The 5 Most Realistic Army Movies, According to an Army Historian

The 5 Most Realistic Army Movies, According to an Army Historian

It might surprise some war movie fans to know that at least one Army historian doesn't think there's anything special about "Saving Private Ryan" -- at least, not beyond its realistic D-Day battle scene.

'Saving Private Ryan' didn't make the Army's list of most accurate movie portrayals

An Army historian felt that while the D-Day landing scenes were realistic, the rest of the film was a “typical World War II movie.”