Saving Private Ryan (1998)
Drama, War • Directed by Steven Spielberg
Extreme Violence
Violence Statistics
255
On-Screen Deaths
1.5 deaths per minute
a killing every 40 sec
a killing every 40 sec
Weapons Used
["Rifles", "Machine guns", "Grenades", "Artillery"]
Violence Context
["World War II", "Military Combat"]
Film Details
Release Year
1998
1998
Runtime
169 minutes
169 minutes
Rating
R
R
Budget
Unknown
Unknown
Plot Summary
Following the Normandy Landings, a group of U.S. soldiers go behind enemy lines to retrieve a paratrooper.
Reality Check: 1.5 On-Screen Deaths per Minute vs. Real U.S. Wars
The real U.S. wars whose per-minute death rate comes closest to this film's — the comparison is always per minute and every war figure is U.S. casualties, never raw totals.
American Civil War
0.24/min
a death every 4 min
1861–1865 • United States
620,000 U.S. deaths
World War II
0.16/min
a death every 6 min
1941–1945 • Global
418,500 U.S. deaths
World War I
0.11/min
a death every 9 min
1917–1918 • Europe
116,516 U.S. deaths