This document provides a summary of the 1998 Steven Spielberg film Saving Private Ryan. It describes the film's plot, in which a group of US Army soldiers led by Captain John Miller are tasked with finding Private James Ryan after his brothers are killed in action, in order to bring him back home. The soldiers face heavy resistance and loss of life from German forces as they search for Ryan behind enemy lines in Normandy, France. Captain Miller is killed during their final battle to retrieve Ryan, who was defending a strategically important bridge.