Top 10 Best War Movies
5810. Letters from Iwo Jima is a 2006 War movie directed and co-produced by Clint Eastwood is about the soldiers who must fortify and defend their posts on the remote island which was - and today still is - Japanese-controlled. The focus is primarily on one young soldier named Saigo, who struggles to survive while watching many of his friends and his fellow soldiers die in battle. In a very vast story involving the many friends of Saigo, Letters from Iwo Jima also focuses on the ongoing conflicts among the commanders, soldiers, and the compassionate General Kuribayashi such as the conflict between those who fight for honor and those who fight to stay alive.
9. Braveheartis 1995 a 10historical action-drama movie produced and directed by Mel Gibson, who also starred in the title role. In the late 13th century, William Wallace returns to Scotland after living away from his homeland for many years. The king of Scotland has died without an heir and the king of England, a ruthless pagan known as Edward the Longshanks, has seized the throne. Wallace becomes the leader of a ramshackle yet courageous army determined to vanquish the greater English forces. At the historic battle of Stirling, Wallace leads his army to a stunning victory against the English. Knighted by the grateful Scottish nobles, Sir William Wallace extends the conflict south of the border and storms the city of York. King Edward I is astonished by the unexpected turn of events. Unable to rely on his ineffectual son Prince Edward, Longshanks sends his daughter-in-law Princess Isabelle to discuss a truce with Wallace.
8. Hotel Rwanda is a 2004 Paul Rusesabagina was never the most idealistic man. As manager of the Belgian-owned Mille Collines, a luxury hotel in Kigali, the Rwandan capital, he knew when to slip a bottle of Scotch to corrupt colonels to keep them in his pocket. Those street smarts became his salvation when Rwanda plummeted into genocide ten years ago in an event that transformed the genial businessman into an unlikely hero. As ethnic Hutus began killing their Tutsi neighbors, Rusesabagina—a Hutu married to a Tutsi woman—turned his hotel into an impromptu refugee camp for more than a thousand terrified Tutsis and moderate Hutus. Deserted by international peacekeepers, Rusesabagina began cashing in every favor he had ever earned, bribing the Rwandan Hutu soldiers and keeping the bloodthirsty militia (mostly) outside the gates during the hundred days of slaughter. In the end, he survived along with his wife and three children, as did most of the refugees he sheltered. Now his heroic story is recounted in Hotel Rwanda, a gripping account of a genocide that claimed an estimated 800,000 lives, mainly Tutsis but also many moderate Hutus. The movie, which opens in limited release in the United States on December 22, has received some Oscar buzz, especially for Don Cheadle's performance as Rusesabagina. Amnesty International has hosted several screenings for Hotel Rwanda to raise awareness for another genocide, one that is still unfolding: the conflict in Darfur, Sudan. Directed by Irish filmmaker Terry George.
7. La vita è bella (English: Life is Beautiful) is a 1997 Italian film which tells the story of a Jewish Italian, Guido Orefice (played by Roberto Begnini , who also directed and co-wrote the film), who must employ his fertile imagination to help his son survive their internment in a Nazi camp concentration
6.Der Untergang (English :Downfall) , directed by Oliver Hirschbiegel ,In the dead of a November night in 1942, a group of young women are escorted by SS officers through the woods to Wolf's Lair, Hitler's headquarters in Eastern Prussia. They are candidates for the post of personal secretary to the Fuehrer. Among them is 22-year-old Traudl Junge, a fresh-faced girl from Munich. Traudl is chosen for the job and she is overcome with joy at the thought of serving beside her Fuehrer. BERLIN, APRIL 20, 1945: Hitler has retreated to a bunker system under the German Chancellery. Traudl Junge is asleep in her room, deep beneath the ground. She is awakened by tremors from artillery fire. The enemy is getting closer. Charting the last 10 days of Hitler's life, from his 56th birthday on April 20th, 1945 to his suicide on April 30th, the film uses multiple characters to show the chaos of a country coming apart at the seams, from Hitler's henchman under the streets of Berlin, to the soldiers and civilians fighting and dying as the Soviet Army ravaged the city above.
5. Saving Private Ryan , 1998 .James Ryan, who has parachuted into France during the Allied invasion of Europe, has just lost three brothers in combat. Government policy dictates that he should return home lest his family be deprived of all its male offspring. A team of soldiers, led by Captain John Miller and fresh from the beaches of Normandy, is assembled to find and save Private Ryan. Directed by Steven Spielberg.
4.The pianist (2002) , directed by Roman Polanski An adaptation based on the autobiography of the acclaimed Polish composer, Wladyslaw Szpilman, who detailed his survival during World War II, and narrowly escaped a roundup that sent his family to a death camp. A composer and pianist, Szpilman played the last live music heard over Polish radio airwaves before Nazi artillery hit. There, in Poland, Szpilman struggled to stay alive--even when cast away from those he loved. He spent the duration of the war hiding in the ruins of Warsaw and scavenging for food and shelter. Szpilman eventually reclaimed his artistic gifts, and confronted his fears--with aid from the unlikeliest of sources.
3. Forrest Gump (1994), directed by Robert Zemeckis The title character leads viewers through an accidental travelogue of American social history from the early 1960s through the present in this revisionist fable. Vietnam, desegregation, Watergate, and more are presented from the perspective of Tom Hanks's loveably slow-witted Forrest Gump as he finds himself embroiled in situations he can't quite comprehend. Hanks leads an excellent cast, featuring Robin Wright Penn as Jenny, Forrest's lifelong love; Gary Sinise as the irascible Lt. Dan, his Vietnam superior; Mykelti Williamson as Bubba, a shrimp-loving soldier; and Sally Fields as his devoted mother. Robert Zemeckis's emotional, heartwarming film garnered 13 Academy Award nominations and six wins, including Best Picture, Director, Actor--Tom Hanks, and Adapted Screenplay.
2.Apocalypse Now (1979) directed by Francis
Ford Coppola During the Vietnam War, the young American Captain Willard
is given the assignment to hunt down and kill one of his own: Colonel
Kurtz who has apparently gone insane, murdered hundreds of innocent
people, and constructed a strange kingdom for himself deep in the
jungle. Willard and his crew embark on a surreal river journey to find
Kurtz, meeting along the way a Lieutenant-Colonel who surfs during live
combat, Playboy bunnies dropped in by helicopter to entertain rowdy
troops, and the inhabitants of a French plantation trapped in colonial
times.
1. Schilndler´s list is a 1993 American drama filme about Oskar Schilndler , a German businessman who saved the lives of more than a thousand Polish Jewish refugees during the Holocoust by employing them in his factories. The film was directed by Steven Spielberg and based on the novel Shinlder´s Ark by Thomas Kenealy. It stars Liam Nesson as Schindler, Ralph Fiennes as a SS officer .
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lafenty says:
6 months ago
Wow what a great list. I've seen most of them and agree with you. Braveheart would probably top my personal list, but I find it hard to watch because it is so heartbreaking. The same with Saving Private Ryan. Great filmmaking though.