Anti-Violence Films

[Michael11]

I was reading several articles about violence and how it plays a huge part in so many movies.

So I checked my blu ray collection (several hundred) and to my dismay, the majority of them indeed revolve around violence of some description...

Please list any movies you can think of that do not involve violence of any kind, or have an anti-violence message. Thanks.

[CyberpunkCentral]

Violence is a part of our everyday life. It's human nature to be violent. A world without violence is a fantasy.

[kylor]

Inside Out
The Kings Speech
The Martian
Interstellar
The Imitation Game
2001: A Space Odyssey
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

Quite partial to that last one. I like both versions of that movie.

[Scarriere]

T2
There was a message in that movie.

[dallywhitty]

Straw Dogs and The Last House on the Left are anti-violent, despite being violent films themselves. Do they count?

Originally Posted by kylor

2001: A Space Odyssey

You're forgetting the scene where an ape gets clobbered to death with a bone.

[Michael11]

Originally Posted by CyberpunkCentral

Violence is a part of our everyday life. It's human nature to be violent. A world without violence is a fantasy.

I agree, but unfortunately many movies appear to glamorize or take just a bit too much pleasure in depicting the violence.

Anti-violence movies in themselves can be quite violent. (Unforgiven is a great example)

[kylor]

Originally Posted by dallywhitty

Straw Dogs and The Last House on the Left are anti-violent, despite being violent films themselves. Do they count?


You're forgetting the scene where an ape gets clobbered to death with a bone.

RIP Google then. I typed in "movies without violence" and got those results.

[AaronJ]

The Before Trilogy

Tons of comedies.

L'Avventura -- the whole trilogy, really.

Frances Ha and Mistress America

The list goes on and on.

[Alister_M]

There's plenty of comedy and drama films without violence. But anti-violence films generally need to depict violence in order to show the consquences of it. A few good examples that haven't been mentioned yet:


A History of Violence
Gran Torino
Man of Tai Chi
Pride And Glory
Ong Bak 3
American History X
Felon
Alpha Dog

[xbs2034]

Unforgiven

Hacksaw Ridge

[Rzzzz]

Rainbow Starbrite and the Star Stealer (1985). It does have stealing in it though, is that ok? In the very near future people will be able to go into a movie theater called "The Safe Space" where we can go watch white fluffy bunny rabbits and butterflies on screen and curl in the fetal position and whimper ourselves to sleep. Unfortunately the "un-woke" neanderthals will come in and stomp on everyone and steal their wallets and purses. All kidding aside though, the best anti-violence film ever made imo is Clockwork Orange....

[The Great Owl]

Most violent movies are thematically anti-violence.

One specific title that comes to mind is Quentin Tarantino's Pulp Fiction.

Pulp Fiction was criticized for being so visceral at the time, but, in truth, it, in turn, criticizes our culture of violence by showing the true nature of violence. In most movies up to that point, people would get shot, fall on the ground, and never been acknowledged again. In this film, however, violence is a messy thing. People have to clean the inside of their automobiles after someone has been murdered in the car, and all of that. The aftermath of the deeds takes the forefront.

Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi is gloriously anti-violent. The undercurrent of the movie deals with the notion that our war culture and our obsession with violent heroics is simply not working, and that it never has worked. Poe Cameron, for example, slowly learns that there is no longer a place for battle heroics where there are only “dead heroes, but no leaders.”

[shinobipopcorn]

If you think about it, one of the messages of The Muppet Movie is anti-violence. Aside from "don't eat frogs when your main character is one", Doc Hopper chases Kermit eventually deciding to kill him. Kermit decides to face him with words instead of weapons (barring one Piggy kung-fu scene played for laughs). Great Muppet Caper is largely slapstick with its villain, and Muppets Take Manhattan has no villain.

Depending on what you consider "no violence" to be, Monsters, Inc. might fit your definition. Scaring kids isn't really violent, and it turns toward a fuzzy (heh) positive message in the end. The cast is a riot.

[UltraMario9]

[yellowjacket1]

The best ones that I can think of...

The Song of Bernadette
A Man Called Peter
12 Angry Men (close but ...)
Unstoppable
Field of Dreams
Cast Away (does a plane crash count as violence?)

[Member-320773]

Originally Posted by kylor

Inside Out
The Kings Speech
The Martian
Interstellar
The Imitation Game
2001: A Space Odyssey
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

Quite partial to that last one. I like both versions of that movie.

Didn't Dr. Mann beat the crap out of Cooper on the ice planet?

[levcore]

Rock of Ages
Paper Towns

[stigdu]

It's a Wonderful Life is a heartwarming movie with no violence that I can think of, and an excellent one, too.

[Dragon Ranger]

No violence in this one and its one of the best movies ever (in my opinion)

[TajSamKojiJesam]

There are pacifist films like The Human Condition trilogy, but that's more anti-war than against violence in the strictest sense.

Sanjuro (1962) and Zatôichi's Vengeance (1966) are two movies where the protagonist reflects on his violent ways and tries to improve himself. Ironically, both films revel in their violent scenes.

Haneke's Funny Games films are against the glorification of violence in the media.