Top 30 Most Accurate War Movies

[@WatchMojo]

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[@Slayde.Wilson]

Hacksaw Ridge

[@RUSSSIANSNIPERWOLF]

​@@Slayde.Wilsonnot it is not that realictic

[@pastelninjak5864]

Waterloo (1970)

[@HollywoodMarine0351]

President Dwight D. Eisenhower was Supreme Commander of Allied Expeditionary Force in Europe and achieved five-star rank as General of the Army during WWII, walked out of “The Longest Day” for its inaccuracies. Realistic war movies not listed: •The Unknown Soldier (2017) •Dien Bien Phu (1992) •Hamburger Hill (1987) •The Lost Battalion (2001) •The Desert Rats (1953)

[@white-dragon4424]

Funny, Hamburger Hill is almost always forgotten, even though it's extremely accurate to what happened.

[@lesterbrandt3203]

Forgotten war, forgotten movie. I will not forget.

[@white-dragon4424]

@@lesterbrandt3203 It's an extremely well made movie, with a great script and endearing characters. Even though the core characters are fictitious, the events are very accurately portrayed. Unlike We Were Soldiers, Hamburger Hill has no sentimental gush. It merely mentions what being back home is like. The rest of the film focuses strictly on the battle itself, and what the characters have to go through. A very, very, good movie to say the least!

[@worshadar150]

I think it should take the place of Hacksaw Ridge on this list. That movie is ok, but really goes overboard.

[@nikkolodian9517]

I love that movie. Alphabet

[@paulholbrook7315]

Some years ago, in a poll of Vietnam combat vets, they were asked which Vietnam war movie was the most accurate....Hamburger Hill won.......Really.....

[@randyk636]

“12 Strong” The 2019 version of “Midway” “12 O’clock High”

[@douglaspate9314]

12 Strong. Agree

[@ElizabethMcCormick-s2n]

Bruno Ganz was phenomenal as Hitler in "Downfall"!

[@BobSmith-uc5js]

Gettysburg was a classic movie with phenomenal dialog by Daniels and Conway...

[@twrampage]

Danger Close: The Battle of Long Tan, should be on here somewhere. They apparently used actual radio transmissions for the relevant parts of the script.

[@Surprised_Chicken]

I can hear Nick from History Buffs REEEing right now at this list. 😂😂😂

[@Vindicator18]

And "Danger Close : The Battle Of Long Tan" gets left off the list again. Anyone would think this movie doesn't exist......

[@roxy5588]

Thank you for putting Stalingrad (1993) on this list, that movie is so underrated and so brilliant. Thank you for ranking Saving Private Ryan and Black Hawk Down as high as you did. Both of my favourite war movies ever! I think you all are misinterpritating the rest of Saving Private Ryan, it is about a squad that has to resuce a soldier that lost all of his siblings during World War 2, and I cannot disagree more that it's just about the "Normandy Landings" you either just haven't watched the entire movie or were too dumb to even understand the enormous danger that the eight men sent out to find "Private Ryan" they are put in. It is phenomally acted, written, directed and filmed so masterfully.

[@Mc_Lovin1663]

Finnish movie "The Unknown Soldier". The most realistic war movie i've ever seen. Should've been here in top5 at least...

[@pokka626]

Wondering the same

[@Rakettivuori]

The fact that it isn't even on the list invalidates the whole list

[@HollywoodMarine0351]

I concur. The Unknown Soldier (2017) including, Dien Bien Phu (1992) should have been listed.

[@teknoaija1762]

I agree with Soviet War and Peace,while not a war movie per se,but with most massive scenes ever made.

[@AnthonyLouis-h8q]

@@pokka626das boot was good too, if your heads into it” you can freak out thinking been stuck at the bottom of the ocean.

[@joepatman4173]

For the time it was made, Battleground is very accurate move. From the frozen feet on Sgt. Kenny to the Christmas Bombing of Bastogne.

[@jarrettowens6073]

#7 Oh man, this war movie reminds me of a Joe Galloway documentary, and he was talking about what happened to Jimmy Nakayama (the guy who was hit by a friendly fire Napalm strike) during the Battle of Ia Drang Valley. In the documentary, he started talking about what happened after he found Jimmy, and he said, "That boy is my nightmare." Who knew 5 words could be so powerful and saddening?

[@GumbootZone]

They're wrong about Flags Of Our Fathers. The flag raising wasn't "staged" for publicity like she and many others claim. A flag was raised earlier, but it was quite small and hard to see on top of the mountain. So commanders asked that it be swapped for a larger flag that would be more visible from the beaches. That's all there was to it. The metal pipe it was attached to was quite heavy, so some soldiers who were there helped to stand it up. Yes a photographer was sent up to get pictures of it, but photographers took MANY photos during those days. Doesn't mean everything was staged by soldiers simply "acting" for the camera. It was a real event.

[@tedr4526]

Sounds like it was staged,and you know what , who cares , great photo

[@MrLolx2u]

It was staged. The flag was actually good enough to mark that the US had taken the ridge, the 1st of many during the battle and at that point, the US had already lost over 6,000 men be it wounded or actually dead just to claim that one ridge. However, when the officer corp went and check the flag the very next day when the 1st was planted, they were seriously not happy with it and with the lives lost, they wanted to showboat and prove a bigger point thus they got more men, a bigger flag to go up there and plant it which became iconic as that was the moment that the photographer took pictures of thus only those that rose the 2nd flag got named as heroes whereas the ones that planted the smaller flags got forgotten as nothing and many would be sent back into the very same battle and would die because of it. The film is just broadcasting how bureaucratic bullshit can ruin soldiers lives and just how much generals actually care about infantry's lives that as long as they get their achievements, loss of lives isn't their concern. That's the whole point of "Flags of Our Fathers" and yes, the 2nd flag raising was definitely staged af by the commanders.

[@jeremey1423]

@@MrLolx2u It was not staged. The first flag was raised when the Marines got to the top of the mountain and it was seen all over the island and by the ships off the coast. The Secretary of the Navy, who was there, requested the flag for himself. When word reached the officers on the ground that he wanted it, they ordered Gagnon to take another flag up and replace it, bringing the first flag back for the unit. They told Gagnon to find a bigger flag. When Gagnon reached the top he told Sgt. Strank what he was there for and Strank and his men raised the new flag while the other was taken down. Rosenthal almost missed the photo and was not even looking through the viewfinder when he took it. He did not think it was going to turn out. He then took several photos of the Marines posing in groups. There was another photo of the first flag raising taken by Louis Lowery (see at the link: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:First_Iwo_Jima_Flag_Raising.jpg) that was staged. The famous photo was not a picture of the important event on the battlefield. it was just a photo of some guys changing out the flags, but it was not staged. The people involved forgot all about the second flag raising and the photo. But when the film arrived back in the US for processing, the man developing it saw the potential and cropped it (making it more dramatic) then released it to the press. It wound up on the front page of every newspaper in the country. Incidentally, if you ever want to see both flags, they display them in the Marine Corps museum at Quantico Virginia. The larger flag is displayed all year, while the smaller is only displayed in March. (The battle ended in March.)

[@Terminal-Vet]

My grandpa, who raised me, saw both flag raisings from a troops transport ship off the beach of Iwo. He had been going back and forth to the beach to gather Marine casualties and bring them back to his boat, which, because of the enormous number of Marine casualties, was turned into a makeshift hospital ship. Grandpa used to tell me stories about it and Okinawa where he went next in the USS Barrow, which is why I enlisted in the Marine Corps infantry after high school. I wanted to see if I had what it took to be a Marine. I did become a Marine, and did well in the Corps, but those men were a special breed of tough that I wouldn't dare try to compare myself to.

[@jeremey1423]

@@Terminal-Vet Semper Fi brother. When I was a Corporal in the late 90's I did a color guard detail at a Marine Corps league dinner and met a Lieutenant from Iwo Jima who wanted to buy me a drink. I always felt I should have bought him a drink instead, but I drank my beer and kept my mouth shut.

[@m3017co]

As a prior enlisted Marine combat engineer, when Tom Hanks calls for the Bangalore torpedoes that part is incredibly accurate about how engineers still operate. We still use bangalore's. That was obstacle breaching. They haven't said fire in the hole the correct number of times.

[@tgd2984]

jarhead ( coming from a prior service Army 12B)

[@pokka626]

How is Unknown soldier not on here?!

[@NiqueSmith]

That's my same question ❓

[@teknoaija1762]

Because is just a stupid ignorant list.

[@brandonowens6879]

Glory is one of my favorite war movie of all time Glad it was in the top 10

[@A_good_JEW]

My favorite movie of all time

[@wigglewiggle3789]

I have seen almost all of these, but Come and See, holy heck. That movie hurts. It will leave a scar.

[@Mentott]

I agree. I wasn't prepared for that one.

[@HollywoodMarine0351]

President Dwight D. Eisenhower was Supreme Commander of Allied Expeditionary Force in Europe and achieved five-star rank as General of the Army during WWII, walked out of “The Longest Day” for its inaccuracies. Realistic war movies not listed: •The Unknown Soldier (2017) •Dien Bien Phu (1992) •Hamburger Hill (1987) •The Lost Battalion (2001) •The Desert Rats (1953)

[@nikkolodian9517]

The Lost Battalion was a great movie and Hamburger Hill too.

[@Duelinator]

We Were Soldeirs was filmed in Georgia and Fort Hunter Liggett, California. I used to live in Fort Hunter Liggett back when I was a kid before filming, right in the backyard of my old home.

[@jarrettowens6073]

#18 After I saw this one, it became my new favorite war movie, but not just because it's a World War 2 movie. It's because of who it's based on. With the late Desmond Doss surviving all of that without a single weapon, or firing a shot, he definitely had a guardian angel on his shoulders.

[@jeremybr2020]

I guess the thousands of other faithful believers that died during that battle weren't so lucky to have a guardian angel. Curious why some would be so blessed while others were not.

[@jarrettowens6073]

@jeremybr2020 Well, he believed that God saved his life. He was more of a believer than others.

[@jeremybr2020]

@@jarrettowens6073 Sure. But none of that has anything to do with what I said. He may have been more of a believer than others. But there were no doubt others who were just as big of a believer as him, some maybe even more. And many of those people died horrible deaths.

[@jarrettowens6073]

@@jeremybr2020 Well, I mean the fact that he never killed anyone, didn't think about getting revenge on those who tormented him, having a bible, or even carrying a weapon; with all that combined, I doubt anyone could be a believer in God more than him.

[@jeremybr2020]

@@jarrettowens6073 You doubt anyone could be a believer in God more than him? That is a claim that you can't even begin to back up, and you know it. For one thing, the bible justifies killing for one reason or another, thru the entire book. So your reasoning is dubious at best. This is why I always thought Desmond Doss's position was kind of ridiculous. He had a problem with killing? Yet worshiped a religion that had once had zero problems murdering people. Listen, I think Doss is an absolute hero for doing what he did, in saving all those wounded soldiers. He deserves all the credit in the world for doing what he did. But his beliefs in his religion were idiotic.

[@iamza.]

Come and See should have been higher even if it was already high. Not many movies make me want to never watch it again. This is one of them.

[@jocktheripper2073]

Look up Stalin Order 0428

[@DenisPopov888]

Excellent list - several ofmy all-time favorites movies are here. Notwithstanding this, this is a great true list

[@anti-Russia-sigma]

You should’ve included Flyboys & Enemy At The Gates.

[@fiachraswaz]

letters from iwo jima was def better than saving private ryan. the d-day part was good but the rest of the film was pretty ordinary, letters from iwo jima was brilliant

[@Hinata0928]

SPR is so effective, a ton of vets was seen crying and can't endure the horrors they endured.

[@joelm5509]

Agreed, Letters from Iwo Jima was so much better overall. Yeah the D-day scene in SPR does depict the horrors and bloodiness of war really well, but even historically that landing scene is so damn full of inaccuracies.

[@antony1893]

That's cool that you've put Come and See on the fifth place. Being a belarussian myself i watched majority of movies from the list but not this one, maybe i should give it a try

[@brandonjones9998]

Saving Private Ryan and The Lone Survivor tear me up every single time I watch them

[@tgd2984]

lone survivor is made up bs

[@brandonjones9998]

@ I’m not even going to waste my time or energy with some internet random who wants attention. Foh with your BS

[@pastelninjak5864]

Such a shame that Waterloo isn't on this list

[@tkmmkt6569]

True!

[@peko7553]

LITERALLY True

[@teknoaija1762]

Yes and War and Peace directed by same guy and Waperloo used his props from War and Peace.I t s free here on youtube.You won t believe those battle scenes bigger and better than Waterloo.

[@Thatshowitsdone619]

I myself am somewhat skeptical about "Lone Survivor!" He could have literally said anything about what happened! He might possibly be the lone survivor because his squad came under enemy fire and he simply ran away! We will never really know will we.

[@terrellallen2417]

"Hamburger Hill" was hands down the most realistic and impactful Vietnam film.

[@joshuareed390]

I was an infantryman in Iraq, and I have to say that Hamburger Hill was the best depiction of grunts I've ever seen. The Outpost also belongs on this list.

[@PsySol1980]

Would be nice, if they included a list for reference... 30 Lawrence of Arabia 29 Galipoli 28 Canal 27 Tora! Tora! Tora! 26 Flags of Our Fathers 25 Battle of Britain 24 A Bridge Too Far 23 Gettysburg 22 Jarhead 21 The Longest Day 20 All Quiet on the Western Front 19 The Thin Red Line 18 Hacksaw Ridge 17 Master and Commander 16 Rescue Dawn 15 Full Metal Jacket 14 Lone Survivor 13 Paths of Glory 12 Stalingrad 11 Downfall 10 Dunkirk 9 Das Boot 8 1917 7 We Were Soldiers 6 Glory 5 Come and See 4 Platoon 3 Blackhawk Down 2 Letters From Iwo Jima 1 Saving Private Ryan

[@extensivejay]

No wooden crosses

[@borland8513]

If only chapters were a thing on KZbin.

[@GumbootZone]

15:17 The long haired prisoner turning around with a bare back showing, is the same actor who play Corporal Upham in Saving Private Ryan.

[@And_rew92]

How does Battle of Britain only rank at 25? It's one of the most accurate war movies ever made.

[@FredScuttle456]

Agreed. Some events were simplified in order to create a movie with a beginning, a middle and an end. Some on-screen characters were combined from several real persons. I've seen it dozens of times and I often notice something new which I'd previously missed. As for accuracy - Dowding's letter demanding no more fighters should be sent to France was the REAL letter, retrieved from the archives.

[@silgen]

No Americans in it.

[@neskire]

Numbers don't matter. They are simply the top 30. Besides, rankings always get people to comment and discuss.

[@FredScuttle456]

@@neskire True.

[@crescendokobayashi]

I wish the 29 Pakistani soldiers who died in Mogadishu were included in the Black Hawk Down movie

[@DestinyAwaits19]

The Americans done all the fighting. As usual. And I'm not American, but they do the heavy lifting in war.

[@otavioraupp]

I wish Saving Provate Ryan gave the British the credit they deserve for D day. Even though it was as much a British operation as it was american, we never get to see one UK soldier, not even a single union jack far in the distance! Kids who know nothing about his operation, might believe it was a 100% american mission by watching this movie before reading about it.

[@DestinyAwaits19]

@@otavioraupp Like I said, the Americans do the majority of the fighting. British effort to the outcome of the war was minimal.

[@nikkolodian9517]

@@otavioraupp It was on Omaha beach. At least they could have shown the person piloting the landing craft to be British.

[@NiqueSmith]

My 3 thumbnail movies 🎥: Das Boot, Glory & The Longest Day.

[@Mentott]

Das Boot is an amazing film and done with advice from veteran submariners.

[@alfredlear4141]

What an amazing list ❤ I'd add a couple (on KZbin) Attack! (Classic❤, Jack Palance, Lee Marvin) Cross of Iron, (Lee Marvin, Sam Peckinpah)

[@Gam3rC4m]

Definitely a great list. I feel Memphis Belle should have been in there somewhere though.

[@DaveTring]

You should also include "Brotherhood", a Korean War film and "The Odd Angry Shot" about the Australian SAS in Vietnam.

[@robertmaybeth3434]

1. (00:30) Lawrence of Arabia 2. (01:40) Gallipoli 3. (02:30) Kanal 4. (03:40) Tora Tora Tora 5. (04:50) Flags of Our Fathers 6. (05:55) The Battle of Britain 7. (07:00) A Bridge Too Far 8. (08:00) Gettysburg 9. (09:10) Jarhead 10. (10:00) The Longest Day 11. (11:00) All Quiet on the Western Front (2022) 12. (11:55) The Thin Red Line 13. (12:57) Hacksaw Ridge 14. (13:50) Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World 15. (14:50) Rescue Dawn 16. (15:45) Full Metal Jacket 17. (16:49) Lone Survivor 18. (17:48) Paths of Glory 19. (18:50) Stalingrad (1993) 20. (19:48) Downfall 21. (20:40) Dunkirk 22. (21:400 Das Boot (1981) 23. (22:45) 1917 24. (23:50) We Were Soldiers 25. (24:45) Glory 26. (25:40) Come and See 27. (26:45) Platoon 28. (27:57) Blackhawk Down 29. (28:50) Letters From Iwo Jima 30. (30:10) Saving Private Ryan

[@echo5554]

Nice video, i'd add FURY and band of brothers even if it's a serial

[@georgespencer4119]

BoB is TV

[@silgen]

Sergei Bondarchuk's Waterloo should be on this list. Not only is it factually accurate it also accurately shows the scale of the battle with 20,000 extras.

[@Dontblamethemonkey]

Desmond Doss wasn’t the first objector to win the MoH.. Sgt York in ww1 was also an objector and was one of the most decorated American soldiers of the Great War including the MoH

[@donttellmeitsraining8160]

Yes, but Sgt York actually carried a weapon and killed enemy soldiers, while Doss did not.

[@t.a6159]

I watched "We were soldiers" fifteen years ago, the burning scene made me anti war for life.

[@jimpern]

A very good survey, though I would swap "Tora! Tora! Tora!" and "Battle of Britain". The latter movie generalizes some of the battle action without actually depicting actual battle sequences. Also it fictionalizes the names of many characters, including all the fighter pilots on both sides. "Tora! Tora! Tora!" does none of that and is a virtual live-action documentary.

[@dejiadeleye5697]

Tirailleurs, Brest Fortress, City of Life & Death. Without these films on the list, it will never be complete.

[@ajm2212]

So where is 'The Odd Angry Shot'

[@douglaspate9314]

Good one!

[@What_Makes_Climate_Tick]

I've seen about 2/3 of these. I am especially pleased that Come and See made the list, one of which I wasn't aware until fairly recently. I would have liked The Hurt Locker to have made the list.

[@Galcian1995]

The Lost Battalion was a great War Film that was based off a true story.

[@marcuscrozier449]

Facts. Great movie. Always missed in these lists

[@McPh1741]

The movie "The Great Raid' should have been on this list. It tends to fly under the radar but it is very accurate in regards to small details and sequence of events.

[@jamesharrington4518]

One movie that I wish was included is a movie called “City of Life and Death.” It is a Chinese movie about the Nanking massacre.

[@Uncle_Sterfry]

Master and Commander at 17??? How dare you! That movie is the epitome of historic accuracy! Das Boot at 9? Are you kidding me? Both of these are history brought to life!

[@neskire]

The numbers are irrelevant. Just because one movie is listed as number 1 doesn't mean it was the best. They all are great movies.

[@MaximGhost]

Good list.

[@Violentic81]

Downfall is so well acted. I couldnt see Bruno Ganz as Bruno ganz again.

[@danwest3825]

I agree with most of these choices though I would dispute the order. And I don't think Lone Survivor belongs anywhere on this list as there are major disagreements over the accuracy of the events.

[@nicholasgallo3599]

Please do another video like this on most accurate war series be sure to include Band of Brothers and the Pacific on that list

[@ROCKONplaceboforever]

Good list 👏 thanks WatchMojo

[@princepatni7599]

You just happen to make this video when i wanted to watch war movies , thanks

[@Reaperguy67]

Lol good timing on your part and watch mojo as well

[@BlackHatCinephile]

🥉

[@Reaperguy67]

@@BlackHatCinephile spam

[@brandonsmith5880]

I was thinking the same thing. It's like they read my mind and gave me a list to pick from 😆

[@rodneywaugh8535]

Midway..... Hamburger Hill..... There are just so many that you left out

[@matthewandan9447]

13 hours should be here

[@dandydeschamps5929]

Interesting choices. If you work on another video on the same subject you might want to include "The 9th Company" from Bondarchuk ( a film about a russian company in Afghanistan) or one of Schoendoerffer's films about the French war in Indochine, Namely "The 317th Platoon" or "Dien Bien Phu".

[@maxcelcat]

Hey, this was really interesting. Several films here I'd not heard of, particularly those from the former Soviet Union.

[@michaelarivett463]

Didn’t know I’d get a watch mojo glazing the Japanese over Pearl Harbor video today 🤷🏼‍♂️

[@SeanM375]

Downfall is a masterclass in acting

[@baltazarmaldonado540]

I would add Valkyrie, Fury, and Wind Talkers

[@miguelgonzalez6213]

Although not a 'war' movie, I think an honorable mention might have been tossed in the direction of "13 Hours" for the amazing realistic battle scenes. People on both sides are shown getting shot and blown up and sometimes they died and some had to carry on with horrible wounds that affected them physically and psychologically the rest of their lives.

[@Norfing1995]

It's missing the two most realistic films I've seen in my life, Iron Cross and the 317th Section.

[@Voucher765]

Band Of Brothers also counts too since it follows Easy Company during WWII and had many actors who later became famous

[@wbertie2604]

Tv series, not a movie

[@marceltech]

HOW... HOW it is possible that Waterloo isn't on the list?

[@mytruecrimelibrary]

Come And See is incredible, but it's definitely disturbing. I also like Schindler's List.

[@logannixon231]

Passiondale which is a Canadian movie was amazing to

[@stevarge]

No room for Waterloo (1970) or Zulu (1964). hmmm

[@teknoaija1762]

If you like Waterloo,watch War and Peace which inspired waterloo and is directed by same russian guy.

[@extensivejay]

​@@teknoaija1762he was Ukrainian

[@MrEiniweini]

Although I agree with you, this is a contemporary list and any depiction of war outside of the understanding of the US public will just confuse people and lower view count. They want to make money, that is why "Saving Private Ryan" heads the list. It was worthy of being on the list but "The Longest Day" should have topped it with "Black Hawk Down" , "We were Soldiers"and "Tora Tora Tora". All well acted movies taken from direct first hand accounts of the combatants from private through to General.

[@teknoaija1762]

@@MrEiniweini So was Bondarenko s War and Peace.Tolstoy was an officer and book is based on his experience.

[@wbertie2604]

Neither are particularly accurate

[@Emajanashun]

Gettysburg should be much higher, that was a masterpiece.

[@deathonwings89]

Midway is a pretty damn accurate movie

[@wbertie2604]

😅

[@maxcelcat]

Oh, and while strictly speaking not purely a war movie, Atonement (2006) has some brilliant sequences set in WWII.

[@wbertie2604]

In Dunkirk, a Spitfire that landed on the beach in Dunkirk lands on the beach in Dunkirk. That's rather spot on. In I was Monty's Double, though, M. E. James plays M.E. James playing General Montgomery but John Mills plays David Niven's role. Peter Butterworth was turned down for a role playing himself in The Wooden Horse as he "didn't look like a POW"

[@mikem-ts9zp]

If Das Boot isn't here. List means nothing.

[@teknoaija1762]

Have you seen War and Peace?A russian masterpiece with battle scenes you just won t believe.

[@jonathanrichter4256]

Except - it is on the list.

[@mikem-ts9zp]

@@jonathanrichter4256 it's not on the list. You're either thick or stupid. Which is it?

[@mikem-ts9zp]

@jonathanrichter4256 you must have watched a different list bro.

[@jonathanrichter4256]

@@mikem-ts9zp Sorry, I was looking at his Das Boot comment. Brain fart.

[@StonedVet81]

Platoon is an absolute masterpiece.

[@BTR-xw4of]

When I was at Wesley College's St Kilda Road Campus we students were told to sit down and were showed the deeply emotional but brilliant movie 'Gallipoli'. As we sat there totally immersed in the film I cannot speak for all my fellow students but certainly the overwhelming majority - we were deeply emotionally, and as young teenage Australians who most were deeply patriotically nationalistic - we all shared a deep sense of horror, extreme proudness in our most precious generation as a very young new country - and deep anger towards the sheer bastardry and incompetence of the British. Yes, my ancestors came from the UK - however as a fierce republican my hatred of the British establishment was born. Now I know this'll trigger the 'more British than the British forlock tugging' monarchists out there but I don't give a FF. The movie was extremely well filmed and acted - helping to propel the New York born, but NIDA Australian raised/trained career of one Mel Gibson. 'Gallipoli' remains one of our most precious national films - part fact, part fiction. As does the charge at Beersheba in the telemovie "ANZACs". That cavalry charge, the cinematography and selection of music remains, along with 'Gallipoli' - national treasures.

[@Rosedach]

Two of the movies are based on the non-fiction books by Cornelius Ryan. They did not make a movie on his third book, "The Last battle".

[@egbertknechtler1901]

Alatriste is clearly missing... and Alexander (even so Collin Farrell is always yelling at you) has just the best portraise of an antic battle as it is deliverd to us

[@clausandersen5999]

World at War is by far the most accurate and unbiased documentary, Saving Private Ryan has some truly realistic scenes especially in the beginning, but like most movies it's full of bias towards one side of the war. Band of Brothers is in the same predicament, has a lot going for it but sadly is let down by twisted facts to show one side in a more favorable light. I'll give you one example in Band of Brothers, allthough there are many, at the end Major Richard Dick Winters tells the colonel that he may keep his sidearm as a sign of respect, in reality this is not what happened, but it would look bad if he kept the sidearm which i imagine is exactly what he did, regardless, he definitely did not tell him to keep his sidearm. Once you pull the series apart you come to realize that it is filled of little twisted inaccuracies such as this, for entertainment purposes, it is still a great achievement.

[@VeetiPenttinen]

How many times Watchmojo has already listed most accurate war movies😂

[@teknoaija1762]

30 times I d presume

[@VeetiPenttinen]

@teknoaija1762 Or even more😂

[@teknoaija1762]

@@VeetiPenttinen Top 30 most accurate 30 most accurate war movie lists...

[@patenteux1]

"300" didn't make it? Just kidding, this list is brilliant.

[@wbertie2604]

It's not exactly accurate

[@slightlypsychoticgamer]

Outpost cannot be left off

[@Eym.d.nuke25]

the great raid?

[@yvesboutin5604]

Midway should have been included in the list !

[@lurkingturkey7882]

Cross of Iron, The Beast -> a couple more for the list

[@AdmiralYeager]

We Were Soldiers is severely underrated and overshadowed by Gibsons later personal errors

[@benjbutton]

It’s more overshadowed by the writers other historical epic being 99% bollocks.

[@felixdzerjinsky5244]

City of Life and Death is worth a watch as well.....

[@johnawalker9261]

It is not the British Navy, it is the Royal Navy.

[@DeadlyDigger]

Beneath hill 60, Australian troops had created the worlds largest man made non nuclear explosion,

[@jarrettowens6073]

#15 That one was pretty hard to watch, especially when that poor kid in the bathroom snapped and shot his drill Sgt.

[@PresidentGrant1546]

Zulu wars should be on here

[@kirk0respite]

Lone survivor is completely fictional compared to what happened unfortunately we have been lied too

[@samrich4life]

wtf are you talking about even the guy they based this on said everything happen

[@TheAceous]

@@samrich4life go read the controversy surrounding the guy . he was found with all of his ammo the dude ran away from the fight while his men died

[@marcuscrozier449]

​@samrich4life of course he did.....he was a seal....had to sell the books

[@neilpapesh9925]

The great escape

[@FredScuttle456]

Great story but low on accuracy. The real Great Escape took place in heavy snow and there were no Americans.

[@tacoenvy]

Hamburger Hill is the most accurate movie when it comes to the Vietnam war period. More than Platoon. It uses the correct lingo and the actors did a phenomenal job. It's the one movie most nam vets praise for being accurate.

[@NoGoodDirtyRicer]

Would've at least liked to see Journey's End on here, if not Fury as well.

[@anti-Russia-sigma]

The NAZI offensive into France did not circumvent the Maginot line.The German conquest of Belgium,the Netherlands & parts of France did.

[@O-DogKubrick]

Other than that, can you do something on Britt Allcroft? The creator of the Thomas the Tank Engine tv show? Fans like me are sad cause she passed away today (January 3rd, 2025). 😢😢😢😢😢

[@MixuLauronen]

Where's "Die Brüge"? Just watch its ending battle and compare it to that of "Saving Private Ryan". And yes, "The Unknown Soldier" should have been in the list, too.