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  • Saving Private Ryan
  • Opened July 24, 1998 | Runtime:2 hr. 49 min.
  • R
    Language, Graphic Sequences of War and Graphic Sequences of Violence
  • Information for parents: Common Sense Media says OK for kids 16+. Read More
  • Captain John Miller (Tom Hanks) takes his men behind enemy lines to find Private James Ryan, whose three brothers have been killed in combat. Surrounded by the brutal realties of war, while searching for Ryan, each man embarks upon a personal journey Read More
  • Cast: Tom Hanks, Edward Burns, Tom Sizemore, Jeremy Davies, Vin Diesel
  • Director: Steven Spielberg
  • Genres: Combat Films, War Epic, War, Ensemble Film

Saving Private Ryan Recent Fan Reviews

  • Must Go!

    Classic!!!

    by RUReady

    Own it on DVD

  • Must Go!

    Saving Private Ryan

    by The Cow Pharaoh

    The Best War Movie ever made. It showed how bad things where in WWII and keeps you hooked. I'm a fan of History but you don't have to be to love this movie. I give it 5 army helmets out of 5

  • Must Go!

    THE BESt MOVIE EVER

    by Dylano

    This was the first war film i saw when i was three i love this now when people ohh love that means its alright but seriously when someone says hey whats your favorite movie i say saving private ryan great war scenes excesspacialy at the end i was only 3 years old when i saw and i never cry but for this movie i cry every time at two parts one is when the medic dies and the other one at the ending i dont cry for anything else. I loved it so much i went to normandy beach 3 years ago and saw where D-day took place. I love this movie.

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Saving Private Ryan Critic Reviews

Must Go! Avg. Critic Score out of 100 Metascore ® based on all critic ratings.

Critic scores range from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating more favorable reviews.

  • 100
    San Francisco Chronicle | Bob Graham

    An overwhelming experience.

  • 100
    The New York Times | Elvis Mitchell

    Steven Spielberg's soberly magnificent new war film, the second such pinnacle...

  • 100
    New York Daily News | Elizabeth Weitzman

    Steven Spielberg's best war film -- and one of the two or three best movies the...

  • 100
    Washington Post | Stephen Hunter

    Searing, heartbreaking, so intense it turns your body into a single tube of...

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