World War I (1914-1918) was humanity's first shared cataclysm for movies. Movies became tools for processing war trauma and history. Wings (1927) won Best Picture at first Academy Awards
2019 biographical drama directed by Dome Karukoski. Stars Nicholas Hoult as Tolkien and Lily Collins as Edith Bratt. Released in UK on May 3, 2019, US on May 10, 2019. Budget of $20 million, grossed $9 million worldwide
Paramount Pictures released the film on December 1, 1958. Budget was $6 million, with $1.2 million for promotion. Anthony Quinn directed the film, his only directorial credit. Filmed in Technicolor and VistaVision with 60,000 props
Film follows soldiers' mission to find missing Private Ryan in Normandy, 1944. Based on Stephen E. Ambrose's books about multiple soldier losses in a family. Story centers on Captain Miller's quest to save his three brothers
1966 war film directed by John Guillermin, starring George Peppard. Filmed entirely in Ireland with $3 million budget. Peppard learned to fly and earned private pilot's license
Pearl Harbor (2001) won Best Picture and Best Sound Editing. Gandhi (1982) won eight Oscars including Best Picture. The Pianist (2002) depicts Holocaust survivor's survival in Warsaw. The Revenant (2015) won Best Actor Oscar for Leonardo DiCaprio. The Killing Fields (1984) won three Oscars including Best Supporting Actor