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The D-Day scene is a major example of why they say “You can take a man out of the war, but you can’t take the war out of a man”

Eastwood telling the story of Iwo Jima from both perspectives in two completely different films shot nearly simultaneously and released back-to-back is one of the most brilliantly ambitious pieces of film-making I can remember.

Movie Stamps: 0:41 All Quiet on the Western Front (20) 1:34 The Thin Red Line(19) 2:34 Hacksaw Ridge(18) 3:30 Master and Commander(shortened to save time)(17) 4:30 Rescue Dawn(16) 5:24 Full Metal Jacket(15) 6:25 Lone Survivor(14) 7:26 Paths of Glory(13) 8:29 Stalingrad(12) 9:27 Downfall(11) 10:19 Dunkirk(10) 11:19 Das Boot(9) 12:24 1917(8) 13:28 "We were soldiers"(7) 14:23 Glory (6) 15:21 Come and See(5) 16:25 Platoon (4) 17:34 Black Hawk Down(3) 18:32 Letters from Iwo Jima (2) 19:49 Saving Private Ryan(1)

I think "Das Boot" was the best war movie, every single moment was a sense of mystery and horror. Not much fighting actions but the fear of sunken to the ocean floor made audience very uneasy!

With the Saving Private Ryan D-Day scene, you know it’s accurately recreated when veterans walk out of the theater because it reminds them too much of the real thing

Bro the original "all quiet on the western front" had ACTUAL GERMAN WAT VETS both direct,star and play as the background characters. The original movie was so powerful that the NAZI REGIME BANNED IT. The original all quiet on the western front SOLOS NO QUESTION.

The Thin Red Line is highly underrated actually, the combat scenes are absolutely stunning.

I’m shocked that Waterloo, Tora Tora Tora, or Gettysburg didn’t make the list, all 3 are incredibly accurate, especially Tora Tora Tora

"Downfall" is absolutely stunning. Few films have ever portrayed Hitler on screen beyond just the portrait on the wall of generals desk. It's so intimate you forget you're watching a film and not a documentary, or even in the room yourself. The fact that it was actually made by the Germans themselves lends it an authenticity that can't be matched by anyone else, almost an admission of guiltiness. It's on par with Saving Private Ryan in every way. "When Trumpets Fade" is also great, BUT it had the misfortune of being released the same year as SPR. We have to mention Band of Brothers, it's not just a show, it's a 12 hour SPR.

Just like Platoon, Dale Dye served as the military technical adviser for Saving Private Ryan as well as for the miniseries Band of Brothers in which he also played the character Colonel Sink.

Das boot always be the most accurate ww2 movies all the time and you can't change my mind

I appreciated that Jarhead subverted expectations by not having much violence depicted on screen, compared to most war movies, and this portrayal is rather realistic.

None of those even comes close to "Die Brücke" (The Bridge) from 1959. It's based on the Novel of the same name, written by Gregor Dorfmeister, describing his experiences when he was 16 and a Member of the "Volkssturm" (a hastily recruited Militia with little or no training, mostly used as cannonfodder). If other war movies told you about honor, glory and what-not to be found on the Battlefield, this one won't tell you the opposite, it will pound it into you to the point you'll tear up after it shows a blackscreen and the message appears: 'This event occurred on April 27, 1945. It was so unimportant that it was never mentioned in any war communique.'

As a veteran that served in the Marines as a radio operator in Viet Nam in 1967/68 I watch movies about Nam and judge them for accuracy like I suppose many vets do, Most movies get a lot of life {and death} pretty accurate. The one area they fall short in is the age of the warriors. Most movies the actors are in there late 20s or 30s. The vast majority of soldiers were 18 to 20. Much younger than portrayed. Try to picture kids that young thrown into that chaos. I am thankful every day I am here. So many didn't get a life at all. Semper Fi.

Thank you for adding letters from iwo jima. I only ever watched it once but it always stayed with me. The horrors and bravery as well as blind obedience...all of it. It was such a good film.

Honourable mention: Greyhound. The sea battle scenes has my retired father who's a former navy captain got nostalgic while watching the movie.

The Norwegian 1948 war movie Kampen om tungtvannet (Operation Swallow: The Battle for Heavy Water) is the most realistic war movie ever. They even used some of the saboteurs playing them selves in it. Even the filming location was also filmed where the real thing happened.

Honorable mention: My Way (2011) after the ending, you can start up Saving Private Ryan and it’s perfect.

Gallipoli deserves a mention. The arrival of the ANZACs on Turkish soil in 1915 combined with the sense of adventure that most Aussie soldiers saw war as makes for a truly powerful feature. Mark Lee and Mel Gibson were superb in selling the story.

I can't believe Stalingrad 1993 is so low. Do a goddamn historical analysis of entire fight scenes. The first scene is simply beautiful, the soldiers walk in visible groups, as platoons, the scene itself shows the entire battalion and beautifully (although not but) the fate of most German battalions in Stalingrad, the problem of fighting for the Germans. Soldiers also take covers, use smoke grenades and grenades in general, there is even a radio station and a hierarchy with a captain aka battalion commander and artillery and also showing another problem of fighting in Stalingrad, artillery attacks often attacked and German positions because the Soviets tried to be as close to the Germans as possible, an average of 50 meters from them. Also the film shows and focuses on the wounded, field hospitals and mainly them. Also on the illnesses of the soldiers late in the film. Well and more. Sorry, but I don't understand how it got on All Quiet on the Western Front list at all, because this movie has nothing to do with the historicity of fighting. And Stalingrad? Should be #1 or behind Saving Private Ryan.

Regarding accuracy Saving private Ryan should never be on first place because after the really astonishing filming of the invasion at D-Day the movie becomes more or less ridiculous in some scenes. Sad but true.

Saving Private Ryan should’ve won Best Picture. Period

I woud've included the movie 'Gettysburg' on the list. It's amazing!

"When Trumpets Fade" is an underrated and brilliant movie about the horrors that the Americans faced in the Battle of the Hurtgen Forest. Well worth watching for any War Buff. Very accurate and authentic.

Great work, guys!

I'd add in, even as an honourable mention, The Wind That Shakes the Barley. Very accurate depiction of the Irish War of Independence and Civil War

Saving private ryan in my opinion, will always be THE pinnacle of war movies

17:52 I love these archetypes in war movies. Especially knowing the fact that there are actual people like that, who're so used to the firefights, that they appear as if they're just garbagemen on regular work day. Lt. Spiers in Band of Brothers is another great example of this.

“Only the dead have seen the end of war.” - George Santayana

Still baffles me that Saving Private Ryan lost the Oscars to Shakespeare in Love. One where Gwyneth Paltrow got an award when she had only eight minutes of screen time. Now I love Paltrow for her acting as Pepper in Iron Man and in other films. I think me being unsettled by the award is stemmed from Saving Private Ryan being robbed at the Oscars that year.

Honorable mentions: Valkyrie, Enemy At The Gates and Battle Of Jangsari

It's too bad that Band of Brothers is a mini-series and not a movie, since that is one of the best depictions of military life on film. This list leans towards recent films, which is understandable since CGI and other recent improvements add to the realism compared to older films. I would add the films "Battle of Britain" for its amazing aerial sequences, "Fury" for its use of historic vehicles, and "Decision Before Dawn" for using actual locations (and destruction) in Germany right after the war.

Definitely missed on The Outpost. As an OIF/OEF vet, this was the movie that really took me back. Also, an incredible look at PTSD struggles.

I know Fury wasn’t on the list but I remember seeing it in theaters and a veteran started having flashbacks. He started shouting “no! no!” during the scene when the Germans overtook the tank. He was escorted out by his family/friends. It shook the whole theater up so bad that the manager offered everyone a refund or free tickets for another showing.

My grandad was there on D-day, he was a royal engineer. He cried whilst watching saving private Ryan, it was that accurate

Winter War. Unknown Soldier. Tali Ihantala 1944.

The 5 minute Dunkirk scene in Atonement is allegedly more historically accurate than the movie Dunkirk.

Sam Peckinpah's Cross of Iron is compelling. It's told from the perspective of the German soldier on the Russian Front in the later stages of WW2

here's my honorable mentions: Taegukgi The Unknown Soldier The Longest Day

I was in the First Infantry Division when Saving Private Ryan came out. The commander had us go as a unit to watch on base.

This list is missing Danger Close, the battle of Long Tan and the truly excellent Beneath Hill 60, two brilliant Australian films

R Lee Ermey was a drill instructor at MCRD Parris Island, SC, not in Vietnam.

Missing a great accurate war movie on this list. Tora Tora Tora. That film is about as accurate as you can make it. And it has scenes that are not acted like where a plane goes off course and plows into other planes the men in the scene are truly running for their lives.

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Waterloo (1970) deserves a top 10 spot!

Missing the unknown soldier.

Although a fictionalization, "Twelve O'Clock High" deserves at least an honorable mention. There's only one battle scene in the film, as it mostly focuses on an Allied air base and the effects of the war on the soldiers.

Im surprised why Unknown Soldier is not on the list!

Funny that I saw nearly every movie on this list except Master and Command. That would be on my list of movies to watch.

I miss "Cross of Iron". I saw it with my father and he was fighting on the East Front. He said "So it was there"

After Full Metal Jacket in the 80's, my stepfather's abuse included changing my name to Numb Nuts. Still, I love R. Lee Ermy!

I would have to add a movie called"The Boys of Company C " to the list. It had Stan Shaw and F Lee Emery and was pretty accurate in it's telling of the Vietnam War

I love war films because some of my family has fought in the wars in American history. Numbers 19, 18, 16, 15, 12, 8, 7, 6, 4, 2, and 1 are my favorites.

With out question, (To Hell And Back) based on real life exploits of Audie L. Murphy during WW II. Should at least be in the top 5 of all time. A true and well done story, book then movie. Standing 5'- 6" tall, and 140lbs he was turned downed by the Marines and Navy because of his size upon trying to enlist. Was accepted as an rifleman (U.S. Army) 1/15th 3rd Infantry Division. He became the most decorated solider of WW II and recipient of the (Congressional Metal Of Honor.) If you have never seen this movie, I highly recommend you do. I possitivly feel it will not only impact you, but then feel like I, why it should be rated as one of the best of all time. Thanks.

For someone who loves history and war film I seen all these😂

They need a list like this for television miniseries. Gettysburg, Gods and Generals were amazingly accurate for the Civil War. Band of Brothers and The Pacific are on equal footing with Saving Private Ryan.

Great list! Two things: One, I'm glad you didn't have Apocalypse Now on your list. Though it's a very good movie, I feel like it's a psychological thriller, not a war movie. And two, I feel like Fury should have been somewhere there, but at the same time, I don't know which ranked movie it would replace.

“The Battle of Britain” should be on here. Fantastic historic piece about the RAF defending the skys

Kajaki is well worth a mention for this category, great film that many have missed

I did a history project for Saving Private Ryan in high school. Here's some facts about there D-Day scene/real battle as well. 1) PTSD and the sea sickness was beyond truthful. 2) Of the 1,500 extras, some were part of the Irish Army Reserves 3) 20-30 amputees are seen within the D-Day scene. All of whom lost there real limb(s) in a real war. 4) Two of those landing boats were at the real battle. 5) Charles Schulz (creator of Charlie Brown) both fought at Omaha beach. 6) The movie was inspired by a similar true story of the Niland brothers. Their names were Fredrick (the brother James Ryan resembles) and Edward, Robert, and Preston. Edward's plane was shot down, Robert died by a heavy gun fight, and Preston shot and killed the next day as well. However, when the war ended in 1945. Preston was found alive and held captive at a Japanese POW camp. He safety made it back home. Those are some facts that I learned about Saving Private Ryan's DDay that I wished to share

My dad is an Afghanistan veteran, and he says that Black Hawk Down is very accurate in how it depicts urban warfare.

Good list.

My uncle participated in the Ia Drang battle with 1st Air Cav. His helicopter was shot down but all on board survived. He had already 14 years of service and wanted to complete 20. But that battle made him change his mind and he didn't re-up. RIP soldier.

Hamburger Hill was a brilliant Vietnam movie based on the actual taking of a hill.

Jarhead should be on this list

My dad was one of the Chosen Few survived the battle at Chosin, Korea (ask a Marine). I took him to see Apocalypse Now at the Cineramadome Hollywood when it opened and afterwards he got as far as the car before he broke down. First time I saw him cry; first time he opened up about wartime. Later he would find healing in a band of brothers survivors group called the Chosen Few, which he would even become President of and deliver the press covered Keynote Address at Riverside National (Arlington West) one Memorial Day. Years later I took him to another war movie: Saving Private Ryan. When it was over he put on his sunglasses before exiting the theater and said - and I have never fogotten this: "I think that's the closest you civilians will ever come to experiencing real warfare." To his son...

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I like to think the final message of the film when Tom hanks tells Ryan to “earn this” was a message from Spielberg to the audience

Sam Fuller’s “The Big Red One” deserves to be included.

In addition to "Glory" which was an amazing Civil War movie, I would have included "Gettysburg", which did a great job of showing key moments from both sides of that epic battle.

Full Metal Jacket was the ‘closest’ I ever saw to my Marine Corps Boot Camp experience and even then it scratched the surface.

Come and See feels almost like a horror movie, the use of natural lighting and the general feel is just so different. There is no heroic "save the villagers" moment or anything like that. It's just all a gallery of grotesque actions that men take against each other in times of war.

Where's Tropic Thunder?!?

The most glaring omission is Sam Peckinpah's 1976 masterwork: "CROSS OF IRON".

letters from iwo jima is such a powerful movie and so underrated. i wish more could see it

Waterloo should be in this list, the formations were made perfectly and no CGI as well. Piece of art

I think The Outpost should be on this list. It’s incredibly accurate to the Battle of Kamdesh and how the soldiers had to continually adapt to the awful situation

The original Dunkirk film is good; The Cruel Sea is also a really hard watch and one of the first films to show characters change as the film progresses.

I worked with a man who took part in the D-Day landings, although he was landing on one of the British beaches. He went to see the film but couldn't watch all of the opening sequence and left. Even in his 80's he would go to hospital to have tiny pieces of shrapnel removed from his back as they came to the surface.

2 movies I'm surprised that didn't make the list: Midway (1976 or 2019 versions) & Tora Tora Tora (1970)

You missed Fury. I saw that as. Regal Veterans Day free movie, and though I wasn’t in close combat, it gave ME feelings of PTSD. I wrote to regal about how I felt this was inappropriate for Veterans Day, as those with real PTSD would be traumatized.

"The Bridge on the River Kwai" (1957)

Very good video, I enjoyed watching it. I do, however, miss the movie “The Deer Hunter”. Not many action scenes in it, but I think it shows the insanity of the war. And some of the brutality. 👍

There’s been a recent avalanche of great European/ UK war movies in the last few years. Bombarbardment, Operation Mincemeat, and Narvik are very good.

Danger Close about the battle of Long Tan in 1966 during the Vietnam War is a fairly accurate portrayal. I've read a few accounts and the events in the movie are pretty much how it was. During the battle the L1A1 rifles were so fouled that the diggers had to cock them for every shot.

Incredible that even 25 years on, and in a time where audiences appreciate more realism in war/historical films, Saving Private Ryan is still considered the benchmark.

After I watched Saving Private Ryan, it was about 2 or more years before I could watch it again. It is definitely a movie that must be watched several times. It takes that many to really catch all the little things in the film. Each time you must survive that first 30 minutes. How those men did that I will never be able or want too understand. There are many great films on this list I really liked Platoon. Yet I think you did a good job on the order.

Enemy at the gate & windtalkers need to be on this list

Saving Private Ryan, Platoon, & Full Metal Jacket these are the most accurate War Movies I've ever seen.

To have left off Gettysburg, A Bridge Too Far, and Waterloo is perplexing.

When I was in the Army my first sergeant had us watch Glory for a EO class.

Waterloo (1970) La Grande Illusion (1937) The Big Parade (1925) Gettysburg (1993) The Burmese Harp (1956) Rough Riders (1997) A Bridge Too Far (1977) Japan's Longest Day (1967) Patton (1970) These are more accurate than many on your list. My father was on Iwo Jima and said "Letters from Iwo Jima" was largely incorrect - particularly the morphine scene and the fact it doesn't address the torture of captured Marines. His friends who had served on Guadalcanal felt The Thin Red Line was mostly nonsense ("made by people who've never been in battle, let alone The Pacific" as one told me). My brother served several tours in Vietnam, and while he praised the boot camp section of Full Metal Jacket, said the second half was pure crap.

come and see is the most realistic and by far the most horrifying

black hawk down and saving private ryan are the best also i have them on dvd

Fun Fact: One of the U-Boat replicas in Das Boat was also borrowed by Steven Spielberg for Raiders of the Lost Ark, which was almost lost when it came unmoored while filming.

Let’s not forget the movies of, Schindler list, the pianist, and the hurt locker

Every war movie is Oscar worthy and true legit.

They need to make more movies like this. Black hawk down and Saving Private Ryan are absolute gems

I know it wasn't accurate to the actual rescue of Col. Hambleton, but I've always loved Bat21. Awesome aerial cinematography, no B-story fluff, just a gritty war story that brought attention to many of the unsung heroes of Vietnam.... from FAC's, to mid-rank veteran officers.