The film became a summertime hit despite its realistic violence and serious subject.

Rating: 10/10 (6 July 2010)

During the D-Day landings, a squad of eight American soldiers is sent on a mission to rescue the sole survivor of four brothers, who is trapped behind enemy lines.
The film's battle sequences, particularly the Omaha beach landing, are among the most stunningly powerful of director Steven Spielberg's career. But the episodic plotting is naggingly formulaic, and the coda in a graveyard tips this nearly great film into unfortunate mawkishness. Saving Private Ryan grossed US$481.8 million worldwide, making it the highest-grossing domestic film of the year. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences nominated the film for eleven Academy Awards; Spielberg's direction won him a second Academy Award for Best Director.