10 Best Sniper Scenes In Film

10. Saving Private Ryan

Steven Spielberg's Saving Private Ryan is undoubtedly one of the all time great war movies and any list of this kind would be immeasurably lesser for its exclusion. The film comes to a head when Tom Hanks and his band of heroes are pinned down after finally reaching the eponymous Private Ryan.

With time to prepare for the impending attack, they set themselves up for the best possible chance to survive. It is from atop a disused bell-tower that Barry Pepper's Jackson makes his mark on the film.

Pinned down and surrounded Barry begins Peppering (yes!) the proximity around him with aplomb. There is an acceptance amongst the men of their impending deaths and one of the things that makes this scene so memorable is the quiet prayer mumbled under breath as Jackson tags and bags every Nazi in sight.

He earns his blaze of glory as Jackson is cleared from the tower by a nearby tank. The lord was his strength and he was doing a great job it would seem!