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1. Windtalkers (2002)
R | 134 min | Action, Drama, War
Two U.S. Marines in World War II are assigned to protect Navajo Marines, who use their native language as an unbreakable radio cypher.
Director: John Woo | Stars: Nicolas Cage, Adam Beach, Peter Stormare, Noah Emmerich
Votes: 73,668 | Gross: $40.91M
2. Gehenna: Where Death Lives (2016)
105 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Developers searching for a location to build a new resort are trapped in a subterranean WWII bunker, where they are confronted by an ancient evil.
Director: Hiroshi Katagiri | Stars: Lance Henriksen, Doug Jones, Simon Phillips, Patrick Gorman
Votes: 2,354
3. Hell to Eternity (1960)
Approved | 131 min | Biography, Drama, War
When his adoptive Japanese-American family is sent to Manzanar after Pearl Harbor, a young Chicano enlists in the marines to become a hero in the Battle of Saipan.
Director: Phil Karlson | Stars: Jeffrey Hunter, David Janssen, Vic Damone, Patricia Owens
Votes: 1,577
4. Battle Cry (1955)
Approved | 149 min | Drama, Romance, War
Young Marines have adventures in love and war.
Director: Raoul Walsh | Stars: Van Heflin, Aldo Ray, Mona Freeman, Nancy Olson
Votes: 2,628 | Gross: $17.44M
5. Oba: The Last Samurai (2011)
128 min | Drama, War
During the end of World War 2, a group of Japanese soldiers fight on after US forces capture most of the island. They refuse to surrender and continue to resist after the Emperor surrenders.
Directors: Cellin Gluck, Hideyuki Hirayama | Stars: Yutaka Takenouchi, Sean McGowan, Mao Inoue, Treat Williams
Votes: 1,214
6. WWII from Space (2012 TV Movie)
Documentary, History, War
The events of World War II from 1941 onward are depicted from the perspective of space.
Director: Simon George | Stars: Corey Johnson, Kevin Farrell, Geoffrey Wawro, Conrad Crane
Votes: 495
7. Golden Partners (1979)
98 min | Drama
A motorcycle cop and a freelance photographer team up to salvage 1 billion yen worth of the Imperial Navy's gold.
Director: Kiyoshi Nishimura | Stars: Tomokazu Miura, Tatsuya Fuji, Misako Konno, Kazuko Yoshiyuki
Votes: 9
8. Horror in the East (2000 TV Movie)
PG | Documentary, War
An examination of atrocities and depredations committed by Imperial Japanese military forces, from 1931 to 1945.
Stars: Edward Herrmann, Samuel West
Votes: 231
9. Wasurerarenu hitobito (2000)
121 min | Drama, War
The story of 3 men who served together in the Japanese Imperial Army during WWII. The story is told in flashbacks from modern day Japan to scenes on the island they are defending. In modern... See full summary »
Director: Makoto Shinozaki | Stars: Tatsuya Mihashi, Minoru Ôki, Tomio Aoki, Keiko Utsumi
Votes: 57
10. Earhart's Electra: Eyewitness Accounts of What Happened to Amelia Earhart's Plane (2012)
Not Rated | 70 min | Documentary
Eyewitness Accounts of what happened to Amelia Earhart's Electra. US Marines found the plane on June 18, 1944, their story has never been told.
Director: Richard Martini
11. The Pacific War: A Trilogy - Saipan (1993)
51 min | Documentary
Award-winning director Serge Viallet uses never-before-seen archival film from the Second World War as well as interviews to understand the tragedy that took place on one of the Mariana ... See full summary »
Director: Serge Viallet | Star: André Kobtzeff
12. Life's a Dive (2014)
10 min | Documentary, Short, Adventure
Historic and archival footage, old home movies, and beautiful high definition underwater photography brilliantly shot in Hawaii and the Pacific by acclaimed filmmaker John Taschner, who ... See full summary »
Director: John Taschner | Stars: Carole Lombard, Douglas MacArthur, Groucho Marx, Robert L. Ripley
Votes: 15
13. Ore wa otokoda! kanketsu-hen (1987)
102 min | Comedy
There is a man who is a Japanese teacher in Saipan, an area occupied by the Americans. He receives a letter from his previous school's headmaster one day. It says, the teachers and students... See full summary »
Director: Akinobu Ishiyama | Stars: Kensaku Morita, Hiroko Aota, Yukiji Asaoka, Shigeru Emoto
15. Triumph Over Prejudice (2023)
54 min | Documentary
In the backdrop of a world on the brink, the Montford Point Marines rise, transcending not just enemy lines, but also the formidable barriers of racial segregation. Their journey, spanning ... See full summary »
Director: Daniel L. Bernardi | Stars: Carrol Braxton, Monique Braxton, Joseph H. Geeter III
17. State of Liberty - Chapter One: Looking for America (2007 TV Movie)
Drama
Director: Dan Shor | Stars: Li Ying Guo, Sean Maycock, Raby Syed, Dan Shor
18. The Insular Empire: America in the Marianas (2010 TV Movie)
59 min | Documentary
Director: Vanessa Warheit
19.
Unsolved Mysteries (1987–2010)
Episode:
Episode #4.26
(1992)
TV-PG | Documentary, Crime, Drama
Murder: Marie Lilienberg and Maria Wahien; Lost loves: The Family of Joe Soll; Wanted: Tom Dixon/Murder: Gary Simmons; Wanted: Richard Condia.
Stars: Robert Stack, Buck Baker, Amelia Earhart, Richard Gillespie
Votes: 16
20.
Heavy Metal (2000– )
Episode:
Aircraft Carrier
(2004)
Documentary, History, War
One of the most crucial weapons of World War Two's war in the Pacific was the aircraft carrier but it was also a compelling target. This program explains the critical role of the aircraft ... See full summary »
Director: Colin Barratt
21.
Air Power (1956–1958)
Episode:
Advance the Bomber Line
(1957)
Documentary, War
Star: Walter Cronkite
22.
The World at War (1973–1974)
Episode:
Japan: 1941-1945
(1974)
TV-PG | 51 min | Documentary, History, War
After the victories in 1941-2, Japanese fortunes reverse as America succeeds in destroying their aircraft fleet and Pacific island bases. At home, shortages of goods and manpower lead to desperation for the population.
Director: Hugh Raggett | Stars: Laurence Olivier, Toshikazu Kase, Naoki Hoshino, Yuzuru Sanematsu
Votes: 350
23.
The World at War (1973–1974)
Episode:
Pacific: February 1942-July 1945
(1974)
TV-PG | 50 min | Documentary, History, War
The island hopping strategy of Admiral Nimitz and General MacArthur leads from one costly, battle after another. The Japanese fight fanatically as the war gets ever closer to home, but Americans finally use their newest weapon, the A-bomb.
Director: John Pett | Stars: Laurence Olivier, Roy Voris, Frank Manson, Douglas MacArthur
Votes: 354
24.
Battlefield (1995–2004)
Episode:
Guadalcanal
(2000)
Documentary, History, War
Tim Pigott-Smith narrates the story of the battle for Guadalcanal and the capture of this strategically crucial island in World War 2 during which more than 25,000 Japanese lost their lives.
Stars: Tim Pigott-Smith, Frank Jack Fletcher, Robert L. Ghormley, Hirohito
Votes: 6
25.
Battle 360 (2008– )
Episode:
D-Day in the Pacific
(2008)
TV-PG | 55 min | Documentary, History, War
The USS Enterprise participates in the Battle of the Philippine Sea, the most crushing American naval aerial victory of the Pacific Theatre of World War II.
Stars: Garth R. Hassell, Alan Pietruszewski, Cougar Zank
Votes: 22
26.
The Armchair Historian (2017– )
Episode:
The Pacific War
(2018)
16 min | Documentary, Animation
Director: Griffin Johnsen | Star: Griffin Johnsen
27.
Dark Docs (2020– )
Episode:
The Most Destructive Attack in History - Night of the Black Snow
(2022)
13 min | Documentary, History
The fire bombing of Tokyo in 1945 was the worst calamity of World War Two but is less well know than the comparable raids on Hamburg, Dresden and the nuclear bombings of Hirshima and Nagasaki.
28.
Historigraph (2018– )
Episode:
How Allied Submarines Crippled Japan in WW2
(2021)
15 min | Documentary
In 1942 American attacks on Japanese merchant shipping were so ineffective that they practically no impact. The problem was finally resolved in late 1943. And in 1944 submarine and air ... See full summary »
Star: Josh Bassett
29.
How to Lose a War (2023)
Episode:
The Homefront
(2023)
Documentary, History, War
In our final episode, we examine how each Axis Power had troubles on their own home front, leading to disaster in the final days of the war.
Director: Tim Bosanquet | Stars: Alexander Henry, Giuseppe Finaldi, Russell A. Hart, Guy Walters
30.
Greatest Tank Battles (2010– )
Episode:
Tank Battles of the Pacific
(2013)
TV-PG | 48 min | Documentary, History, War
Tanks play a small but useful role in the island war against Japan.
31.
Pacific: The Lost Evidence (2005– )
Episode:
Saipan
(2005)
Documentary, History, War
A detailed look at the 24-day battle for the island of Saipan, the first time U.S. soldiers invaded Japanese soil, and the naval Battle of the Philippine Sea, known by the Americans as the "Great Marianas Turkey Shoot".
Director: David Caldwell-Evans | Stars: Michael Carroll, Dai Tabuchi, Edward Feightner, Carl Hoffman
Votes: 5
32.
Nazi Mega Weapons (2013– )
Episode:
America's War: Japan's Warrior Code
(2019)
TV-PG | 44 min | Documentary, History, War
The battle for Saipan is the ultimate test for Japan's greatest weapon: the warrior mindset.
Director: Ross Young | Stars: Tony Pollard, James Holland, Martin K.A. Morgan, Mike Pavelec
Votes: 24