SAVING PRIVATE RYAN (1998)

After leading a company of Rangers in the battle for Omaha beach on D-Day, battle-hardened veteran Captain John Miller (Tom Hanks) is sent on a risky WWII rescue mission. Leading a squad of elite soldiers, he is tasked with finding paratrooper Private James Ryan (Matt Damon) and bring him home safely. Ryan's three brothers have all been killed in action and the Army want him returned to his family. The paratroops of the 82nd Airborne are scattered far and wide though, and finding Ryan proves far from easy. Several of Miller's men are killed in various incidents, but they do eventually locate Ryan -- who refuses to leave his unit! His squad of paratroops is tasked to hold a key bridge, and Ryan insists on doing just that. Capt. Miller and the surviving Rangers (plus the untested & shaky Upham) agree to help, and in a climactic battle scene, manage to hold off a German counter-attack. Director: Stephen Spielberg.. Cast: Tom Hanks, Edward Burns, Tom Sizemore, Barry Pepper, Adam Goldberg, Giovanni Ribisi, Jeremy Davies, Matt Damon and Vin Diesel.