Saving Private Ryan(1998) - English

 

I have two prime attractions to point out here, Tom Hanks and Spielberg! This is one of the best war movies I have ever seen. While preparing letters to the family of the soldiers killed in the World War, the clerk notices that three of the letters are addressed to the same lady. It gives them a shock to realize that that lady lost her three sons in the war and her fourth son is still in war front. So they decides to bring the fourth person back from war and send him home with the news of his brothers' death. But that fourth man, Private Ryan is missing and no one knows whether he is alive or not. So a mission is constituted to find Ryan, save him and to send him home. Captain Miller (Hanks) is leading the team. They have to struggle a lot to save Private Ryan.

The picturisation of war fronts and the emotional sequences of the soldiers are stunning. It is a must-watch movie.

Hotaru no Haka(1988) - Japanese

 

This movie, more popularly known as 'Grave of the fireflies' is the best animated movie I ever saw. It tells the story of a teenager Sieta and his little sister Setsuko who are orphaned after the World War II. Their father who was a soldier dies in war and their mother, of disease. The children get shelter in an aunt's home and becomes a burden for them. Then Sieta sets out with his sister to an old cave. The sufferings they undergo and Sieta's attempts to keep his sister happy are picturized in a very touching manner. I am not shy to say that at the end of the movie, I cried and the climax haunted me for days. The best of all movies based on World War, i would say. A 100% must-watch movie.