1. "Beautiful Life"
The film was directed by Roberto Bernini and starred Roberto Bernini, Nicoletta Blaschi, Giorgio Cantarini and others. The film was released in Italy on December 20, 1997, and won the 71st Academy Awards for Best Actor, Best Score, and Best Foreign Language Film in 1999.
The film tells the story of a Jewish father and son who are sent to a Nazi concentration camp, the father uses his imagination to lie that they are in a game, and finally the father leaves his son's childlike heart unharmed, but he himself dies tragically.
This film is completely different from any previous film that reflects the theme of World War II, it is a black comedy, it faces the history of World War II through another side through a fresh perspective that goes beyond the conventional. Roberto Bernini gave a unique perspective to injecting a shot of painkillers into all those injured in World War II.
2. Schindler's List
The film is based on Schindler's List by Australian novelist Thomas Kennelly, a 1993 film directed by Steven Spielberg. The film was released on November 30, 1993.
The film recreates the true historical events of German entrepreneur Oscar Schindler and his wife Emily Schindler who destroyed their families during World War II and protected more than 1,200 Jews from fascist murder.
A classic in the history of cinema. On March 1, 1994, the film premiered in Frankfurt, Germany, where the German president personally attended the premiere of the film. U.S. President Bill Clinton was so impressed by the film that he shouted at a news conference: "I urgently ask you to see this film." "The power of its impact and the depth and anguish of its artistic charm are inseparable from the fact that Spielberg had Jewish blood flowing in him and that he experienced the suffering of Jews as a child, that 17 members of his extended family from Ukraine were murdered in Nazi concentration camps in Poland, and that he had a deep sense of devotion to Schindler, the great benefactor of the Jewish people.
3. "Gone with the Wind"
Adapted from Margaret Mitchell's novel Gone with the Wind, the film was co-directed by Victor Fleming, George Cook, and Sam Wood, starring Clark Gable, Vivien Leigh, Thomas Mitchell, Heidi McDaniels, Olivia de Havilland, and others.
On the eve of the American Civil War, The Thousand Gold Scarlett of Tara Manor, a southern farm, fell in love with Ashley, the son of another farmer, and was rejected, and in retaliation, she married charles, the brother of Ashley's wife Melanie. During the war, Scarlett became a widow, lost her mother, and took up the burden of life, no longer the original Miss Qianjin; after the war, she became a wife twice, married Red, a speculative businessman who had loved her for many years. However, despite the hardships of life, Scarlett's feelings for Ashley remain unchanged. The death of Ashley's wife, Meran, gave Scarlett a chance, on the one hand, she loved her husband Red, and on the other hand, Ashley, who had been thinking about her for many years. What kind of tomorrow will Scarlett give herself?
The first half of the film is like an epic poem, recreating the decline of the prosperous plantation civilization more than a hundred years ago, the wounded soldiers all over the Pentagon Square in Atlanta, the continuous flight, shooting, fire and other scenes are magnificent in scale and color; the second half is a mournful psychological drama, revealing the process of the heroine's maturity in the conflict with her heart with the power of drama. Vivien Leigh's shrewd and greedy green eyes, which are full of spirituality, vividly express Scarlett's charm. Her passion for the character is like a fire, and there is never a moment of burning. Vivien Leigh's fanatical hysterical performance made her famous in one fell swoop, winning the Oscar.
4. "Here Comes the Devil"
The film is a comedy war drama jointly produced by Huayi Film and Television Entertainment Co., Ltd. and China Film Co-production Company. The film is directed by Jiang Wen and starring Jiang Wen, Jiang Hongbo, and Teruyuki Kagawa. The film was released in May 2000.
At the end of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, Ma Dasan, an honest villager in a remote village in Hebei Province, faced a difficult problem: Someone threw him sacks containing the Japanese devil Hanaya Kosaburo and the traitor interpreter Dong Hanchen, claiming that he would not come to get it in the near future, but he did not see it for a long time. The generous Ma Dasan, while serving the two as his fathers and mothers, consulted with the villagers on a plan, and finally decided to put them to death, but in the end it was impossible because of "Providence".
In order to save himself, Dong Hanchen managed to get the villagers of Hangjiatai to sign a contract with Hanaya Kosaburo, saying that after the flower house was safely delivered to the Japanese gendarmerie, the villagers would be given several large trucks of grain. Ma Dasan and the villagers happily rushed to the gendarmerie and handed over the captives to the Japanese side, but the Japanese side did not have the education to "return the courtesy with its courtesy".
Contrary to the traditional narrative and laying of the way Chinese cinema, the film is extremely frank and direct, full of strength and passion, and reflects the complexity and multi-faceted nature of human nature. The whole film is like Lao Tzu's saying, "good is like water", reflecting Chinese tolerant but tenacious character. The audience can see the goodness that flows in the Chinese's heart, and at the same time can feel that this goodness cannot be bullied casually.
5. "Saving Private Ryan"
The film is a 1998 war film produced by DreamWorks, directed by Steven Spielberg and co-starring Tom Hanks, Tom Setsmoor and Matt Damon. The film was released in the United States on July 24, 1998. On December 17, 2014, the film was selected for the 2014 List of "National Treasure Films" in the United States.
The film depicts that after the Normandy landings, of the four sons of the Ryan family who participated in the battle on the front line, except for james Ryan, the younger son of the 101st Airborne Division, who is still missing, the other 3 sons have been killed in various battles in various places within two weeks. When U.S. Army Chief of Staff Admiral Marshall learned of this, for humanitarian reasons, he ordered the front to organize an 8-man squad to find James Ryan, a second-class soldier whose life and death were uncertain, in the vast sea of people and the rain of bullets, and send him safely back to the rear.
The film's performance in the war scenes is very realistic, almost realistic reproduction of the bloody scenes of the battlefield at that time, and is considered one of the most realistic war films in history, and the American Film Association has designated it as a "violent film that extremely renders war". However, many World War II veterans gave the film a high evaluation, calling it "the most authentic reflection of World War II". In particular, the 26-minute grand scene of recreating the Normandy landing in the film is regarded as a treasure book by movie fans, military fans, and enthusiasts, and no one can stand out.
6. "The Boy in the Striped Pajamas"
Based on the novel of the same name published in 2006 by up-and-coming Irish writer John Bourne, the film was directed by Mark Herman and co-starred Asha Butterfield, Vera Famega and Rupert Flanders. The film was released in the United States on November 7, 2008.
The film tells the story of eight-year-old Bruno, the son of a German commander in a concentration camp, during World War II, and he forms a friendship with a Jewish boy on the other side of the camp's fence, and many unexpected things happen.
Tell the story of the German concentration camps in World War II through the eyes of a child, and examine that special era from the perspective of a child. The killing and the blood that is difficult to look at is so strange and interesting in the eyes of the child, but the more realistic the cruelty, the more it is painstaking.
7. "Braveheart"
Produced by Paramount Pictures, directed by Mel Gibson and starring Mel Gibson, Sophie Marceau, Catherine McMark, and others. The film was released in the United States on May 24, 1995. The film has won several Oscars.
While William Wallace was a child, his father, scottish hero Marce Wallace, was killed in a struggle with the British army. At an early age, he studied culture and martial arts under the guidance of his father's close friend. Time flies, and the young Wallace returns to his hometown and proposes to the beautiful young girl Melen, but Melen is snatched by the British army and killed. Finally, in the cry of the vast number of villagers "after the heroes", Wallace led everyone to rise up and kill the British soldiers to announce the uprising. He led the Scots to fight for several years, eventually being arrested by the British in Edinburgh. He shouted "freedom" before his execution, shocking everyone. A few weeks later, Rob chanted the slogan of avenging Wallace and heroically inherited Wallace's legacy against the British army. The Scottish people eventually gained national independence.
Faith needs a spokesperson, just as in religious belief Christianity needs a statue of Jesus and the pope, the spokesman of the world, freedom needs spiritual leaders. The appearance of Wallace is a necessity and a consequence. The great sword that he had used after his death inherited this spiritual transmission, like the "idol", with him each person there was hope, with him he could gather more free people, and with him it symbolized victory. Victory was foreshadowed when at the end Hamiss threw Wallace's great sword in a perfect curve in the sky and finally settled firmly on the ground. In fact, we can guess the ending without the subsequent narration - Scotland has won freedom.
8. Hotel Rwanda
The film was co-produced by the United Kingdom, South Africa, Canada and Italy in 2004. Directed by Terry George and co-starring Don Chandel, Sophie O'Connedo, Jacqueline Phoenix and Nick Nault, the film premiered on September 11, 2004 at the Toronto Film Festival in Canada.
Based on the 1994 Rwandan genocide and based on a true story, the film tells the story of Paul Lus Shabbagina, a Rwandan Hutu restaurant manager, who manages to save 1,268 Tutsi and Hutus refugees in an ethnic vendetta.
Instead of deliberately depicting horrific and bloody massacres, the film instead portrays Paul's desperate and tense heartstrings and the new panic that travelers staying at Rwandan hotels face in the face of endless tensions.