Actors: Tom Hanks, Matt Damon, Ed Burns, Tom Sizemore
After leading a company of Rangers in the battle for Omaha beach on D-Day, battle-hardened veteran Captain John Miller is sent on a risky WWII rescue mission. Leading a platoon of soldiers, he is tasked with finding paratrooper Private James Ryan and bring him home safely. Ryan's three brothers have all been killed in action and the Army want him returned to his family. He is fighting with his unit somewhere inland, but no-one knows where.