Desmond T. Doss, foi o médico do Exército Americano da Segunda Guerra Mundial, que serviu durante a Batalha de Okinawa, se recusando a matar pessoas, tornando-se o primeiro homem da história americana a receber a Medalha de Honra sem disparar um tiro.

Franz Jägerstätter é um fazendeiro austríaco que se torna herói em circunstâncias um tanto quanto inusitadas. Quando ele é convocado a lutar junto ao exército alemão durante a Segunda Guerra Mundial, ele se recusa e acaba, com apenas 36 anos de idade, condenado à pena de morte por traição à pátria.

A trilogia humanista de Kobayashi continua tendo, neste segundo filme, o idealista Kaji sendo mandado à longínqua Manchúria e com as mais selvagens atrocidades ocorrendo durante a Segunda Guerra Mundial. Ao descobrir que os soldados são cruelmente maltratados pelo seu sargento e oficiais, Kaji resolve fazer um protesto.

Alvin Cullum York (Gary Cooper) vive é um soldado pacifista que terá que deixar suas crenças cristãs de lado para participar do front na Primeira Guerra Mundial. Vencedor do Oscar de Melhor Ator (Gary Cooper) e Melhor Montagem, indicado a outras nove categorias.

John Lee, um matador profissional, entra em conflito com um chefão do crime quando se recusa a matar um menino de sete anos. Irritado, o gângster ordena sua morte. Enquanto tenta escapar, Lee acaba envolvido com Meg Coburn, uma excelente falsificadora de documentos que nunca conviveu com criminosos e que pode ajudá-lo com um passaporte. Os profissionais fazem de John e Meg seus alvos e os dois precisam se unir para escapar dos assassinos substitutos.

Kaji, um administrador civil pacifista, foi nomeado supervisor de um campo de prisioneiros na Manchúria durante a 2ª Grande Guerra. Seus problemas começam quando o tratamento humanitário com os trabalhadores das minas e os prisioneiros de guerra que Kaji supervisiona irrita seus superiores.

Em 1915, na Inglaterra, começa a nascer o amor de Dora Carrington (Emma Thompson), uma pintora conceituada, por Lytton Strachey (Jonathan Pryce), um escritor assumidamente gay e 15 anos mais velho. Este encontro cria um profunda afeição, que marcará suas vidas por 17 anos, mas enquanto ele namora rapazes ela se envolve com outros homens, mas sem nunca deixar de amá-lo. A trajetória de Carrington e a força deste amor criam o fio condutor da história.

Todo país que aplica a pena de morte precisa de pessoas para matar outras pessoas. Quatro homens são colocados diante de uma escolha impensável, mas simples. O que quer que eles decidam, isso irá corroer direta ou indiretamente a eles mesmos, seus relacionamentos e suas vidas inteiras.

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 the middle of violent battles between the rising trade unions and fascist groups.

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

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 French Resistance fighter. They discuss morality, obedience, and religion.

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 to the Vietnam war.

Margaret Williams directs this 2001 production of adaptation of Benjamin Britten's television opera based on a short story by Henry James. Performers featured include Gerald Finley, Peter Savidge and Josephine Barstow. The conductor is Kent Nagano. As pertinent now as then, OWEN WINGRAVE was composed by Benjamin Britten at the height of the Vietnam War. The opera poses the question: Is pacifism an act of cowardice? Or rather a desire to escape from the spiral of war and create world peace? To what extent do we determine our own futures? Should we let past events inform the decisions we make? Britten’s characters grapple with timeless issues in this gripping psychodrama.

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 convert, silence, or quite possibly kill them. This is their story.

Documentary film about Arndt Pekurinen and the peace movement in the early 20th century. Pekurinen spoke out for pacifism, conscientious objection and peace, and received support for his actions around the world. However, his worldview collided with the nationalist and militaristic atmosphere of the era in Finland. He was considered a troublemaker, a traitor, and a caricature of masculinity. The film is a universal and timeless account of a man persecuted for his opinions. At the same time, it is a description of the weak tolerance of young independent Finland towards dissidents. Pekurinen was executed during the Continuation War by his compatriots on November 5, 1941.

Like all Israeli youth, Atalya is obligated to become a soldier. Unlike most, she questions the practices of her country's military, and becomes determined to challenge this rite of passage. Despite her family's political disagreements and personal concerns, she refuses military duty and is imprisoned for her dissent. Her courage moves those around her to reconsider their own moral positions and personal power. OBJECTOR follows Atalya to prison and beyond, offering a unique window into the Israeli-Palestinian conflict from the perspective of a young woman who seeks truth and takes a stand for justice.

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 forced to kill, which he is adamantly against. He sets up shelter in a cave and is warily accepted by his new "neighbors"--the animals who live in the vicinity.

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 ride Ko and her colleagues undergo during the election campaign moves and changes them.

A documentary about the 8-day sit-in struggle by GANG Cheolmin, a 22 year-old private in the South Korean army who declared his objection to military service on November 21, 2003 in order to stop the South Korean government from sending troops to Iraq, and the peace groups supporting him.