The list of the best war movies could be hundreds of DVDs long. That’s why here we are focusing on the recent best war movies, including the last decade or so of filmmaking. These are the best recent war movies that have been produced in that time – give or take – but the movies themselves cover a time span of a few thousand years! A lot has changed in war in that time, but all of these movies offer something for any movie.
1. Saving Private Ryan: This isn't just one of the best recent war movies, this is one of the best war movies ever to be produced. Saving Private Ryan has it all, amazing battle scenes, accurate depictions of true life scenarios, compelling drama, great acting and characters and much more. Certainly has to be on your list of the best war movies on DVD to buy.
2. Gladiator: Set in ancient Rome, Gladiator stars Russell Crowe as General Maximus. Hand picked to be the next emperor – although he would have preferred to leave war and politics alone for the rest of his life – instead he's discarded like trash and watches as his family gets murdered and he gets enslaved. Vengeance ensues in this action-packed, compelling all-time great.
3. Band of Brothers Boxed Set: This is technically a list of the best recent war movies, and Band of Brothers is of course a television show. However, it's made so excellently – and shares the Steven Spielberg/Tom Hanks connection of Saving Private Ryan – that it warrants inclusion on this list. No war movie fan or history buff will be able to pass on this boxed set. Although it wasn't a major box office release, it does more than enough to make inclusion on this list of the best war movies of the last decade. Band of Brothers follows Easy Company from their paratroop arrival into Europe to the last days of the conflict.
4. Black Hawk Down: Black Hawk Down is one of the best war movies ever when it comes to realistic portrayal of battle. It depicts the tragic events in Somalia in 1993, when an American helicopter got shot down and many other American soldiers were killed and wounded in the rescue operations. A tragic story spearheaded by painstaking attention to detail, great storytelling and great acting.
5. 300: All of the other best recent war movies on DVD from this list make their mark through exhaustive realism. While 300 is in fact based on a true life battle, it's far from realistic, including battles of enormous proportions, mythical creatures of all kinds and more gore and blood than you'll know what to do with. However, despite perceptions of this movie there is much more than just violence, and all movie fans should be entertained. The special effects are sensational and as mentioned, the battles are done on a mega-scale that's hard to not love.
We would have made this the best war movies since 2000 list, however you cannot overlook mentioning Saving Private Ryan, which is one of the best movies of all-time period. Therefore we created the best recent war movies of the last decade (plus) so that you can help to round out your collection.
All of these are available for some really great prices, and usually come in special editions loaded with features. So buy the best recent war movies on DVD today, they'll help round out your collection and they'll also make for great gifts!
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