Conscientious Objector Movies

  • 2016
    Hacksaw Ridge

    Hacksaw Ridge

    Hacksaw Ridge

    8.22016HD

    WWII American Army Medic Desmond T. Doss, who served during the Battle of Okinawa, refuses to kill people and becomes the first Conscientious...

    Hacksaw Ridge
  • 1998
    The Replacement Killers

    The Replacement Killers

    The Replacement Killers

    6.21998HD

    Hired assassin John Lee is asked by Chinatown crime boss Terence Wei to murder the young son of policeman Stan Zedkov. Lee has the boy in his sights,...

    The Replacement Killers
  • 1959
    The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity

    The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity

    The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity

    8.21959HD

    Kaji is sent to the Japanese army labeled Red and is mistreated by the vets. Along his assignment, Kaji witnesses cruelties in the army and revolts...

    The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity
  • 2019
    A Hidden Life

    A Hidden Life

    A Hidden Life

    7.1442019HD

    Austrian farmer Franz Jägerstätter faces the threat of execution for refusing to fight for the Nazis during World War II.

    A Hidden Life
  • 1959
    The Human Condition I: No Greater Love

    The Human Condition I: No Greater Love

    The Human Condition I: No Greater Love

    8.11959HD

    After handing in a report on the treatment of Chinese colonial labor, Kaji is offered the post of labor chief at a large mining operation in...

    The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
  • 1941
    Sergeant York

    Sergeant York

    Sergeant York

    7.2161941HD

    Alvin York a hillbilly sharpshooter transforms himself from ruffian to religious pacifist. He is then called to serve his country and despite deep...

    Sergeant York
  • 2020
    There Is No Evil

    There Is No Evil

    There Is No Evil

    7.52020HD

    Set against the backdrop of Iran's strict and oppressive legal system, this anthology film tells the stories of four men who each face a moral crisis...

    There Is No Evil
  • 1995
    Carrington

    Carrington

    Carrington

    6.21995HD

    Painter Dora Carrington develops an intimate but extremely complex bond with writer Lytton Strachey. Though Lytton is a homosexual, he is enchanted...

    Carrington
  • 1997
    Tutti giù per terra

    Tutti giù per terra

    Tutti giù per terra

    6.5691997HD

    Having just moved back in with his working-class parents, twentysomething on-and-off philosophy undergrad Walter navigates turn-of-the-millennium...

    Tutti giù per terra
  • 1986
    Kangaroo

    Kangaroo

    Kangaroo

    61986HD

    A mild-mannered English conscientious objector moves to what he feels will be the relative calm of Australia after World War I, but gets caught in...

    Kangaroo
  • 1961
    Thou Shalt Not Kill

    Thou Shalt Not Kill

    Thou Shalt Not Kill

    81961HD

    At the end of World War II, a French pacifist is arrested for refusing to fight. In prison, he befriends a German priest arrested for murder of a...

    Thou Shalt Not Kill
  • 2014
    Field Punishment No.1

    Field Punishment No.1

    Field Punishment No.1

    82014HD

    In 1916, the New Zealand Government secretly shipped 14 of the country's most outspoken conscientious objectors to the Western Front in an attempt to...

    Field Punishment No.1
  • 2021
    Resistant

    Resistant

    Resistant

    62021HD

    Documentary film about Arndt Pekurinen and the peace movement in the early 20th century. Pekurinen spoke out for pacifism, conscientious objection...

    Resistant
  • 2008
    Camilo: The Long Road to Disobedience

    Camilo: The Long Road to Disobedience

    Camilo: The Long Road to Disobedience

    102008HD

    The award-winning filmmaker Peter Lilienthal is dedicated to this extremely poignant documentary of U.S. military policy and the living conditions of...

    Camilo: The Long Road to Disobedience
  • 1970
    I Refuse to Kill: He Went to War with War

    I Refuse to Kill: He Went to War with War

    I Refuse to Kill: He Went to War with War

    01970HD

    At the risk of a 5-year prison term, Francesco Da Vinci struggles with his Virginia draft board to be recognized as a sincere conscientious objector...

    I Refuse to Kill: He Went to War with War
  • 2001
    Owen Wingrave

    Owen Wingrave

    Owen Wingrave

    02001HD

    Margaret Williams directs this 2001 production of adaptation of Benjamin Britten's television opera based on a short story by Henry James. Performers...

    Owen Wingrave
  • 1970
    The Pacifist Who Went to War

    The Pacifist Who Went to War

    The Pacifist Who Went to War

    01970HD

    This documentary is the story of two Mennonite brothers from Manitoba who were forced to make a decision in 1939, as Canada joined World War II. In...

    The Pacifist Who Went to War
  • 1972
    No Drums, No Bugles

    No Drums, No Bugles

    No Drums, No Bugles

    01972HD

    During the Civil War, a conscientious objector is forced to flee to the woods of West Virginia to avoid being sent into combat where he would be...

    No Drums, No Bugles
  • 2019
    Objector

    Objector

    Objector

    8.52019HD

    Like all Israeli youth, Atalya is obligated to become a soldier. Unlike most, she questions the practices of her country's military, and becomes...

    Objector
  • 2021
    Men Who Won't Pick Up Guns 2: Breaking a Taboo

    Men Who Won't Pick Up Guns 2: Breaking a Taboo

    Men Who Won't Pick Up Guns 2: Breaking a Taboo

    02021HD

    Ko Eun-young, a thirty, non-naitive Jeju Island woman with no experience in politics, runs for Jeju governor in the 2018 local elections. The bumpy...

    Men Who Won't Pick Up Guns 2: Breaking a Taboo