Film writer Jeremy Urquhart has compiled a list for Collider of three World War II films he considers among the worst ever made, contrasting them with celebrated entries in the genre such as Saving Private Ryan, Come and See and Grave of the Fireflies. He argues that, despite the war providing rich material for classic cinema, these three productions fail to do justice to the real events or history they draw on.

The article text provided only details the third entry, 2016's USS Indianapolis: Men of Courage, which dramatises the sinking of the USS Indianapolis and survivors' ordeal awaiting rescue, including shark attacks. Urquhart notes the incident is more famously and effectively recounted in Quint's monologue from Jaws, suggesting the film pales next to that brief scene. The piece deliberately excludes films only loosely connected to the war, such as 1990's Captain America and BloodRayne: The Third Reich, focusing instead on titles more firmly grounded in historical fact.