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Critics Consensus: Taut, breathtakingly thrilling, and devastatingly intelligent, Das Boot is one of the greatest war films ever made. Synopsis: A German submarine patrols the Atlantic...
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Feb 14, 2024 · Survey the history of film to highlight the absolute best war movies of all time, including plenty of action, explosions, stunts and more.
- 50 'Hacksaw Ridge'
- 49 'Mrs. Miniver'
- 48 'Lone Survivor'
- 47 'War and Peace'
- 46 'Gettysburg'
Directed by Mel Gibson
Like a great many World War II movies, Hacksaw Ridge is based on a true story, being about a pacifist named Desmond T. Dosswho served in the U.S. Army during the notoriously bloody Battle of Okinawa. It’s methodical in showing who Doss was both before and during his time in the war, with lengthy pre-war scenes, including some during basic training, all before things get more hellish once the film moves to Okinawa. Hacksaw Ridge provides a fairly fresh perspective on World War II, showing it t...
Directed by William Wyler
A Best Picture winner that’s a romance film, a World War II movie, and a family drama, Mrs. Miniverwas released right in the middle of the Second World War and addresses it all directly. This makes it fascinating to watch nowadays, because the event being depicted and explored was not a historical one at that point, with the lead-up to – and early years of – the war covered, but (obviously) not its conclusion. Mrs. Miniveris certainly old-fashioned, and some may feel like it veers close to pr...
Directed by Peter Berg
As you might expect from the title, Lone Survivoris a movie all about survival, and… well, the title implies that it’ll also be about some individuals failing to survive, too. It’s about four Navy SEALs serving during the War in Afghanistan, and how they end up fighting for their lives after being ambushed in a remote location by enemy forces while they’re out on a counter-insurgency mission. It’s a movie that looks at the bond between soldiers in difficult situations and the sacrifices that...
Directed by Sergei Bondarchuk
A mammoth filmmaking achievement in every conceivable way, War and Peace is a gargantuan film that was released in four parts totaling approximately seven hours in length. Not just a war movie, it’s also a romantic drama and a unique historical story that has some non-fictional characters blended with fictional ones, and it’s all presented in a strikingly original way that also makes War and Peace an epic arthouse film. It's a faithful adaptation of the legendarily long novel of the same name...
Directed by Ronald F. Maxwell
War movies don’t get a whole lot bigger in scope or runtime than Gettysburg, which can claim to be one of the longest American movies ever made. It earns its runtime by having close attention to detail in depicting the Battle of Gettysburg during the American Civil War, which played out over three days and ended up being a decisive event in bringing about the eventual end of the conflict. Focused more on showing the events in as broad a manner as possible, Gettysburg is less about telling a c...
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- 'Saving Private Ryan' (1998) IMDb Rating: 8.6/10. Saving Private Ryan has one of the most iconic opening scenes in cinema history, throwing viewers right into the middle of D-Day, depicting one of the most faithful interpretations of war ever shown on screen.
- 'Life Is Beautiful' (1997) IMDb Rating: 8.6/10. When Guido Orefice (Roberto Benigni) and his son Giosuè (Giorgio Cantarini) are sent to a concentration camp during WWII in Life Is Beautiful, the loving father and bookshop owner uses wit and creativity to shield his child from the awful reality they're in.
- 'The Pianist' (2002) IMDb Rating: 8.5/10. Director Roman Polanski's BAFTA award-winning masterpiece, The Pianist, tells the story of the Holocaust survivor Władysław Szpilman (masterfully played by Adrien Brody).
- 'Grave of the Fireflies' (1988) IMDb Rating: 8.5/10. Grave of the Fireflies follows two young siblings, Seita and Setsuko, as they struggle to survive in Japan during the declining days of World War II.
May 26, 2024 · Great war movies ask viewers to consider and understand the actual experience of war. Here, we rank the 50 best. From the trenches of World War I to the recent conflicts that have defined...
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Aug 3, 2022 · Films have explored the devastating impacts of battle since the earliest days of cinema. If you want a war movie to watch, these are the 30 best ever made.
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Jul 24, 2023 · For its unflinching depictions of the racist treatment toward Black soldiers and their mark on U.S. history, “Glory” is regarded as one of the best Civil War movies ever made. — Pat Saperstein
