The Definitive TOP 10 VERY BEST SOLDIER MOVIES EVER MADE in History of All Time.
by GiGAHEART | created - 28 Sep 2013 | updated - 28 Sep 2013 | PublicSoldier guys. Military guys. Gun guys. Whatever you call these guys, these guys fight the bad guys.
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1. Saving Private Ryan (1998)
R | 169 min | Drama, War
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.
Director: Steven Spielberg | Stars: Tom Hanks, Matt Damon, Tom Sizemore, Edward Burns
Votes: 1,494,846 | Gross: $216.54M
World War 2 + Steven Spielber + Tom Hanks... what else could go wrong? SPR is the best and greatest soldier movie on the planet. It's more than a decade old, yes, but nothing have ever really matched it. The sheer epicness, the phenomenal story and characters, guns and blood, it's the closest thing for you to see what happens when all hell breaks loose in a war.
2. Black Hawk Down (2001)
R | 144 min | Action, Drama, History
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.
Director: Ridley Scott | Stars: Josh Hartnett, Ewan McGregor, Tom Sizemore, Eric Bana
Votes: 423,156 | Gross: $108.64M
Know this and only this: WITHOUT BLACK HAWK DOWN THERE WON'T BE CALL OF DUTY 4.
3. Tears of the Sun (2003)
R | 121 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
A Special-Ops commander leads his team into the Nigerian jungle in order to rescue a doctor who will only join them if they agree to save 70 refugees too.
Director: Antoine Fuqua | Stars: Bruce Willis, Cole Hauser, Monica Bellucci, Eamonn Walker
Votes: 130,448 | Gross: $43.73M
Best. Forrest. Soldier. Movie. Ever. Period.
4. Act of Valor (2012)
R | 110 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller
An elite team of Navy SEALs embark on a covert mission to recover a kidnapped CIA agent.
Directors: Mike McCoy, Scott Waugh | Stars: Alex Veadov, Roselyn Sanchez, Nestor Serrano, Rorke Denver
Votes: 71,757 | Gross: $70.01M
The top 3 movies are tough to top, but #4 just might edge them in the PURE REALISM category. Act of Valor is as real as it gets in modern day warfare. Want an example? REAL-LIFE NAVY Seals star in the movie, minus their real name because it's "classified". Why? Well, classified means top secret and top secret means "no ****ing way we can tell you, just pay your freakin' taxes!".
5. Pearl Harbor (2001)
PG-13 | 183 min | Action, Drama, Romance
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.
Director: Michael Bay | Stars: Ben Affleck, Kate Beckinsale, Josh Hartnett, William Lee Scott
Votes: 351,524 | Gross: $198.54M
MOST EPIC OF ALL SOLDIER MOVIES IN GALACTIC HISTORY.
6. Behind Enemy Lines (2001)
PG-13 | 106 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
A disillusioned pilot shot down over war-torn Bosnia goes on the run from the local military and an assassin, as his commanding officer risks all to save him.
Director: John Moore | Stars: Gene Hackman, Owen Wilson, Gabriel Macht, Charles Malik Whitfield
Votes: 112,803 | Gross: $59.07M
Best Owen Wilson movie. Wait, he's in Armageddon right? Ok, second best Owen Wilson movie.
7. Braveheart (1995)
R | 178 min | Biography, Drama, War
Scottish warrior William Wallace leads his countrymen in a rebellion to free his homeland from the tyranny of King Edward I of England.
Director: Mel Gibson | Stars: Mel Gibson, Sophie Marceau, Patrick McGoohan, Angus Macfadyen
Votes: 1,090,475 | Gross: $75.60M
Braveheart's an old movie with medieval soldiers, but know this: Game of Thrones' wouldn't exist without it (along with Lord of Rings) and their main guy wouldn't lost his head the way Mel Gibson did in this movie.
8. The Expendables (2010)
R | 103 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller
A CIA operative hires a team of mercenaries to eliminate a Latin dictator and a renegade CIA agent.
Director: Sylvester Stallone | Stars: Sylvester Stallone, Jason Statham, Jet Li, Dolph Lundgren
Votes: 364,447 | Gross: $103.07M
What you have to know about Expendables is one thing: it's got SYLVESTER ****ING STALLONE, ARNOLD ****ING SCHWARTZENNEGER and BRUCE ****ING WILLIS. That's all. Go watch it then buy the DVD/Bluray the watch it again. Rinse and repeat.
9. The Last Samurai (2003)
R | 154 min | Action, Drama
Nathan Algren, a US army veteran, is hired by the Japanese emperor to train his army in the modern warfare techniques. Nathan finds himself trapped in a struggle between two eras and two worlds.
Director: Edward Zwick | Stars: Tom Cruise, Ken Watanabe, Billy Connolly, William Atherton
Votes: 470,520 | Gross: $111.11M
Never in a million years I'd imagine Tom Cruise would be a samurai... but damn, he made it work. He's like that Onimusha guy, only realistic. Dude's arguably the biggest Hollywood superstar ever for a reason. This is probably the closest thing to a soldier movie Cruise have in his resume, and it's a Top 10 worthy one.
10. The Alamo (2004)
PG-13 | 137 min | Drama, History, War
Based on the 1836 standoff between a group of Texan and Tejano men, led by Davy Crockett and Jim Bowie, and Mexican dictator Santa Anna's forces at the Alamo in San Antonio Texas.
Director: John Lee Hancock | Stars: Dennis Quaid, Billy Bob Thornton, Emilio Echevarría, Jason Patric
Votes: 22,289 | Gross: $22.41M
Historic. Tragic. Epic. My only gripe: everyone died except for one guy.
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