Tom Hanks with blood on his face in Saving Private Ryan
Summary SCREENRANT VIDEO OF THE DAY SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT Saving Private Ryan has become a streaming hit 26 years after its theatrical release. Directed by Steven Spielberg, Saving Private Ryan stars Tom Hanks as Captain Miller, a man tasked with leading his squad on a mission across occupied France during World War II to rescue the last remaining brother of the Ryan family.
Saving Private Ryan Still Holds Up Today Steven Spielberg & Tom Hanks' WWII Collaboration Remains A Powerful Watch Although Saving Private Ryan is now 26 years old, it still remains one of the kings of the war movie genre. The film was nominated for eleven Oscars and won five, including Best Director, though it infamously lost out on a Best Picture win to Shakespeare in Love.
One of the main reasons why the film has stood the test of time so effectively is its visceral and harrowing depiction of World War II combat. Saving Private Ryan's opening D-Day scene is still widely considered one of the most realistic depictions of war ever put to the screen, but the ending battle is also bloody, shocking, and unwaveringly intense. The D-Day sequence, specifically, was so powerful that the U.S.
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