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1. Pearl Harbor (2001)
PG-13 | 183 min | Action, Drama, Romance
A tale of war and romance mixed in with history. The story follows two lifelong friends and a beautiful nurse who are caught up in the horror of an infamous Sunday morning in 1941.
Director: Michael Bay | Stars: Ben Affleck, Kate Beckinsale, Josh Hartnett, William Lee Scott
Votes: 352,106 | Gross: $198.54M
2. Mr. Sunshine (2018)
TV-MA | 80 min | Action, Drama, Romance
A young boy who ends up in the U.S. after the 1871 Shinmiyangyo incident returns to Korea at a historical turning point and falls for a noblewoman.
Stars: Lee Byung-hun, Kim Tae-ri, Yoo Yeon-seok, Byun Yo-han
Votes: 10,310
3. The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
PG | 161 min | Adventure, Drama, War
British POWs are forced to build a railway bridge across the river Kwai for their Japanese captors in occupied Burma, not knowing that the allied forces are planning a daring commando raid through the jungle to destroy it.
Director: David Lean | Stars: William Holden, Alec Guinness, Jack Hawkins, Sessue Hayakawa
Votes: 233,487 | Gross: $44.91M
4. Adolf Hitler: The Greatest Story Never Told (2013)
350 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Adolf Hitler, born in Braunau, a man who will forever change the history of the world.
Director: Dennis Wise | Stars: Eva Braun, Winston Churchill, Charles de Gaulle, Adolf Galland
Votes: 6,250
5. Bataan (1943)
Approved | 114 min | Drama, History, War
In 1942, in the Bataan peninsula of the Philippines, a ragtag American unit commanded by Sergeant Bill Dane attempts to blow-up a bridge in order to slow the Japanese advance.
Director: Tay Garnett | Stars: Robert Taylor, George Murphy, Lloyd Nolan, Thomas Mitchell
Votes: 2,708
6. In This Corner (and Other Corners) of the World (2016)
PG-13 | 129 min | Animation, Drama, Family
A spirited 18-year-old woman is married off to a man she barely knows as she combats the daily struggles of living in Hiroshima during World War II.
Director: Sunao Katabuchi | Stars: Non, Ava Pickard, Kenna Pickard, Karen Strassman
Votes: 12,467 | Gross: $0.17M
7. Objective, Burma! (1945)
Approved | 142 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A platoon of special ops are tasked to parachute into the remote Burmese jungle and destroy a strategic Japanese radar station, but getting out isn't as easy.
Director: Raoul Walsh | Stars: Errol Flynn, James Brown, William Prince, George Tobias
Votes: 5,550
8. Call of Duty: Vanguard (2021 Video Game)
M | Action, Adventure, Drama
Dogfight over the Pacific, airdrop over France, defend Stalingrad with a sniper's precision and blast through advancing forces in North Africa.
Directors: JB Blanc, Josh Bridge, Sam McGlynn | Stars: Laura Bailey, Elya Baskin, Steven Brand, Terrell Clayton
Votes: 1,855
9. Battlefield V (2018 Video Game)
M | Action, Adventure, War
Enter mankind's greatest conflict with Battlefield V as the series goes back to its roots with a never-before-seen portrayal of World War 2.
Directors: Pelle Hallert, Eric Holmes, Armando Troisi | Stars: Anders Heinrichsen, Andreas Warmbrunn, Craig Fairbrass, Daniel Bilong
Votes: 3,287
10. Never So Few (1959)
Approved | 125 min | Drama, War
During WW2, the American OSS mounts covert operations with the native Kachin against the Japanese army in the jungles of Burma.
Director: John Sturges | Stars: Frank Sinatra, Gina Lollobrigida, Peter Lawford, Steve McQueen
Votes: 3,420
11. The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum (1939)
Not Rated | 148 min | Drama, Romance
The adopted son of a legendary actor, and an aspiring star himself, turns to his infant brother's wet nurse for support and affection - only for her to give up everything for her beloved's glory.
Director: Kenji Mizoguchi | Stars: Shôtarô Hanayagi, Kôkichi Takada, Ryôtarô Kawanami, Kinnosuke Takamatsu
Votes: 4,403
12. The Tale of Genji (1987)
110 min | Animation, Drama, History
An animated film based on the novel by Murasaki Shikibu, written over 1000 years ago. Genji, the son of the emperor, is the talk of the Kyoto nobility for his charm and good looks, yet he ... See full summary »
Director: Gisaburô Sugii | Stars: Morio Kazama, Miwako Kaji, Reiko Tajima, Jun Fubuki
Votes: 292
13. Richard Sorge. Master Spy (2019)
624 min | Biography, Drama, History
A film about the life and work of the Soviet intelligence officer Richard Sorge in Japan on the eve of and during the Second World War in Japan. Working as a correspondent for an ... See full summary »
Stars: Aleksandr Domogarov, Shion Nakamaru, Osamu Yamamoto, Andrey Rudenskiy
Votes: 75
14. 1895 (2008)
110 min | History
"1895" tells the story of the resistance against the Japanese invasion in 1895 (the biggest war in Taiwan's history). After the 1894 Sin-Japanese war, the Qing government ceded Taiwan to ... See full summary »
Director: Chih-Yu Hung | Stars: Sheng-hao Wen, Cheryl Yang, Josephine A. Blankstein, Bryan Shu-Hao Chang
Votes: 168
15. Taiheiyô sensô to Himeyuri butai (1962)
93 min | Drama, War
The last fight put up by remaining Japanese forces and a special volunteer nursing corps on Okinawa at the end of World War II (1944-45).
Director: Kiyoshi Komori | Stars: Tôru Abe, Kanjûrô Arashi, Shinjirô Asano, Kikuko Hanaoka
Votes: 14
16. Tokio Jokio (1943)
7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
A newsreel from Japan with updates on the war effort.
Director: Norm McCabe | Star: Mel Blanc
Votes: 437
17. Camouflage (1944)
20 min | Documentary, Animation, Short
In this US Air Force training film, Hoodie the Chameleon describes the reason for camouflage and decoys for equipment. Also, ground installations against aerial attacks are presented.
Director: Frank Thomas
Votes: 18
18.
World War II in Colour (2009)
Episode:
The Gathering Storm
(2009)
TV-MA | 51 min | Documentary, History, War
The activities of nations after World War I that lead to World War II.
Stars: Robert Powell, Adolf Hitler, Paul von Hindenburg, Kai-Shek Chiang
Votes: 408