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Top 20 War Movies

1
Saving Private Ryan

1998
DreamWorks SKG
  • Tom Hanks - Capt. John H. Miller
  • Tom Sizemore - Sgt. Mike Horvath
  • Vin Diesel - Pvt. Adrian Caparzo
  • Giovanni Ribisi - T-4 Medic Irwin Wade
  • Matt Damon - Pvt. James Francis Ryan
  • Ted Danson - Capt. Fred Hamill
  • Paul Giamatti - Sgt. Hill

2
Das Boot

1991
Bavaria Film
  • Jürgen Prochnow - Capt.-Lt. Henrich Lehmann-Willenbrock - Der Alte
  • Herbert Grönemeyer - Lt. Werner - Correspondent
  • Klaus Wennemann - Chief Engineer Fritz Grade - Der Leitende-Der LI

3
Braveheart

1995
Icon Entertainment International
  • Mel Gibson - William Wallace
  • James Robinson - Young William Wallace
  • Sean Lawlor - Malcolm Wallace

4
Unbroken

2014
3 Arts Entertainment
  • Jack O'Connell - Louis Zamperini
  • Domhnall Gleeson - Phil
  • Garrett Hedlund - Fitzgerald
  • Miyavi Miyavi - Watanabe (as Takamasa Ishihara)
  • Finn Wittrock - Mac
  • Jai Courtney - Cup

5
Behind Enemy Lines

2001
FOX
  • Owen Wilson - Lt. Chris Burnett
  • Gene Hackman - Admiral Leslie McMahon Reigart

6
M*A*S*H

1970
FOX
  • Donald Sutherland - Capt. Benjamin Franklin 'Hawkeye' Pierce
  • Elliott Gould - Capt. John Francis Xavier 'Trapper' McIntyre
  • Tom Skerritt - Capt. Augustus 'Duke' Forrest
  • Sally Kellerman - Maj. Margaret 'Hot Lips' O'Houlihan
  • Robert Duvall - Maj. Frank Marion 'Ferret Face' Burns
  • Roger Bowen - Lt. Col. Henry Braymore Blake
  • Rene Auberjonois - Lt. Father Francis John Patrick Mulcahy
  • David Arkin - SSgt. Wade Douglas Vollmer
  • Jo Ann Pflug - Lt. Maria 'Dish' Schneider
  • Gary Burghoff - Cpl. Walter Eugene 'Radar' O'Reilly
  • Fred Williamson - Capt. Oliver Harmon 'Spearchucker' Jones

7
Platoon

1986
Hemdale
  • Charlie Sheen - Chris
  • Tom Berenger - Sergeant Barnes
  • Willem Dafoe - Sergeant Elias
  • Forest Whitaker - Big Harold
  • Francesco Quinn - Rhah
  • John C. McGinley - Sergeant O'Neill
  • Richard Edson - Sal
  • Kevin Dillon - Bunny

8
Apocalypse Now

1979
Zoetrope Studios
  • Martin Sheen - Captain Benjamin L. Willard.
  • Marlon Brando - Colonel Walter E. Kurtz
  • Laurence Fishburne - Gunner's Mate 3rd Class Tyrone Miller
  • Robert Duvall - Lieutenant Colonel William Kilgore
  • Dennis Hopper - American Photojournalist
  • Harrison Ford - Colonel Luca

9
Black Hawk Down

2001
Revolution Studios
  • Josh Hartnett - Staff Sergeant Matt Eversmann
  • Ewan McGregor - Specialist John Grimes
  • Tom Sizemore - Lieutenant Colonel Danny McKnight
  • Eric Bana - Sergeant First Class Norm Hooten
  • William Fichtner - Sergeant First Class Jeff Sanderson
  • Ewen Bremner - Specialist Shawn Nelson
  • Sam Shepard - Major General William F. Garrison
  • Orlando Bloom - Private First Class Todd Blackburn

10
The Hurt Locker

2008
Voltage Pictures
  • Jeremy Renner - Staff Sergeant William James
  • Anthony Mackie - Sergeant JT Sanborn
  • Brian Geraghty - Specialist Owen Eldridge
  • Guy Pearce - Sergeant Matt Thompson
  • Ralph Fiennes - Contractor Team Leader
  • David Morse - Colonel Reed

11
Green Zone

2010
Universal
  • Matt Damon - US Army Chief Warrant Officer Roy Miller
  • Amy Ryan - Lawrie Dayne
  • Brendan Gleeson - Martin Brown
  • Greg Kinnear - Clark Poundstone
  • Yigal Naor - General Mohammed Al Rawi

12
American Sniper

2014
Warner Bros.
  • Bradley Cooper - Chris Kyle

13
Rules of Engagement

2000
Paramount Pictures
  • Tommy Lee Jones - Col. Hayes 'Hodge' Hodges
  • Samuel L. Jackson - Col. Terry L. Childers
  • Guy Pearce - Maj. Mark Biggs
  • Ben Kingsley - Ambassador Mourain
  • Bruce Greenwood - National Security Advisor Bill Sokal

14
Enemy at the Gates

2001
Paramount Pictures
  • Jude Law - Vassili
  • Ed Harris - Major König
  • Rachel Weisz - Tania Chernova
  • Joseph Fiennes - Commisar Danilov
  • Bob Hoskins - Nikita Khrushchev
  • Ron Perlman - Koulikov

15
Clear and Present Danger

1994
Paramount Pictures
  • Harrison Ford - Jack Ryan
  • Willem Dafoe - John Clark
  • Anne Archer - Dr. Catherine "Cathy" Ryan
  • Thora Birch - Sally Ryan
  • Joaquim de Almeida - Col. Félix Cortez
  • Benjamin Bratt - Captain Ramírez
  • James Earl Jones - Vice Admiral James Greer
  • Hope Lange - Senator Mayo

16
The Sum of All Fears

2002
Paramount Pictures
  • Ben Affleck - Jack Ryan
  • Morgan Freeman - DCI William Cabot

17
We Were Soldiers

2002
Icon Entertainment International
  • Mel Gibson - Lt. Col. Hal Moore
  • Madeleine Stowe - Julie Moore
  • Greg Kinnear - Maj. Bruce 'Snake' Crandall
  • Sam Elliott - Sgt. Maj. Basil Plumley

18
The Patriot

2000
Columbia Pictures
  • Mel Gibson - Benjamin Martin
  • Heath Ledger - Gabriel Martin
  • René Auberjonois - Reverend Oliver

19
Full Metal Jacket

1987
Warner Bros.
  • Matthew Modine - Sergeant James T. Davis
  • Vincent D'Onofrio - Private Leonard Lawrence

20
Stalag 17

1987
Paramount Pictures
  • William Holden - Sefton
  • Don Taylor - Lieutenant Dunbar
  • Otto Preminger - Von Scherbach
  • Robert Strauss - Stanislas "Animal" Kasava
  • Harvey Lembeck - Harry Shapiro
  • Peter Graves - Price