History Main / WorksSetInWorldWarI

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* ''1917'', directed by Creator/SamMendes.

* ''Adama'', a 2015 French film telling the story of a young West African boy who sets off across Europe in search of his older brother.

* ''1917'' (2020), directed by Creator/SamMendes.

* Swedish HorribleHistoryMetal band ''Music/{{Sabaton}}'' has several songs that deal with the horrors of the Great War, some of the best known being ''The Price Of A Mile'' and ''Cliffs of Gallipoli''. In 2019 they released an entire ConceptAlbum focused on the experiences of the war, aptly named ''The Great War''.

* Music/Swedish band {{Music/Sabaton}} has several songs that deal with the horrors of the Great War, some of the best known being ''The Price Of A Mile'' and ''Cliffs of Gallipoli''.

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* ''Film/AVeryLongEngagement'' is about a young woman's search for her fiance, who was lost and presumed dead on the no man's land during the Battle of the Somme. We see the war told through some pretty graphic flashbacks of the other men he was stationed with.

* The ComicBook/TwoThousandAD comic ''ComicBook/FiendsOfTheEasternFront'', which was set during World War II, has a prequel called ''Fiends of the Western Front'', which follows Constanta and his Romanian vampire soldiers during the Western Front of World War I as he encounters an ancient bat-man AcePilot fighting on the German side.

For stories based on/during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII, see WorksSetInWorldWarII, .

* The French film ''Film/AVeryLongEngagement'' is about Audrey Tatou's character's search for her fiance, who was lost and presumed dead in no man's land during the Battle of the Somme. We see WWI told through some pretty graphic flashbacks of the other men he was stationed with.

* ''Film/TheBigRedOne'' starts with a black and white segment showing the Sergeant's experiences during the last days of World War I, then flashes forward to the North Africa Campaign of 1942.

Contrast this with WorksSetInWorldWarII, for stories based on UsefulNotes/WorldWarII.

* ''Film/{{Wonder Woman|2017}}'' has the titular heroine exploring the world of Man during the time period of World War I. It's by far the [[http://www.boxofficemojo.com/genres/chart/?id=worldwari.htm highest grossing movie]] set in WWI, despite being a Creator/DCComics superhero fantasy.

* ''Film/The39Steps'', 2008 spy thriller set in the run-up to the War.[[note]]But not the [[Film/The39Steps1935 more famous 1935 film of the same name]], which moved the setting to the 1930s.[[/note]]

** While most of "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS29E9TheFamilyOfBlood The Family of Blood]]" is set a year before, the episode (based on the Literature/DoctorWhoNewAdventures novel ''Human Nature'') features two of the students from the episode's school fighting and surviving in the trenches of the war.

* The French film ''Film/AVeryLongEngagement'' is about Audrey Tatou's character's search for her fiance, who was lost and presumed dead in no man's land during the Battle of the Somme. We see UsefulNotes/WW1 told through some pretty graphic flashbacks of the other men he was stationed with.

* ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Book_about_Milutin The Book about Milutin]]'' by Danko Popovic is written as a memoir of an aged Serbian veteran of the Great War. The book was banned in the communist Yugoslavia, since it dealt with with sensitive topics, such as the war crimes commited by the Croatian soldiers of the Austro-Hungarian army, and with the poor status the WW1 veterans later had under the communist rule.

* ''Literature/{{Leviathan}}'' (2009) by ScottWesterfeld is a YoungAdult AlternateHistory adventure novel set in UsefulNotes/WW1, where the armies of the Entente Powers are aided by their {{Biopunk}} creations (like [[SpaceWhale flying sky whales]]) and where the Central Powers fight with {{Steampunk}} HumongousMecha. [[RuleOfCool And it's awesome]].

* Music/{{PJ Harvey}}'s 2011 album ''Let England Shake'' deals with UsefulNotes/WW1 in an impressive way.

* ''War Horse'' (2001), directed by Creator/StevenSpielberg.

* ''A Time of Death'' (Serbian: ''Vreme Smrti'') by [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dobrica_%C4%86osi%C4%87 Dobrica Cosic]] is a [[{{Doorstopper}} four-volume novel]] detailing the Serbian struggle during World War One, as seen from the perspective of one family. Considered among classics of Serbian literature.

* Kate Cary's unofficial sequel to ''Literature/{{Dracula}}'', ''Bloodline'' (2006), starts off in Northern France during the war. The main characters, John Shaw, Quincey Harker, and Mary Seward, are a lieutenant, captain, and nurse, respectively, for the British.

* ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Book_about_Milutin The Book about Milutin]]'' by Danko Popovic is written as a memoir of an aged Serbian veteran of the Great War. The book was banned in the communist Yugoslavia, since it dealt with with sensitive topics, such as the war crimes commited by the Croatian soldiers of the Austro-Hungarian army, and with the poor status the UsefulNotes/WW1 veterans later had under the communist rule.

* Creator/HarryTurtledove's ''Great War'' AlternateHistory trilogy (1998-2000, part of his larger ''Literature/Timeline191'' series) pits the United States of America, Germany and Austria-Hungary against Britain, France, and the Confederate States of America. Among other differences, the October Revolution fails, and Russia is still a monarchy after the war. For that matter, so are Germany, Austria, and Mexico.

* Creator/DorothyLSayers' fictional detective Literature/LordPeterWimsey was an officer in WWI, and still has occasional shell-shock.

* UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler's ''Literature/MeinKampf'' (''My Fight''). The book clearly shows that this war and the German defeat [[FromNobodyToNightmare shaped this man and his ideas]] more than anything else.

* Although set after the war, Creator/FScottFitzgerald's ''Literature/TenderIsTheNight'' features a memorable scene where the characters visit a cemetery on the Somme and discuss the meaning of the war.

** While most of the episode is set a year before, the [[Creator/DavidTennant Tenth Doctor]] episode "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS29E9TheFamilyOfBlood The Family of Blood]]" (based on the Literature/DoctorWhoNewAdventures novel ''Human Nature'') features two of the students from the episode's school fighting and surviving in the trenches of the war.
** In the final adventure of the [[Creator/PatrickTroughton Second Doctor]], ''[[Recap/DoctorWhoS6E7TheWarGames The War Games]]'', the Doctor, Jamie and Zoe land in the middle of no-man's land during World War I and they were captured but escaped. Later, they noticed some of the soldiers were replaced by Aliens to keep recreating wars like the WWI, in which was called "[[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin The War Games]]."
** In ''[[Recap/DoctorWhoS25E3SilverNemesis Silver Nemesis]]'', the [[Creator/SylvesterMcCoy Seventh Doctor]] and Ace confromts Nemesis, a silver LivingStatue created by Rassilon that passed in a comet of the same name every 25 years to the Earth causing destruction. And the first time it passed was in 1913, the eve of the WWI.
** Also from the Seventh Doctor, the character Burton from ''[[Recap/DoctorWhoS24E3DeltaAndTheBannermen Delta and the Bannermen]]'' fought in the WWI. In the story, set in 1959, he's already retired, but people keep calling him "Major" as an AffectionateNickname.
** The first reference in the series was with the [[Creator/WilliamHartnell First Doctor]] in ''[[Recap/DoctorWhoS2E1PlanetOfGiants Planet of Giants]]'', in which the Doctor and Susan were observers at a Zeppelin air raid during.
** The most recent reference happens in the last chapter of [[Creator/PeterCapaldi Twelfth Doctor]] (and the [[Creator/DavidBradley First one too]]) in ''[[Recap/DoctorWho2017CSTwiceUponATime Twice Upon a Time]]'', where they appear in the last moments of the WWI with the sole soldier who wasn't freeze in time, just known as "[[EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep The Captain]]" [[spoiler:(later revealed he's the future grandfather of [[Creator/NicholasCourtney The]] [[TheBrigadier Brigadier]].)]]
** The ''Series/{{Torchwood}}'' episode "[[Recap/TorchwoodS2E3ToTheLastMan To the Last Man]]" has a World War I veteran snatched away by Torchwood in order to fix two timelines colliding with one another. At the end of the episode after returning to the war, [[DownerEnding he gets shot for cowardice and shell-shock in the war]].

* [[Characters/{{MASH}} Colonel Potter]] in ''Series/{{MASH}}'' fought in World War One after lying about his age at 16 in order to get in the Army. Note that if this is the case, Potter could be no older than 52 at the end of the Korean War; a far cry from actor Harry Morgan's 68 years.

* Along with their invoked usage of MusicToInvadePolandTo that centers on UsefulNotes/WorldWarII, the IndustrialMetal band ''Hanzel und Gretyl'' has done UsefulNotes/WorldWarI-themed German songs as well such as "[=KaiserReich=]".

* [[/index]]"Common Ground" by neo-ProgressiveRock band IQ. [[index]]

* {{TabletopGame/Diplomacy}} is a board game made in 1954 about pre-WWI diplomacy.
* Tabletop game Wings of War/Wings of Glory (not to be confused with the computer games of the same name) is a miniatures game involving WWI aircraft.

* {{RTS}} [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historyline History line: 1914-1918]] is one of the few dedicated UsefulNotes/WorldWarI games.

* [[/index]] Combat flight sims are one of the most common type of game based on this war. You can find several examples on the SimulationGame page.[[index]]
** The most famous WWI flight sim games are probably Sierra's older ''VideoGame/RedBaron'' series.
** ''[[http://allaircraftsimulations.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=91&t=34411 Canvas Knights]]'' was originally a ''VideoGame/IL2Sturmovik'' GameMod.
** Origin's ''VideoGame/WingsOfGlory'', using the same engine as their earlier ''Strike Commander'', is set in a British aerodrome in France during WWI with an American volunteer pilot as the PlayerCharacter.
** Several of the most realistic air combat simulations on the market are set in WWI, such as Over Flanders Fields, where the player joins the squadron and side of their choice and continues to fly until their character is killed. And the sim points out that the objective is not to "win" but to survive the seventeen hours that was the average flight time of a new pilot.

* Many pan-historical {{RTS}} games, like ''VideoGame/RiseOfNations'', have a historical era based on WWI, complete with typical military units of the period.

* ''[[http://1916.dadiugames.dk/ 1916-Der Unbekannte Krieg]]'', an indie horror game where you are a German soldier being chased through the trenches of the Western Front by...[[EverythingsBetterWithDinosaurs velociraptors]]. [[SugarWiki/BetterThanItSounds Much scarier than it sounds]].

* [[/index]] ''[[http://www.bay12games.com/ww1medic/ WWI Medic]]'' is a freeware game where you control an Entente medic trying to tend to the wounded, and survive long enough to turn the tide of [[UnwinnableByDesign one more battle....]] [[index]]
* ''[[http://www.supertrenchattack.com/ Super Trench Attack]]'' (previously ''VideoGame/MedalWars'') is a Third Person RPG that has you playing a [[FantasyCounterpartCulture comedy]] version of it as a soldier of [[TheFederation the Green Army]] fighting against seemingly endless and hilarious waves of [[TheEmpire the Black Army]], and various other surprises.
* [[/index]] ''[[http://www.brasshats.com/ Brass Hats]]'' (named after a nickname for officers) is a turn based strategy game in the vein of ''VideoGame/NintendoWars'' in a surprisingly trenchless [[FantasyCounterpartCulture version of WWI]] fought between [[TheFederation the "Allied Forces"]] and [[TheEmpire the "Central Army"]]. Sadly, it appears to have been discontinued. However, [[KeepCirculatingTheTapes the demo]] is still downloadable for free, along with [[http://www.strategyinformer.com/pc/maps/brasshats/map.html a few fan-created maps.]] [[index]]

* The 8-bit computer game ''Blue Max'' was basically {{Zaxxon}} [[RecycledInSpace in a WWI setting]].

* ''[[http://www.moddb.com/mods/the-great-war-mod The Great War]]'' [[GameMod mod]] for ''VideoGame/NapoleonTotalWar'', which basically is about the European theather of World War One with the TurnBasedStrategy[=/=]RealTimeStrategy hybrid system of the ''VideoGame/TotalWar'' series, including some AlternateHistory features. While most of the factions are historical World War One belligerants (United Kingdom, Germany, France, Russia, Belgium, Italy, Serbia, etc.)[[note]]USA isn't playable in campaign, but is available in skirmish and multiplayer mod[[/note]], some of the playable factions are historically neutral countries (Spain, Switzerland, Sweden, etc.). At campaign start, an option allows to choose whether the AI will try to stay true to the historical alliances or will go in full AlternateHistory mode. Also, winning the campaign requires that the country did far better in the war than it historically did (victory conditions for France or UK include controlling territories in the German heartland).

* Also mentioned in ''Manga/ChronoCrusade'', the main bulk of which is set in TheRoaringTwenties.

* DC also had ''Steve Savage, Balloon Buster'', inspired by real-life ace Frank Luke.

* ''Film/DarlingLili,'' a 1970 musical set in the waning days of the war, starring Creator/JulieAndrews as a GlamorousWartimeSinger / FemmeFataleSpy who romances an American AcePilot. Has some spectacular aerial dogfight scenes using replica aircraft originally built for the film ''Film/TheBlueMax'' (see below).
* ''Film/TheDawnPatrol'' is also a 1930 film about fighter pilots in the RAF.

* ''Christmas In The Trenches'', a song by John [=McCutcheon=], based on the true stories of truces between different groups of opposing entrenched forces on the Western Front on Christmas Day 1914, with the soldiers singing carols, exchanging gifts, and playing soccer in No Man's Land. (This would also inspire the film ''Joyeux Noel'', above.) (Though later years would see similar truces, due to high command on both sides being upset when they heard it, they were not nearly so widespread as before.)

* There's a little known 2004 independent film about American soldiers on the western front in 1918, called ''[[http://www.companykthefilm.com/ Company K]]''. It's based on a semi-autobiographic novel by William March, one of the American veterans of the war.

* ''Shout at the Devil'': A 1968 novel and 1976 film about a private war between English poachers and a German colonial official in East Africa.

* ''Literature/WarHorse'' (2001), adapted from the book by Creator/StevenSpielberg.

* John Buchan's Richard Hannay stories, seminal spy thrillers that begin with ''Literature/TheThirtyNineSteps'', written in 1915 and set in the run-up to WWI. It has been adapted multiple times, although only the 1978 and 2008 versions keep the setting. The sequels ''Literature/{{Greenmantle}}'' (1916) and ''Literature/MrStandfast'' (1919) are set during the War itself. In ''Greenmantle'', Buchan portrays Wilhelm II fairly sympathetically.

* The novel and later film ''Literature/JohnnyGotHisGun'' (1938) by Dalton Trumbo: A horrifying story of a young American soldier, who has his arms, legs and ''face'' blown off, leaving him blind, deaf, dumb and immobile, a living torso in a hospital bed, with no way of communicating until [[spoiler: he figures out how to tap the Morse code with the back of his head]].

* ''Film/TheyShallNotGrowOld'', a documentary about the war directed by Creator/PeterJackson. It aired on BBC 2 on the 100th anniversary of the Armistice of Compiegne.

* {{Music/Metallica}}'s song ''One'', as already mentioned in the Film section.

* The musical play/film ''Oh, What A Lovely War'' features the lyrics from several songs from the period.

* ''Film/TheAfricanQueen''.

* ''Film/{{Frantz}} takes place just after WWI, it deals with the grief of a German family and a Frenchman about the death of a German soldier during the war.

* Film/TrenchEleven is a horror film set in late 1918 about an underground German bunker infested with ParasiteZombies.

* And another Australian film, ''Film/TheWaterDiviner'', set in the aftermath of Gallipoli, that looks at both the Turkish and Australian sides of the battle.

* ''Film/{{WonderWoman|2017}}'' has the titular heroine exploring the world of Man during the time period of World War I. It's by far the [[http://www.boxofficemojo.com/genres/chart/?id=worldwari.htm highest grossing movie]] set in WWI, despite being a Creator/DCComics superhero fantasy.

* John Buchan's Richard Hannay stories, seminal spy thrillers that were both written and set in WWI. ''Literature/TheThirtyNineSteps'' (1915) has been adapted multiple times, although [[Film/The39Steps1935 the Hitchcock version]] is a very loose adaptation, set in the 1930s. Buchan portrays Wilhelm II fairly sympathetically.

* In recent years, Turtledove has also penned a YoungAdult AlternateHistory series called ''Crosstime Traffic''. Its second novel, ''Curious Notions'' (2004), is set in the late 21st century of a world where the Central Powers managed to successfully pull off the Schlieffen Plan and eventually won UsefulNotes/WorldWarI.

*** Also from the Seventh Doctor, the character Burton from ''[[Recap/DoctorWhoS24E3DeltaAndTheBannermen Delta and the Bannermen]]'' fought in the WWI. In the story, ambiented in 1959, he's already retired, but people keep calling him "Major" as an AffectionateNickname.

* ''And the Band Played Waltzing Matilda'' by Eric Bogle is about a young Australian soldier who is maimed at the Battle of Gallipoli. In another song by Bogle, "No Man's Land" (also called "The Green Fields of France" and what the Music/DropkickMurphys [[CoveredUp made famous]]) the narrator is reflecting on the grave of a young man who died in France during World War I.

* The originator of many of the tropes seen in World War One fiction is the stage play ''Theatre/JourneysEnd'', written a few years after the war by a British officer. It's actually a lot funnier than most of its imitators. (In place of usual tropes about First World War officers it shows one who's been promoted from the "other ranks"which happened in RealLife a great deal more often than it's shown in fiction.)

'''NOTE: After launching this draft, the pre-existing list from the WWI article should then be removed.'''

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