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
Brad Pitt leads a Nazi-scalping squad of American soldiers on a daring mission to take down the leaders of the Third Reich in this high-octane Quentin Tarantino WWII revenge fantasy.
Braveheart
Romance, intrigue, heroism and the desperate battle for nothing less than the freedom of Scotland.
Full Metal Jacket
War is hell in this searing story of an 18-year-old Marine’s Vietnam journey, from a devastating boot camp to the carnage of the 1968 Tet offensive.
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.
Pan's Labyrinth
Guillermo Del Toro reconfigures all manner of literary and cinematic fables—from Alice in Wonderland to The Spirit of the Beehive—for this exemplary gothic fantasy. An uncanny, oneiric vision of adolescence, Pan’s Labyrinth reaffirms the Grimm brothers’ notion that fairy tales aren’t just for kids.
1917
Winner of 7 BAFTA awards and directed by Oscar winner Sam Mendes. At the height of the First World War, two young British soldiers - Schofield and Blake must race against time and cross over into enemy territory to deliver a message that could stop a deadly attack on 1600 of their fellow comrades - Blake’s own brother among them.
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
War-weary, cynical American tank crew, which has survived 3 years of war against all odds is joined by a young replacement without combat experience as the war nears an end; they battle Nazis in Germany, end up having to take on an SS battalion alone in climactic battle, which only the new kid survives.
Jojo Rabbit
A German boy learns his mom is hiding an enemy in this clever WWII satire.