Saving Private Ryan (1998)

Following the Normandy Landings, a group of U.S. soldiers go behind enemy lines to retrieve a paratrooper whose three brothers have been killed in action.

Army officials decide that the sole surviving son, Private James Ryan, must be rescued and shipped home.

 

“as powerful, devastating, memorable and moving as movies get”
Empire Magazine ★★★★★

“still hits with sledgehammer force”
The Guardian ★★★★★

“one of the greatest pieces of combat cinema yet made”
The Times

“a modern classic”
The Telegraph

“A masterpiece”
The Observer