Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "december-7-1941"

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: 352,370 | Gross: $198.54M

2. In Harm's Way (1965)

Approved | 165 min | Drama, Romance, War

A Naval officer, reprimanded after Pearl Harbor, is later promoted to Rear Admiral and gets a second chance to prove himself against the Japanese.

Director: Otto Preminger | Stars: John Wayne, Kirk Douglas, Patricia Neal, Tom Tryon

Votes: 10,349 | Gross: $4.20M

3. From Here to Eternity (1953)

Passed | 118 min | Drama, Romance, War

At a U.S. Army base in 1941 Hawaii, a private is cruelly punished for not boxing on his unit's team, while his commanding officer's wife and top aide begin a tentative affair.

Director: Fred Zinnemann | Stars: Burt Lancaster, Montgomery Clift, Deborah Kerr, Donna Reed

Votes: 50,898 | Gross: $30.50M

4. Snow Falling on Cedars (1999)

PG-13 | 127 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance

A Japanese-American fisherman is accused of killing his neighbor at sea. In the 1950s, race figures into the trial. So does reporter Ishmael.

Director: Scott Hicks | Stars: Ethan Hawke, Max von Sydow, Yûki Kudô, Reeve Carney

Votes: 14,574 | Gross: $14.38M

5. They Were Expendable (1945)

Approved | 135 min | Drama, War

A Navy commander fights to prove the battle-worthiness of the PT boat at the start of World War II.

Directors: John Ford, Robert Montgomery | Stars: Robert Montgomery, John Wayne, Donna Reed, Jack Holt

Votes: 9,267

6. The Land Girls (1998)

R | 111 min | Drama, Romance, War

Three young women from very different walks of life join the women's land army during World War II, and are sent to work together on a farm in Dorset, where the experience changes their lives forever.

Director: David Leland | Stars: Catherine McCormack, Rachel Weisz, Anna Friel, Steven Mackintosh

Votes: 2,177 | Gross: $0.15M

7. The Wings of Eagles (1957)

Approved | 110 min | Biography, Drama, War

A biography of Navy flier-turned-screenwriter Frank W. "Spig" Wead.

Director: John Ford | Stars: John Wayne, Maureen O'Hara, Dan Dailey, Ward Bond

Votes: 4,616

8. Air Force (1943)

Approved | 124 min | Action, Drama, History

The crew of an Air Force bomber arrives in Pearl Harbor in the aftermath of the Japanese attack on December 7, 1941, and is sent on to Manila to help with the defense of the Philippines.

Director: Howard Hawks | Stars: John Garfield, John Ridgely, Gig Young, Arthur Kennedy

Votes: 3,818

9. To the Shores of Tripoli (1942)

Passed | 86 min | Drama, Romance, War

Life at the Marine Training Base in San Diego on the eve of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.

Director: H. Bruce Humberstone | Stars: John Payne, Maureen O'Hara, Randolph Scott, Nancy Kelly

Votes: 989 | Gross: $2.30M

10. Lucy Gallant (1955)

Approved | 104 min | Drama

The success story of a dressmaker who comes to run a group of fashion shops at the expense of her love life.

Director: Robert Parrish | Stars: Jane Wyman, Charlton Heston, Claire Trevor, Thelma Ritter

Votes: 677

11. The Brylcreem Boys (1998)

PG-13 | 106 min | Drama, Romance, War

In 1941, as part of an effort to remain strictly neutral, the Dublin government made a deal with both Berlin and London whereby any soldier, sailor or pilot captured on Irish soil, whether ... See full summary »

Director: Terence Ryan | Stars: Billy Campbell, Chris 'Kit' Ryan, Jean Butler, Gabriel Byrne

Votes: 626

12. Destination Murder (1950)

Passed | 72 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

When Laura Mansfield's father is killed by a delivery man, the police has few clues and the investigation drags on but Laura decides to find the killer on her own.

Director: Edward L. Cahn | Stars: Joyce Mackenzie, Stanley Clements, Hurd Hatfield, Albert Dekker

Votes: 1,024

13. We've Never Been Licked (1943)

Approved | 103 min | Action, Drama, Romance

WWII morale film for Texas A&M graduates fighting overseas. Young Brad Craig (Langton) enters the military school with a chip on his shoulder which Mitchum and other upperclassmen quickly ... See full summary »

Director: John Rawlins | Stars: Richard Quine, Anne Gwynne, Martha O'Driscoll, Noah Beery Jr.

Votes: 192

14. Submarine Raider (1942)

Approved | 64 min | Drama, War

An American yacht is sunk by a Japanese submarine on its way to Pearl Harbour, and when the single survivor is picked up by a US submarine, the commander tries desperately to warn the mainland of the imminent attack.

Directors: Lew Landers, Budd Boetticher | Stars: John Howard, Marguerite Chapman, Bruce Bennett, Warren Ashe

Votes: 207

15. Santa Fe (1986 TV Movie)

110 min | Drama

Santa Fe begins where Corti's 1982 film God Does Not Believe In Us Anymore leaves off. In 1940, a ship arrives in New York harbor filled with exhausted Jewish immigrants desperate to begin ... See full summary »

Director: Axel Corti | Stars: Valda Aviks, Gabriel Barylli, Monica Bleibtreu, Tilli Breidenbach

Votes: 112

16. 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

17. 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

18. American Experience (1987– )
Episode: Pearl Harbor: Surprise and Remembrance (1991)

TV-PG | Documentary, Biography, History

Recounting the historic attack of 1941, including the planning and military outlook of both the United States and Japan at the time.

Directors: Lance Bird, John Crowley, Tom Johnson | Star: Jason Robards

Votes: 16

19. The Winds of War (1983)
Episode: Into the Maelstrom (1983)

142 min | Drama, Romance, War

Still assigned to the U.S. Embassy in Moscow, Pug Henry saves the day when friction rises between the Russian hosts and their visitors at a State dinner. In return, Stalin agrees to greater... See full summary »

Director: Dan Curtis | Stars: Robert Mitchum, Ali MacGraw, Jan-Michael Vincent, John Houseman

Votes: 139

20. Seconds from Disaster (2004–2018)
Episode: Pearl Harbor (2011)

TV-PG | Documentary

An examination of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and how it turned out to be a disastrous strategic blunder for Japan.

Director: Sean Smith | Stars: Michael Koltes, Mal Middlesworth, Tosh Minohara, Jim Neuman

Votes: 30

21. War Stories with Oliver North (2001– )
Episode: Attack of the Japanese Midget Subs (2002)

Documentary, History, War

The events of Dec. 7, 1941, when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, are related. Included: the five midget submarines the Japanese Imperial Navy used.

Star: Oliver North

22. Pacific: The Lost Evidence (2005– )
Episode: Pearl Harbor (2005)

TV-PG | 44 min | Documentary, History, War

A detailed look at the Japanese attack on the naval and air bases of Pearl Harbor, Hawaii on December 7 1941.

Director: Ashley Gething | Stars: Michael Carroll, Masashi Fujimoto, James Bounds, Woodrow Derby

23. The Big Picture (1950–1968)
Episode: The Admiral Nimitz Story (1958)

28 min | Documentary

Biography of World War II Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz.

Stars: Douglas MacArthur, Chester W. Nimitz, Stuart Queen, Franklin D. Roosevelt

24. Smart Travels with Rudy Maxa (2002–2006)
Episode: Oahu & Kauai (2006)

TV-G | 24 min | Documentary

A trip to the Hawaiian islands of O'ahu and Kaua'i, hosted by travel expert Rudy Maxa.

Stars: Rudy Maxa, Kanoelehua Miller

25. Hawaii Five-0 (2010–2020)
Episode: Pua a'e la ka uwahi o ka moe (2018)

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

A cold case of Chang Apana (a real life detective in 1930s Honolulu) lands in Steve's lap. This leads to the crew working on the case in a 1940's world.

Director: Bryan Spicer | Stars: Alex O'Loughlin, Scott Caan, Ian Anthony Dale, Meaghan Rath

Votes: 500