Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "american-atrocity"

1. My Lai Four (2010)

101 min | War

The reenactment of the brutal massacre in Mi Lai a village in South Vietnam perpetrated by American Military forces on 16th of March 1968.

Director: Paolo Bertola | Stars: Beau Ballinger, Yvette Yzon, Alvin Anson, Gianluca Baldari

Votes: 238

2. The Harvest of My Lai (1970 TV Movie)

43 min | Documentary, War

Filmmaker Marcel Ophuls investigates the massacre of My Lai by U.S. soldiers.

Director: Marcel Ophüls | Stars: Georg Armin, Ingo Eggers, Eberhard Fechner, Axel Husner

Votes: 11

3. 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: 357

4. The World at War (1973–1974)
Episode: The Bomb: February-September 1945 (1974)

TV-PG | 52 min | Documentary, History, War

Following the events from the death of US President Roosevelt through to the dropping of the two bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki that prompted Japan's surrender.

Stars: Laurence Olivier, Averell Harriman, Alger Hiss, Anthony Eden

Votes: 359

5. Battle Honours (2021– )
Episode: The Mighty Eighth (2021)

Documentary, History, War

The 8th United States Army Air Force flew some of WW2's most daring raids and sorties over Germany and mainland Europe.

Director: Adam Luria | Stars: Robert Ricks, Bill Toombs, Flint Whitlock, Henry Hughey

6. American Experience (1987– )
Episode: My Lai (2010)

TV-14 | 83 min | Documentary, Biography, History

American Experience investigates the My Lai massacre an atrocity during the Vietnam War that killed more than 300 unarmed civilians.

Director: Barak Goodman | Stars: Aubrey Daniel, Fred Widmer, Lawrence La Croix, Greg Olsen

Votes: 226

7. The Balkans in Flames (2021–2022)
Episode: Yugoslavia In Ruins (2021)

Documentary, History, War

The Srebrenica massacre is a wake-up call for the international community, which decides to intervene after four years of war. That same year, the warring parties sign a peace treaty. But ... See full summary »

Stars: Misha Glenny, James Gow, Marie-Janine Calic, Gerry Kremer

8. Frontline (1983– )
Episode: America and the Taliban (2) (2023)

TV-PG | 53 min | Documentary, News

An investigation into how America's 20-year investment in Afghanistan culminated in Taliban victory, with a focus on missteps and consequences.

Directors: Marcela Gaviria, Martin Smith | Stars: Martin Smith, Douglas Lute, David Petraeus, Joey Keller

Votes: 44

9. First Tuesday (1983–1993)
Episode: Four Hours in My Lai (1989)

Documentary

"Four Hours in My Lai" is a documentary film made by Yorkshire Television in England concerning an infamous massacres of Vietnamese civilians in Tu Cung sub-hamlet, better known to the US ... See full summary »

Director: Kevin Sim | Stars: William Calley, Mark Halliley, Kenneth Hodges, Vo Thi Lien

Votes: 29

10. 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