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- Black Hawk Down
- Master & Commander: The Far Side of The World
- Hotel Rwanda
- Joyeux Noël
- Black Book
- Letters from Iwo Jima
- Charlie Wilson’s War
- Red Cliff
- The Hurt Locker
- The Messenger
Ridley Scott’s Black Hawk Down is a masterpiece of immediacy, thrusting the audience in the midst of a seemingly infinite firefight. Global politics lose all meaning, now only survival matters. Based on the true story of an ill-fated raid in Mogadishu, Somalia, where two Black Hawk helicopters crash-landed in the midst of hostile territory, strande...
Peter Weir’s lively and impressively detailed historical drama, based on Patrick O’Brian’s celebrated “Aubrey-Maturin” novels, takes place above and below decks on the H.M.S. Surprise during the Napoleonic Wars. Captain Jack Aubrey (Russell Crowe) has been tasked with keeping the seas free from piracy, but he’s met his match in a French privateer c...
The Rwandan Civil War sets the stage for a harrowing based-on-a-true-story, in which hotel manager Paul Rusesabagina (Don Cheadle, Oscar-nominated) protected over a thousand refugees from a genocidal slaughter in the posh Hôtel des Mille Collines. The set-up is terrifying, as the country falls to ruin and Rusesabagina, dedicated to his job, has fai...
In December of 1914, in the early years of World War I, a spontaneous truce was declared along the Western Front for Christmas. Soldiers from opposing foxholes - British, French and German - met in the battlefield to share supplies, play football, and take mass together, in one of the most inspiring stories to emerge from The Great War. It sounds a...
Paul Verhoeven’s stunning espionage thriller Black Book stars Carice van Houtenas a Jewish singer who goes undercover with the Nazis in the Netherlands. She’s trying to end the war, but the unexpected storyline has other plans, and she finds herself in one daunting and unpredictable situation after another, challenging her morality and putting her ...
Clint Eastwood’s ambitious two-film experiment, depicting The Battle of Iwo Jima from both sides of the conflict, wound up a little lopsided. The American-focused Flags of Our Fathers was somewhat well-received, but his stunning Letters from Iwo Jima- which was filmed almost entirely in Japanese - was quickly declared the superior achievement. Ken ...
From the late 1970s to late 1980s, the CIA armed the mujahideen in Afghanistan to stave off Russian encroachment in the north, and contributed to Russia bankrupting itself and ending the Cold War. And this operation, which completely changed the political landscape of the world as we know it, could not have succeeded without the assistance of loung...
John Woo’s nearly five-hour, two-part historical epic Red Cliff was truncated to a single film in American cinemas. The original is the superior vision, but even the American release is undeniably sumptuous. The movie depicts The Battle of Red Cliffs, which took place in China in A.D. 208-209, and with an incredible cast - including Tony Leung, Tak...
Kathryn Bigelow’s The Hurt Locker nearly went straight-to-video, but instead, it got a small theatrical release, blew audiences away with its saga of soul-crushing suspense, won the Academy Awards for Best Picture and Director, and jumpstarted the career of Jeremy Renner. The film stars Renner as the team leader of a bomb disposal unit in the Iraq ...
Ben Foster and Woody Harrelson don’t see much action inOwen Moverman’s The Messenger. Instead, they’re tasked with the thankless, depressing job of personally informing a soldier’s next of kin when they’ve been killed in action. It’s a situation that demands sensitivity and humanity, and yet it’s being carried out by battle-hardened soldiers in a r...
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May 22, 2024 · Of course, not all war movies have an impact on audiences or critics, but some are so innovative, memorable, and significant that they become almost instant classics. Here are the 20 best modern war movies, from the years 2000 to 2022. Related Article – 10 Best Navy SEAL Movies Of All Time.
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From peacetime to frontlines, from coming home to left behind: Rotten Tomatoes presents the 100 best-reviewed war movies of all time, ranked by Certified Fresh films first. — Alex Vo.
Lone Survivor. 2013 2h 1m R. 7.5 (310K) Rate. 60 Metascore. Marcus Luttrell and his team set out on a mission to capture or kill notorious Taliban leader Ahmad Shah, in late June 2005. Marcus and his team are left to fight for their lives in one of the most valiant efforts of modern warfare.
Aug 31, 2024 · The best modern war movies have taken a considerably darker and grittier look at warfare, leaving behind the more romanticized take of WW2 movies. Some of the best modern films have been based around modern conflicts, whether realistic or somewhat fictionalized.
25 titles. Sort by List order. 1. Inglourious Basterds. 2009 2h 33m R. 8.4 (1.6M) Rate. 69 Metascore. In Nazi-occupied France during World War II, a plan to assassinate Nazi leaders by a group of Jewish U.S. soldiers coincides with a theatre owner's vengeful plans for the same. Director Quentin Tarantino Stars Brad Pitt Diane Kruger Eli Roth. 2.