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1. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009)

PG-13 | 149 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

Sam Witwicky leaves the Autobots behind for a normal life. But when his mind is filled with cryptic symbols, the Decepticons target him and he is dragged back into the Transformers' war.

Director: Michael Bay | Stars: Shia LaBeouf, Megan Fox, Josh Duhamel, Tyrese Gibson

Votes: 429,216 | Gross: $402.11M

2. Barefoot Gen (1983)

TV-PG | 83 min | Animation, Biography, Drama

A powerful statement against war, Barefoot Gen is a disturbing story about the effect of the atomic bomb on a boy's life and the lives of the Japanese people.

Director: Mori Masaki | Stars: Issei Miyazaki, Catherine Battistone, Yoshie Shimamura, Iona Morris

Votes: 9,242

3. Above and Beyond (1952)

Approved | 122 min | Biography, Drama, War

Col. Paul Tibbets piloted the plane that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima in World War II.

Directors: Melvin Frank, Norman Panama | Stars: Robert Taylor, Eleanor Parker, James Whitmore, Larry Keating

Votes: 1,344

4. Hiroshima (1953)

TV-PG | 85 min | Drama, War

Brilliant and extremely realistic retelling of the day in Hiroshima that the bomb dropped and following days.

Director: Hideo Sekigawa | Stars: Isuzu Yamada, Eiji Okada, Yoshi Katô, Yumeji Tsukioka

Votes: 652

5. Hiroshima (2005 TV Movie)

90 min | Documentary, Drama, History

Documentary with dramatic reenactments with actors to describe what dropping the bomb on Hiroshima was like.

Director: Paul Wilmshurst | Stars: John Hurt, Shuntaro Hida, George Elsey, Paul Tibbets

Votes: 1,881

6. The Beginning or the End (1947)

Passed | 112 min | Biography, Drama, History

A docudrama detailing the research, development and deployment of the first atomic bomb, as well as the bombing of Hiroshima.

Director: Norman Taurog | Stars: Brian Donlevy, Robert Walker, Tom Drake, Beverly Tyler

Votes: 751 | Gross: $2.66M

7. Enola Gay: The Men, the Mission, the Atomic Bomb (1980 TV Movie)

156 min | Adventure, Drama, History

The decision to drop the atom bomb, the secrecy surrounding the mission, and the men who flew it.

Director: David Lowell Rich | Stars: Billy Crystal, Kim Darby, Patrick Duffy, Gary Frank

Votes: 326

8. 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

9. Men Who Brought the Dawn (1995 TV Movie)

Documentary, War

The crew men of the Enola Gay and the Bockscar speak about Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and how the heaviness of their task Impacted their lives, changing the forever.

Director: Jonathan S. Felt | Stars: Charles Albury, George R. Caron, Thomas Ferebee, Raymond C. Gallagher

Votes: 23

10. 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

11. The Priest Who Blessed the Bomb (2007)

10 min | Short

This haunting film portrays the events in Hiroshima on 6th August 1945, and follows the thoughts of Father George Zabelka a Roman Catholic priest who gave the crew of the plane that dropped... See full summary »

Director: Joe Jenkins

12. Modern Marvels (1993– )
Episode: The Manhattan Project (2002)

TV-14 | 45 min | Documentary, History

Encouraged by Leo Szilard and galvanized by German success in achieving nuclear fission, the United States embarks on a crash program to build a nuclear bomb. Aided by many Jewish ... See full summary »

Director: Sean Dash | Stars: Lloyd Sherr, William Lanouette, Robert Christy, Albert Einstein

Votes: 75

13. 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: 358

14. 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: 7

15. Battlefield (1995–2004)
Episode: Manchuria: The Forgotten Victory (2000)

Documentary, History, War

Tim Pigott-Smith narrates the story of the Soviet victory over the mighty Japanese Kwangtung Army in the mountains of Manchuria, which is one of the least known of the Second World War.

Stars: Tim Pigott-Smith, Aleksei Antonov, Henry H. Arnold, Kai-Shek Chiang

Votes: 6

16. South Park (1997– )
Episode: Whale Whores (2009)

TV-14 | 22 min | Animation, Comedy

Stan is upset about the Japanese killing whales and dolphins, so he takes command of the Sea Shepherd on the "Whale Wars" reality show and does something about it.

Director: Trey Parker | Stars: Trey Parker, Matt Stone, Mona Marshall, April Stewart

Votes: 2,845

17. Secrets of War (1998– )
Episode: The Hunt for Atomic Secrets (1999)

TV-PG | 51 min | Documentary, History, War

The all-important race to develop an atomic bomb led to some of the most daring Russian spy operations in the United States. Exclusive interviews with Russian agents detail the inside story of the Soviet atomic spy ring.

Director: Aleksandr Ivankin | Stars: Charlton Heston, Allen Weinstein, Vladimir Chikov, Thomas B. Allen

Votes: 15

18. 1945-1953: From World War to Cold War (2018)
Episode: The Dawn of the Cold War

56 min | Documentary, History, War

For the past four years, the top scientists on the planet had been perfecting what was to become the absolute weapon: the atomic bomb.

Director: Emilie Lançon | Stars: François Kersaudy, Clifton Truman Daniel, Curtis Roosevelt, Yuri Borko

19. Warehouse 13 (2009–2014)
Episode: Shadows (2011)

TV-PG | 43 min | Adventure, Drama, Mystery

As Pete and Jane travel down Memory Lane, Myka and Claudia find a young woman at the center of several flash disappearances, all beyond sight of any artifact.

Director: Tawnia McKiernan | Stars: Eddie McClintock, Joanne Kelly, Saul Rubinek, Allison Scagliotti

Votes: 483

20. World War II in Colour (2009)
Episode: Victory in the Pacific (2009)

TV-MA | 51 min | Documentary, History, War

Japan keeps continues its suicidal resistance, and invading it looks costly. After 2 atomic bombs, the Emperor intervenes and stops the War. Stalin grabs territory in East Asia. The War is over, and the Atomic Era and the Cold War start.

Stars: Chester W. Nimitz, Douglas MacArthur, Harry S. Truman, Winston Churchill

Votes: 209

21. 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

22. War Stories (2007– )
Episode: History in HD: The Last Bomb (2010)

TV-PG | 47 min

Embark on a 3,000-mile death-defying World War II mission, all captured on film and all transferred to stunning HD.

Votes: 23

23. Scott Adams on Locals (2020– )
Episode: Man Cave: You Need This (2024)

News, Talk-Show

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Star: Scott Adams

24. 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.