gorgeous imagery to the bragging screen ( and that includes shockingly gruesome fit of superheroes remove North Vietnamese forces on the battlefield ) .
2Wonder Woman
World War I
When Diana Prince lead Themyscira for the first time to research the wider world inWonder Woman , she rule the creation at war . At first , the movie is a Pisces the Fishes - out - of - weewee storey , but it uses the civilisation clash to make some poignant detail . Diana criticizes the superior general make life - or - death decisions for their soldiery from the comfort of the war elbow room , because Themyscira ’s general precede their armies into fight . InWonder Woman , the principal villain is war itself(well , technically Ares , the Olympian God of War , but he represent the same matter ) .
1Indiana Jones And The Last Crusade
“ Germany has declared war on the Jones boys ! ” Technically , Indiana Jones and the Last Crusadetakes place in the late thirties , correctly on the cusp of World War II , but Indy encounters so many German Nazi – including Adolf Hitler himself – that it feels like a World War II movie . In his third prominent - screen outing , Indy team up with his estranged father to go searching for the ultimate treasure : the Holy Grail . Having the Nazis on Indy ’s track raises the wager of his quest to find the Grail , andbrings substantial - earthly concern foundation to what could ’ve been an too fantastical action - escapade story .
