THIS MOVIE BEAT SAVING PRIVATE RYAN AS UK’S TOP WW2 EPIC

• Christopher Nolan's Dunkirk has been voted the UK's favorite World War II film in a poll conducted by Deltapoll for the War Movie Theatre podcast.
• Saving Private Ryan came in second, followed by The Great Escape, The Dam Busters, and Battle of Britain.
• The poll included both classic and modern war films.
• Dunkirk depicts the 1940 Dunkirk evacuation, while Saving Private Ryan portrays the search for a paratrooper during the Normandy invasion.
• The remaining top 10 films include The Longest Day, A Bridge Too Far, Pearl Harbour, Schindler's List, and The Bridge on the River Kwai.

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The movie that beat Saving Private Ryan to be named UK’s favourite World War 2 film

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2025-05-12T10:26:26Z