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Saving Private Ryan
Amblin Entertainment Amblin Entertainment
DreamWorks Pictures DreamWorks Pictures
Mutual Film Company Mutual Film Company
Paramount Pictures Paramount Pictures

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Saving Private Ryan

The mission is a man.

1998 169 min ★ 8.2 (17,719) Released
Drama History War

As U.S. troops storm the beaches of Normandy, three brothers lie dead on the battlefield, with a fourth trapped behind enemy lines. Ranger captain John Miller and seven men are tasked with penetrating German-held territory and bringing the boy home.

Original title
Saving Private Ryan
Language
EN
Country
US
Budget
$70,000,000
Revenue
$481,840,909
Reviews & Ratings 6
Reddazrael

Reddazrael

Jun 21, 2026 · via TMDB

★ 7.0

The opening scene on Omaha Beach lives rent-free in my head. Not because I want it to, but because my father — whose special interest is the World Wars — wanted me to "understand the horrors and reality of war" at 12 years old. I'm truly unsure why it couldn't have waited until I was old enough to *actually* go to war, but it is what it is. Anyway, I vividly remember a man having his arm blown off, stumbling in shock, and then picking up his own arm. I vividly remember listening to a man screaming for his mother as he laid on the beach with his intestines on the sand beside him. That was about the point where my dad paused the movie because I was sobbing so hard I couldn't see the screen anymore. Not to give me a break; he just wanted to make sure I didn't miss anything. So. The point of me explaining that is so you understand how deeply I mean it when I say that in terms of hammering home the horrors of war, this film easily gets a 10/10 for Omaha Beach. I just wish it wasn't a core memory for me, but here we are. The rest of the film is a lot more tame, but I remember being extremely frustrated watching characters I cared about die for a character I hadn't really yet seen and cared nothing about, for what seemed to me to be a nonsensical reason. Like, congrats, you saved one dude so he would go home to his mom so she wouldn't lose all her children, meanwhile multiple mothers lost children on the way to get that guy. I'm unconvinced the math balances out. That being said, I'm a very character-driven viewer; I can usually forgive a mediocre or even outright bad plot if the characters draw me in and make me care about them. That was true of this movie. Unfortunately. 12-year-old me would have preferred hating them all, but such was not the case. Private Jackson, the sniper, was my favourite. He was the one guy who was like "This is stupid." Immediately endeared me to him. Overall, I consider it a good film. Unfortunately, the opening scene at Omaha Beach is its strongest point, and if you're someone who prefers logistics over emotional framing, you're likely to consider the plot needless and foolish drama/sacrifice/tragedy, because there was no need for these men to go on this mission, and therefore the consequences were senseless. But if you prefer emotional framing over logistics, this film will likely resonate with you. Neither viewpoint is better; it's just a matter of perspective.

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attractor5454

May 10, 2026 · via TMDB

★ 7.0

Rating 70/100 Amazing start showcasing just how atrocious and disgusting war is. Followed by a non-sensical plot point to rescue one person in a war where millions died, because he's the last guy in his family. I really liked the interpersonal relationships between the cast, the movie showcasing just how mortal everyone is and they can die at any moment is where the movie is at its best. Deducting some points because as you would expect the movie very much leans into American war propaganda, look at how merciful, all powerful and correct we are as an army and how bad everyone else is. If I ignored the stupid reason for the journey, the journey is fun and entertaining, and if I ignored the social and political messages of it its even better as a movie, and then I would rate it as a 85, but unfortunately I can't ignore those and hence its a 70 for me.

CinemaSerf

CinemaSerf

Dec 2, 2023 · via TMDB

★ 8.0

I don't think I can recall any Hollywood film that depicts the atrocities of the D-Day landings as effectively as this does at the start. Indeed, watching it you wonder just how any of the Allied soldiers managed to ever survive the water let alone fight their way up a beach crowded with tank traps, mines and barbed wire - all whilst under constant machine gun fire. Steven Spielberg leaves very little to our imagination and bodies drop left, right and centre with an authenticity that John Williams scores remarkably poignantly. It's during this seemingly impossible assault that we are introduced to "Miller" (a career-best from Tom Hanks) and his squad who are tasked with taking out one of the heavily defended pill boxes. Meantime, the US Chief of Staff - General George Marshall is informed that one particular lady is about to get three telegrams in one day telling her that her sons have died. There is a fourth - "James" - and the reward for "Miller" and what's left of his group is to find this man and get him home to safety. What's also illustrated quite succinctly here is that despite the most meticulous of planning, nobody really has much of a clue who had landed where, who was alive or dead, and whether or not the master plan was working or not! This makes the new task even more difficult as the men, along with the dragooned interpreter "Upham" (Jeremy Davis) set of in search of a man they don't know with feelings that can only be described as "mixed" about the legitimacy of their mission. What now ensues is a potent story of war and of how the pressures and horrors of constant fear and weariness can corrupt the the most decent of souls. We see these men - decent men - turn into things they would never have thought themselves capable of becoming and the acting really rams that home in a characterful and visceral fashion. Brutality and savagery are not limited to the Nazis and again these images are presented to us with an honesty rather from a rose-tinted good v evil viewpoint and the dialogue has a ripeness and vivacity that rings true, too. It's not devoid of some black humour as we progress through war-torn France before a denouement that combines edge-of-the-seat drama with splendid cinematography and all of the ghastliness of conflict. The men valued each other as much as anything else, their inter-reliance and their determination to get the job done - even if they didn't really know why - is a testament to the attitudes that prevailed throughout the real fighting in Europe during WWII and this dramatisation is stunning. Big screen if you can - but it's really a must watch.

B

BertenErnie

Nov 26, 2019 · via TMDB

Recensie saving private Ryan Information about the movie Title: Saving Private Ryan Regisseur: Steven Spielberg Most important actors: Tom Hanks as Captain Miller en Matt Damon as Private Ryan Genre: War, Drama and history Setting: Normandy, France Plot: During WWII, Chief of Staff, General Marshall is informed that three of a woman's sons have been killed and that she's going to receive the notifications of their demise at the same time. And when he learns that a fourth son is still unaccounted for, the General decides to send a unit to find him and bring him back, despite being told that it's highly unlikely that he is still alive and the area that he was known to be at is very dangerous. So, the unit consisting of 8 men are sent to find him but as stated it's very dangerous and one by one, they are picked off. Will they find him and how many of them will still be alive? I saw this movie at school. I think it's a good film because, the director is very good because it seemed like you were really in it because the camera moved with it. In the quiet parts, the image was also quiet and when it became chaotic, the image was also chaotic. The characters were very realistic and felt as if they were really in a war, and for the costumes it looked very real and the same for the decor it looked like you were in war in France. I liked the movie but thought it was a bit too long, so I give it a 9/10.

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lildrosso

Nov 26, 2019 · via TMDB

I watched this movie during a project at school. Saving Private Ryan was a beautiful and, above all, realistic film. The film presented in a realistic way how the war went then. Most of the film was set in Europe in 1944. The story is that American soldiers are being sent to Europe to fight against the Germans. The American boy James Francis Ryan is sent to Europe with his brothers as a soldier. After the invasion of Normandy it appears that all his other brothers have already died and he is the only one left. That is why corporal Miller is instructed to look for him and return him home. The main actors who play in the film are Tom Hanks who plays corporal Miller and Matt Damon who plays the soldier Ryan. You also have all the soldiers in the group of corporal Miller. I think the characters in the film are very well thought out because they contain characters that are very brave, but also characters who have a hard time in the war. With this they show that not every soldier was as heroic as everyone thought. The film was made on a set that I thought looked very realistic. In the background you saw the buildings that were about to collapse and the shots. I also really liked the sound that came with the film. For example, when a tank arrived, you heard that it was slowly approaching.

E.J. Cummings

E.J. Cummings

Apr 9, 2019 · via TMDB

★ 10.0

This movie should be known for changing Historical War Dramas as we know them. It was the first to accurately depict the carnage of war, and changed the direction of this genre of movies for all time. The initial D-Day scene was fantastic. Afterwards, Tom Hanks is ordered to chose a team of his men and look for James MacGuffin Ryan from Iowa. In order to achieve this goal, Hanks takes us across the entire back drop of world war 2, all the while making us ask, is all this worth just one man? Honestly it's a must watch and is on my "Difinitive Movie List"

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Cast 76
Tom Hanks

Tom Hanks

Captain Miller

Tom Sizemore

Tom Sizemore

Sergeant Horvath

Edward Burns

Edward Burns

Private Reiben

Barry Pepper

Barry Pepper

Private Jackson

Adam Goldberg

Adam Goldberg

Private Mellish

Vin Diesel

Vin Diesel

Private Caparzo

Giovanni Ribisi

Giovanni Ribisi

T/4 Medic Wade

Jeremy Davies

Jeremy Davies

Corporal Upham

Matt Damon

Matt Damon

Private Ryan

Ted Danson

Ted Danson

Captain Hamill

Paul Giamatti

Paul Giamatti

Sergeant Hill

Dennis Farina

Dennis Farina

Lieutenant Colonel Anderson

Joerg Stadler

Joerg Stadler

Steamboat Willie

Max Martini

Max Martini

Corporal Henderson

Dylan Bruno

Dylan Bruno

Toynbe

Daniel Cerqueira

Daniel Cerqueira

Weller

Demetri Goritsas

Demetri Goritsas

Parker

Ian Porter

Ian Porter

Trask

Gary Sefton

Gary Sefton

Rice

Steve Griffin

Steve Griffin

Wilson

Marc Cass

Marc Cass

Fallon

Markus Napier

Markus Napier

Major Hoess

Neil Finnighan

Neil Finnighan

Ramelle Paratrooper

Peter Miles

Peter Miles

Ramelle Paratrooper

Adam Shaw

Adam Shaw

Delancey

Rolf Saxon

Rolf Saxon

Lieutenant Briggs

Corey Johnson

Corey Johnson

Radioman

Maclean Burke

Maclean Burke

Soldier on the Beach

Victor Burke

Victor Burke

Soldier on the Beach

Aiden Condron

Aiden Condron

Soldier on the Beach

Shashi Rami

Shashi Rami

Soldier on the Beach

Paul Hickey

Paul Hickey

Soldier on the Beach

Shane Johnson

Shane Johnson

Soldier on the Beach

Laird Macintosh

Laird Macintosh

Soldier on the Beach

Martin McDougall

Martin McDougall

Soldier on the Beach

Lee Aaron Rosen

Lee Aaron Rosen

Soldier on the Beach

Andrew Scott

Andrew Scott

Soldier on the Beach

Matthew Sharp

Matthew Sharp

Soldier on the Beach

Vincent Walsh

Vincent Walsh

Soldier on the Beach

Grahame Wood

Grahame Wood

Soldier on the Beach

John Sharian

John Sharian

Corporal

Glenn Wrage

Glenn Wrage

Doyle

Crofton Hardester

Crofton Hardester

Senior Medical Officer

Martin Hub

Martin Hub

Czech Wehrmacht Soldier

Raffaello Degruttola

Raffaello Degruttola

Goldman

Nigel Whitmey

Nigel Whitmey

Private Boyd

Erich Redman

Erich Redman

German #1

Stéphane Cornicard

Stéphane Cornicard

Jean

Anna Maguire

Anna Maguire

Jean's Daughter

Nathan Fillion

Nathan Fillion

Minnesota Ryan

Leland Orser

Leland Orser

Lieutenant DeWindt

David Vegh

David Vegh

Paratrooper Oliver

Ryan Hurst

Ryan Hurst

Paratrooper Michaelson

Nick Brooks

Nick Brooks

Paratrooper Joe

Harve Presnell

Harve Presnell

General Marshall

Dale Dye

Dale Dye

War Department Colonel

Bryan Cranston

Bryan Cranston

War Department Colonel

David Wohl

David Wohl

War Department Captain

Eric Loren

Eric Loren

War Department Lieutenant

Valerie Colgan

Valerie Colgan

War Department Clerk

Amanda Boxer

Amanda Boxer

Mrs. Margaret Ryan

Harrison Young

Harrison Young

Ryan as Old Man

Kathleen Byron

Kathleen Byron

Old Mrs. Ryan

Rob Freeman

Rob Freeman

Ryan's Son

Nina Muschallik

Nina Muschallik

Ryan's Granddaughter (uncredited)

Mac Steinmeier

Mac Steinmeier

Waffen SS Soldier (uncredited)

Derek Lea

Derek Lea

Bangalore Assistant (uncredited)

Leo Stransky

Leo Stransky

German Sniper (uncredited)

Vincent Ventresca

Vincent Ventresca

Soldier on Beach (uncredited)

John de Lancie

John de Lancie

Letter-reader (voice) (uncredited)

James Embree

James Embree

German Paratrooper (uncredited)

Declan Geraghty

Declan Geraghty

Soldier (uncredited)

Chris Hastings

Chris Hastings

Waffen SS Soldier (uncredited)

Martin Maloney

Martin Maloney

USA Ranger - French Village (uncredited)

João Costa Menezes

João Costa Menezes

Soldier on the Beach (uncredited)

Paul Woodadge

Paul Woodadge

Paratrooper (uncredited)

Crew 50
Kevin Kavanaugh

Kevin Kavanaugh

Assistant Art Director

Duncan Jarman

Duncan Jarman

Sculptor

Daniel T. Dorrance

Daniel T. Dorrance

Supervising Art Director

Janusz Kamiński

Janusz Kamiński

Director of Photography

Joanna Johnston

Joanna Johnston

Costume Design

Lois Burwell

Lois Burwell

Key Makeup Artist

Tom Macdonald

Tom Macdonald

Key Set Costumer

Daniel C. Striepeke

Daniel C. Striepeke

Makeup Artist

Siân Grigg

Siân Grigg

Makeup Artist

Simon Atherton

Simon Atherton

Armorer

Shannon Mills

Shannon Mills

Sound Design Assistant

Simon Crane

Simon Crane

Stunt Coordinator

Mark Southworth

Mark Southworth

Stunt Double

Andy Bennett

Andy Bennett

Stunts

Dimo Lipitkovský

Dimo Lipitkovský

Stunts

Franklin Mark Henson

Franklin Mark Henson

Stunts

Gary Powell

Gary Powell

Stunts

Jürgen Klein

Jürgen Klein

Stunts

Marc Cass

Marc Cass

Stunts

Neil Finnighan

Neil Finnighan

Stunts

Paul Herbert

Paul Herbert

Stunts

Pavel Krátký

Pavel Krátký

Stunts

Pavel Vokoun

Pavel Vokoun

Stunts

Ray Nicholas

Ray Nicholas

Stunts

Rob Inch

Rob Inch

Stunts

Steve Griffin

Steve Griffin

Stunts

Tony Lucken

Tony Lucken

Stunts

Steven Spielberg

Steven Spielberg

Director

Sergio Mimica-Gezzan

Sergio Mimica-Gezzan

First Assistant Director

Ana Maria Quintana

Ana Maria Quintana

Script Supervisor

Adam Goodman

Adam Goodman

Second Assistant Director

Michael Kahn

Michael Kahn

Editor

Kevin De La Noy

Kevin De La Noy

Associate Producer

Denise Chamian

Denise Chamian

Casting

Nial Fulton

Nial Fulton

Location Coordinator

Gary Levinsohn

Gary Levinsohn

Producer

Ian Bryce

Ian Bryce

Producer

Mark Gordon

Mark Gordon

Producer

Steven Spielberg

Steven Spielberg

Producer

John Williams

John Williams

Conductor

John Williams

John Williams

Original Music Composer

Gary Rydstrom

Gary Rydstrom

Sound Designer

Ethan Van der Ryn

Ethan Van der Ryn

Sound Effects Editor

Frank E. Eulner

Frank E. Eulner

Sound Effects Editor

Andy Nelson

Andy Nelson

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Gary Rydstrom

Gary Rydstrom

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Richard Hymns

Richard Hymns

Supervising Sound Editor

Neil Corbould

Neil Corbould

Special Effects Supervisor

Stefen Fangmeier

Stefen Fangmeier

Visual Effects Supervisor

Robert Rodat

Robert Rodat

Writer

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Jul 21, 1998

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Jul 24, 1998

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Mar 5, 1999

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