Top 5 Movies to Watch on Memorial Day

With Memorial Day finally here, we thought it would be fun to take a momentary break from our normal nerdy content & head over to the nerdy-adjacent territory of general movie recommendations. While it is easy to think of Memorial Day as just another day off from work, it is important to remember that this is meant to be a day where we respectfully remember the men & women of the military who have given their lives to protect the people here at home & all around the world. With that, we decided to offer our Top 5 movie recommendations to watch today to help celebrate the occasion.

It would be easy to make this list all about the fun movies that glorify the Michael Bay-ified version of the military that is the cinematic equivalent of fireworks. However, we thought it was important to focus on a more realistic presentation of events. Our top picks focus on both the care that is given to the characters & their development as fully relatable human beings, as well as the grounded presentation of events. While we do enjoy more outrageous war movies for their entertainment value, this list is intended to highlight the movies that let the viewer see the more true-to-life perspective on what war is actually like for the people involved.