Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "pacific-theatre-of-world-war-ii"

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: 352,404 | Gross: $198.54M

2. A Town Like Alice (1956)

Not Rated | 117 min | Drama, Romance, War

A newly wealthy English woman returns to Malaya to build a well for the villagers who helped her during war. Thinking back, she recalls the Australian man who made a great sacrifice to aid her and her fellow prisoners of war.

Director: Jack Lee | Stars: Virginia McKenna, Peter Finch, Kenji Takaki, Tran Van Khe

Votes: 1,912

3. A Guy Named Joe (1943)

Passed | 120 min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance

A dead World War II bomber pilot, Pete Sandidge becomes the guardian angel of another pilot, Ted Randall. He guides Ted through battle and helping him to romance his old girlfriend, despite her excessive devotion to Sandidge's memory.

Director: Victor Fleming | Stars: Spencer Tracy, Irene Dunne, Van Johnson, Ward Bond

Votes: 2,932

4. 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: 1,191

5. Don't Go Near the Water (1957)

Approved | 107 min | Adventure, Comedy, Romance

On a small South Pacific island during WW2, various US Navy P.R. personnel pass the time romancing the nurses and the native girls while trying to avoid front line sea duty.

Director: Charles Walters | Stars: Glenn Ford, Gia Scala, Earl Holliman, Anne Francis

Votes: 859

6. Torpedo Run (1958)

Approved | 98 min | Drama, War

A submarine commander is forced to blow up a Japanese ship with prisoners.

Director: Joseph Pevney | Stars: Glenn Ford, Ernest Borgnine, Diane Brewster, Dean Jones

Votes: 2,545

7. The Proud and Profane (1956)

Not Rated | 111 min | Drama, Romance, War

In the Pacific during WWII, a Roman Catholic widow falls for a tough lieutenant colonel.

Director: George Seaton | Stars: William Holden, Deborah Kerr, Thelma Ritter, Dewey Martin

Votes: 658

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: 531

9. High Barbaree (1947)

Approved | 91 min | Action, Drama, Romance

Van Johnson is a Navy pilot in WWII who has been shot down in the Pacific on a bombing mission. He and a wounded comrade are the only survivors and are lost at sea. As they await rescue, ... See full summary »

Director: Jack Conway | Stars: Van Johnson, June Allyson, Thomas Mitchell, Marilyn Maxwell

Votes: 492

10. Silent Cries (1993 TV Movie)

120 min | Drama, War

In 1942, the Japanese occupied the island of Singapore. During the take-over, not only military soldiers were taken prisoner, but also innocent civilians, particularly women and children. ... See full summary »

Director: Anthony Page | Stars: Gena Rowlands, Annabeth Gish, Chloe Webb, Gail Strickland

Votes: 180

11. 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

12. World War 2: The Shipwrecks of Truk Lagoon (2024)

45 min | Documentary

Explore Chuuk Lagoon's underwater war graveyard where sunken WWII relics transform into vibrant marine life, weaving history with nature's resilience.

Director: Christian Wehrle | Star: Casey Campbell

Votes: 61

13. 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

14. 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

15. Blood Oath: Ambon POWs Remember (2002 Video)

12 min | Short, Biography, History

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Stars: Bob Allen, Vernon Ball, Tom Pledger, Jack Serant

16. 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

17. 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: 351

18. 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

19. 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

20. 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: 357

21. The World at War (1973–1974)
Episode: It's a Lovely Day Tomorrow: Burma - 1942-1944 (1974)

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

Allied forces were totally unprepared for the Japanese invasion of Burma in 1942. The Japanese quickly overran the country. The Allies counter-attacked using troops unfamiliar with jungle ... See full summary »

Director: John Pett | Stars: Laurence Olivier, Freddie Tomkins, Teruo Okada, J.G. Smyth

Votes: 371

22. Battlefield (1995–2004)
Episode: The Battle of Leyte Gulf (1996)

Documentary, History, War

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Director: Dave Flitton | Star: Tim Pigott-Smith

23. Battlefield (1995–2004)
Episode: Destination Okinawa (2002)

Documentary, History, War

Anticipating an excessive commitment of resources to take and hold the island, American war planners abandon an invasion of Formosa and focus directly on the Japanese home islands. They set... See full summary »

Stars: Jonathan Booth, Hirohito, Chester W. Nimitz, Raymond A. Spruance

Votes: 6

24. 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

25. 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

26. 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: 6

27. 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: 32

28. 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

29. The Pacific (2010)
Episode: Peleliu Hills (2010)

TV-MA | 55 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

Sledge finds the carnage and death of his companions on Peleilu increasingly difficult to bear as Basilone continues his bond drive in the States.

Director: Timothy Van Patten | Stars: James Badge Dale, Joseph Mazzello, Jon Seda, Brendan Fletcher

Votes: 2,283

30. The Pacific (2010)
Episode: Peleliu Landing (2010)

TV-MA | 49 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

Basilone's fame keeps him in the U.S. selling war bonds, Leckie rejoins his company, and Sledge is reunited with Phillips in Pavuvu.

Director: Carl Franklin | Stars: James Badge Dale, Joseph Mazzello, Jon Seda, Brendan Fletcher

Votes: 2,388

31. 1945-1953: From World War to Cold War (2018)
Episode: Yalta, the Twilight of the Big Three

56 min | Documentary, History, War

Hear how the Yalta Conference of 1945 - in which Franklin D Roosevelt, Winston Churchill and Joseph Stalin met to discuss Europe's post-war reorganization - led to enmity.

Director: Emilie Lançon | Stars: Curtis Roosevelt, Robert Franck, François Kersaudy, André Kaspi

32. 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

33. Adolf Hitler's War (2020)
Episode: This Has Happened (2020)

Documentary, History, War

Hitler's War moves to its endgame as the Soviets cross the German border - with a death toll of over 40 million, a new scarred, Europe will emerge.

Directors: Michael Cove, Mike Kenneally | Stars: Aliaksandr Kakhanouski, David Stahel, Sergei Kudryashov, Dzmitry Kryvashei

34. The U.S. and the Holocaust (2022)
Episode: Yearning to Breathe Free (1938-1942) (2022)

TV-14 | 138 min | Documentary, History

As WWII begins, Americans are divided over whether to intervene against Germany. Some individuals and organizations work tirelessly to help refugees escape. Germany invades the USSR and secretly begins the mass murder of European Jews.

Directors: Sarah Botstein, Ken Burns, Lynn Novick | Stars: Peter Coyote, Daniel Mendelsohn, Guy Stern, Peter Hayes

Votes: 157

35. 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

36. 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

37. My Grandparents' War (2019– )
Episode: Keira Knightley (2022)

44 min | Documentary, Biography, History

Actress Keira Knightley learns new stories of her grandparents' amazing wartime feats.

Star: Keira Knightley

Votes: 27

38. The 100 Days: That Defined Modern History (2022–2023)
Episode: World War II: D-Day - 1944 (2023)

Documentary, History

On June 6th 1944, the largest amphibious invasion in military history commenced targeting the coast of Normandy in France.

Directors: Edmund Duff, Mike Kenneally | Stars: David Ulbrich, Ian Gooderson, Adrian Lewis, Adrian Gilbert

39. 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

40. The Daily Aviation (2019– )
Episode: US Crazy Logistics Operation Moving 1000s of Powerful Tank by Rail and Ship (2023)

16 min | Documentary

Videos demonstrating the preparation and deployment of armored vehicles and naval vessels over long distances

41. 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

42. How to Lose a War (2023)
Episode: Conquering Heroes (2023)

Documentary, History, War

Explore how the Axis Powers' ruthless, brutal occupation and exploitation of other countries contributed to their demise.

Director: Tim Bosanquet | Stars: Alexander Henry, Sandra Wilson, Ken Kotani, Gregg Huff

43. 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

44. How to Lose a War (2023)
Episode: The Right Tools (2023)

Documentary, History, War

Victory in war doesn't just require sound military strategy, vital resources and equipment are also critical. Discover how the Axis powers failed in this regard.

Director: Tim Bosanquet | Stars: Richard Hammond, Giuseppe Finaldi, Alexander Henry, Charles Schencking

45. 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

46. Against the Odds (2014– )
Episode: The Battle for Sugar Loaf (2016)

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

Taking an otherwise nondescript hill on the embattled island of Okinawa proved to be one of the most incredible battles of WWII. The young weary marines of Charlie Company strained against ... See full summary »

Director: Sammy Jackson | Stars: Bill Pierce, Dick Whitaker, Don Honis, Jack W. Houston

47. Battlefield (1995–2004)
Episode: The Battle of Midway (1995)

113 min | Documentary, History, War

A documentary look at the WWII battle of midway. The events leading up to the battle, the national and war leaders involved, and the critical events that lead to the outcome.

Directors: Andrew Aitken, Dave Flitton, Justin McCarthy | Stars: Tim Pigott-Smith, William F. Halsey, Chester W. Nimitz, Raymond A. Spruance

48. American Dynasties: The Kennedys (2018)
Episode: The Power of Wealth (2018)

42 min | Documentary, History

Joseph Kennedy's political ambition passes first to his son Joe Jr. and then to reluctant second son, Jack.

Director: Tim Dunn | Stars: Martin Sheen, Tim Naftali, Alexis Coe, Barbara Perry

Votes: 73

49. Nazi Mega Weapons (2013– )
Episode: America's War: Japan's Warrior Code (2019)

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

The battle for Saipan is the ultimate test for Japan's greatest weapon: the warrior mindset.

Director: Ross Young | Stars: Tony Pollard, James Holland, Martin K.A. Morgan, Mike Pavelec

Votes: 25