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Patriotic/War Films

by christophershobris • Created 5 years ago • Modified 5 years ago
To celebrate 4th of July, this is a list of films that deal with patriotism, and or war.
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  • Tom Hanks, Matt Damon, Tom Sizemore, and Edward Burns in Saving Private Ryan (1998)

    1. Saving Private Ryan

    19982h 49mR91Metascore
    8.6 (1.6M)
    Following the Normandy Landings, a group of U.S. soldiers go behind enemy lines to retrieve a paratrooper whose brothers have been killed in action.
    DirectorSteven SpielbergStarsTom HanksMatt DamonTom Sizemore
  • Andrew Garfield in Hacksaw Ridge (2016)

    2. Hacksaw Ridge

    20162h 19mR71Metascore
    8.1 (637K)
    World War II American Army Medic Desmond T. Doss, serving during the Battle of Okinawa, refuses to kill people and becomes the first man in American history to receive the Medal of Honor without firing a shot.
    DirectorMel GibsonStarsAndrew GarfieldSam WorthingtonLuke Bracey
  • Josh Hartnett in Black Hawk Down (2001)

    3. Black Hawk Down

    20012h 24mR74Metascore
    7.7 (440K)
    The story of 160 elite U.S. soldiers who dropped into Mogadishu in October 1993 to capture two top lieutenants of a renegade warlord, but found themselves in a desperate battle with a large force of heavily armed Somalis.
    DirectorRidley ScottStarsJosh HartnettEwan McGregorTom Sizemore
  • Bradley Cooper in American Sniper (2014)

    4. American Sniper

    20142h 13mR73Metascore
    7.3 (551K)
    Navy S.E.A.L. sniper Chris Kyle's pinpoint accuracy saves countless lives on the battlefield and turns him into a legend. Back home with his family after four tours of duty, however, Chris finds that it is the war he can't leave behind.
    DirectorClint EastwoodStarsBradley CooperSienna MillerKyle Gallner
  • Flags of Our Fathers (2006)

    5. Flags of Our Fathers

    20062h 15mR79Metascore
    7.1 (132K)
    The life stories of the six men who raised the flag at the Battle of Iwo Jima, a turning point in World War II.
    DirectorClint EastwoodStarsRyan PhillippeBarry PepperJoseph Cross
  • Full Metal Jacket (1987)

    6. Full Metal Jacket

    19871h 56mR78Metascore
    8.2 (822K)
    A pragmatic U.S. Marine observes the dehumanizing effects the Vietnam War has on his fellow recruits from their brutal boot camp training to the bloody street fighting in Hue.
    DirectorStanley KubrickStarsMatthew ModineR. Lee ErmeyVincent D'Onofrio
  • All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)

    7. All Quiet on the Western Front

    19302h 32mApproved91Metascore
    8.1 (70K)
    A German youth eagerly enters World War I, but his enthusiasm wanes as he gets a firsthand view of the horror.
    DirectorLewis MilestoneStarsLew AyresLouis WolheimJohn Wray
  • Miles Teller in Thank You for Your Service (2017)

    8. Thank You for Your Service

    20171h 49mR68Metascore
    6.6 (16K)
    A group of U.S. soldiers returning from Iraq struggle to integrate back into family and civilian life, while living with the memory of a war that threatens to destroy them long after they've left the battlefield.
    DirectorJason HallStarsMiles TellerBeulah KoaleJoe Cole
  • David Costabile, James Badge Dale, Max Martini, Pablo Schreiber, Dominic Fumusa, and Alexia Barlier in 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi (2016)

    9. 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi

    20162h 24mR48Metascore
    7.3 (172K)
    During an attack on a U.S. compound in Libya, a security team struggles to make sense out of the chaos.
    DirectorMichael BayStarsJohn KrasinskiPablo SchreiberJames Badge Dale
  • Thad Luckinbill, Lauren Chavez-Myers, Elsa Pataky, Michael Peña, Michael Shannon, Geoff Stults, Navid Negahban, Chris Hemsworth, Allison Gabriel, Kenneth Miller, Austin Stowell, Austin Hébert, and Trevante Rhodes in 12 Strong (2018)

    10. 12 Strong

    20182h 10mR54Metascore
    6.5 (97K)
    12 Strong tells the story of the first Special Forces team deployed to Afghanistan after 9/11; under the leadership of a new captain, the team must work with an Afghan warlord to take down the Taliban.
    DirectorNicolai FuglsigStarsChris HemsworthMichael ShannonMichael Peña
  • Jeremy Irvine in War Horse (2011)

    11. War Horse

    20112h 26mPG-1372Metascore
    7.2 (170K)
    A young farm boy enlists to serve in World War I after his beloved horse is sold to the cavalry. His hopeful journey takes him out of England and onto the front lines as the war rages on.
    DirectorSteven SpielbergStarsJeremy IrvineEmily WatsonDavid Thewlis
  • The Patriot (2000)

    12. The Patriot

    20002h 45mR63Metascore
    7.2 (304K)
    Peaceful farmer Benjamin Martin is driven to lead the Colonial Militia during the American Revolution when a sadistic British officer murders his son.
    DirectorRoland EmmerichStarsMel GibsonHeath LedgerJoely Richardson
  • Tommy Lee Jones and Matthew Fox in Emperor (2012)

    13. Emperor

    20121h 45mPG-1348Metascore
    6.5 (15K)
    As the Japanese surrender at the end of World War II, General Fellers is tasked with deciding if Emperor Hirohito will be hanged as a war criminal. Influencing his ruling is his quest to find Aya, an exchange student he met years earlier in the U.S.
    DirectorPeter WebberStarsMatthew FoxColin MoyTommy Lee Jones
  • Fionn Whitehead in Dunkirk (2017)

    14. Dunkirk

    20171h 46mPG-1394Metascore
    7.8 (773K)
    Allied soldiers from Belgium, the British Commonwealth and Empire, and France are surrounded by the German Army and evacuated during a fierce battle in World War II.
    DirectorChristopher NolanStarsFionn WhiteheadBarry KeoghanMark Rylance
  • Brad Pitt, Shia LaBeouf, Logan Lerman, Michael Peña, and Jon Bernthal in Fury (2014)

    15. Fury

    20142h 14mR64Metascore
    7.6 (579K)
    A grizzled tank commander makes tough decisions as he and his crew fight their way across Germany in April, 1945.
    DirectorDavid AyerStarsBrad PittShia LaBeoufLogan Lerman
  • George Clooney, Bill Murray, Matt Damon, John Goodman, Bob Balaban, Hugh Bonneville, and Jean Dujardin in The Monuments Men (2014)

    16. The Monuments Men

    20141h 58mPG-1352Metascore
    6.1 (146K)
    An unlikely World War II platoon is tasked to rescue art masterpieces from German thieves and return them to their owners.
    DirectorGeorge ClooneyStarsGeorge ClooneyMatt DamonBill Murray
  • John Wayne, John Agar, and Adele Mara in Sands of Iwo Jima (1949)

    17. Sands of Iwo Jima

    19491h 40mApproved75Metascore
    7.0 (12K)
    Haunted by personal demons, Marine Sgt. John Stryker is hated and feared by his men, who see him as a cold-hearted sadist. But when their boots hit the beaches, they begin to understand the reason for Stryker's rigid form of discipline.
    DirectorAllan DwanStarsJohn WayneJohn AgarAdele Mara
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    18. Pearl Harbor

    20013h 3mPG-1344Metascore
    6.3 (361K)
    A tale of war and romance mixed in with history. The story follows two lifelong friends and a beautiful nurse who are caught up in the horror of an infamous Sunday morning in 1941.
    DirectorMichael BayStarsBen AffleckKate BeckinsaleJosh Hartnett
  • Letters from Iwo Jima (2006)

    19. Letters from Iwo Jima

    20062h 21mR89Metascore
    7.8 (174K)
    The story of the battle of Iwo Jima between the United States and Imperial Japan during World War II, as told from the perspective of the Japanese who fought it.
    DirectorClint EastwoodStarsKen WatanabeKazunari NinomiyaTsuyoshi Ihara
  • Brad Pitt, Til Schweiger, Daniel Brühl, Mélanie Laurent, Eli Roth, Christoph Waltz, and Diane Kruger in Inglourious Basterds (2009)

    20. Inglourious Basterds

    20092h 33mR69Metascore
    8.4 (1.7M)
    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.
    DirectorQuentin TarantinoStarsBrad PittDiane KrugerEli Roth
  • Jennifer Connelly, Jeff Bridges, Josh Brolin, and Miles Teller in Only the Brave (2017)

    21. Only the Brave

    20172h 14mPG-1372Metascore
    7.6 (84K)
    Based on the true story of the Granite Mountain Hotshots, a group of elite firefighters who risk everything to protect a town from a historic wildfire.
    DirectorJoseph KosinskiStarsJosh BrolinMiles TellerJeff Bridges
  • Martin Balsam, Joseph Cotten, Jason Robards, E.G. Marshall, Tatsuya Mihashi, Koreya Senda, Takahiro Tamura, Eijirô Tôno, James Whitmore, and Sô Yamamura in Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970)

    22. Tora! Tora! Tora!

    19702h 24mG46Metascore
    7.5 (39K)
    The story of the 1941 Japanese air raid on Pearl Harbor, and the series of preceding American blunders that aggravated its effectiveness.
    DirectorsRichard FleischerKinji FukasakuToshio MasudaStarsMartin BalsamSô YamamuraJason Robards
  • Deborah Kerr, Burt Lancaster, Frank Sinatra, Ernest Borgnine, Montgomery Clift, and Donna Reed in From Here to Eternity (1953)

    23. From Here to Eternity

    19531h 58mApproved85Metascore
    7.6 (53K)
    At a U.S. Army base in 1941 Hawaii, a pugilistic private is cruelly punished for refusing to join his unit's boxing team. Meanwhile, his commanding officer's wife and top NCO are indulging in a torrid love affair.
    DirectorFred ZinnemannStarsBurt LancasterMontgomery CliftDeborah Kerr
  • Force 10 from Navarone (1978)

    24. Force 10 from Navarone

    19781h 58mPG42Metascore
    6.4 (21K)
    During World War II, several oddly assorted military experts are teamed in a mission to raid and destroy a bridge vital to enemy strategy.
    DirectorGuy HamiltonStarsHarrison FordRobert ShawEdward Fox

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