Saving Private Ryan: Captain's last words (HD CLIP)

[@carvingboss7598]

This movie and Band of Brothers are two of the most powerful war movies I’ve ever seen. It’s sad to realize that this generation of men are almost gone now, so few remain to tell their stories.

[@mikelonde9567]

I think you need to include " The Pacific" on the list.

[@carvingboss7598]

@@mikelonde9567 that was an epic series but it didn’t hit me like the other two......my grandfather fought in the pacific and two of my great uncles died there. The hell they went through was unbelievable

[@jamesthompson8008]

@@carvingboss7598 Agree 100% - these two with their respective endings have stayed with me for years (since Pvt Ryan was released). My grandfather served in pacific as well, but was clerical - I do have his Navy paperweight though. Really wish more Americans would take those lessons to heart.

[@dorahyeireann256]

Their stories will be told by people like you and many others who will see the ultimate sacrifice they have given so freedom can be achieved. Places like the internet will hold their actions for evermore to be shared for the world to see how their sacrifice yesterday is today's freedom.

[@Valentiono87]

Well... There is "a couple" of films from and about Eastern front.. But you, Americans, would not see them anyway.

[@mackeydirk8643]

My grandfather stormed Omaha Beach on D Day.....I had tears in my eyes during the opening scene just seeing what he might have experienced that day. He made it home in one piece and my mother was born in '46.

[@icwinkler]

oh come on rebecca.....

[@mackeydirk8643]

@@icwinkler Whatever man....my grandfather was a great man and much loved by his family. Peace be with you.

[@alanjones6359]

My father was a POW in Germany on D DAY 6th June it was his 21st birthday they heard about it on a hidden radio in the camp said it was the best Birthday present he ever had , sure he would have liked to have told your grandfather that

[@thomaswilkinson3241]

Mackey Dirk I know, my Grandpa was with the 82nd that day, 25 years a soldier, through Italy, France and later on in Korea. Wounded but he always came home and raised his boy, my dad with my german grandma here in my hessian Hometown. I am glad to have known such a wonderful person in my life. I never knew what he did and just found out where he served a long time after he had passed away when I deciphered his uniform ribbons and medals.

[@miltonrivera6309]

I thank him for his service. My he rest with all our other soldiers.

[@jimsmith9853]

Saw it when it was released with my Grandfather who fought in Europe. Never fails to bring tears to my eyes. RIP Gramps

[@frankwest018]

Sorry to hear about your grandfather

[@ariyoakinlosotu6781]

What was your grandpa's reaction? Was he in shock?

[@dl30wpb]

They said many WWII vets had to leave the theater when watching this movie because it was so realistic. They were getting flashbacks and having anxiety attacks

[@nocturnalrecluse1216]

@@dl30wpb I remember that. It was all over the news back in 98'.

[@nocturnalrecluse1216]

I remember when it first came out in theaters. The entire theater was decorated with ww2 memorabilia. I remember feeling nervous as the landing craft got close to the beach. What a hell of a time to be alive.

[@magsteel9891]

The ending of this movie, when he asks his wife to tell him he's a good man, always kills me.

[@Arthur54321]

me too

[@Deecups510]

I've seen this a hundred times, know exactly what happens. And still it gives me goosebumps. What a movie.

[@lwangafrank2431]

Same here and thats why i have always said its my favourite film of all time

[@jamesbarker2567]

Same Here

[@JamesBarker-qt3pb]

Still Waiting On Uncut Version

[@PureNRG2]

The real tragedy of this movie is that Miller never did get to go home to be with his wife again. It’s why Ryan needed to know he was a good man from his own wife. That he had “earned this”.

[@dorahyeireann256]

Yes. but the trauma, guilt and his conscience would of taken their toll on him. The reflection he had on his own life and that of Lt Miller was very emotional to say the least.

[@chandlerrose4545]

He had to earn it for all the good men that died for him to get home safe.

[@reinerdykeman]

@@dorahyeireann256 You mean Cpt Miller, right

[@dorahyeireann256]

@@reinerdykeman Yes, who you think I mean?

[@reinerdykeman]

@@dorahyeireann256 Well you wrote Lt Miller when in fact he was a Cpt, don't worry we all make small mistakes

[@BuddyH69]

My uncle was in this war. Would not talk much about it. When he did it was few words but his eyes would change. I could see that he was back there. It was incredible to see and I was honored he shared it with me. Rest easy Uncle Phil. I love you

[@countdread6467]

Grandfather was there. He was a medic. Would never talk about it nor would I ask. Was a great man. Bless all those who fight and die to protect our country. Amen!

[@ob.piszczyk9060]

A ty byś walczył?

[@Magic-star-n4k]

Now America is fighting alongside the Ukrainian fascists. No memory at all

[@5Ci0N]

Proof?

[@Magic-star-n4k]

@@5Ci0N Give me your account in Telegram or What's

[@jeferrell79]

Same here. My mom said that my Papaw was a medic and kept tight lipped about what he actually saw over there.

[@iSniper_Queen]

one of the saddest best war movies ever

[@satishchamling9089]

Try The lost battalion

[@satishchamling9089]

@@GhostImperator then go 😂😂😂

[@BrettReynolds55]

What’s the saddest worst war movie?

[@Tervval2]

This is a really great movie, but it's a walk in the park if you compare it to "come and see"

[@donaldmiller4386]

Came here to say this. Ironically it was the first comment in my list.

[@mfreeman313]

So horribly believable when the light goes out of Miller's eyes. Such a brilliant actor.

[@Nick-mb7wc]

He needs to be - Otherwise how could he hide his love of child molesting for so long? Jeffrey Dahmer was also a great actor i suppose?

[@jiji7250]

i always wonder how do actors get their entire body and eyes still while playing dead

[@commonsenseisntcommon1776]

Too bad he went full woke!

[@JohnDoe-jt5lb]

Yes, he doesn't come off as a pedo in this movie at all.

[@JamesBond-fg6bt]

@@jiji7250 trained actors do a lot of self control exercises in acting class, a lot of actor training has to do with control of one's muscles and movements before you get to scene work. It's practice, look it up :)

[@gordontyree9858]

“James, earn this.” “Earn it!” This scene always tears me up. Best war movie ever made! Captain Miller…a bad ass to the very end…pulling his 45 ACP sidearm and shooting at the Tiger tank, but also a teacher and mentor to the very end! Captain Miller is the type of CO and leader I would fight beside thru the gates of hell itself! Tom Hanks is one of the best actors ever!

[@jimpuglisi7973]

Best and most realistic war movies I’ve ever seen total tearjerker

[@jordanhenare7068]

Can we acknowledge how awesome Tom Hanks' death acting is? No cheesy gasp, and relaxing his eyes made it look real af.

[@JamesBarker-qt3pb]

Because It's Actually Real

[@JamesBarker-qt3pb]

They Actually Went Back In Time To 1940s Second World War

[@RayX987]

“ my mama told me life was like a clip of bullets, you never know which one might blow up a tank” - Forest Blump

[@jimpantherdrivervickers5439]

My mama told me...you better shop around.

[@peteburciaga5416]

I be blumping.

[@Vienna19]

😂

[@BrettReynolds55]

Well he used a magazine so mama is also an idiot.

[@lewstone5430]

Jen-nai! Why’d you do everybody but me last Jen-nai!!!!!

[@brucegilham4674]

An absolute classic, without any doubt. Such realistic scenes, believable emotions, triumph and tragedy. One of the greatest war movies ever...IMHO.

[@kondor99999]

I’m a doctor and I would still occasionally see people of this generation up until 10 years ago. They are so different than us. So much better.

[@JamesBarker-qt3pb]

They Sure Were Are

[@thegamingchannel2373]

That has got to be the worst thing to hear from a dying captain who went so far to rescue the private. “ James, earn this” haunted the private for years, laden with guilt.

[@christopherfritz3840]

Exactly. Even in real time I thought that he was essentially blaming him for getting the whole platoon KILLED. Plus the 'wimp' commits a war crime and ends up with PTSD for the rest of HIS life! THANKS Private 🤬

[@jamesbarker2567]

@@christopherfritz3840 What You Mean?

[@richarddexter7641]

@@jamesbarker2567 He's talking about Upham shooting the German after they'd surrendered.

[@52BLUE]

until you realize that it was written into the script to speak directly to the person watching the film. Earn the life you have because other's died for you to have it.

[@jamesbarker2567]

@@52BLUE 🙏🙏

[@longhairedlayabout]

I think Ryan did "earn this". He had the chance to be taken out of the battle and head home, but he disobeyed a standing order and stayed with his unit and fought until the relief came.

[@luciferlightbringer648]

True

[@otdris4548]

But the cost of cpts men

[@jeffmilligan7030]

Good point

[@charlybr0wn226]

Sure but that statement is still a gift to Ryan. So much of us drift through life not willing to take the risks to be greater than ourselves. If you have to live knowing you could have died or others died for you. Well you will think differently when deciding if you have the courage to ask a girl out or start a business. Whether or not your going to sleep in for that test.

[@anthonyspitery6332]

That was more of a message to the audience as much as it was to Ryan. To live the rest of his life to the fullest

[@pilgrimpassingthrough2228]

Some 30 years ago I was about to take an exit off Rt. 24 south in MA when I saw an old station wagon in the breakdown lane. As I passed by I noticed an Marine Corps sticker on the window and I saw an older gentleman sitting on a box on the passenger side front tire so I pulled over to see if he needed help. He did....He couldn't use one of his arms very well to change the tire and so I did that for him. He got shot up on Iwo Jima ....He told me he lasted all of 10 minutes. I told him I was honored to help him and thanked him for his great service! Poor guy was on his way to Rhode Island for his grand daughter's wedding and he went on his way with one of those pitiful dounut tires. If I had the money I would have bought a new one for him on the exit but I didn't. I did however before he left give him my heartfelt thanks, a gospel tract and I prayed he'd make it safely to his destination. I will never forget!

[@HighSpeedNoDrag]

What a Magnificent Movie and saw it on the Silver Screen, Amen.

[@mynameisnotbob941]

I remember at the end of the movie, everyone in the theater just sat in silence for several minutes. You could have heard a pin drop. Just taking in what they just watched. I have never experienced anything like that at a movie. Chilling.

[@colleenross8752]

But Shakespeare in Love won Best Picture

[@jkor5921]

@@mynameisnotbob941 😔😢🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@lEuler1998]

"Angels are on your shoulder". A few years ago, me and my wife went there and we saw the Great Generation. We will never forget the experience. It is impossible to hold the tears when they read out the names.

[@AfroMan187]

Good thing Tom saved Matt Damon, the guy went on to have a hell of an acting career. Would have been a shame if he just Died in France

[@SisypheanSeas13]

You do know this was acted right? Not a documentary? SHEESH. How can some be so obtuse and unbearably naive. I'd be so embarrassed to be like that. 😉

[@kohndoe9440]

@@SisypheanSeas13 and you miss a joke

[@pinhead1990]

And you miss a joke

[@pupper42]

@@kohndoe9440 reverse uno card?

[@devjaxvid]

Then Matt Damon goes to Mars, and we have to go save him again!

[@davidwilliamgay4821]

This film will always be the best war movie that i have ever seen. I sat in a cinema here in Berlin back in 1998, and i have never experienced such a silent cinema, during the first half hour of a film. No one even breathed, including myself, as far as i could hear. I know that Band of Brothers is also extraordinary, but one is given a break in between episodes. Not in this film though. When i watch these clips, even after 23 years, i still have to come back down to earth afterwards

[@DestinyAwaits19]

Are you German by any chance? You said you watched it in Berlin.

[@davidwilliamgay4821]

@@DestinyAwaits19 no i am english but speak german as i have lived here since 1988

[@sandee3073]

I was pregnant with my first baby when this film came out. It was a healthy pregnancy, but my mother and sisters saw the film and were so emotionally affected by it that they recommended I wait until after I had the baby to see the film. My dad was a Marine in WW II and I get every emotional about films like this.

[@TheMaibus]

This truly was the Greatest Generation, long may we remember the sacrifices of these brave men and women, for centuries to come.

[@anujsinghania569]

Did u just say brave women 🤣. Only men fought in the war, stop disrespecting them

[@shallsp1132]

@@anujsinghania569 Females literally worked in the factories providing equipment if I do recall so they technically was apart of the war effort

[@anujsinghania569]

@@shallsp1132 Last I checked, it was the men running the factories. Besides, u can't compare brave men fighting on the frontlines, saving people while putting their lives on risk. Or even field medics. To factory workers, which I agree many men helped with that too, which was crucial. Heck, even so many children fought in the war, or helped with war effort. It's so weird, how even children are more brave and useful than those coward females. 😂 Thankfully in other countries, the females actually contributed something during war. Like for example, one queen even cut her head, so as to motivate the king to win. I know extreme, but u get the idea. 😅

[@jkor5921]

I completely agree! Thank you.🇺🇸

[@benjy117]

I think this was one of the best war movies ever made.

[@mrsignguy1000]

I'm 53 years old, have seen some stuff in my life, and have seen that movie many times. "Earn this!" still does, and always will, cause me to tear up. Amazing story about life...!!!

[@boozolini4465]

the tragic brutality and the non sense of war rendered at un unprecedented stage, best war time movie ever

[@dmxdxl]

The strength of his conviction to fire at a tank with a .45 ACP will always be to me one of the most bad ass things I've ever seen a character in a movie do, dude truly was a trooper and being a teacher helped him become a natural leader in the army!!!..

[@supermanonairs]

Rangers lead the way

[@ExtremelyAverageMan]

Great scene...it shows that as he started to go into shock, his natural instincts were to still go down fighting, no matter how futile.

[@FinalLugiaGuardian]

Perhaps Miller thought he could kill the tank's driver. If the driver dies, the tank can no longer maneuver.

[@Jerrytw928]

This movie is really good. Thank you to those soldiers who sacrificed and dedicate in World War II. Only when there is peace in the world can you have the opportunity to enjoy what is a free and equal life. The United States thank you.

[@user-oo8zt1sc1c]

And no thanks to russians, who destroyed 70% of german Nazi army?

[@georgej7141]

Humans overall are pathetic. Destroying their own homes and their own kind

[@tensazangetsu465]

@@user-oo8zt1sc1c Russia was the biggest loser in ww2 they lost so many men for their wrong political ideology

[@paulsheffield4729]

Who cares sbput Russia. Screw them. All the sacrifices our Fathers made to give us Freedom have all been Spat upon by this generation of spoiled brainwashed liberals. America is being systematically destroyed from within

[@user-oo8zt1sc1c]

@@paulsheffield4729 thinkings like those is what make USA people some of the most ignorant citizens in the whole globe. You should be kinda respectful for other nations, specially, when talking about a brutal war like WW2, that took so many lives.

[@michaelbyrne8860]

Every time I watch this movie, I think about my Father being 20 years old in "41"' and volunteering to join the Army, The Big Red 1, like many other young men at the time leaving their homes, the only place they ever knew to fight in a country that most couldn't have picked on a map! For some they would never come back! I wonder if I would've been that brave? The Greatest Generation! My father never, never ever talked about it only with other veterans! Great Movie!

[@matkprater5291]

Dad was there. "Angels on their shoulders" brought him home.

[@hoofgripweightlifting6872]

I was in the army when this movie came out. It was a humbling experience when the movie reminded me I walked among giants.

[@lewstone5430]

The moment when Ryan realized that by selfishly staying, contravening a direct order, he got the Cpt. and his men slaughtered.

[@unknownuser5260]

A really pointless effort was this, what was the point of bringing in there germans attention, to get attacked by german murrains with tanks, when they had to wait till evening for ammerican squad?

[@delmanpronto9374]

@@unknownuser5260 the film wouldn't be interesting otherwise.

[@azravalencia4577]

@@unknownuser5260 in the pre-battle of Rammelle. You can hear them saying about the important of the bridges for Supply and cutting german rainforcement. 101st (from this film) task to secure hold points, including that bridge. So actually Ryan is in 2 position, they can defend the bridge until reinforcement arrive and deny the german attack to counter the invasion, or they actually heard the CO's order but letting Germans to take the bridge and secure initiative.

[@unknownuser5260]

@@azravalencia4577 Yes, i heard it two, but germans were not coming to that bridge by then, it was american soldiers who managed to pull german in there

[@azravalencia4577]

No, they not pull the Germans. The germans already on the run too Rammelle (its seen by how Willie still not taken as POWs). By then, they only pull the inevetable.

[@ctafrance]

This scene changed my whole feeling about being an American. When this film came out, I had been living abroad for at least a decade, and was thoroughly alienated by how the country had evolved during those years, to the point that I no longer wanted to identify with being an American at all. I won't go into the politics of it; it really doesn't matter whether you get alienated on the left or the right, as so many people have done. But then I was watching this scene, identifying with the story you know the way you do. And when the lieutenant said "Earn this" it hit me. I realized that, we may not all have been personally rescued by soldiers fighting their way through hell to save us, but...if you are an American, you have received so much. There were so many advantages which I have received in life, from birth onwards, compared to the vast majority of people in the world. And how and why? Thanks to those who came before me. And I gladly took whatever benefits I could at every step along the way, education, job opportunities, social opportunities, a whole way of thinking and living freely...I never hesitated. The point was, as I sat there, I realized that I had RECEIVED all these benefits and advantages in life, by virtue of being an American. And it poured down upon me that, I could not UNreceive any of it. I could not NOT identify with any of it. I owed something for all that which contributed to my being who I am. I owed it to those who came before me, who saw to it that I had those opportunities and those freedoms and those values...to live up to them. To earn what had been so freely given to me. So, from then on, although returning to live on the mainland is not likely ever to happen for me. I've been too long away to re-adjust to the changes which have happened. Nonetheless, there is no question but that I assume my identity as an American and do my best, in my life as I live it, to stand for what is best about my heritage as I understand it.

[@enriquemireles8947]

Hanks was robbed of his academy award. The guy was on a hot streak of movies.

[@tomh6588]

My grandfather had polio at the age of 12, spent a year in hospital and came out with a level of paralysis that prevented him from joining WW2. I remember as a kid turning to him and saying something along the lines of 'the one positive is you didn't have to experience that' - to which he replied 'No, I was devastated. All my friends went and I couldn't go along to try and protect them'. What a crazy time to be alive..

[@delightschwartz2155]

I've read articles of young men killing themselves in WWII because they were turned down for health reasons or something when trying to enlist.

[@JamesBarker-qt3pb]

​@@delightschwartz2155Same

[@ronnyvonallmen6892]

I could only watch this Film once, the Soldier Crying for his Mother really was too much to Bare…Heartbreaking is an Understatement….These Veterans/All Veterans Deserve the Highest of Honors and Appreciations….There will Never be a Generation like them again….

[@jkor5921]

Beautifully said! Thank you.🇺🇸

[@MrPrimesuspect01]

So few in the current generation as brave, courageous and self sacrificing as that generation.

[@lordc0ckswagger442]

Earn it. Tell Myself that everyday when I get out of bed and think, for what. Nobody owes me nothing, I have to go get it.

[@greeneyedqt90]

Tom Hanks is such a good actor I love him

[@juanmonge8]

Miller: Never fight a land war in Asia. Don’t take any wooden nickels.

[@kohndoe9440]

Never go to mars,or open the vacuum hatch in space station.

[@whutdatytopsy9651]

not even a dime?

[@TheBenkku94]

when he said earn this i cried

[@mikef-gi2dg]

My father served in WW2, he very rarely, and I mean RARELY...ever talked about what he saw. From the beginning of this clip to the very end....especially.....it tears me up inside and hits me like a bag of bricks and a baseball bat!!!!

[@marilyntaylor9577]

Mine too

[@jimm6810]

My grandfather was an Army reservist. Got orders to report to duty on December 24th, 1941. Duty was North Africa, Sicily, Italy and then rotation to US to practice amphibious landings. He arrived in Normandy one week after D-Day in the first troop ship direct to France from North America. He fought with Patton for the rest of the war. He never talked about.

[@avinashrananaware3464]

Death in war....thats it. Earn it. Total success in duty. saving and wining war at a time.

[@triune_blades]

What this video didn't show was how they looked at Miller's hand to see if it was still shaking. That part gets me every time. It's like a confirmation of what they already knew: he's gone. 😢

[@joeblow1186]

I bald like crazy at start when he takes his family to cemetery. All gave some, some gave all

[@sonofizzy]

(bawled)

[@joeblow1186]

@@sonofizzy no I'm American

[@blazejenkins8386]

@@joeblow1186 and its still bawled, not bald

[@alfop6405]

@@joeblow1186 American justifying his bad spelling by stating he's American

[@TomiKaski]

Not a over the top, heroes with all guns blazing, saving the day and winning the war ending, but a honest, cold and bittersweet ending... the men who completed the mission ended up almost all killed...

[@aguynamednick6186]

One of the greatest movies ever made. Plain and simple

[@mosienko1983]

Earn this. It's a message to all of us that came after.

[@czarbeat]

I always try to remember Miller's words to Ryan for my own life. They are actually a life lesson. A way to put some order in your path. That's why Ryan asks (just after this scene) his wife about him being a good husband. He needed an external approval of the "earn this" line. It was a way from Miller to order Ryan to have a good and correct life. It was his legacy. Another thing is that Ryan could've asked that to his children or grandchildren but asking that to his wife was important to connect it with the life Miller was having (he was having a nice life with his wife). You could think that Ryan finally had the life Miller wasn't able to have after his death. A very important movie in my humble opinion in different ways. As said, this particular scene is very moving to me. Cheers.

[@andyaitken4243]

No generation will ever become as hardened or brave as these young men and women back then. They gave their all and triumphed over pure evil and I hope that history never forgets that.

[@johnmarlin4661]

Dont bet on it . Plenty of combat Vets still around to defend the Constitution !!

[@andyaitken4243]

@@johnmarlin4661 plenty of combat vets yes but not as many who came back from WW2 that’s for sure.

[@joesheridan6209]

I don't know man look at our fore father's arguably a better generation.

[@MrZachgonz]

@@andyaitken4243 most of these men were forced to be in that war. Thats why there was more vets back then. Today’s volunteer military is a very different circumstance.

[@anujsinghania569]

Seriously, in a war that was fought only by men. Where wahmen ran away like cowards, u disrespect all the veterans by mentioning them?

[@decalod85]

Captain Miller, leader, officer, high school teacher, and baseball coach offers his last lesson. I think it would be a good thing for everyone to think about the sacrifices big and small made on your behalf and make some attempt to “Earn it”.

[@emilsabatini4038]

One of the iconic endings combined music of all time!

[@oluseyiahmed1109]

Still brings tears to my eyes 'earn this '

[@animathehallowed1380]

Jackson calling in that Airstrike kill streak before he bit the big one!

[@colerainfan1143]

The most gut wrenching movie I have ever seen.

[@angelametcalfe9142]

It's lucky that there isn't many of these heroes left to see what has happened and continues to happen to the world they fought so hard for

[@fyregus]

Not really. History just repeats itself. We’ll return to having men like these and them go back to having what we have today. A never ending cycle

[@angelametcalfe9142]

@@fyregus never!!! Just over a hundred years ago there was fourteen and fifteen year old kids doctoring their birth certificates so they would say they're old enough to fight for their king. Can you seriously see kids of today being as keen? There was a lot of conscientious objectors to the war itself but the country being worth fighting for was never an issue. Do you think many will be willing to give their lives protecting a country that tramples all over us all laughing manically when they do it?

[@normancarter5419]

Yes, we just had a Baby Hitler Trump in the White House that called POW veterans losers.

[@angelametcalfe9142]

@@normancarter5419 coming from the uk I'm neither for or against Trump but you can't dispute that the country was in a much better place under him than it is now. Personally i think most people would benefit if neither Trump OR Biden run in 2024 and in all honesty i don't think either will

[@normancarter5419]

@@angelametcalfe9142 US Rep. Katie Porter (California) needs to be our next President, go look her up.

[@take5DD]

Remembered seeing this at the theaters like it was yesterday. It was a packed movie. Before it started, we gave a standing O to a few WW2 Vets. Once it was done, we were all outside the mall talking about it, when an old gentleman (might have been in his 80s), walked up and said, "Did you enjoy the movie?". We all said yes and asked him the same. He said, "I just didn't hear the ending part at the bridge. What did the Capt Miller say to Ryan?". We had to explain it to him because he probably didn't hear.

[@azorian888]

Thank you , true heroes.

[@pepperkakespisern5531]

Best war movie ever

[@iSniper_Queen]

i agree

[@saintalfonzo999]

You can say that again

[@nipponsuxs]

Yes one of the best, also Hacksaw Ridge

[@dallasyap3064]

Agree

[@eugene4270]

Best ww2 drama : bob , the pacific

[@Jry088]

Best WWII movie hands down.

[@albertf.9198]

What a movie! I'll watch it 5 more times in my life, for sure.

[@octaneuser4096]

Am I the only one that thinks this movie was way ahead of its time?

[@badgadfaddadaad]

I remember the first time I watched this movie my grade 8 teacher had us get our parents to sign a waiver to get permission to watch it. He knew it was a great realistic depiction of war and wanted us to understand what they went through for us. This was back in 2002. I love ww2 veterans.

[@Userkinb]

Such a great actor saying wonderful phrase. Everyone of us must earn the life all things we have. Thanks god for everything..

[@kimchicooking7769]

My all time favorite movie. Excellent acting ever. Love from Azarbaijan 🇦🇿

[@chrisbreezy-ryanbarbosa4320]

Tom Hanks acting man. Just top tier

[@delightschwartz2155]

I've always felt that Tom Hanks is today's version of Jimmy Stewart.

[@fabulousfrance]

When you see the movie for the first time, you only realize at that moment that it wasn't Cpt Miller you saw at cemetary in the first scene but Pvt Ryan and you understand his pain

[@richgeshel8735]

I cried, SO HARD, when, as the grandfather, Ryan asked his family if he was a good man.

[@hiwayman981]

I still do, even after twenty-four years and scores of viewings of this great film.

[@amare1cro]

A glorious death, but Miller did Reiben dirty, instead of addressing him as the only surviving member of the squad, he is talking to Ryan to “earn it” despite meeting him only yesterday, while fighting alongside Reiben for 2 years.

[@reacbeac8436]

There's even a scene where Reiben is protecting Ryan and Miller runs to them and says:"Ryan are you okay?" and Reiben says:"Yeah I'm fine too thanks a lot captain."

[@amare1cro]

@@reacbeac8436 yep, i remember that. Reiben wasnt serious there, he was more of a joking mode, but yeah they really treated Ryan like a Golden child, to be protected at all costs. This part i dont really get. At the point of the final battle where Jackson gets killed, Mellish dies, Wade and Capparzo already gone..... Why do they still continue the mission and protect Ryan? Who cares if they get him back alive? The mission was B. S. from the start, and they all knew it

[@Jry088]

@@amare1cro cuz he's the only surviving son out of the family. He's the reason for this whole story.

[@davidrhodes7655]

Best movie Spielberg done

[@lumbagoboi1649]

0:32 when the enemy tank is at 1HP

[@sattiusa]

Best movie ever. Hands down 🥲

[@rubut23]

Great movie! Respect from Russia.

[@joemay2640]

Man Tom Hanks acting was flawless.❤

[@germanwojtek3576]

The scene with the coward on the stairs and the German soldier killing his friend is probably one of the hardest things to watch

[@dayquanmorgan8774]

So true

[@Tonks143]

Because you'd run up and kick his ass ofc.

[@jamestower4473]

I still hear people talk about this film year after year, that tells you enough about how good it was.

[@hon.mr.ronburgundyiiiesq.2096]

Does anyone else hear their grandfathers whispering this to us more often now?

[@SoCal780]

To this day this movie is STILL my all time favorite ever.

[@reason1925]

These words. Do not forget them. Ever.

[@dheerendranathbiswas7334]

The magic of two magical man in this gem(Saving Private Ryan) TOM HANKS & STEVEN SPIELBERG ✌😎

[@killbot86]

It always astounded me the Upham was a corporal and Jackson, Reiben etc. had to salute him 😅

[@ToMeToYou]

"Ryan, why couldn't you just leave when we came!!!"

[@Miles_Away]

Tom Hanks acting Matt Damon was a kid back then

[@thelegend6750]

This movie was stacked with great actors

[@g-1393]

Except vin disel

[@delrey874]

One of the best movies ever.

[@johncambridge7181]

I watched this movie when I was just a little kid and I didn’t really know how to judge movie back then but what I remember what made this movie so powerful was Tom hanks’s brilliant acting

[@jan8925]

03:11 My friend in the club giving me his last pill

[@Sam-81_98]

Shaving Ryan's Privates was my favorite movie

[@Mark49007]

At 2:11 you can see that one of the Ryan´s paratrooper colleagues survived, when he comes from the left side near river. It's that guy with black goggles on helmet.

[@One-EyedMisfit]

My grandfather was in North Africa, and later Italy… I still have all his campaign medals

[@pierovazquez3339]

After the scene when upham breaks and fails to supply the ammo I cannot watch it anymore... I honestly start crying... I know it's a movie, I know it's just a scene, but I can't stand it.

[@hughvane]

It was the one part of the movie I could NEVER get to grips with, one moment the cringing coward, next a vengeful warrior. Here in NZ, Upham of a different standard is a war hero. Check out Charles Upham, VC.

[@HawnixArtistry]

It is heartbreaking. It's also important to remember that even though they were called to serve, everyone serves differently. Upham wasn't an infantryman, he was a translator and a writer. He didn't even know what to bring out into the field and thought he could take his typewriter, and hadn't seen combat at all, hadn't fired his weapon since basic. So to expect him to be brave like the rest of them is difficult, and for the parts he did, he handled himself better than most. Part of Spielberg's brilliance of this film was showing how everyone reacts to the moments that truly overwhelm them whether they are a soldier or not. Even Ryan at the end, who was a soldier, started to crumble and cry because they were overrun and he thought he'd be killed.

[@ericstanke3291]

When I saw how Upham responded, I was furious, thinking christ fuck what a goddamned coward. Then you think about it, he was a translator, he'd never seen combat and now he's up to his ears in chaos...finally you say to yourself "you'd like to think your brave but until it hits the fan, you just don't how you'll react, do you?"

[@pierovazquez3339]

@@ericstanke3291 true tho, when in the company of brave men, you cannot do anything but become brave like them, because they're risking their life for you too.

[@porridge57]

Me too. But we get emotional because, although it's a movie, it is also a very good depiction of true-to-life events. And for those of us who understand the reality of such events, and their effect on the world, we feel it deeply.

[@pp-initiatives]

In the movie Saving Private Ryan, Captain John Miller's last words to Private James Ryan are: "James...earn this. Earn it." These words are spoken by Captain Miller to Private Ryan as he lay dying, after leading his squad on a mission to save Ryan's life during the D-Day invasion of Normandy. The words are a reminder to Ryan of the sacrifice made by Captain Miller and his fellow soldiers to save him, and a call to action for Ryan to live his life in a way that honors that sacrifice. The phrase "earn this" can be interpreted as a challenge to Ryan to make something meaningful out of his life and to ensure that the sacrifices made by Captain Miller and others were not in vain.

[@michaelbee2165]

I'll never forget my great Uncle coming into France on DDAY. He was reassigned to Patton's 3rd Army and slogged it out across France, the battle of the Bulge and Batogne only to be stopped outside Berlin to let the Soviets take it. He never really got over that. But he and the men he fought with are truly the Greatest Generation. I pray that soon our citizens will recognize the enormous sacrifice these men made so that we may be free to speak as we will, believe as we choose and defend the honor and bravery of those who came before us. 🇺🇸

[@usprulse]

This movie and band of brothers are best movies showing the horror of ww2...Sadly the generation now dont care what it's all about and those who heard about it now uses it to fuel their "covid" protest.. i think many soldiers are turning in their grave....

[@peterzebot9863]

oO Band of Brothers was a mini series. Why would you post such nonsense?

[@EddieMcDonald-b9k]

Lots of men died saving Private Ryan. They all had mothers too.....

[@orlyvegenia7939]

0:34 when I was like 10yrs old I watch this movie not knowing the title of it then I tought 6 bullets from pistol is enough to destroy a tank, but now it came to realize that the plane destroyed the tank,,, I cant blame the director, its n amazing movie

[@AM93000]

I remember ben afflick in the movie said “fucking Ryan” and yes to this day, this quote still applies