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- Saving Private Ryan (1998) Stream on Paramount Plus. Saving Private Ryan boasts the most realistic and authentic depiction of D-Day ever committed to film, and it isn't close.
- Patton (1970) Rent on Vudu. Of course, Patton focuses on more than just the Normandy invasion. In many ways, this movie does the best job of tying together the entire European campaign, particularly because of the focus on General George S. Patton.
- Where Eagles Dare (1968) Rent on Vudu. Long before Clint Eastwood became one of Hollywood's best directors, he played Lt. Schaffer, an American Ranger thrown into a British operation to rescue General George Carnaby from the S.S., before he can divulge the secret plans regarding D-Day.
- The Longest Day (1962) Rent on Vudu. This is one film that focuses exclusively on D-Day as a central theme. With a runtime of almost 3 hours, it's no slouch and tries to tell the story from multiple perspectives, including numerous Allied and German soldiers on opposite sides of the conflict.
- The Longest Day
- Overlord
- Saving Private Ryan
Plot basics: Based on the 1959 book by the same name by Cornelius Ryan, a journalist who conducted over 1,000 interviews over the course of a decade, “The Longest Dayis the ultimate D-Day film. D-Day was an absolute epic of a military operation, and this is a absolute epic of a film,” Citino says. “The joke is that it should have been titled ‘The L...
Plot basics: A 20-year-old British soldier named Tom goes through training for D-Day. Director:Stuart Cooper Notable actors:Brian Stirner, Davyd Harries, Nicholas Ball What the movie gets wrong: The entire story of the hapless British soldier, who gets lost on a training march, falls down a hill and clumsily flirts with women is “kind of random,” s...
Plot basics: Capt. John Miller leads soldiers behind enemy lines to find Pvt. James Ryan, whose three brothers have been killed in action, so the U.S. military can send him back home. Director:Steven Spielberg Notable actors:Tom Hanks, Matt Damon, Paul Giamatti, Vin Diesel, Ted Danson What the movie gets wrong: One glaring error, to Citino, is that...
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- Saving Private Ryan. There are probably still a million different stories to tell about D-Day, but Steven Spielberg's 1998 classic is such a great movie that not many are likely to try.
- The Longest Day. Producer Daryl F. Zanuck set out to create the greatest movie ever made with 1962's "The Longest Day." At a moment when filmmakers were luring viewers to theaters with wide-screen color spectaculars, Zanuck insisted on making a black-and-white movie because that's how he (and most everyone else) experienced newsreel footage of the actual war.
- Overlord (1975) "Overlord" got extensive support from Britain's Imperial War Museum for a movie that follows one British soldier from recruitment to his landing on D-Day.
- Screaming Eagles. This 1956 movie tells the story of a 101st Airborne Division unit that parachutes into France on D-Day. They miss their target and must fight their way back to join the rest of "D" Company to hold a bridge.
A historical epic film that depicts the events of D-Day from both the Allied and German perspectives. Featuring a huge cast of famous actors, including John Wayne, Robert Ryan, Henry Fonda, and Jean-Louis Barrault, the film won two Oscars and received critical acclaim.
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- Action, Drama, History
- Ken Annakin, Andrew Marton, Gerd Oswald
- 1962-10-04
May 15, 2024 · Looking closer at some of the best, most realistic, most brutal depictions of war in the history of entertainment. The 16 Best D-Day Movies That Deserve To Land On Your Watchlist, as voted on by fans. Current Top 3: Where Eagles Dare, Saving Private Ryan, The Longest Day ...
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Jun 6, 2019 · A list of films that depict the Normandy landings of 6 June 1944, from epic battle scenes to anti-war satire. Find out how D-day has been portrayed in cinema, from The Longest Day to Overlord.
May 10, 2024 · “D-Day”: This gripping film chronicles the monumental events of June 6, 1944, focusing on the bravery and sacrifices of Allied soldiers as they storm the beaches of Normandy to turn the tide of World War II.
