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Apr 6, 2022 · Touching on war, history and drama with a dash of romance, Pearl Harbor is one of those Memorial Day movies you can watch year-round and still feel its power. It follows the tale of two...
Mar 28, 2024 · If you feel the need for speed, Top Gun is your best bet to stream on Memorial Day. Meet gutsy fighter pilot Maverick ( Tom Cruise ), who encounters both an epic romance and bromance. Who...
May 13, 2024 · And we've got plenty of options for you to choose from, no matter whether you're in the mood for a biographical drama, a romantic period piece, or an action-packed war film.
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- Saving Private Ryan. Tom Hanks, Edward Burns, Tom Sizemore. 29 votes. Saving Private Ryan, a war film directed by Steven Spielberg, is a harrowing depiction of World War II.
- Black Hawk Down. Josh Hartnett, Ewan McGregor, Tom Sizemore. 27 votes. In the gripping war film Black Hawk Down, elite U.S. soldiers, including Staff Sgt. Matt Eversmann (Josh Hartnett), and his superior, Lt.
- Hacksaw Ridge. Andrew Garfield, Sam Worthington, Luke Bracey. 35 votes. The true story of Pfc. Desmond T. Doss (Andrew Garfield), who won the Congressional Medal of Honor despite refusing to bear arms during WWII on religious grounds.
- We Were Soldiers. Mel Gibson, Madeleine Stowe, Greg Kinnear. 20 votes. An unflinching portrayal of the Vietnam War, We Were Soldiers dives into the Battle of La Drang.
- Black Hawk Down
- Glory
- Courage Under Fire
- Saving Private Ryan
- The Thin Red Line
- Paths of Glory
- The Hurt Locker
- Platoon
- American Sniper
- The Big Red One
Where to Watch: Netflix, Hoopla, rentable on Amazonand other sites Black Hawk Down, from Ridley Scott, was heaped with praise and two Academy Awards (for Best Film Editing and Best Sound) and still remains a solid, gripping look at soldiers caught in a seemingly impossible situation. Detailing the U.S. military's 1993 raid in Mogadishu, which shift...
Where to Watch: Hulu and rentable on Amazonand other platforms Edward Zwick's historical Civil War drama, Glory, stars Denzel Washington, Morgan Freeman, and Matthew Broderick in the story of the 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment -- which was one of the Union Army's earliest African-American regiments. Nominated for five Academy Awards, and winn...
Where to Watch: Hulu and rentable on Amazonand other platforms Denzel Washington reunited with Glory director Edward Zwick for a very different war and a very different tale of bravery with Courage Under Fire. Utilizing a Rashomon-style format, the film follows a Lieutenant Colonel (Washington), back home from the Gulf War after a friendly fire inc...
Where to Watch: Paramount+, Pluto TV (with ads) and rentable on Amazonand other platforms A few years after Spielberg changed the course of cinema with Jurassic Park, he made his indelible mark in the realm of war dramas with instant classic Saving Private Ryan. A film featuring battle scenes so shocking and harsh that it was unlike anything audien...
Where to Watch: Starz, DirecTV, and rentable on Amazonand other platforms The same year Saving Private Ryan was released came another, very different World War II film, The Thin Red Line, which was director Terrence Malick's first feature in 20 years. Focusing on a different arena of the war, the Pacific Theater, and operating, in true Malick style...
Where to Watch: Hoopla, Kanopy, Tubi (with ads), Pluto TV (with ads), and rentable on Amazonand other platforms Kirk Douglas stars as a commanding officer in World War I who attempts to defend his soldiers after they refuse to embark on a suicide mission in this early gem from Stanley Kubrick. Based on the novel by Humphrey Cobb, Paths of Glory is ...
Where to Watch: Rentable on Amazonand other platforms Kathryn Bigelow would become the first woman to win the Academy Award for Best Director after helming this intense, revealing movie about an Iraq War bomb disposal team and their psychological reactions to the stress of combat. Future MCU players Jeremy Renner and Anthony Mackie star in this riv...
Where to Watch: Max and rentable on Amazonand other platforms If you're looking for another war film that cleaned up at the Academy Awards then look no further than Oliver Stone's Platoon, which took home Best Picture, Director, Sound, and Editing. Charlie Sheen stars as a U.S. Army soldier serving in Vietnam while his Platoon Sergeant (Tom Berenge...
Where to Watch: Rentable on Amazonand other platforms Clint Eastwood directed Bradley Cooper in this vivid, sorrowful account of the deadliest marksman in U.S. military history, Navy SEAL Chris Kyle, and the heavy toll that accomplishment took on his personal and family life. Loosely based on Kyle's own memoir, American Sniper boasts a blistering, ...
Where to Watch: Hoopla, Tubi (withs ads), rentable on Amazonand other platforms The Big Red One is one of the lesser-known films on this list, produced independently and shot for very little overseas, written and directed by tinseltown vet (and World War II vet) Samuel Fuller. The Big Red One stars action legend Lee Marvin as a hardened sergeant, a...
May 24, 2024 · Memorial Day unofficially kicks off the summer season, and when you’re not enjoying the outdoors, you have plenty of options for new shows and movies to watch this weekend on Netflix, Prime ...
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May 24, 2024 · Black Hawk helicopters. They expect a manageable mission, but plans change when Somalian forces shoot down two of the U.S. choppers. In order to survive, they have to regain control of their ...
