American films about pacifists

List of the best American films about pacifists according to the audience: Ferdinand, Step Up Revolution, Western Religion, Gremlin, Scooby-Doo! and Kiss: Rock and Roll Mystery, Luce, Bad Words, Trumbo, Pawn Shop Chronicles, The Genius of Marian.

In the top there are new films of 2023, a plot description and trailers for films that have already been released.

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Markimdb: 6.7
Genrecomedy, family, cartoon
CountryUSA, Spain
Duration02:29

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 men come to choose the "biggest, fastest, roughest bull" for the bullfights in Madrid and Ferdinand is mistakenly chosen. Based on the classic 1936 children's book by Munro Leaf.

Markimdb: 6.4
Genremelodrama, drama, crime, music
CountryUSA
Duration01:39

    Emily arrives in Miami with aspirations to become a professional dancer. She sparks with Sean, the leader of a dance crew whose neighborhood is threatened by Emily's father's development plans.

    Markimdb: 3.8
    Genrethriller, fantasy, drama, adventure, western
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:46

    The year is 1879. Gunfighters from the far reaches of the globe descend on Religion, AZ to compete in a legendary poker tournament. Drawn by the gold prize, the players come to realize that in this game, their very souls are at stake.

    Markimdb: 3.7
    Genrehorror, fantastic, thriller
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:13

    A man receives a mysterious box containing a terrible secret, a creature that will kill everyone else in his family unless he passes it on to someone he loves to continue its never-ending circulation.

    Markimdb: 6.4
    Genrefantastic, comedy, family, cartoon, detective, music
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:31

    Get ready to Rock! Scooby-Doo and the Mystery Inc. Gang team up with the one and only KISS in this all-new, out-of-this-world adventure! We join the Gang at Kiss World – the all-things-Kiss theme park, as they investigate a series of strange hauntings. With help from Kiss, they discover that the Crimson Witch has returned to summon The Destroyer from the alternate dimension of Kissteria! The evil duos ghastly plan, to destroy the earth! Can the Gang's cunning and Kiss's power of rock save the day?!

    Markimdb: 6.6
    Genredrama, detective
    CountryUSA

    A star athlete and top student, Luce's idealized image is challenged by one of his teachers when his unsettling views on political violence come to light, putting a strain on family bonds while igniting intense debates on race and identity.

    Markimdb: 6.6
    Genrecomedy, drama
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:29

    A misanthropic man sets out to exact revenge on his estranged father, by finding a loophole and attempting to win the National Spelling Bee as an adult. Figuring it would destroy his father, and everything he's worked so hard for as head of the Spelling Bee Championship Organization, Guy Trilby (Jason Bateman) eventually discovers winning isn't necessary for revenge, and that friendship is a blessing not a curse.

    Markimdb: 7.5
    Genredrama, crime, biography
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:36

    The career of screenwriter Dalton Trumbo is halted by a witch hunt in the late 1940s when he defies the anti-communist HUAC committee and is blacklisted.

    Markimdb: 5.9
    Genreaction, comedy, crime
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:52

    The stories of a missing wife, a couple of meth heads and an Elvis impersonator are connected by the items found in a small town's pawn shop.

    Markimdb: 7.5
    Genredrama, family, documentary
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:25

    The Genius of Marian follows Pam White in the early stages of Alzheimer's disease. Her son, the film maker, works with her as she attempts to write a book that tributes her mother, the artist Marian Steele.

    Markimdb: 7.2
    Genredrama
    CountryUnited Kingdom, Canada, USA
    Duration01:41

    Brandon is a New Yorker who shuns intimacy with women but feeds his desires with a compulsive addiction to sex. When his wayward younger sister moves into his apartment stirring memories of their shared painful past, Brandon's insular life spirals out of control.

    Markimdb: 6.1
    Genrehorror, thriller, detective
    CountryUSA, Canada, United Kingdom
    Duration02:12

      A twisted new tale of terror begins for a teenage girl and her family, predating the haunting of the Lambert family in the earlier movies and revealing more mysteries of the otherworldly realm The Further.

      Markimdb: 6.2
      Genrecomedy, melodrama
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:14

      Pete and Debbie are both about to turn 40, their kids hate each other, both of their businesses are failing, they're on the verge of losing their house, and their relationship is threatening to fall apart.

      Markimdb: 6.6
      Genremelodrama, drama
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:30

      A British college student falls for an American student, only to be separated from him when she's banned from the U.S. after overstaying her visa.

      Markimdb: 5
      Genredrama
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:28

      Raymond Saxx Jr., a powerful record producer, wakes from a drug-induced blackout to find himself locked up and classified "K-11." Plunged into a nightmarish world ruled by a transsexual diva named Mousey, Raymond is truly a fish out of water. Complicating matters are a troubled young transgender named Butterfly, a predatory child molester and the ruthless Sheriff's Deputy, Lt. Johnson. Ray's struggle to contact the outside world and regain his freedom seems impossible, but he must learn to navigate this new power structure if he is ever going survive and be in control of his life again.

      Markimdb: 4.3
      Genrecomedy
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:40

      The film is composed of multiple comedy shorts presented through an overarching segment titled "The Pitch", in which Charlie Wessler, a mad screenwriter, is attempting to pitch a script to film executive Griffin Schraeder. After revealing several of the stories in his script, Wessler becomes agitated when Schraeder dismisses his outrageous ideas, and he pulls a gun on him and forces him to listen to multiple other stories before making Schraeder consult his manager, Bob Mone, to purchase the film.

      Markimdb: 5.8
      Genrethriller
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:03

      For three US Border Patrol agents, the contents of one car reveal an insidious plot within their own ranks. The next 24 hours may cost them their lives.

      Markimdb: 4.3
      Genrehorror, thriller, crime, detective
      CountryUSA

      Trying to find inspiration for his next horror novel, Blake retreats to the Appalachian Mountains with his mistress, Angelica. Upon arrival they learn about the case of several missing boys in the area. When Angelica follows a lead to one of the missing boys and disappears, Blake becomes a prime suspect.

      Markimdb: 5.3
      Genrecomedy, melodrama
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:35

      The story follows what happens when a child psychologist surprises his girlfriend by showing up at her political family's annual get-together at their Sag Harbor vacation home only to find them desperately in need of therapy.

      Markimdb: 4.7
      Genrethriller, fantasy, drama
      CountryUSA

      A small boy discovers a mystical power as a child. He is then separated from his childhood girlfriend. He grows up to be a computer scientist who is hacking into the most secret national and international secrets, as well as being an acclaimed novel writer. His childhood 'finding' gives him amazing paranormal powers. He is reunited with the childhood girlfriend, mystically, on his hospital deathbed... as his relationship with his current drug addict girlfriend is deteriorating. The passions build between the threesome. Mystical, psychiatric and worldly forces rise to prevent him from revealing the hacked secrets. He attempts to reveal all in a Washington DC large press conference, with 'fateful' and dangerous consequences.

      Markimdb: 4.4
      Genrehorror, fantastic, action, thriller, fantasy
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:21

      When aspiring horror filmmakers post an online casting call looking for "real life" monsters to interview for their upcoming documentary called, The Monster Project, they find three individuals claiming to be a skin-walker, a vampire, and a demon. Meeting these monsters at a remote mansion in the woods on the night of a total lunar eclipse, the filmmakers invite the three subjects to share their haunting, personal experiences. Working on the crew is a recovering drug addict who suffers withdrawal and paranoia. As a person of faith, he fears his friends underestimate the dark powers they are summoning. When the interviews turn deadly, he must battle the demons, inside and out, to escape the house and defeat the rise of evil incarnate.

      Markimdb: 7
      Genredocumentary
      CountryUSA

      Class Action Park explores the legend, legacy, and truth behind the 1980's water park in Vernon, New Jersey that long ago entered the realm of myth. Known for its dangerous, unsupervised rides and lack of regulation, guests of Action Park expected to walk away with injuries and were lucky if they made it out alive. Shirking the trappings of nostalgia, the film uses investigative journalism, original animations, recordings, and interviews with the people who lived it to reveal the true story of Action Park.

      Markimdb: 4
      Genrecomedy
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:22

      Claire is about to get married and she goes to Las Vegas with her sister and two friends for her bachelorette party. Things quickly spiral out of control.

      Markimdb: 6.1
      Genredrama, biography
      CountryUSA

      Part period melodrama, part film noir, part 50s road movie "JOSHUA TREE, 1951" is a portrait of screen legend and outsider icon James Dean as you have never seen him before.

      Markimdb: 5.2
      Genremelodrama
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:53

      Tessa Young is a dedicated student, dutiful daughter and loyal girlfriend to her high school sweetheart. Entering her first semester of college, Tessa's guarded world opens up when she meets Hardin Scott, a mysterious and brooding rebel who makes her question all she thought she knew about herself -- and what she wants out of life.

      Markimdb: 6.8
      Genredrama
      CountryUSA, United Kingdom, Brazil
      Duration01:54

      Camille's life as a lonely suburban teenager changes dramatically when she befriends a group of girl skateboarders. As she journeys deeper into this raw New York City subculture, she begins to understand the true meaning of friendship as well as her inner self.

      Markimdb: 6.8
      Genredocumentary, biography
      CountryUSA

      Join former first lady Michelle Obama in an intimate documentary looking at her life, hopes and connection with others.

      Markimdb: 6.8
      Genrethriller, comedy, crime
      CountryUSA

      Set in 1974, a pair of '60s radicals rely on their bomb-making skills on their way to becoming capitalists.

      Markimdb: 5.3
      Genrethriller, drama, detective
      CountryCanada, USA
      Duration02:24

      A photographer struggling with memory loss discovers her pictures may indicate something sinister is hitting close to home.

      Markimdb: 6.3
      Genrecomedy, short, music
      CountryUSA
      Duration00:09

      2014's best actors pair up in a series of intimate encounters.

      Markimdb: 7
      Genremelodrama, drama, biography
      CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
      Duration02:35

      The story of Richard and Mildred Loving, an interracial couple, whose challenge of their anti-miscegenation arrest for their marriage in Virginia led to a legal battle that would end at the US Supreme Court.

      Markimdb: 5.9
      Genrecomedy, melodrama
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:34

      The story of a young man disillusioned by love who meets a breathtaking young woman at a charity dinner by pretending to be a philanthropist. Turns out that she’s engaged to a guy who doesn’t like her going on dates. Challenged by the chase, and egged on by his eclectic friends, he feigns a platonic relationship in order to keep seeing her as he tries to conquer her heart

      Markimdb: 4.8
      Genrecomedy, crime
      CountryUSA

      Detective Nick Blades is a New Orleans cop on trial for corruption. Assistant District Attorney Theo Gold is the man in charge of putting him behind bars. When these two unlikely partners from opposite sides of the law stumble onto a criminal plot, they’ll need to rely on luck – and patience – to take down a dangerous killer without killing each other first.

      Markimdb: 5.3
      Genredrama, detective
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:27

      Tom’s birthday dinner party is turned upside down by the unexpected arrival of Alice, an old flame who changed her identity and vanished without a trace 15 years prior.

      Markimdb: 6.8
      Genreaction, thriller, fantasy, family, cartoon, short
      CountryUSA
      Duration00:38

      Sanjay's Super Team follows the daydream of a young Indian boy, bored with his father's religious meditation, who imagines "a kind of ancient, Hindu version of The Avengers, with the gods appearing like superheros.

      Markimdb: 5.2
      Genredrama, crime
      CountryUSA

      A young, recently-released and unpredictable ex-con with bad luck, and a sexy, listless girl-next-door with a troubled family, become trapped in a downward spiral of crime and obsessive love, as they try to ditch their dead-end town for a better life.

      Markimdb: 6.1
      Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:40

      A group of friends reunite ten years after their high-school graduation.

      Markimdb: 7.5
      Genrethriller, drama
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:32

        Susan Morrow receives a book manuscript from her ex-husband – a man she left 20 years earlier – asking for her opinion of his writing. As she reads, she is drawn into the fictional life of Tony Hastings, a mathematics professor whose family vacation turns violent.

        Markimdb: 7.3
        Genrefantastic, fantasy, comedy, adventure, family, cartoon, crime
        CountryUSA, France, Japan
        Duration01:38

        Gru is recruited by the Anti-Villain League to help deal with a powerful new super criminal.

        Markimdb: 6.5
        Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
        CountryUSA
        Duration02:04

        Can two serial cheaters get a second chance at love? After a one-night stand in college, New Yorkers Lainey and Jake meet by chance twelve years later and discover they each have the same problem: because of their monogamy-challenged ways, neither can maintain a relationship. Determined to stay friends despite their mutual attraction, they make a pact to keep it platonic, a deal that proves easier said than done.

        Markimdb: 5.5
        Genrecomedy, military, music
        CountryUSA
        Duration02:47

        A washed-up music producer finds one last shot at redemption with a golden-voiced young girl in Afghanistan. However, when jealousy gets the better of a disgruntled ex-boyfriend, he decides to oppose the young star with talent of his own.

        Markimdb: 6.7
        Genremelodrama, drama
        CountryUSA, Greece, Brazil

        After 39 years together, Ben and George finally tie the knot, but George loses his job as a result, and the newlyweds must sell their New York apartment and live apart, relying on friends and family to make ends meet.

        Markimdb: 3
        Genrehorror, fantastic, action, thriller, comedy, adventure
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:27

        Many years ago, hundreds of locals and tourists were massacred by giant man-eating sharks in the infamous 1916 Jersey Shore attacks. But that's just a legend... or is it? It's a holiday weekend on the Jersey Shore and, unbeknownst to anyone, underwater drills have attracted dozens of albino bull sharks to the pier. When a man goes missing, TC (The Complication), Nookie and friends fear the worst and plead with the police chief to close down the beach. It isn't until a famous singer is eaten alive during a performance on the pier that the shark hunt begins. Now, the Preppies must work together with the Guidos in order to save the Jersey Shore and its inhabitants from another vicious slaughter.

        Markimdb: 5.4
        Genrehorror, thriller, crime
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:50

        After barely surviving a furious shootout with the police, Baby Firefly, Otis Driftwood and Captain Spaulding are behind bars. But pure evil cannot be contained. Teaming up with Otis’ half-brother Winslow, the demented Firefly clan escape to unleash a whole new wave of murder, madness and mayhem.

        Markimdb: 4.6
        Genrethriller
        CountryUSA

        Sadie and Kevin have decided to spend a romantic weekend together at his lake house. But when an unexpected- and unfortunate- text from her best friend Jennifer to Kevin reveals a lurid love affair between the two, Sadie spirals into a hunger for revenge.

        Markimdb: 7.5
        Genredocumentary, music
        CountryUSA

        Music is an integral part of most films, adding emotion and nuance while often remaining invisible to audiences. Matt Schrader shines a spotlight on the overlooked craft of film composing, gathering many of the art form’s most influential practitioners, from Hans Zimmer and Danny Elfman to Quincy Jones and Randy Newman, to uncover their creative process. Tracing key developments in the evolution of music in film, and exploring some of cinema’s most iconic soundtracks, 'Score' is an aural valentine for film lovers.

        Markimdb: 5.7
        Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:30

        When the rumored whereabouts of Osama bin Laden are revealed, the CIA readies a team of seasoned U.S. Navy SEALs for the mission of a lifetime. Despite inconclusive evidence that bin Laden is inside the compound, and ignoring the possible ramifications of an unannounced attack on Pakistani soil, the Pentagon orders the attack. The SEAL Team bands together to complete their mission of justice in a riveting final showdown.

        Markimdb: 5.9
        Genremelodrama, drama, music
        CountryUSA
        Duration02:25

        Two young New Yorkers begin to fall in love over the course of a single day, as a series of potentially life-altering meetings loom over their heads - hers concerning her family’s deportation to Jamaica, and his concerning an education at Dartmouth.

        Markimdb: 7.4
        Genrecomedy, melodrama, family, cartoon, short
        CountryUSA
        Duration00:57

        Riley, now 12, is hanging out at home with her parents in San Francisco when potential trouble comes knocking: a boy shows up at the door.

        Markimdb: 6.3
        Genrecomedy, drama
        CountryUSA

        When Cynthia and Mary show up to collect Cynthia's inheritance from her deceased grandfather, the only item she's received is an antique sword that he believed to be proof that the South won the Civil War.




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