1998 · 2h 49m · R
The mission is a man.
Following the Normandy Landings, a group of U.S. soldiers go behind enemy lines to retrieve a paratrooper whose comrades have been killed in action.
Opening with the Allied invasion of Normandy on 6 June 1944, members of the 2nd Ranger Battalion under Cpt. Miller fight ashore to secure a beachhead. Amidst the fighting, two brothers are killed in action. Earlier in New Guinea, a third brother is KIA. Their mother, Mrs. Ryan, is to receive all three of the grave telegrams on the same day. The United States Army Chief of Staff, George C. Marshall, is given an opportunity to alleviate some of her grief when he learns of a fourth brother, Private James Ryan, and decides to send out 8 men (Cpt. Miller and select members from 2nd Rangers) to find him and bring him back home to his mother...
Tom Hanks
Captain Miller
Tom Sizemore
Sergeant Horvath
Edward Burns
Private Reiben
Barry Pepper
Private Jackson
Adam Goldberg
Private Mellish
Vin Diesel
Private Caparzo
Giovanni Ribisi
T/4 Medic Wade
Jeremy Davies
Corporal Upham
Matt Damon
Private Ryan
Ted Danson
Captain Hamill
Paul Giamatti
Sergeant Hill
Dennis Farina
Lieutenant Colonel Anderson
Joerg Stadler
Steamboat Willie
Max Martini
Corporal Henderson
Dylan Bruno
Toynbe
Daniel Cerqueira
Weller
Demetri Goritsas
Parker
Ian Porter
Trask
Gary Sefton
Rice
Julian Spencer
Garrity
Steve Griffin
Wilson
William Marsh
Lyle
Marc Cass
Fallon
Neil Finnighan
Ramelle Paratrooper
Peter Miles
Ramelle Paratrooper
Adam Shaw
Delancey
Rolf Saxon
Lieutenant Briggs
Corey Johnson
Radioman
John Barnett
Soldier on the Beach
Aiden Condron
Soldier on the Beach
Shashi Rami
Soldier on the Beach
Paul Hickey
Soldier on the Beach
Shane Johnson
Soldier on the Beach
Laird Macintosh
Soldier on the Beach
Brian Maynard
Soldier on the Beach
Martin McDougall
Soldier on the Beach
Mark Phillips
Soldier on the Beach
Lee Aaron Rosen
Soldier on the Beach
Andrew Scott
Soldier on the Beach
Matthew Sharp
Soldier on the Beach
Vincent Walsh
Soldier on the Beach
Grahame Wood
Soldier on the Beach
John Sharian
Corporal
Glenn Wrage
Doyle
Crofton Hardester
Senior Medical Officer
Martin Hub
Czech Wehrmacht Soldier
Raffaello Degruttola
Goldman
Nigel Whitmey
Private Boyd
Sam Ellis
Private Hastings
Erich Redman
German #1
Tilo Keiner
German #2
Stephan Grothgar
German #3 / Voice on Bullhorn
Stéphane Cornicard
Jean
Michelle Evans
Jean's Wife
Anna Maguire
Jean's Daughter
Nathan Fillion
Minnesota Ryan
Leland Orser
Lieutenant DeWindt
Michael Mantas
Paratrooper Lieutenant
David Vegh
Paratrooper Oliver
Ryan Hurst
Paratrooper Michaelson
Nick Brooks
Paratrooper Joe
John Walters
Old French Man
Dorothy Grumbar
Old French Woman
Harve Presnell
General Marshall
Dale Dye
War Department Colonel
Bryan Cranston
War Department Colonel
David Wohl
War Department Captain
Eric Loren
War Department Lieutenant
Amanda Boxer
Mrs. Margaret Ryan
Harrison Young
Ryan as Old Man
Kathleen Byron
Old Mrs. Ryan
Rob Freeman
Ryan's Son
Nina Muschallik
Ryan's Granddaughter (uncredited)
Mac Steinmeier
Waffen SS Soldier (uncredited)
Derek Lea
Bangalore Assistant (uncredited)
Leo Stransky
German Sniper (uncredited)
Vincent Ventresca
Soldier on Beach (uncredited)
John de Lancie
Letter-reader (voice) (uncredited)
James Embree
German Paratrooper (uncredited)
Declan Geraghty
Soldier (uncredited)
Chris Hastings
Waffen SS Soldier (uncredited)
Alan Joyce
A23 Platoon (uncredited)
Martin Maloney
USA Ranger - French Village (uncredited)
João Costa Menezes
Soldier on the Beach (uncredited)
Abbe Muschallik
Ryan's Granddaughter (uncredited)
Paul Sacks
Soldier Signalling to Relief Column (uncredited)
Conor Waldron
D-Day Soldier (uncredited)
Paul Woodadge
Paratrooper (uncredited)