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1. Midway (2019)
PG-13 | 138 min | Action, Drama, History
The story of the Battle of Midway, told by the leaders and the sailors who fought it.
Director: Roland Emmerich | Stars: Ed Skrein, Patrick Wilson, Woody Harrelson, Luke Evans
Votes: 94,831 | Gross: $56.85M
2. Midway (1976)
PG | 132 min | Action, Drama, History
A dramatization of the battle that was widely heralded as a turning point of the Pacific Theatre of World War II.
Director: Jack Smight | Stars: Charlton Heston, Henry Fonda, James Coburn, Glenn Ford
Votes: 21,546
3. Isoroku Yamamoto, the Commander-in-Chief of the Combined Fleet (2011)
140 min | Biography, Drama, History
The life of Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto from the early 1930's to his death at the hands of the US military in 1943.
Director: Izuru Narushima | Stars: Koji Yakusho, Hiroshi Abe, Shûichi Azumaya, Mitsugorô Bandô
Votes: 1,262
4. The Battle of Midway (1942)
TV-PG | 18 min | Documentary, Short, War
The Japanese attack on Midway in June 1942, filmed as it happened.
Director: John Ford | Stars: Henry Fonda, Jane Darwell, Logan Ramsey, James Roosevelt
Votes: 2,274
5. 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: 496
6. Across the Pacific (2020)
History
This is a 3 part series from PBS, following WW1, airline executive Juan Trippe, pilot Charles Lindbergh
Stars: Christopher Cassarino, Brad Koed, Brian Muller, Sergey Nagorny
Votes: 70
7. Battle of Midway: The True Story (2019 TV Special)
50 min | Documentary, History, War
It was one of the largest naval engagements ever and a turning point in WWII. The Battle of Midway changed the face of warfare and made victory in the Pacific possible.
Stars: Timothy Orr, Hill Goodspeed, Ian W. Toll, Laura Lawfer Orr
Votes: 16
8. Clippers at War (1945)
43 min | Documentary, Short, War
The history of how Pan American World Airways served the Allied cause during the Second World War, especially in the Pacific and China-Burma-India theaters.
Stars: Del Sharbutt, Basil Ruysdael
10. Midway Is for the Birds (2001)
19 min | Short, War
Midway Island is a sanctuary for more than 2 million birds.
Director: Fred Heiman | Stars: Peggy Heiman, Ken Neithammer
11.
Days That Shook the World (2003–2005)
Episode:
The Battle of Midway
(2005)
60 min | Documentary, History
Following the embarrassment caused by the Doolittle Raid on Tokyo, the Japanese devised a climactic battle over the island of Midway intended to finish U.S. naval power in the Pacific. On ... See full summary »
Director: Stuart Elliott | Stars: Terry Bowden, Noah Michael Levine, David Polinsky, Jun Suenaga
Votes: 15
12.
Maverick (1957–1962)
Episode:
The Wrecker
(1957)
TV-G | 60 min | Western
Bret Maverick wins the right to join a ring of shipwreck salvagers, but he is soon in debt up to his neck when he engages in a spirited bidding contest, spending $21,000 for a ship whose ... See full summary »
Director: Franklin Adreon | Stars: James Garner, Jack Kelly, Patric Knowles, Karl Swenson
Votes: 136
13.
How the States Got Their Shapes (2011–2012)
Episode:
Living on the Edge
(2011)
TV-14 | 42 min | Documentary, Adventure, History
What secrets are hiding in our map? What's behind the "blank spots" like Area 51? What possessed the citizens of Key West to throw down their margaritas and secede from Florida? And even in... See full summary »
Director: David Konschnik | Stars: Brian Unger, Peter Merlin, Mark Stein, Cammy Montoya
Votes: 38
14.
Across the Pacific (2020)
Episode:
Another Ocean
(2020)
History
Defying the skeptics, Pan Am builds an airway to Asia, allowing its airplanes to hopscotch across the world's widest ocean by landing at five steppingstone islands: Hawaii, Midway, Wake ... See full summary »
Directors: Stephen Lyons, Lisa Quijano Wolfinger | Stars: Christopher Cassarino, Erin Eva Butcher, Gary Galone, Rebecca Gibel
15.
World War II in Colour (2009)
Episode:
Red Sun Rampant
(2009)
TV-MA | 51 min | Documentary, History, War
Japan attacks the USA on 7 Dec 1941. For the next 6 months, they continue to have successful attacks. However, by the end of the battle for Guadalcanal in Feb 1943, they are completely on the defensive.
Stars: Robert Powell, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Hideki Tôjô, Isoroku Yamamoto
Votes: 272
16.
Dark Seas (2021– )
Episode:
When Losing a Battle Won an Entire War
(2022)
11 min | Documentary
An account of the Battle of the Coral Sea.
17.
How to Lose a War (2023)
Episode:
The Best Laid Plans
(2023)
Documentary, History, War
Explore how the seeds of Japan's defeat in 1945 were sown a decade earlier with the occupation of Manchuria in China.
Director: Tim Bosanquet | Stars: Rana Mitter, Sandra Wilson, Yuma Totani, Guy Walters
18.
Battlefield (1995–2004)
Episode:
The Battle of Midway
(1995)
113 min | Documentary, History, War
A documentary look at the WWII battle of midway. The events leading up to the battle, the national and war leaders involved, and the critical events that lead to the outcome.
Directors: Andrew Aitken, Dave Flitton, Justin McCarthy | Stars: Tim Pigott-Smith, William F. Halsey, Chester W. Nimitz, Raymond A. Spruance