Top 10s War
Saving Private Ryan
Steven Spielberg directs this powerful, realistic re-creation of WWII's D-day invasion, which follows U.S. soldiers as they try to save their comrade, paratrooper Private Ryan, who's stationed behind enemy lines. Winner of 5 Academy Awards.
Inglourious Basterds
In Nazi-occupied France during World War II, a plan to assassinate Nazi leaders by a group of Jewish U.S. soldiers coincides with a theater owner's vengeful plans for the same.
Braveheart
Romance, intrigue, heroism and the desperate battle for nothing less than the freedom of Scotland.
Full Metal Jacket
Through the eyes of an 18-year-old recruit--from his first days in the seeming hell of Marine Corps boot camp as his superiors try to strip of him his individuality and re-create him as a Marine, to the hell of the 1968 Tet offensive, Kubrick reveals the damage done to the collective human soul by the inhumanity of war. Based on the novel The Short-Timers by Gustav Hasford.
Apocalypse Now
The definitive examination of the American experience in the Vietnam War, which centres on captain Benjamin Willard who is sent up river to find and kill insane renegade colonel Walter Kurtz. WARNING: Contains High Impact Themes And Violence.
Casablanca
American expat Rick Blaine owns a nightclub in Casablanca, frequented by refugees desperate to escape German domination. Despite the ever-present human misery, Rick manages to remain uninvolved in World War II now raging across Europe and Northern Africa. But all that changes when his ex-lover, Ilsa Lund, walks through the front door of Rick's club. Rick must now choose between a life with the woman he loves and becoming the hero that the world needs.
Pan's Labyrinth
In 1944 Francoist Spain, a young girl's haunting fantasies merge into reality, giving birth to a land of fantastical creatures and secret destinies.
Platoon
A young grunt in the Vietnam war gets an up-close look at good vs. evil as he struggles for survival against an elusive enemy and within his platoon.
Fury
April, 1945. As the Allies make their final push in the European Theatre, a battle-hardened army sergeant named Wardaddy commands a Sherman tank and her five-man crew on a deadly mission behind enemy lines. Outnumbered and outgunned, and with a rookie soldier thrust into their platoon, Wardaddy and his men face overwhelming odds in their heroic attempts to strike at the heart of Nazi Germany.
Grave of the Fireflies
Two orphans fight for survival in post-World War II Japan, but society is harsh and they struggle with finding food and escaping the hardships of war.