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1. Flags of Our Fathers (2006)
R | 135 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
The life stories of the six men who raised the flag at the Battle of Iwo Jima, a turning point in World War II.
Director: Clint Eastwood | Stars: Ryan Phillippe, Barry Pepper, Joseph Cross, Jesse Bradford
Votes: 129,364 | Gross: $33.60M
2. Sands of Iwo Jima (1949)
Approved | 100 min | Action, Drama, Romance
Haunted by personal demons, Marine Sgt. John Stryker is hated and feared by his men, who see him as a cold-hearted sadist. But when their boots hit the beaches, they begin to understand the reason for Stryker's rigid form of discipline.
Director: Allan Dwan | Stars: John Wayne, John Agar, Adele Mara, Forrest Tucker
Votes: 11,427
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: 4,577 | Gross: $0.16M
4. Battle Cry (1955)
Approved | 149 min | Drama, Romance, War
Young Marines have adventures in love and war.
Director: Raoul Walsh | Stars: Van Heflin, Aldo Ray, Mona Freeman, Nancy Olson
Votes: 2,629 | Gross: $17.44M
5. With the Marines at Tarawa (1944)
Approved | 18 min | Documentary, Short, War
Documentary short film depicting the harrowing battle between the U.S. Marines and the Japanese for control of the Pacific island of Tarawa.
Directors: Richard Brooks, Louis Hayward | Stars: Alexander Bonnyman Jr., John Borich, Merritt A. Edson, H.W. Hill
Votes: 307
6. I Won't Play (1944)
Passed | 18 min | Short, Drama, Music
In this Warner Bros. short, a Marine in a South Sea island during World War II, Joe Fingers, tells tales of the influence he's had on various personalities. In the words of one of his ... See full summary »
Director: Crane Wilbur | Stars: Dane Clark, Janis Paige, Warren Douglas, Robert Shayne
Votes: 422
8. Moments of Truth with Stephen Ambrose (2001 TV Movie)
92 min | Documentary, History, War
World War II veterans, and others who were alive then, reminisce about their wartime "moments of truth".
Director: Chris Harty | Stars: Harry Smith, Stephen Ambrose, Paul Tibbets
Votes: 7
9.
The Twentieth Century (1957–1968)
Episode:
Tarawa
(1960)
Documentary, History
Stars: Walter Cronkite, David M. Shoup
11.
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
12.
Battle 360 (2008– )
Episode:
The Grey Ghost
(2008)
TV-PG | 55 min | Documentary, History, War
United States forces go on the attack to drive the Japanese out of the South Pacfic. The Enterprise, with upgrades to almost all its combat systems, a new commander and a new fleet of ... See full summary »
Stars: James Barnhill, Roy E. Blood, Donald Gordon, Richard Harte
Votes: 19
13.
Greatest Tank Battles (2010– )
Episode:
Tank Battles of the Pacific
(2013)
TV-PG | 48 min | Documentary, History, War
Tanks play a small but useful role in the island war against Japan.
14.
Against the Odds (2014– )
Episode:
The Heroes of Tarawa
(2014)
TV-PG | 45 min | Documentary, History, War
Everything went wrong in America's first test of whether the Japanese-held islands of the Pacific, the key steppingstones to the doorstep of Japan, could be captured by across-the-beach infantry assaults.
Stars: John Wukovits, Roger Colby, Edward L. Bale Jr., William Steele Sr.
Votes: 8
15.
Pacific: The Lost Evidence (2005– )
Episode:
Tarawa
(2005)
Documentary, History, War
A detailed look at the battle for the tiny Pacific island at Tarawa atoll, one of the bloodiest battles in American history. During the 76-hour conflict, 6,000 men (including 1,000 Americans) were killed and 2,000 wounded.
Director: Ashley Gething | Stars: Michael Carroll, Masashi Fujimoto, Wendell Crain, Norman T. Hatch