10 War Films Where Everyone Survives

The successor to The Last Detail, Richard Linklater's follow up set 30 years later during the Iraq War picks up with the three men who travelled the roads to military prison being forced to confront the loss of one of their sons. Despite different actors and so many changes in these characters’ lives, they still feel like the same people who walked those streets in 1973, who were destined to say goodbye to each other in sadness.

Last Flag Flying directly confronts the guilt of soldiers, with a mesmerising sequence of Bryan Cranston confessing the truth of a soldier’s death to his still grieving mother. In addition, Steve Carell does career best work as the military thief turned grieving father, and Laurence Fishburne provides the necessary balance to two broken men as they embark on one final journey to say goodbye.

Having to see the body of someone you raised, knowing that you’ll never get another second with them, is the worst thing that any parent could go through.

Last Flag Flying acknowledges that sometimes the most important thing when grieving is to be able to laugh with an old friend, and forget about all the pain for a moment or two.