Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "victory-in-japan-day"

1. The Master (2012)

R | 138 min | Drama, History

A Naval veteran arrives home from war unsettled and uncertain of his future - until he is tantalized by the Cause and its charismatic leader.

Director: Paul Thomas Anderson | Stars: Joaquin Phoenix, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Amy Adams, Jesse Plemons

Votes: 186,216 | Gross: $16.38M

2. King Rat (1965)

Approved | 134 min | Drama, War

Fast-talking wheeler-dealer Corporal King is stuck in a Malaysian P.O.W. camp during World War II and uses bribery and larceny to take de-facto control of the camp.

Director: Bryan Forbes | Stars: George Segal, Tom Courtenay, James Fox, Patrick O'Neal

Votes: 5,082

3. The Hi-Lo Country (1998)

R | 114 min | Drama, Romance, Western

Two cowboys have their friendship tested when they fall for the same girl.

Director: Stephen Frears | Stars: Billy Crudup, Woody Harrelson, Patricia Arquette, Cole Hauser

Votes: 4,573 | Gross: $0.16M

4. The Atomic Cafe (1982)

Not Rated | 86 min | Documentary, History

Disturbing collection of 1940s and 1950s United States government-issued propaganda films designed to reassure Americans that the atomic bomb was not a threat to their safety.

Directors: Jayne Loader, Kevin Rafferty, Pierce Rafferty | Stars: Paul Tibbets, Harry S. Truman, W.H.P. Blandy, Brien McMahon

Votes: 4,533 | Gross: $0.02M

5. Task Force (1949)

Approved | 116 min | Drama, War

As he is retiring, Jonathan L. Scott "Scotty" reminisces about his long Navy career and the development of the role of the aircraft carrier from the early 20s.

Director: Delmer Daves | Stars: Gary Cooper, Jane Wyatt, Wayne Morris, Walter Brennan

Votes: 1,188

6. Back Home (2001 TV Movie)

98 min | Drama

At the beginning of World War II, Rusty is sent to America by her parents to keep her safe. Now the war is over, it's time for her to come home. While she is glad to see her mother, Peggy, ... See full summary »

Director: Simon Massey | Stars: Sarah Lancashire, Jessica Fox, Kate David, Skye King

Votes: 69

7. Color of a Brisk and Leaping Day (1996)

Not Rated | 87 min | Drama

The Yosemite Valley Railroad, which runs through the breathtaking scenery and stunning vistas of the Merced River Canyon to its terminus at El Portal outside Yosemite National Park, is on ... See full summary »

Director: Christopher Munch | Stars: Peter Alexander, Jeri Arredondo, Henry Gibson, Michael Stipe

Votes: 178 | Gross: $0.02M

8. Battle of Okinawa in Color (2017)

Documentary, History, War

From white-knuckle, high-speed dogfights to brutal land combat, witness the Battle of Okinawa in vivid color.

Stars: Jeff Wilburn, Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr., Chester W. Nimitz, Mitsuru Ushijima

Votes: 20

9. Voices of War - WWII (2007)

Documentary, War

Oral history is a time-honored tradition...a means of passing knowledge and life experience from one generation to the next. In an effort to memorialize these inherently valuable ... See full summary »

Director: T.J. Healy II | Stars: Alfred C. Anderson, Richard Anderson, Daniel David Ash, H. Franklin Baker III

10. Xie rou chang cheng (1995– )

28 min

Japan's war against China, from a Chinese perspective

Stars: Kwok Yam Ng, Norman Bethune, Thomas Blamey, Harold Burrough

11. 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: 355

12. 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: 6

13. The Pacific (2010)
Episode: Home (2010)

TV-MA | 61 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

After V-J Day, Leckie and Sledge return home and try to readjust to civilian life.

Director: Jeremy Podeswa | Stars: James Badge Dale, Joseph Mazzello, Jon Seda, Betty Buckley

Votes: 2,127

14. The Century: America's Time (1999– )
Episode: Homefront: 1941-1945 (1999)

Not Rated | Documentary

The years 1941 through 1945. The human cost of World War II, shows the atrocities of Germany and Japan, firebombing by the Allies, the use of Atomic weapons, ending with the Nuremberg trials.

Director: Roger Goodman | Stars: Peter Jennings, Bud Abbott, Stephen Ambrose, Lou Costello

Votes: 8

15. 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: 208

16. 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

17. Britain at War (1995)
Episode: The Victory Years: 1944 - 1945 (1995)

Documentary, History, War

The closing years of World War Two, where the D-Day invasion of Normandy brought victory one step closer while on the Home Front, people continued to endure rationing and German bombing.

Director: Sasha Upton | Stars: William Rushton, Eddie Cain, Justine Hodgkinson, Kit Nairne

18. Mafia's Greatest Hits (2012– )
Episode: Allen Dorfman: The Mafia's Banker (2012)

TV-PG | 44 min | Documentary, Biography, Crime

A close associate of longtime Teamsters President Jimmy Hoffa and associated with the Chicago Outfit, Alan Dorfman embezzled millions for the mob and himself until he was violently murdered in 1983.

Director: Elliot McCaffrey | Stars: James W. Wagner, Leone J. Flosi, Kent Clifford, Douglas P. Roller

Votes: 8