Saving Private Ryan is a 1998 American epic war film written by Robert Rodat and directed by Steven Spielberg. The film, set during World Battle II's Invasion of Normandy, is known for its violent depiction of war, particularly its depiction of the Omaha Beach assault during the Normandy landings. The film follows Captain John H. Miller (Tom Hanks) and his team as they seek a paratrooper, Private first class James Francis Ryan (Matt Damon), the last surviving brother of four siblings who has all been killed in combat.

Saving Private Ryan has been regarded as one of the best and most influential films of the 1990s, as well as one of the greatest war films of all time, since its premiere. Because of its use of desaturated colors, hand-held cameras, and tight perspectives, it has been hailed as influential in the war and action film genres. Saving Private Ryan was named the 71st-greatest American film in the American Film Institute's 100 Years...100 Movies list in 2007 (10th Anniversary Edition).

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Directed by: Steven Spielberg

Starring: Tom Hanks, Edward Burns, Matt Damon, Tom Sizemore

Release date: July 24, 1998
Running time: 169 minutes

The Forgotten Battle (Dutch: De Slag om de Schelde) is a 2020 Dutch World War II film directed by Matthijs van Heijningen Jr. and based on the 1944 Battle of the Scheldt. The story is set in 1944, during World War II. The Battle of the Schelde included a British glider pilot, a Dutch kid fighting on the German side, and a Dutch female resistance member. Their choices are different, but they all want the same thing: freedom.

On Rotten Tomatoes, the film received a perfect score of 100 percent based on seven reviews with an average rating of 8.1/10. "Do not skip this one!" one reviewer advised, adding that "The Forgotten Battle is a tightly wound war film that works," and that the film "covers a World War II combat that did not make it to the mainstream conversation."

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Directed by: Matthijs van Heijningen Jr.
Starring: Gijs Blom, Jamie Flatters, Susan Radder
Release dates: December 14, 2020 (Vlissingen)/June 5, 2021 (Netherlands)/October 15, 2021 (Netflix)
Running time: 123 minutes

Munich – The Edge of War is a German/British drama film directed by Christian Schwochow and based on a screenplay by Ben Power that was released in 2021. On October 13, 2021, the film premiered at the BFI London Film Festival. Netflix gave it a limited theatrical premiere in the United States on January 14, 2022, before releasing it on Netflix on January 21, 2022.

Based on Robert Harris' international best-seller, which was published in 2017. Set in 1938 and Europe is on the verge of war. Adolf Hitler is preparing to attack Czechoslovakia, and Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain is anxious for a diplomatic settlement. Hugh Legat, a British government servant, and Paul von Hartmann, a German diplomat, travel to Munich for the emergency Conference as the pressure mounts. As the negotiations begin, the two old friends find themselves caught in a labyrinth of political deception and imminent peril.

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Directed by: Christian Schwochow
Starring: Jeremy Irons, George MacKay, Jannis Niewöhner, Sandra Hüller
Release dates: 13 October 2021 (BFI)/21 January 2022
Running time: 131 minutes

Inglourious Basterds is a 2009 war film written and directed by Quentin Tarantino. The movie follows two schemes to kill Nazi Germany's leadership, one planned by Shosanna Dreyfus (Laurent), a young French Jewish theater owner, and the other planned by the British but carried out completely by a group of Jewish American troops commanded by First Lieutenant Aldo Raine (Pitt).

Inglourious Basterds grossed over $321 million in theaters worldwide, making it Tarantino's highest-grossing film until Django Unchained (2012) and Once Upon a Time in Hollywood surpassed it in the box office (2019). The reception to the film was quite positive. Some critics condemned the historical liberties taken, while others applauded the performances and Tarantino's writing and directing. It also received several awards and nominations, including eight Academy Award nominations (including Best Picture, Best Director and Best Original Screenplay)

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Directed by: Quentin Tarantino

Starring: Brad Pitt, Christoph Waltz, Michael Fassbender, Eli Roth

Release dates: May 20, 2009 (Cannes)/August 20, 2009 (Germany)/August 21, 2009 (United States)
Running time: 153 minutes

Unbroken is a 2014 American war film written by the Coen brothers, Richard LaGravenese, and William Nicholson. It is based on Laura Hillenbrand's nonfiction book Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption, published in 2010. The film follows the story of Louis Zamperini, an Olympic athlete who enlisted in the military during WWII. After an aircraft accident in the Pacific, he was seized by the Japanese navy. Louie must continue his battle by surviving the conflict when he is being held captive.

From October 2013 to February 2014, filming took place in Australia. Unbroken had its world premiere in Sydney on November 17, 2014, and its London premiere on November 26, 2014, at the Odeon Leicester Square. It was a financial success, making $163 million throughout the world. Unbroken: Path to Redemption, a sequel to the film, was released in 2018.

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Directed by: Angelina Jolie
Starring: Jack O'Connell, Domhnall Gleeson, Miyavi, Garrett Hedlund
Release dates: November 17, 2014 (Sydney)/December 25, 2014 (United States)
Running time: 138 minutes

The Pianist is a biographical war drama film filmed and produced by Roman Polanski in 2002, starring Adrien Brody and written by Ronald Harwood. It is based on the Holocaust memoir The Pianist (1946) by Polish-Jewish pianist and composer Wladyslaw Szpilman, who was a Holocaust survivor. Wladyslaw Szpilman, a pianist for a Polish Jewish radio station, witnesses the steady transformation of Warsaw as World War II begins. Szpilman is forced to the Warsaw Ghetto, but during Operation Reinhard, he is separated from his family. Szpilman hides in different spots among the ruins of Warsaw from this time until the concentration camp captives are liberated.

The film won Best Director (Polanski), Best Adapted Screenplay (Harwood), and Best Actor (Brody) at the 75th Academy Awards, and was nominated for four more, including Best Picture (it would lose out to Chicago). In 2003, it received the BAFTA Award for Best Film and the BAFTA Award for Best Direction, as well as seven French César Awards. In 2016, it was named one of the BBC's 100 Greatest Films of the Twenty-First Century.

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Directed by: Roman Polanski
Starring: Adrien Brody, Thomas Kretschmann, Frank Finlay, Maureen Lipman
Release dates: 24 May 2002 (Cannes)/6 September 2002 (Poland)/25 September 2002 (France)
Running time: 150 minutes

Fury is a 2014 American war film written and directed by David Ayer. Set in April 1945, Wardaddy, a battle-hardened Army sergeant, leads a Sherman tank and his five-man crew on a deadly mission beyond German lines as the Allies make their last push in the European Theatre. Wardaddy and his troops confront great obstacles in their brave attempts to strike at the heart of Nazi Germany, outnumbered, outgunned, and with a novice soldier thrown into their unit.

The film Fury was a box office hit. Against a budget of $68 million, the film grossed $85.8 million in the United States and Canada and $126 million in other countries for a global total of $211.8 million. The film's opening weekend gross is David Ayer's (now five-film) greatest blockbuster, exceeding the $13.1 million debut of End of Watch and his third-largest opening as a writer after 2001's The Fast and the Furious ($40 million) and 2003's S.W.A.T. ($37 million).

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Directed by: David Ayer

Starring: Brad Pitt, Shia LaBeouf, Logan Lerman, Michael Peña

Release dates: October 15, 2014 (Newseum)/October 17, 2014 (United States)
Running time: 135 minutes

Chris Weitz directed Operation Finale, a 2018 American historical drama film based on a script by Matthew Orton. The story of how a group of Israeli secret operatives arrested legendary SS member Adolf Eichmann - the man who masterminded the "Final Solution" - in Argentina. Oscar Isaac plays Peter Malkin, a famous Mossad spy, while Ben Kingsley plays his emotionally manipulative arch-nemesis. Malkin and his men tracked down Eichmann in Buenos Aires and caught him, bringing him to Israel for a historic 8-month trial.

The story was based on a number of sources, notably Eichmann in My Hands, a book by Israeli officer Peter Malkin. The film was released in theaters in the United States on August 29, 2018 by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer under their joint venture with Annapurna Pictures (now known as United Artists Releasing).

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Directed by: Chris Weitz

Starring: Oscar Isaac, Ben Kingsley, Mélanie Laurent, Lior Raz

Release date: August 29, 2018 (United States)
Running time: 123 minutes

Ben Sombogaart's drama film My Best Friend Anne Frank (Dutch: Mijn beste vriendin Anne Frank) was released in 2021. The film tells the story of Hanneli Goslar's relationship with Anne Frank, and it is told from Goslar's point of view. "A beautiful film about the friendship between Anne Frank and her friend Hannah. Do not care what others have voted down about the film, it is touching and sensitive and it will be difficult to keep the tears away."

The film is based on Anne Frank and Hannah Goslar's real-life relationship. Director Ben Sombogaart revealed that he visited the actual Goslar, who was in her nineties and lived in Israel, on a regular basis to hear her story. She pleaded with him to finish the film as soon as possible since she was in poor health and really wanted to see it before she passed away. Despite production delays caused by the COVID-19 crisis, Sombogaart was able to show Goslar and her family the final film, which they all enjoyed.

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Directed by: Ben Sombogaart
Starring: Aiko Beemsterboer. Josephine Arendsen
Release date: 9 September 2021
Running time: 83 minutes

The Great Raid is a 2005 war film about World War II's Cabanatuan Raid on the Philippine island of Luzon. The film's principal photography took place from July 4 to November 6, 2002, however it was pushed back from its intended release date of Fall 2003 multiple times.

The United States was closing in on the Japanese-occupied Philippines in 1945. Around 500 American POWs who survived the Bataan Death March were kept in a notorious POW camp at Cabanatuan, where they were subjected to severe treatment and extrajudicial killings since the Japanese code of bushido saw surrender as a disgrace. Many prisoners were also stricken with malaria

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Directed by: John Dahl

Starring: Benjamin Bratt, James Franco, Connie Nielsen, Marton Csokas

Release dates: August 10, 2005 (U.S.)/August 12, 2005
Running time: 132 minutes