May 31st is Memorial Day, which is a United States federal holiday observed on the last Monday of May to honour soldiers who died in the war. With Memorial Day in mind, the theme for today will be films about war-enjoy!
1 Schindler's List (1993) Director: Steven Spielberg
Academy Award winning film based on the life of Oskar Schindler (Liam Neeson) who was responsible for helping a number of Jewish families live through WWII-Neeson is great which garnered him an Oscar nomination, and Ralph Fiennes is also great as Nazi Amon Goeth, which he also won an Academy Award nomination for his performance...
2 Apocalypse Now (1979) Director: Francis Ford Coppola
Movie set in Vietnam, where a captain (Martin Sheen) is sent to assassinate a green beret (Marlon Brando)-Sheen and Brando are excellent in their roles, and Robert Duvall is also excellent as a hard hitting lieutenant, which he garnered an Academy Award nomination for...
3 Born on the Fourth of July (1989) Director: Oliver Stone
Based on Vietnam activist Ron Kovic's (Tom Cruise) life-Cruise gives a standout performance, which he won an Oscar nomination for...
I hope that the above list of movie picks will provide hours of cinematic entertainment... enjoy!
Dianezy
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