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#SpinnMovieSpot's TOP 20 MODERN WAR MOVIES.
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1. SAVING PRIVATE RYAN
Year: 1998
Language: English
Cast: Tom Hanks, Tom Sizemore, Matt Damon, Edward Burns, Barry Pepper..
Director: Steven Spielberg
Note: Won 5 Oscar awards.
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1. SAVING PRIVATE RYAN
Year: 1998
Language: English
Cast: Tom Hanks, Tom Sizemore, Matt Damon, Edward Burns, Barry Pepper..
Director: Steven Spielberg
Note: Won 5 Oscar awards.
2. LETTERS FROM IWO JIMA
Year: 2006
Language: Japanese
Cast: Ken Watanabe, Kazunari Ninomiya, Tsuyoshi Ihara
Director: Clint Eastwood
Note: It is the Japanese POV of another war movie (Flags of Our Fathers) also directed by Clint Eastwood.
Won 1 Oscar and 1 BAFTA
Year: 2006
Language: Japanese
Cast: Ken Watanabe, Kazunari Ninomiya, Tsuyoshi Ihara
Director: Clint Eastwood
Note: It is the Japanese POV of another war movie (Flags of Our Fathers) also directed by Clint Eastwood.
Won 1 Oscar and 1 BAFTA
3. DAS BOOT
Year: 1981
Language: German
Cast: Jorgen Prochnow, Klaus Wenneman, Herbert Grönemeyer
Director: WolfGang Peterson
Note: Got 6 Oscar Nominations
Year: 1981
Language: German
Cast: Jorgen Prochnow, Klaus Wenneman, Herbert Grönemeyer
Director: WolfGang Peterson
Note: Got 6 Oscar Nominations
4. SCHINDLER'S LIST (Wartime)
Year: 1993
Language: English, German, Polish
Cast: Liam Neeson, Ralph Fiennes, Ben Kingsley
Director: Steven Spielberg
Note: Won 7 Oscar awards
Year: 1993
Language: English, German, Polish
Cast: Liam Neeson, Ralph Fiennes, Ben Kingsley
Director: Steven Spielberg
Note: Won 7 Oscar awards
5. HACKSAW RIDGE
Year: 2016
Language: English
Cast: Andrew Garfield, Vince Vaughn, Teresa Palmer, Sam Worthington, Hugo Weaving.
Director: Mel Gibson
Note: Won 2 Oscars and 1 Golden Globe.
Year: 2016
Language: English
Cast: Andrew Garfield, Vince Vaughn, Teresa Palmer, Sam Worthington, Hugo Weaving.
Director: Mel Gibson
Note: Won 2 Oscars and 1 Golden Globe.
6. PATTON
Year: 1970
Language: English
Cast: George C Scott, Karl Marden, Carl Michael Vogler, Michael Strong.
Director/Sceeenplay: Franklin Schaffner, Francis Ford Coppola
Note: Won 7 Oscars.
Year: 1970
Language: English
Cast: George C Scott, Karl Marden, Carl Michael Vogler, Michael Strong.
Director/Sceeenplay: Franklin Schaffner, Francis Ford Coppola
Note: Won 7 Oscars.
7. BLACK HAWK DOWN
Year: 2001
Language: English
Cast: Josh Hartnet, Ewan McGregor, Eric Bana, Tom Sizemore.
Director: Ridley Scott
Note: Won 2 Oscars.
Year: 2001
Language: English
Cast: Josh Hartnet, Ewan McGregor, Eric Bana, Tom Sizemore.
Director: Ridley Scott
Note: Won 2 Oscars.
8. THE PIANIST (Wartime)
Year: 2002
Language: English, German
Cast: Adrien Brody, Emilia Fox, Thomas Kretschmann
Director: Roman Polanski
Note: Won 3 Oscars
Year: 2002
Language: English, German
Cast: Adrien Brody, Emilia Fox, Thomas Kretschmann
Director: Roman Polanski
Note: Won 3 Oscars
9. FURY
Year : 2014
Language: English, German
Cast: Brad Pitt, Shia Labeouf, Logan Lerman, Michael Pena, Jon Bernthal
Director: David Ayer
Note: Critics Choice Nomination (X2), Won 1 Hollywood Film Award.
Year : 2014
Language: English, German
Cast: Brad Pitt, Shia Labeouf, Logan Lerman, Michael Pena, Jon Bernthal
Director: David Ayer
Note: Critics Choice Nomination (X2), Won 1 Hollywood Film Award.
10. PLATOON
Year: 1986
Language: English
Cast Willem Dafoe, Tom Berenger, Charlie Sheen, Johnny Depp, Forest Whitaker
Director: Oliver Stone
Note: Won 4 Oscar Awards
Year: 1986
Language: English
Cast Willem Dafoe, Tom Berenger, Charlie Sheen, Johnny Depp, Forest Whitaker
Director: Oliver Stone
Note: Won 4 Oscar Awards
11. 1917
Year: 2018
Language: English
Cast: George McKay, Dean Charles Chapman, Richard Madden, Benedict Cumberbatch, Colin Firth
Director: Sam Mendes
Note: Won 3 Oscars, 7 BAFTAs, 2 Golden Globes
Year: 2018
Language: English
Cast: George McKay, Dean Charles Chapman, Richard Madden, Benedict Cumberbatch, Colin Firth
Director: Sam Mendes
Note: Won 3 Oscars, 7 BAFTAs, 2 Golden Globes
12. THE HURT LOCKER
Year: 2008
Language: English
Cast: Jeremy Renner, Anthony Mackie, Brian Gerathy, Ralph Fiennes
Director: Kathryn Bigelow
Note: Won 6 Oscar awards.
Also the first movie with a female director to win an Oscar for Directing.
Year: 2008
Language: English
Cast: Jeremy Renner, Anthony Mackie, Brian Gerathy, Ralph Fiennes
Director: Kathryn Bigelow
Note: Won 6 Oscar awards.
Also the first movie with a female director to win an Oscar for Directing.
13. ATONEMENT (War/Wartime)
Year: 2007
Language: English
Cast: James McAvoy, Keira Knightley, Saoirse Ronan, Ramola Garai, Benedict Cumberbatch
Director: Joe Wright
Note: won 1 Oscar, 2 BAFTA, 2 Golden Globe.
Year: 2007
Language: English
Cast: James McAvoy, Keira Knightley, Saoirse Ronan, Ramola Garai, Benedict Cumberbatch
Director: Joe Wright
Note: won 1 Oscar, 2 BAFTA, 2 Golden Globe.
14. DUNKIRK
Year: 2017
Language: English
Cast: Harry Styles, Fionn Whitehead, Mark Rylance, Kenneth Branagh, Cillian Murphy.
Director: Christopher Nolan
Note: Won 3 Oscars
Year: 2017
Language: English
Cast: Harry Styles, Fionn Whitehead, Mark Rylance, Kenneth Branagh, Cillian Murphy.
Director: Christopher Nolan
Note: Won 3 Oscars
15. APOCALYPSE NOW:
Year: 1979
Language: English
Cast: Charlie Sheen, Marlon Brando, Robert Duvall, Lawrence Fishbourne
Director: Francis Ford Coppola
Note: Won 2 Oscars, 3 Golden Globes
Year: 1979
Language: English
Cast: Charlie Sheen, Marlon Brando, Robert Duvall, Lawrence Fishbourne
Director: Francis Ford Coppola
Note: Won 2 Oscars, 3 Golden Globes
16. FLAGS OF OUR FATHERS
Year: 2006
Language: English
Cast: Ryan Phillippe, Adam Beach Barry Pepper, Jesse Bradford, Paul Walker
Director: Clint Eastwood
Note: It is the American Point of view to another war movie (Letters from Iwo Jima)
2 Oscar nominations
Year: 2006
Language: English
Cast: Ryan Phillippe, Adam Beach Barry Pepper, Jesse Bradford, Paul Walker
Director: Clint Eastwood
Note: It is the American Point of view to another war movie (Letters from Iwo Jima)
2 Oscar nominations
17. WAR HORSE
Year: 2011
Language: English
Cast: Jeremy Irvine, Tom Hiddleston, Benedict Cumberbatch, Emily Watson
Director: Steven Spielberg
Note: 6 Oscar Nominations, 5 BAFTA nominations
Year: 2011
Language: English
Cast: Jeremy Irvine, Tom Hiddleston, Benedict Cumberbatch, Emily Watson
Director: Steven Spielberg
Note: 6 Oscar Nominations, 5 BAFTA nominations
18. WE WERE SOLDIERS
Year: 2002
Language: English, Vietnamese, French
Cast: Mel Gibson, Barry Pepper, Madeline Stowe, Chris Klein, Sam Elliot
Director: Randall Wallace
Note: Won Movie Guide Award of the Year
Year: 2002
Language: English, Vietnamese, French
Cast: Mel Gibson, Barry Pepper, Madeline Stowe, Chris Klein, Sam Elliot
Director: Randall Wallace
Note: Won Movie Guide Award of the Year
19. AMERICAN SNIPER
Year: 2014
Language: English
Cast: Bradley Cooper, Sienna Miller, Jonathan Groff, Chance Kelly.
Director: Clint Eastwood
Note: Won 1 Oscar and 1 Critics choice award
Year: 2014
Language: English
Cast: Bradley Cooper, Sienna Miller, Jonathan Groff, Chance Kelly.
Director: Clint Eastwood
Note: Won 1 Oscar and 1 Critics choice award
20 . THIN RED LINE
Year: 1998
Language: English
Cast: Jim Caviezel, Sean Penn, George Clooeny, Adrien Brody, Nick Nolte
Director: Terrence Malick
Note: 7 Oscar Nominations
Year: 1998
Language: English
Cast: Jim Caviezel, Sean Penn, George Clooeny, Adrien Brody, Nick Nolte
Director: Terrence Malick
Note: 7 Oscar Nominations
Honourable Mentions:
Inglorious Basterds
The Great Escape
Paths of Glory
Downfall
Pearl Harbor
Beast of no Nation
Soldiers Of Benghazi
Lone Survivor
Escape From Sorbibor
Come and See
Enemy At the Gate
Full Metal Jacket
This is a my own view and it is by no means a standard.
Inglorious Basterds
The Great Escape
Paths of Glory
Downfall
Pearl Harbor
Beast of no Nation
Soldiers Of Benghazi
Lone Survivor
Escape From Sorbibor
Come and See
Enemy At the Gate
Full Metal Jacket
This is a my own view and it is by no means a standard.
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Btw ...1917 is a 2019 movie not 2018
