The best military dramas: review, list, story, interesting facts and reviews

Military dramas are one of the most popular genres of cinema. In the world cinema of such films, if not billions, then millions, for sure. It is difficult to orient in such a variety, therefore we offer to your attention the TOP-10 best pictures according to the version of the authoritative site Kinopoisk.

War films, dramas: "The Pianist"

"The pianist" Roman Polanski is not replete with battle scenes, but he is completely on the war and about how it was necessary for innocent people to survive during the Second World War.

The protagonist of the picture is a Jewish pianist living in Warsaw. With the arrival of the Nazis in the city, the poor man had to endure all possible and impossible horrors of wartime: separation from relatives, loss of his beloved profession, persecution, serious illness and unceasing fear. In the end, the Jewish musician was saved by a German officer and yet survived until the liberation of Poland.

The picture won 3 Oscars and an incredible number of awards. The main role was played by Adrian Brody.

"Only old men go to battle"

The military dramas of the 70s, shot in the Soviet Union, were especially good. Just the 25th anniversary of the victory in the Great Patriotic War was celebrated, and three years later a cult picture of Leonid Bykov appeared on the screens. "Only old men go to battle."

The film is devoid of any epic - it is, first of all, about people who are sometimes afraid to go on attack, fall in love, lose loved ones and even at the most difficult moments are not averse to listening to good music. On the website of Kinopoisk, 98.9% of viewers spoke in favor of the fact that the picture of Leonid Bykov is remarkable in all respects. Following the vote, the tape hit the second line of the rating.

"And the dawns are quiet here"

The next "pearl", which wormed into the military dramas of the 70's, is a touching story of Stanislav Rostotsky about how young girls resisted well-trained German saboteurs. "A dawn here quiet" for more than forty years, worried the hearts of viewers with a tense plot, a good acting and a talented director's production.

The picture in the 73rd year was nominated for Oscar from the USSR, but did not win. But it takes the third place in the rating of national favorites.

"Braveheart"

Few military dramas can boast of so many awards and titles, which was awarded to Mel Gibson's film Braveheart. The film took 5 "Oscars", "Golden Globe", the award of the MTV channel and received many other insignia.

The plot of the "Brave Heart" is devoted to the theme of the Scottish-English wars that raged in the 13th century. The protagonist - William Wallace - ventured to oppose the mighty English king and set out to restore the Scots liberty. Mel Gibson as a national hero looked very convincing, so that the audience was delighted with his creation.

"Cranes are Flying"

The Russian military drama "The Cranes Are Flying" was released in 1957. Director Mikhail Kalatozov also decided to abandon the pathos and showed the life of ordinary people during the Great Patriotic War with all the passions, mistakes, absurdities and accidents.

In the center of the plot are two lovers who were separated by military actions and who never could be together. The painting took the main prize at the Cannes Film Festival (this was the only event in the history of Soviet cinema) and was nominated for a British Academy Award. On the site Kinopoisk the rating of the tape is 8.3 points.

"The fate of man"

Sergey Bondarchuk filmed the best historical military dramas in the Soviet Union. Director since 1942 served at the front, so I knew about the difficulties of wartime not by hearsay. The first film Bondarchuk withdrew after the end of the war is the drama "The Fate of Man." The protagonist of the film is going through military operations, torturing concentration camps, losing all members of his family. But in the final driver Andrey Sokolov decides to adopt an orphan boy, thereby starting life with a clean slate.

In 1959 the painting took the main prize of the Moscow Film Festival. The percentage of spectator sympathy on the site Kinopoisk is 87.5%.

Melodrama, a military drama "Gone with the Wind"

"Gone with the Wind" is a cult melodrama not only for Americans, but for the rest of the world. Chic costumes and scenery, beautiful actors, incredibly charismatic main character - all this helped break through the picture in all possible ratings and TOP chats.

"Gone with the Wind" won 8 "Oscars". And although the film revolves around the love triangle of Scarlett O'Hara, Reta Butler and Ashley Wilks, the theme of the Civil War is a red thread through the whole screen action.

"Saving Private Ryan"

The action "Saving Private Ryan" was shot in 1998 by Steven Spielberg. The screenplay of the film takes us back to the times of World War II, but this time we highlight the historical events that took place on the Western Front.

After the three sons of Mrs. Ryan were almost simultaneously killed in local battles, the command decided at all costs to save the life of her last child. To rescue James Ryan from the very heat they were selected 8 soldiers and all of them died in the course of the assignment. The picture took 5 "Oscars" and 2 "Golden Globes".

"The Boy in the Striped Pajamas"

"The Boy in the Striped Pajamas" is a British contribution to the world treasure trove of films about the Second World War. Speech in the picture is about a little boy - the son of the commandant, who was in charge of the concentration Jewish camp. The child is still too young to follow any ideology, therefore, contrary to everything, he becomes the best friend of a Jewish boy who is imprisoned in this camp. By the will of fate, this friendship ends with the fact that both children are burned in a gas chamber.

"They fought for their country"

The film "They fought for their homeland" was shot by Sergei Bondarchuk in 1975. The director managed to collect almost all the actor's color of the time: Vasily Shukshin, Yuri Nikulin, Vyacheslav Tikhonov, Georgy Burkov and many other performers.

The action takes place in 1942 on the outskirts of Stalingrad. Before the viewer there are images of those people who at this crucial moment for the whole war risked their lives every second.

On the site Kinopoisk for the film was left 98% positive reviews. Given the rating of the picture, in the TOP-10 of the best films about the war, she took 10th place.