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Movie Review: Fury No spoilers “Ideals are peaceful. History is violent.” This dramatic quote spoken by Staff Sergeant Don ‘Wardaddy’ Collier (played by Brad Pitt), becomes a harbinger of subsequent events in Sony Pictures new World War II movie…

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Historical Battle Films (not all-inclusive)

Ancient and Medieval History

  • Alexander Nevsky (1938) – Battle on the Ice
  • El Cid (1961) – Siege of Valencia during the Reconquista
  • Kagemusha (1980) – Battle of Takatenjin, Battle of Nagashino
  • Henry V (1989) – Battle of Agincourt
  • Braveheart (1995) – Battle of Stirling Bridge, Battle of Falkirk (1298)
  • The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc (1999) – Siege of Orléans
  • Kingdom of Heaven (2005) – Battle of Hattin, Siege of Jerusalem (1187)
  • Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007) – Battle of Gravelines
  • Arn – The Knight Templar (2007) – Battle of Montgisard

Early Modern History

  • Zulu (1964) – Battle of Rorke's Drift
  • War and Peace (1968) – Battle of Borodino
  • The Charge of the Light Brigade (1968) – Battle of Balaklava
  • Waterloo (1970) – Battle of Waterloo
  • Glory (1989) – Second Battle of Fort Wagner
  • Gettysburg (1993) – Battle of Gettysburg
  • The Patriot (2000) – Battle of Cowpens
  • The Last Samurai (2003) – Satsuma Rebellion
  • The Alamo (2004) – Battle of the Alamo
  • Alatriste (2006) – Battle of Rocroi
  • The Sovereign's Servant (2007) – Battle of Poltava

20th Century History

  • The Longest Day (1962) – Invasion of Normandy
  • Battle of the Bulge (1965) – Battle of the Bulge
  • Liberation, Oszvobozdeniye (1969) – Battle of Kursk, Battle of Berlin
  • Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970) – Attack on Pearl Harbor
  • March on the Drina (1964) – Battle of Cer
  • Battle of Neretva (1969) – Battle of Neretva
  • Cross of Iron (1977) – Eastern Front (World War II)
  • A Bridge Too Far (1977) – Battle of Arnhem
  • Full Metal Jacket (1987) – Battle of Hue
  • Hamburger Hill (1987) – Battle of Hamburger Hill
  • Border (1997) – Battle of Longewala
  • Stalingrad (1993) – Battle of Stalingrad
  • Saving Private Ryan (1998) – Invasion of Normandy (Omaha Beach, Dog Green sector)
  • The Thin Red Line (1998) – Battle of Guadalcanal
  • When Trumpets Fade (1998) – Battle of Hurtgen Forest
  • Band of Brothers (2001)
  • Enemy at the Gates (2001) – Battle of Stalingrad
  • Pearl Harbor (2001) – Attack on Pearl Harbor, Doolittle Raid
  • Black Hawk Down (2001) – Battle of Mogadishu
  • We Were Soldiers (2002) – Battle of Ia Drang
  • Windtalkers (2002) – Battle of Saipan
  • Tango Charlie (2005) – various aspects of Naxalite-Maoist insurgency and Insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir
  • Lakshya (2004) – Kargil War
  • Flags of our Fathers (2006) – Battle of Iwo Jima
  • Letters from Iwo Jima (2006) – Battle of Iwo Jima
  • The Pacific (2010)

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