Movies depict two different people in their storylines generally: the evil, "bad" guy and the impeccable, "good" guy. But it is not just the people that make the battle; the battle is formed by concepts, objectives, and goals. For example, in the 1989 movie, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade is about the quest for the Holy Grail.
The movie then becomes a battle between the Nazis and Indiana, trying to protect the "sacred" grail while trying to find it, and the Nazis trying to use it to become more powerful in the world. It was, one character said in the movie, "a race against evil."
Indiana and the people that believed that the Grail was real and holy, sacred and should be protected from the Nazis, are depicted as the "good" guys. The Nazis were depicted as the "bad" guys and were "evil."
However, there was also a struggle of faith in the movie, which is also representing the battle between the righteous and the devilish. Indiana Jones had difficulty believing at the start of the movie, believing only in fact and faith was just another thing his father pushed onto him. In order to retrieve the grail, he had to do a series of tasks that would ensure his faith to him.
There are many movies that are similar to The Last Crusade in that the concepts and objectives were evil and good. Nevertheless, the battle was still present, and eventually good triumphed over evil. The Last Crusade was just one example.
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