Top 20 Most Accurate War Movies

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The D-Day scene is a major example of why they say “You can take a man out of the war, but you can’t take the war out of a man”

Eastwood telling the story of Iwo Jima from both perspectives in two completely different films shot nearly simultaneously and released back-to-back is one of the most brilliantly ambitious pieces of film-making I can remember.

Movie Stamps: 0:41 All Quiet on the Western Front (20) 1:34 The Thin Red Line(19) 2:34 Hacksaw Ridge(18) 3:30 Master and Commander(shortened to save time)(17) 4:30 Rescue Dawn(16) 5:24 Full Metal Jacket(15) 6:25 Lone Survivor(14) 7:26 Paths of Glory(13) 8:29 Stalingrad(12) 9:27 Downfall(11) 10:19 Dunkirk(10) 11:19 Das Boot(9) 12:24 1917(8) 13:28 "We were soldiers"(7) 14:23 Glory (6) 15:21 Come and See(5) 16:25 Platoon (4) 17:34 Black Hawk Down(3) 18:32 Letters from Iwo Jima (2) 19:49 Saving Private Ryan(1)

With the Saving Private Ryan D-Day scene, you know it’s accurately recreated when veterans walk out of the theater because it reminds them too much of the real thing

Bro the original "all quiet on the western front" had ACTUAL GERMAN WAT VETS both direct,star and play as the background characters. The original movie was so powerful that the NAZI REGIME BANNED IT. The original all quiet on the western front SOLOS NO QUESTION.

I’m shocked that Waterloo, Tora Tora Tora, or Gettysburg didn’t make the list, all 3 are incredibly accurate, especially Tora Tora Tora

As a veteran that served in the Marines as a radio operator in Viet Nam in 1967/68 I watch movies about Nam and judge them for accuracy like I suppose many vets do, Most movies get a lot of life {and death} pretty accurate. The one area they fall short in is the age of the warriors. Most movies the actors are in there late 20s or 30s. The vast majority of soldiers were 18 to 20. Much younger than portrayed. Try to picture kids that young thrown into that chaos. I am thankful every day I am here. So many didn't get a life at all. Semper Fi.

"Downfall" is absolutely stunning. Few films have ever portrayed Hitler on screen beyond just the portrait on the wall of generals desk. It's so intimate you forget you're watching a film and not a documentary, or even in the room yourself. The fact that it was actually made by the Germans themselves lends it an authenticity that can't be matched by anyone else, almost an admission of guiltiness. It's on par with Saving Private Ryan in every way. "When Trumpets Fade" is also great, BUT it had the misfortune of being released the same year as SPR. We have to mention Band of Brothers, it's not just a show, it's a 12 hour SPR.

Thank you for adding letters from iwo jima. I only ever watched it once but it always stayed with me. The horrors and bravery as well as blind obedience...all of it. It was such a good film.

I think "Das Boot" was the best war movie, every single moment was a sense of mystery and horror. Not much fighting actions but the fear of sunken to the ocean floor made audience very uneasy!

Just like Platoon, Dale Dye served as the military technical adviser for Saving Private Ryan as well as for the miniseries Band of Brothers in which he also played the character Colonel Sink.

Das boot always be the most accurate ww2 movies all the time and you can't change my mind

I appreciated that Jarhead subverted expectations by not having much violence depicted on screen, compared to most war movies, and this portrayal is rather realistic.

The Thin Red Line is highly underrated actually, the combat scenes are absolutely stunning.

Gallipoli deserves a mention. The arrival of the ANZACs on Turkish soil in 1915 combined with the sense of adventure that most Aussie soldiers saw war as makes for a truly powerful feature. Mark Lee and Mel Gibson were superb in selling the story.

I woud've included the movie 'Gettysburg' on the list. It's amazing!

Saving Private Ryan should’ve won Best Picture. Period

Honourable mention: Greyhound. The sea battle scenes has my retired father who's a former navy captain got nostalgic while watching the movie.

None of those even comes close to "Die Brücke" (The Bridge) from 1959. It's based on the Novel of the same name, written by Gregor Dorfmeister, describing his experiences when he was 16 and a Member of the "Volkssturm" (a hastily recruited Militia with little or no training, mostly used as cannonfodder). If other war movies told you about honor, glory and what-not to be found on the Battlefield, this one won't tell you the opposite, it will pound it into you to the point you'll tear up after it shows a blackscreen and the message appears: 'This event occurred on April 27, 1945. It was so unimportant that it was never mentioned in any war communique.'