Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "reference-to-attack-on-pearl-harbor"

1. Final Cut (2022)

112 min | Comedy, Horror

Things go badly for a small film crew shooting a low budget zombie movie when they are attacked by real zombies.

Director: Michel Hazanavicius | Stars: Romain Duris, Bérénice Bejo, Grégory Gadebois, Finnegan Oldfield

Votes: 4,508

2. I Am Paul Walker (2018)

Not Rated | 90 min | Documentary, Biography

Documentary examining the life of the late actor Paul Walker.

Director: Adrian Buitenhuis | Stars: Paul Walker, Cheryl Crabtree Walker, Paul Walker III, Caleb Walker

Votes: 1,142

3. Go for Broke! (1951)

Passed | 92 min | Drama, History, War

The story of Japanese-American soldiers who fought in Europe during World War II.

Director: Robert Pirosh | Stars: Van Johnson, Lane Nakano, George Miki, Akira Fukunaga

Votes: 1,747

4. Till the End of Time (1946)

Approved | 105 min | Drama, Romance, War

Drama about former WW2 Marines readjusting to civilian life and dealing with their mental and physical traumas.

Director: Edward Dmytryk | Stars: Dorothy McGuire, Robert Mitchum, Guy Madison, Bill Williams

Votes: 1,603

5. China Girl (1942)

Approved | 95 min | Drama, War

With America still neutral, an American news photographer on assignment in Burma is courted by both the Japanese and The Flying Tiger volunteers fighting for China to film the strategic Burma Road.

Director: Henry Hathaway | Stars: Gene Tierney, George Montgomery, Lynn Bari, Victor McLaglen

Votes: 683 | Gross: $1.40M

6. Sophie and the Rising Sun (2016)

R | 105 min | Drama

Autumn of 1941 in Salty Creek, a fishing village in South Carolina, two interracial lovers are swept up in the tides of history.

Director: Maggie Greenwald | Stars: Julianne Nicholson, Takashi Yamaguchi, Margo Martindale, Diane Ladd

Votes: 1,473 | Gross: $0.03M

7. South Sea Woman (1953)

Passed | 99 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

AWOL marine Sgt. Jim O'Hearn is court-martialed for a variety of offenses that carry 143 years in the stockade or the death penalty but refuses to aid in his own defense.

Director: Arthur Lubin | Stars: Burt Lancaster, Virginia Mayo, Chuck Connors, Arthur Shields

Votes: 875

8. The Deep Six (1958)

Approved | 105 min | Drama, War

Called to active duty during World War II, U.S. Navy Reserve lieutenant Alec Austin struggles to do his military duties while observing his Quaker beliefs, to the dismay of his comrades.

Director: Rudolph Maté | Stars: Alan Ladd, Dianne Foster, William Bendix, Keenan Wynn

Votes: 530

9. Before Stonewall (1984)

Unrated | 87 min | Documentary, History

The history of the Gay and Lesbian community before the Stonewall riots began the major gay rights movement.

Directors: Greta Schiller, Robert Rosenberg | Stars: Rita Mae Brown, Bruce Nugent, Henry Otis, Donna Smith

Votes: 1,190 | Gross: $0.02M

10. Secret Origin: The Story of DC Comics (2010 Video)

Not Rated | 90 min | Documentary, History

The history of the longstanding American comic book company that launched such legendary superhero characters such as Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman.

Director: Mac Carter | Stars: Ryan Reynolds, Paul Levitz, Gerard Jones, Mark Waid

Votes: 1,330

11. 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: 14

12. Main Street on the March! (1941)

Approved | 20 min | Short, History

The film begins in the spring of 1940, just before the Nazi occupation of the Benelux countries, and ends immediately after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. It chronicles how the people... See full summary »

Director: Edward L. Cahn | Stars: John Nesbitt, Raymond Gram Swing, Neville Chamberlain, H.V. Kaltenborn

Votes: 177

13. The 9/11 Conspiracies: Fact or Fiction (2006 TV Movie)

Documentary

Documentary examining the growing number of conspiracy theories surrounding the destruction of the World Trade Center that have been circulating online.

Stars: Jon Rand, Lester Holt, Charles B. Strozier, Chip Berlet

Votes: 32

14. Betrayed: Surviving an American Concentration Camp (2022)

56 min | Documentary, History

The story of the unjust incarceration of Japanese Americans and the loss of civil rights.

Director: Rory Banyard | Stars: Tamlyn Tomita, Frank Chin, Mike Ishii, Paul Nagano

Votes: 17

15. 1st to Fight: Pacific War Marines (2020)

60 min | Documentary, History, War

The Battle for Guadal Canal, as told by the men who were there. Narrated by Jon Seda, there are side-by-side images of the island today. A stirring documentary, told in real time.

Director: Tim Gray | Stars: Jon Seda, Bill Finnegan, Daniel Martinez, Lou Imfeld

Votes: 11

16. News Sketches (1944)

7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

Cartoon drawings put a humorous spin on real stories from the AP news wire.

Votes: 8

17. CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000–2015)
Episode: $35K O.B.O. (2001)

TV-PG | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A couple walks out of a fancy restaurant to their car. They are attacked and killed. When the team arrives on the scene, the only eye-witness is a young man who stayed behind to give his ... See full summary »

Director: Roy H. Wagner | Stars: William Petersen, Marg Helgenberger, Gary Dourdan, George Eads

Votes: 901

18. M*A*S*H (1972–1983)
Episode: 5 O'Clock Charlie (1973)

TV-PG | 25 min | Comedy, Drama, War

Every day for the past six weeks, at 5:00 o'clock p.m. on the nose, a North Korean "washout from Kamikaze school" has let loose a bomb in the general direction of the hospital's sub-ammo ... See full summary »

Director: Norman Tokar | Stars: Alan Alda, Wayne Rogers, McLean Stevenson, Loretta Swit

Votes: 862

19. All in the Family (1971–1979)
Episode: Flashback: Mike Meets Archie (1971)

TV-PG | 26 min | Comedy, Drama

On their first anniversary, Mike and Gloria reminisce (in flashback) the first time Gloria brought the Meathead home to meet the man that would become his father-in-law.

Director: John Rich | Stars: Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton, Rob Reiner, Sally Struthers

Votes: 307

20. Auschwitz: Inside the Nazi State (2005)
Episode: Orders & Initiatives (2005)

TV-14 | 49 min | Documentary, History, War

Hoss deals with complications arising from the makeshift gas chamber and increasing demand as the Nazis begin to scour all of Europe for more people to bring to Auschwitz and kill.

Directors: Laurence Rees, Catherine Tatge | Stars: Gert Heidenreich, Linda Hunt, Samuel West, Kazimierz Smolen

Votes: 188

21. The Singapore Grip (2020)
Episode: The Great World (2020)

44 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

After his father's death, bright young son Matthew Webb insists to learn the ropes about the rubber business, visiting the plantation in Johore after Walter and Monty Blackett refused to ... See full summary »

Director: Tom Vaughan | Stars: Sam Cox, Richard Lumsden, Ed Birch, Elizabeth Tan

Votes: 62

22. Rick and Morty (2013– )
Episode: Promortyus (2020)

TV-14 | 21 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

Rick, Morty and Summer visit an alien civilisation, where Rick and Morty are controlled by parasites and Summer lives a luxurious lifestyle.

Directors: Bryan Newton, Wesley Archer | Stars: Justin Roiland, Chris Parnell, Spencer Grammer, Sarah Chalke

Votes: 10,642

23. Modern Family (2009–2020)
Episode: Spuds (2020)

TV-PG | 21 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Phil and Claire take Haley and Dylan to dinner to reassure them they are not bad parents; Mitch and Cam chaperone on Lily's first date; Jay and Gloria attend Joe's school play.

Director: Beth McCarthy-Miller | Stars: Ed O'Neill, Sofía Vergara, Julie Bowen, Ty Burrell

Votes: 1,441

24. 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

25. Battlefield (1995–2004)
Episode: Pearl Harbor (2000)

Documentary, History, War

A look at the events leading up to the attack on Pearl Harbor and the fall of Singapore detailing the reasons, the national leaders and commanders involved, and the equipment used by both sides.

Star: Tim Pigott-Smith

Votes: 5

26. Battlefield (1995–2004)
Episode: The War Against the U-Boats (2002)

Documentary, History, War

An in depth look at the World War II Battle of the Atlantic, the people who commanded the fighting, the national leaders, and the equipment used.

Stars: Jonathan Booth, Neville Chamberlain, Winston Churchill, Martin Dunbar-Nasmith

Votes: 6

27. NCIS (2003– )
Episode: The Arizona (2020)

TV-14 | 43 min | Action, Crime, Drama

While investigating an off-base burglary at an Admiral's residence, NCIS becomes involved in a case of an older man that claims to be a Pearl Harbor survivor. He wishes to have his remains buried on the USS Arizona.

Director: James Whitmore Jr. | Stars: Mark Harmon, Sean Murray, Wilmer Valderrama, Emily Wickersham

Votes: 911

28. Das Boot (2018– )
Episode: Letzte Entscheidungen (2020)

TV-MA | 57 min | Drama, War

Wrangel and von Reinhartz struggle with their teams at sea. Hoffmann's situation in New York comes to a head. The Jewish families from La Rochelle are due to be transported to Poland.

Director: Rick Ostermann | Stars: Tom Wlaschiha, Rochelle Neil, Clemens Schick, Rick Okon

Votes: 228

29. First Ladies (2020)
Episode: Eleanor Roosevelt (2020)

Not Rated | 40 min | Documentary, Biography

Eleanor Roosevelt and former President Franklin Delano Roosevelt created arguably the most formidable political partnership in American history. Eleanor's desolate childhood sowed the seeds... See full summary »

Director: Katharine English | Stars: Robin Wright, Anna Eleanor Roosevelt, Paul Sparrow, Allida Black

Votes: 52

30. Kennedy (2023)
Episode: The World at War (1940-1946) (2023)

Documentary, Biography, History

After the United States joins the war against Nazi Germany and Japan, Jack joins the Navy and is deployed to the Pacific.

Director: Ashton Gleckman | Stars: Peter Coyote, T. Glenn Pait, David Nasaw, Chris Matthews

Votes: 31

31. Apocalypse Hitler attaque à l'Est (2021)
Episode: La Lutte décisive (2021)

Documentary, History, War

October 1941: as Hitler believes his triumph imminent, his men and tanks are freezing where they stand. Meanwhile, the Red Army consolidates his positions.

Directors: Isabelle Clarke, Daniel Costelle | Stars: Mathieu Kassovitz, Stephen Rashbrook, Nathan Rippy, Lavrenti Beria

Votes: 33

32. The Carol Burnett Show (1967–1978)
Episode: John Davidson and Debbie Reynolds (1970)

TV-G | 22 min | Comedy, Family

Highlights include: Carol and guest Debbie Reynolds play nurses in a spoof of the wartime movie "So Proudly We Hail!"; guest John Davidson performs a banjo medley which includes "Raindrops ... See full summary »

Director: Dave Powers | Stars: Carol Burnett, Harvey Korman, Vicki Lawrence, Lyle Waggoner

Votes: 34

33. Adolf Hitler's War (2020)
Episode: Moscow Is Behind Us (2020)

Documentary, History, War

As Hitler's troops advance, occupants in Ukraine, Belarus and Poland take the brunt of the occupying forces cruelty; and the first concentration camps are created.

Directors: Michael Cove, Mike Kenneally | Stars: Vasil Pavlov, Vitaly Makarevich, Sergei Kudryashov, Liudmila Rybchenko

34. How to Lose a War (2023)
Episode: The Men Who Gave the Orders (2023)

Documentary, History, War

Explore the men in charge whose rampant egos and misguided belief in their own abilities led to their country making fatal mistakes in the war.

Director: Tim Bosanquet | Stars: Tim Benbow, Russell A. Hart, Alexander Henry, Giuseppe Finaldi

35. 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

36. Military Masterminds (2022)
Episode: Rapid Dominance (2022)

52 min | Documentary, History, War

From Julius Caesar to Napoleon Bonaparte, ancient generals took advantage of a military tactic still used in modern warfare - a tactic known as Rapid Dominance.

Director: Roberto Irwin | Stars: Ahron Bregman, Lawrence Freedman, Jenny Grant, Dina Gusejnova

37. Gangster Empire: Rise of the Mob (2013– )
Episode: J. Edgar Hoover, the FBI and 'Public Enemies' (2013)

TV-14 | 46 min | Documentary, Action, Crime

Prohibition had been repealed but J. Edgar Hoover and the FBI have a new 'Public Enemies' list to gun down and collar criminals with Chicago's leading gangsters fast becoming America's most wanted.

Director: Kevin R. Hershberger | Stars: Coby Batty, Matt K. Baker, Todd Barsness, James Christopher Cooke

38. Apocalypse: Stalin (2015)
Episode: L'Homme rouge (2015)

TV-14 | 53 min | Documentary, History, War

1942.After blocking the Germans right outside of Moscow, Stalin now faces Hitler's second assault. The world's fate will be decided in Stalingrad. Like in Leningrad, men, women and children, plunged into hell, are sacrificed.

Directors: Isabelle Clarke, Daniel Costelle | Stars: Mathieu Kassovitz, Doug Rand, Nadezhda Alliluyeva, Svetlana Alliluyeva

Votes: 77

39. The Man in the High Castle (2015–2019)
Episode: Jahr Null (2018)

TV-MA | 57 min | Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller

Juliana's attempt to stop the Nazis lands her in a precarious position. Himmler and John Smith lead a lavish celebration of Year Zero. Amid a series of successes, Smith faces a setback. ... See full summary »

Director: Daniel Percival | Stars: Alexa Davalos, DJ Qualls, Joel de la Fuente, Brennan Brown

Votes: 1,625

40. Homeland (2011–2020)
Episode: Species Jump (2018)

TV-MA | 56 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Saul calls an old friend. Wellington has a problem. Carrie enjoys a win.

Director: Michael Offer | Stars: Claire Danes, Elizabeth Marvel, Maury Sterling, Linus Roache

Votes: 2,090

41. Wartime Crime (2017– )
Episode: The Zoot Suit Riots (2017)

TV-14 | 43 min | Crime

During WW2 in Los Angeles, white servicemen and civilians attack Hispanic and other minority youths who are seen as unpatriotic due to the style of clothes they wear.

Director: Tom O'Dell | Stars: Luis Alvarez, Omar Banana, Mike Bodie, Zuma Davies

Votes: 12