since its release, "saving private ryan" has been considered one of the greatest war movies of all time and has been lauded as influential on the war movie genre. it is credited for renewing interest in world war ii media. in 2007, the american film institute ranked "saving private ryan" as the 71st-greatest american movie in afi's 100 years...100 movies (10th anniversary edition) and in 2014, the film was selected for preservation in the national film registry by the library of congress.