Some better war movies worthy of their cause.

War films are just interesting. Not only are they visually stunning they also lend us a perspective into our past that was horrible and mislead. Most audiences have loved this genre and a great deal of people have made such movies in abundance. However, some them have been outstanding and brilliant. I have particularly enjoyed some of them very much. I would put some bits about them here.

APOCALYPSE NOW (1979)

Francis Ford Copolla directed this great war epic. Featuring an ensemble cast of Martin Sheen, Marlon Brando and Robert Duvall, this is the story of a Vietnam Veteran's journey to murder an astray Army Colonel who now commands an ethnic tribe. The movie is notable for focusing on the psychological impacts of the war rather than a gritty depiction of violence which a staple of major movies of this genre.

SCHINDLER’S LIST (1993)

Written by Thomas Keneally and directed by Steven Spielberg, this is a movie that goes beyond a usual commentary on the violence inflicted upon jews by the nazis. It goes further than this to display the Capitalist power regime and the corruption underneath the nazi regime which had gloriously proclaimed itself as the purest race . It tells the story of a German businessman whose sensible acts of business save the lives of many Jews.

SAVING PRIVATE RYAN (1998)

Another Steven Spielberg movie featuring an ensemble cast of Tom Hanks, Matt Damon and Vin Diesel. The movie is based on US army's operations in Normandy and their journey to save Francis Ryan, younger brother of three U.S. soldiers who have died in the same war. The movie is notable for its graphic portrayal of war, and for the intensity of its opening 27 minutes scene depicting the butchering of allied soldiers. Also noteworthy is Hanks’ performance.

PLATOON (1986)

Written and Directed by Oliver Stone this Anti-War movie stars Charlie Sheen, Tom Berenger and Willem Dafoe. The movie is about the horrors of Vietnam War and how wars should never happen. It was the first War movie that was directed by a Vietnam War Veteran.

FULL METAL JACKET (1987)

Full Metal Jacket is a 1987 British-American war film directed and produced by Stanley Kubrick. The screenplay by Kubrick, Michael Herr, and Gustav Hasford was based on Hasford's novel The Short Timers (1979). Its storyline follows a platoon of U.S. Marines through their training, primarily focusing on two privates, Joker and Pyle, who struggle to get through camp under their foul-mouthed drill instructor, Gunnery Sergeant Hartman, and the experiences of two of the platoon's Marines in the Tet Offensive during the Vietnam War. The film's title refers to the full metal jacket bullet used by soldiers. The film was released in the United States on June 26, 1987.

FURY (2014)

Fury is a 2014 American war film written and directed by David Ayer, and stars Brad Pitt, Shia LaBeouf, Logan Lerman, Michael Peña, Jon Bernthal and Jason Isaacs. The film portrays US tank crews in Nazi Germany during the final days of World War II. Ayer was influenced by the service of veterans in his family and by reading books, such as Belton Y. Cooper's Death Traps, about American armored units in World War II and the high casualty rates suffered by tank crews in Europe.

HACKSAW RIDGE (2016)

Hacksaw Ridge is a 2016 biographical war drama film directed by Mel Gibson and written by Andrew Knight and Robert Schenkkan, based on the 2004 documentary The Conscientious Objector. The film focuses on the World War II experiences of Desmond Doss, an American pacifist combat medic who was a Seventh-day Adventist Christian, refusing to carry or use a firearm or weapons of any kind. Doss became the first conscientious objector to be awarded the Medal of Honor, for service above and beyond the call of duty during the Battle of Okinawa. Andrew Garfield stars as Doss, with Sam Worthington, Luke Bracey, Teresa Palmer, Hugo Weaving, Rachel Griffiths and Vince Vaughn in supporting roles.

DUNKIRK (2017)

Dunkirk is a 2017 war film written, co-produced, and directed by Christopher Nolan. It features an ensemble cast starring Fionn Whitehead, Tom Glynn-Carney, Jack Lowden, Harry Styles, Aneurin Barnard, James D'Arcy, Barry Keoghan, Kenneth Branagh, Cillian Murphy, Mark Rylance, and Tom Hardy, and portrays the Dunkirk evacuation of the Second World War. Distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures, the film is a co-production between the United Kingdom, the United States, France, and the Netherlands.

Originally written here.