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1. 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
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: 2,708
3. April Morning (1988 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 100 min | Drama, History, War
On the morning of April 19, 1775, the American Revolution began with the "shot heard 'round the world".
Director: Delbert Mann | Stars: Tommy Lee Jones, Susan Blakely, Chad Lowe, Robert Urich
Votes: 783
4. Back to Bataan (1945)
Approved | 95 min | Drama, War
In 1942, after the fall of the Philippines to the Japanese, U.S. Army Col. Joseph Madden stays behind to organize the local resistance against the Japanese invaders.
Director: Edward Dmytryk | Stars: John Wayne, Anthony Quinn, Beulah Bondi, Fely Franquelli
Votes: 4,374
5. Old Glory (1939)
G | 9 min | Animation, Short, Drama
Porky balks at learning the Pledge of Allegiance until Uncle Sam appears to him in a dream and gives him a lesson in American history.
Director: Chuck Jones | Stars: Mel Blanc, Tedd Pierce, John Deering, John Litel
Votes: 740
6. Manila Calling (1942)
Approved | 81 min | Drama, War
During the Japanese invasion of the Philippines, a few Americans and a Filipino guerrilla unit seize a Japanese jungle base and use the radio transmitter to broadcast anti-Japanese propaganda, prompting retaliatory Japanese attacks.
Director: Herbert I. Leeds | Stars: Lloyd Nolan, Carole Landis, Cornel Wilde, James Gleason
Votes: 181
7. Come On, Marines! (1934)
Approved | 70 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
"Lucky" Davis, a ladies-man and a devil-may-care U. S. Marine Sergeant, is leading a Marine-squadron on an expedition through a Philippine jungle where an outlaw bandit is leading a ... See full summary »
Director: Henry Hathaway | Stars: Richard Arlen, Ida Lupino, Roscoe Karns, Grace Bradley
Votes: 80
8. Gen. Otis with His Troops in the Philippines (1902)
Documentary, Short
This is without doubt the best marching film ever made. It shows our own Gen. Otis with the boys in blue, marching into camp in the Philippine Islands. Every American man, woman and child ... See full summary »
Star: Harrison G. Otis
9. Deutschland grüßt Kennedy - Vier geschichtliche Tage (1963)
58 min | Documentary
Director: Manfred Purzer | Stars: John F. Kennedy, Konrad Adenauer, Willy Brandt, Theo Burauen
10. To Brave a Dream (1992)
27 min | Short, Documentary
In 1866, a group of Christians from Maine under the leadership of the charismatic Reverend George Jones Adams sailed to the Holy Land in order to prepare for the second coming of Christ.
Director: Yael Katzir
11.
National Geographic Explorer (1985– )
Episode:
Nightmare in Jamestown
(2005)
Documentary, History
National Geographic examines Jamestown the first permanent English settlement in North America. It looks at forensic and archaeological evidence that tells a story of famine, disease, violence, and cannibalism.
Stars: Salvatore Vecchio, Bill Kelso, Lisa Ling, Doug Owsley
Votes: 41
12.
The Armchair Historian (2017– )
Episode:
What Caused the American Revolution?
(2018)
9 min | Documentary, Animation
Director: Griffin Johnsen | Star: Griffin Johnsen