War dramas are one of the most sought after movie genres. In the world cinema, such films have been shot, if not billions, then millions for sure. It’s difficult to navigate in such a variety, therefore we offer you the TOP-10 of the best paintings according to the Kinopoisk reputable site.
War films, dramas: "The Pianist"
The “pianist” of Roman Polanski is not full of battle scenes, but he is entirely about the war and how innocent people had to survive during World War II.
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 ongoing fear. Ultimately, the Jewish musician was rescued by a German officer and still 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 people go into battle”
The military dramas of the 70s filmed in the Soviet Union were especially good. Just the 25th anniversary of the victory in the
Great Patriotic War was just celebrated
, and three years later the cult picture of Leonid Bykov “Some Old Men Go into Battle” was released.
The film is devoid of any epicness - it is primarily about people who are sometimes afraid to go on the attack, fall in love, lose loved ones and even in the most difficult moments are not averse to listening to good music. On the Kinopoisk website, 98.9% of viewers spoke in favor of the fact that Leonid Bykov’s painting is wonderful in every way. According to the results of the vote, the tape fell on the second line of the rating.
“And the dawns here are quiet”
The next "pearl" that has lashed out in the military dramas of the 70s is the touching story of
Stanislav Rostotsky about how young girls opposed well-trained German saboteurs. “And the dawns here are quiet” for more than forty years, it has been exciting the hearts of viewers with a tense plot, good acting and talented directorial production.
The picture in 73 was nominated for an Oscar from the USSR, but did not win. But she takes 3rd place in the ranking of popular favorites.
"Brave Heart"
Few war dramas boast as many awards and titles as Mel Gibson’s Braveheart received. The film took 5 Oscars, Golden Globe, MTV Channel Award and received many other distinctions.
The plot of “Braveheart” is dedicated to the subject of the Scottish-English wars that raged in the 13th century. The main character - William Wallace - dared to speak out against the powerful English king and set out to restore Scots freedom. Mel Gibson as a national hero looked very convincing, so the audience was delighted with his creation.
"Cranes are Flying"
The Russian military drama 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.
The plot focuses on two lovers who were separated by hostilities and who could never be together. The picture took the main prize at the Cannes Film Festival (this was the only case in the history of Soviet cinema) and was nominated for a prize from the British Academy. On the Kinopoisk website, the tape rating is 8.3 points.
"The fate of man"
Sergey Bondarchuk filmed the best historical military dramas in the Soviet Union. The director has served at the front since 1942, so he knew about the difficulties of wartime firsthand. The first film that Bondarchuk made after the end of the war was the drama "The Fate of Man." The protagonist of the film is undergoing military operations, torture of a concentration camp, losing all members of his family. But in the final, the driver Andrei Sokolov decides to adopt an orphan boy, thereby starting his life from scratch.
In 1959, the picture took the main prize of the Moscow Film Festival. The percentage of viewers on Kinopoisk is 87.5%.
Melodrama, war drama Gone With the Wind
Gone With the Wind is a cult melodrama not only for Americans, but for the rest of the world. Elegant costumes and scenery, beautiful actors, an incredibly charismatic main character - all this helped the picture to break into all possible ratings and TOP chats.
Gone With the Wind won 8 Oscars. And although the film’s action revolves mainly around Scarlett O`Hara, Rhe Butler and Ashley Wilkes’s love triangle, the Civil War theme runs like a thread through the entire screen.
"Save Private Ryan"
The action movie "Saving Private Ryan" was filmed in 1998 by Stephen Spielberg. The script of the film takes us back to the times of World War II, but this time highlights historical events that took place on the Western Front.
After the three sons of Mrs. Ryan were killed almost simultaneously in the battles of local importance, the command decided at all costs to save the life of her last child. To rescue James Ryan, 8 soldiers were selected from the heat of fire and all of them died during the mission. The picture took 5 Oscars and 2 Golden Globes.
“The Boy in the Striped Pajamas”
“The Boy in the Striped Pajamas” is the British contribution to the world treasury of films about the Second World War. The picture is about a little boy - the son of the commandant, who was in charge of the Jewish concentration camp. The child is still too small to follow any ideology, therefore, in spite of everything, he becomes the best friend of a Jewish boy who is imprisoned in this camp. By the will of fate, this friendship ends in the fact that both children are burned in a gas chamber.
“They fought for their homeland”
The film "They Fought for their Homeland" was shot by Sergei Bondarchuk in 1975. The director in the frame managed to collect almost the entire actor color of those times: Vasily Shukshin, Yuri Nikulin, Vyacheslav Tikhonov, George Burkov and many other performers.
The action takes place in 1942 on the outskirts of Stalingrad. In front of the viewer are images of those people who, at this crucial moment for the entire war, risked their lives every second.
98% of positive reviews were left on the Kinopoisk website for the film. Given the rating of the picture, she took 10th place in the TOP 10 best films about the war .