Below is a list of 15 must watch military movies

1. Black Hawk Down (2001)

Cast:
Josh Hartnett, Ewan McGregor, Eric Bana
Plot:
When U.S. Rangers and an elite Delta Force team attempt to kidnap two underlings of a Somali warlord, their Black Hawk helicopters are shot down, and the Americans suffer heavy casualties, facing intense fighting from the militia on the ground.

2. Saving Private Ryan (1998)

Cast:
Tom Hanks, Tom Sizemore, Edward Burns
Plot:
As U.S. troops storm the beaches of Normandy, three brothers lie dead on the battlefield, with a fourth trapped behind enemy lines. Ranger captain John Miller and seven men are tasked with penetrating German-held territory and bringing the boy home.

3. Full Metal Jacket (1987)

Cast:
Matthew Modine, Adam Baldwin, Vincent D’Onofrio
Plot:
A pragmatic U.S. Marine observes the dehumanizing effects the U.S.-Vietnam War has on his fellow recruits from their brutal boot camp training to the bloody street fighting in Hue.

4. We Were Soldiers (2002)

Cast:
Mel Gibson, Greg Kinnear, Madeleine Stowe
Plot:
The story of the first major battle of the American phase of the Vietnam War and the soldiers on both sides that fought it.

5. Lone Survivor (2013)

Cast:
Mark Wahlberg, Taylor Kitsch, Emile Hirsch
Plot:
Four Navy SEALs on a covert mission to neutralize a high-level Taliban operative must make an impossible moral decision in the mountains of Afghanistan that leads them into an enemy ambush. As they confront unthinkable odds, the SEALs must find reserves of strength and resilience to fight to the finish.

6. 1917 (2019)

Cast:
George MacKay, Dean-Charles Chapman, Mark Strong
Plot:
At the height of the First World War, two young British soldiers must cross enemy territory and deliver a message that will stop a deadly attack on hundreds of soldiers.

7. Hacksaw Ridge (2016)

Cast:
Andrew Garfield, Sam Worthington, Vince Vaughn
Plot:
WWII American Army Medic Desmond T. Doss, who served during the Battle of Okinawa, refuses to kill people and becomes the first Conscientious Objector in American history to receive the Congressional Medal of Honor.

8. American Sniper (2014)

Cast:
Bradley Cooper, Sienna Miller, Kyle Gallner
Plot:
U.S. Navy SEAL Chris Kyle takes his sole mission—protect his comrades—to heart and becomes one of the most lethal snipers in American history. His pinpoint accuracy not only saves countless lives but also makes him a prime target of insurgents. Despite grave danger and his struggle to be a good husband and father to his family back in the States, Kyle serves four tours of duty in Iraq. However, when he finally returns home, he finds that he cannot leave the war behind.

9. Dunkirk (2017)

Cast:
Fionn Whitehead, Tom Hardy, Mark Rylance
Plot:
The story of the miraculous evacuation of Allied soldiers from Belgium, Britain, Canada and France, who were cut off and surrounded by the German army from the beaches and harbour of Dunkirk between May 26th and June 4th 1940 during World War II.

10. 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi (2016)

Cast:
John Krasinski, James Badge Dale, Dominic Fumusa
Plot:
An American Ambassador is killed during an attack at a U.S. compound in Libya as a security team struggles to make sense out of the chaos.