Hacksaw Ridge (2016)

Summary: World War II American Army Medic Desmond T. Doss, serving during the Battle of Okinawa, refuses to kill people and becomes the first man in American history to receive the Medal of Honor without firing a shot.

Release Date: November 04, 2016

Genres: Drama, Biography, History

Director: Mel Gibson

Writers: Robert Schenkkan

, Andrew Knight

Runtime: 2 h 19 min

MPAA: R

Production: Summit Entertainment, Cross Creek Pictures, Demarest Films, Pandemonium, Argent Pictures, Bliss Media, Vendian Entertainment, IM Global, AI-Film, Creative Artists Agency (CAA), Kylin Pictures, Icon Productions, Permut Presentations, Screen Australia, Screen NSW

Distributor: Lionsgate

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 40,000,000

Domestic: $ 67,209,615

International: $ 113,354,021

Platoon (1986)

Summary: Chris Taylor, a neophyte recruit in Vietnam, finds himself caught in a battle of wills between two sergeants, one good and the other evil. A shrewd examination of the brutality of war and the duality of man in conflict.

Release Date: February 06, 1987

Genres: Drama, War

Director: Oliver Stone

Writer: Oliver Stone

Runtime: 2 h 00 min

MPAA: R

Production: Hemdale, Cinema '84, Cinema 86

Distributor: Orion Pictures, Vestron Video, American Broadcasting Company (ABC), Image Entertainment, PolyGram Video, MGM Home Entertainment, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, Shout! Factory, Warner Bros. Home Entertainment, Artisan Entertainment, Carolco Television, Home Box Office Home Video (HBO)

Countries: United States, United Kingdom

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 6,000,000

Domestic: $ 138,530,565

International: $ 15,067

Cast a Giant Shadow (1966)

Summary: In 1947, following the U.N. decision to split British Palestine into separate Jewish and Arab states, a former U.S. Army officer is recruited by the Jews to reorganize the Haganah.

Release Date: March 30, 1966

Genres: Adventure, Drama, History

Director: Melville Shavelson