Great films directed by Steven Spielberg and where to watch them

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Steven Spielberg in the news

According to reports, Emily Blunt is in talks for Steven Spielberg's next movie. This has put Spielberg back in the spotlight, making it the best time to revisit some of his best films.

The Fabelmans (Sony LIV) 

This 2022 movie is largely based on Spielberg's childhood and his early years in the film industry. Sammy Fabelman, an aspiring filmmaker, explores how the power of films can help him see the truth about his dysfunctional family.

Schindler's List (ZEE5) 

This 1993 movie centres on Oskar Schindler, a German industrialist who, during World War II, employed over a thousand primarily Polish-Jewish refugees in his factories, thereby saving them from the Holocaust.

Empire of the Sun (Prime Video) 

The movie is about a young boy named Jamie 'Jim' Graham (Christian Bale), who goes from living in Shanghai with his wealthy British family to being a prisoner of war in a camp run by the Japanese during World War II.

Catch Me If You Can (JioCinema) 

This 2002 biographical crime film starred Tom Hanks and Leonardo DiCaprio. Despite being pursued by FBI agent Carl Hanratty (Hanks), con artist Frank Abagnale Jr. (DiCaprio) gets away with cashing forged cheques to the tune of millions of dollars. 

Raiders of the Lost Ark (JioCinema)

Harrison Ford plays Indiana Jones in this 1981 action-adventure film. Ford, an archaeologist, battles Nazi forces to find the long-lost Ark of the Covenant, which is supposed to make an army unstoppable.  

War Horse (Sony LIV) 

This 2011 war drama film, which has Benedict Cumberbatch in the lead. The story, which is set before and during World War I, centres on Joey, a bay Irish Hunter horse that British teenager Albert raises despite certain challenges. 

The Terminal (Apple TV+) 

Tom Hanks and Catherine Zeta-Jones are the lead stars of this 2004 comedy drama. The story revolves around an Eastern European man who, after being refused entry into the United States, finds himself stranded in the terminal of an airport in New York.