Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "japanese-occupation-of-the-philippines"

1. The Five People You Meet in Heaven (2004 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 180 min | Drama, Fantasy

An elderly amusement park maintenance man, Eddie, is trapped in purgatory and the only way out is to confront five people from his past. Unfortunately, dark secrets from his service in the Philippines begin to haunt him.

Director: Lloyd Kramer | Stars: Jon Voight, Ellen Burstyn, Jeff Daniels, Dagmara Dominczyk

Votes: 6,142

2. 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: 2,710

3. Only You (2021)

85 min | Comedy, Horror

Veronica (Isabelle Daza), Valerie (Beauty Gonzales) and Venus (Elisse Joson) are three adventurous and sometimes mischievous sisters with their own Vlog channel. Together with their friends... See full summary »

Director: Barry Gonzalez | Stars: Paolo Contis, Archie Alemania, Beauty Gonzalez, Isabelle Daza

Votes: 200

4. Pulang Araw

History, War | Filming

Four childhood friends face the challenges and atrocities of the Japanese occupation and World War 2 in the Philippines, where their loyalties, identities, and destinies are tested.

Stars: Alden Richards, Sanya Lopez, Barbie Forteza, David Licauco

5. Sigaw ng digmaan (1963)

Action, War

A handful of soldiers (led by FPJ) holed up in a hilltop to repel the horde of advancing Japanese troops, sacrificing their lives for their beloved country, FPJ, the last man standing, was ... See full summary »

Director: Efren Reyes | Stars: Fernando Poe Jr., Jose Romulo, Bob Soler, Berting Labra

6. The World at War (1973–1974)
Episode: Banzai! Japan 1931-1942 (1973)

TV-PG | 52 min | Documentary, History, War

The rise of the Japanese Empire, the Sino-Japanese War, the Soviet-Japanese border conflicts, Pearl Harbor, and the early Japanese successes in the Battle of Malaya and Battle of Singapore.

Stars: Laurence Olivier, Tomohiko Ushiba, Kôichi Kido, Lewis Bush

Votes: 462

7. The World at War (1973–1974)
Episode: On Our Way: U.S.A. 1939-1942 (1973)

TV-PG | 52 min | Documentary, History, War

The opposition to the United States' entry into the war, Lend Lease, U-boat attacks on Atlantic convoys and American responses, mobilization of America after Pearl Harbor, loss of the Philippines, Doolittle Raid, Midway and Guadalcanal.

Stars: Laurence Olivier, Averell Harriman, George Ball, Norman Corwin

Votes: 440

8. The World at War (1973–1974)
Episode: Pacific: February 1942-July 1945 (1974)

TV-PG | 50 min | Documentary, History, War

The island hopping strategy of Admiral Nimitz and General MacArthur leads from one costly, battle after another. The Japanese fight fanatically as the war gets ever closer to home, but Americans finally use their newest weapon, the A-bomb.

Director: John Pett | Stars: Laurence Olivier, Roy Voris, Frank Manson, Douglas MacArthur

Votes: 355

9. 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

10. World War Weird (2017– )
Episode: Episode #2.4 (2018)

Documentary, History, War

Hukbalahap Rebels in the Philippines believe they have a new enemy - a vampire. The British claim that an RAF pilot's incredible night vision comes from eating carrots.

Director: Mike Ibeji | Stars: Joshua Levine, Guy Walters, Dominic Selwood, Andrew Robertshaw

11. World War Weird (2017– )
Episode: Episode #3.3 (2019)

Documentary, History, War

The unfortunate fate of the world's first tank, which failed to make it onto the battlefield, and the case of the Japanese soldier who continued fighting - until 1974.

Directors: Mike Ibeji, Justine Ostrowska | Stars: Joshua Levine, Guy Walters, Alexandra Churchill, Dominic Selwood

12. World War II in Colour (2009)
Episode: The Island War (2009)

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

The Marines succeed in the "island hopping" strategy against suicidal resistance. The US Navy establishes supremacy, cutting off Japan. Re-capturing the Phillipines and Burma is costly, but now Japan is fully in the defensive.

Stars: Robert Powell, Douglas MacArthur, Chester W. Nimitz, Hideki Tôjô

Votes: 212

13. 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