Top 10 must see war movies

Mondo Entertainment Updated on 2024-02-15

10: "American Sniper".

Chris Kyle (played by Bradley Cooper) was originally an ordinary American cowboy. After the 911 attacks, he decided to join the Navy SEALs at the age of 30 and demonstrated excellent sniping skills on the battlefields of Iraq. In the army, he befriends Taya (played by Sienna Miller), and the two quickly fall in love and marry and have children. However, as Chris travels to Iraq several times on missions, rifts gradually begin to appear in their family.

Chris is known as a "legend" on the battlefield, and his outstanding performance has attracted the attention of ***, who have offered a large bounty in the hope that the professional sniper will get rid of him. Despite facing multiple life-and-death tests, Chris has never been able to get knocked out. However, one by one, his teammates suffered misfortune. Despite his wife's repeated pleas for him to leave the army, Chris decided to go one last time to avenge his teammates.

9: Schindler's List

In 1939, when Poland was ruled by Nazi Germany, the SS imposed segregation on the Jews. German businessman Oskar Schindler (played by Liam Neeson) arrives in German-ruled Krakow and opens an enamel factory specializing in the production of military supplies. With his excellent social skills and deep pockets, he established good relations with the German army. Schindler's factories employed Jews to work, so he gained great wealth during the war.

In 1943, the Jews of Krakow suffered a horrific great**, and Schindler witnessed it himself and was deeply moved. To protect the Jews, he bribed officers to make his factory an ancillary labor camp for concentration camps. During those crazy days, his factory became a safe haven for Jews.

In 1944, on the eve of Germany's defeat, the actions of the Jews became more and more rampant. Schindler presented a list of 1,200 men to the German officers and bought the lives of the Jews with all he had. In those dark days, saving one person meant saving the whole world.

8: "Operation Brave".

Locke, who is about to usher in the joy of a new life, suddenly receives an urgent mission to lead his team to rescue the kidnapped CIA hostages. Although he has just been reunited with his family, it is his duty as a Navy SEAL to serve his country at all times. Locke quickly assembled his team and headed to his destination as planned.

However, during the rescue operation, he accidentally discovered a huge conspiracy, and once he succeeded, the United States would face a huge terrorist threat. Therefore, the Navy SEALs did not stop and launched a thrilling encirclement and suppression around the world. This movie is known as the live-action version of "Battlefield 3", filmed in many places around the world, and is based on real events, which makes people's blood boil.

7: "Dunkirk".

The story is based on the famous military event of World War II - "The Great Evacuation of Dunkirk". At the beginning of World War II, 400,000 British and French allied troops were trapped on the beaches of Dunkirk, and the enemy army was approaching step by step, and the situation was precarious. The British** and the Navy acted quickly and mobilized a large number of crews and civilians to participate in the rescue.

Tommy, a British soldier (played by Fion Whitehead), befriends Gibson and Alex on his way to escape the beach. Meanwhile, civilian ship owner Mr. Dawson (played by Mark Rylance) and his son Peter, as well as 17-year-old teenager George, also leave England to save soldiers in Dunkirk. The three of them go on to rescue the Navy (played by Cillian Murphy), the pilot, Collins, Tommy, and others. And in the air, fighter pilot Farrell (played by Tom Hardy) fights tenaciously in the face of being caught between enemies on both sides.

The film unfolds the narrative from the three dimensions of land, sea and air, showing the story of everyone struggling to survive surrounded by the German ** team, and only by bravely facing fate can it be possible to return home alive.

6: "Operation Red Sea".

A coup d'état took place in the Republic of Ivia, a country in the Middle East, and armed conflict continues to escalate. The Navy frigate "Linyi," which had just completed the task of rescuing hostages in Somalia, was urgently ordered to carry out the evacuation mission in Evia. Captain Gao Yun (played by Zhang Hanyu) sent a Jiaolong commando led by Yang Rui (played by Zhang Yi) to land in the war zone and was responsible for escorting the safe evacuation of overseas Chinese. However, the terrorist group Xhaka forced the evacuating troops into a zone of fire, triggering an inevitable fierce battle.

Meanwhile, French-Chinese journalist Xia Nan (played by Haiqing) is in Evia to investigate the scandal of Dr. William Person's alleged trafficking of nuclear materials. Xhaka suddenly attacked Dr. Parson's company in an attempt to steal nuclear materials. In the midst of this chaos, a Chinese employee belonging to Dr. Parson's company was unfortunately taken hostage.

In order to rescue the Chinese employee, eight members of the Jiaolong team must infiltrate a gathering point entrenched by 150 ***. With their beliefs and blood, they have created a monument of the tenacious and unyielding people of China!

5: "The Assembly".

During the Liberation War in 1948, the company commander Gu Zidi (played by Zhang Hanyu) led 47 soldiers of the Ninth Company to carry out the task of covering the retreat of the large army on the bank of the Wen River.

The tragic war began in the roar of artillery shells, the soldiers of the Ninth Company suffered heavy casualties, and the platoon commander Jiao Dapeng (played by Liao Fan) said before the sacrifice that he heard the assembly number, but Gu Zidi himself did not hear it, and he decided to defend his position. The Ninth Company repelled three enemy attacks, blew up two tanks, destroyed countless enemies, and killed all 47 people in the company, except for the company commander Guzidi.

The war changed the life of Guzidi. Due to the change of the number of the troops, the organization could not be found in Guzidi, and the martyrs who died in the Ninth Company were also identified as missing. Gu Zidi began a difficult search, asking for an explanation for the brothers of the Ninth Company, and also to find out the truth about the assembly number that year.

4: "Black Hawk Down".

In 1992, years of tribal warfare devastated the mountains and rivers of the East African country of Somalia, causing a great famine that killed 300,000 people. Mohammed Farah Aideed, the leader in control of the capital Mogadishu, stole relief supplies from international organizations, a move that caused public outrage. A frenzied Aideed declared war on international peacekeepers, and the United States sent 160 members of the special forces to Mogadishu to overthrow Aideed's regime.

This group of enthusiastic warriors was full of confidence, but due to insufficient intelligence gathering, the war was in a stalemate. In an operation to hunt down the two major Aideed regimes, the special forces were met with stubborn resistance from Somali militias. The two sides engaged in a fierce confrontation in the city center, and a US Black Hawk *** was attacked and fell into the city, and the crew was in danger. In order to rescue their companions, a small group of special forces soldiers went deep into the tiger's den. For the next 15 hours, they experienced the most unimaginable Shura field in the world....

3: "Saving Private Ryan".

Ryan (played by Matt Damon) is an American paratrooper during World War II who is trapped behind enemy lines. To add insult to injury, all three of his brothers were killed in the war, and if he had died, his elderly mother would have been left alone. Upon learning of this, the U.S. General Command decisively decided to send a small team to the rescue, including Captain Miller (played by Tom Hanks) and translator Urban (played by Jeremy Davis).

However, the environment behind enemy lines is full of dangers, and they are ready to face the test of life and death. During the rescue, one wonders whether it was worth risking the lives of eight people to save one. In the search for Ryan, the team has different voices: some are dissatisfied, some are enthusiastic, and some are curious. In the end, Ryan's rescue paid a huge price, and everyone deeply realized the cruelty of war and the preciousness of life.

2: "Hacksaw Ridge".

In 1945, World War II was coming to an end, and Japan, as a major member of the Axis, was on the verge of exhaustion. This year, the Battle of Okinawa began, and this battle would determine the course of the battle. Thousands of scrappy U.S. soldiers were sent to Okinawa, only to face the enemy's heavy defenses and the dangerous Hacksaw Ridge.

Among the group of soldiers was a military doctor named Desmond Dawes, who refused to pick up the **. He was from Virginia, USA, and was thin and weak, but he firmly chose to become a military doctor and save the wounded. Because of his childhood and family, he refused to pick up a firearm for drills, and even preferred to be charged with military service and court-martialed.

After a series of twists and turns, Desmond and his comrades finally arrived at Hacksaw Ridge. In the rain of bullets, countless people fell in an instant. However, with the support of faith and conviction, Desmond managed to save dozens of dying lives in his own right.

1: "Soldiers in the City".

In the Battle of Stalingrad, Vasily (played by Jude Law) shocked the troops with his superb marksmanship, and made every hit to the enemy.

In order to boost morale and set an example, Vasily's comrade-in-arms, Danilov (played by Joseph Fiennes), an officer of the Propaganda Department of the Soviet Army, promoted Vasily's heroic deeds in the newspapers, making Vasily's image even more lofty. However, with the appearance of Tanya (played by Rachel Weisz), both Vasily and Danilov develop feelings for her. But Tanya had a crush on Vasily, which made Danilov jealous.

At the same time, the Germans sent their sniper, Connie (played by Ed Harris), a fellow sharpshooter, to take on Vasily. On the battlefield filled with gunpowder, Vasily and Connie engaged in a battle of wits and courage.

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