Top 4 war movies of all time!
My favorite war movies of all time
- Letters from Iwo Jima (2006)
In 2006, Clint Eastwood directed and co-produced Letters from Iwo Jima, starring Ken Watanabe and Kazunari Ninomiya. Presented from the Japanese perspective, it is a companion piece to Eastwood’s Flags of Our Fathers, which depicts the same battle from the American perspective; both films were shot simultaneously. Iwo Jima Letters is almost entirely in Japanese.
IMDB rating: 7.9/10
My rating: 8.7/10
2. 1917 (2019)
Scripted with Krysty Wilson-Cairns, Sam Mendes directed and produced the 2019 war film 1917. It follows two British soldiers, Will Schofield (George MacKay) and Tom Blake (Dean-Charles Chapman), who are on a mission to deliver an important message to stop a doomed offensive attack after the Germans retreat to the Hindenburg Line during Operation Alberich. Mendes’ paternal grandfather Alfred told him stories about his World War I service during the war. Mark Strong, Andrew Scott, Richard Madden, Claire Duburcq, Colin Firth, and Benedict Cumberbatch appear as supporting actors.
IMDB rating: 8.2/10
My rating: 8.7/10
3. Apocalypse now (1979)
Apocalypse Now is a 1979 American epic psychological war drama film directed and produced by Francis Ford Coppola. The film stars Marlon Brando, Robert Duvall, Martin Sheen, Frederic Forrest, Albert Hall, Sam Bottoms, Laurence Fishburne, Dennis Hopper, and Robert Duvall. Adapted from Joseph Conrad’s 1899 novella Heart of Darkness, this script was co-written by Coppola and John Milius, with narration by Michael Herr. Martin Sheen stars in the movie as Captain Benjamin L. Willard, a renegade Army Special Forces commander convicted of murder and considered insane, makes his way from South Vietnam to Cambodia on a top-secret mission to assassinate Colonel Kurtz (Marlon Brando).
IMDB rating: 8.5/10
My rating: 8.7/10
4. Saving Private Ryan (1998)
Saving Private Ryan is a 1998 American epic war film directed and written by Steven Spielberg. The film, set during World War II’s Battle of Normandy, is known for its graphic depiction of war, particularly the Omaha Beach assault during the Normandy landings. Captain John H. Miller (Tom Hanks) and his squad (Tom Sizemore, Edward Burns, Barry Pepper, Giovanni Ribisi, Vin Diesel, Adam Goldberg, and Jeremy Davies) of the United States Army Rangers search for a paratrooper, Private first-class James Francis Ryan (Matt Damon), the last surviving brother of four, the other three brothers having been killed in action. DreamWorks Pictures, Paramount Pictures, Amblin Entertainment, and Mutual co-produced the film.
IMDB rating: 8.6/10
My rating: 8.6/10
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