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1. 1941 (1979)

PG | 118 min | Action, Comedy, War

Hysterical Californians prepare for a Japanese invasion in the days after Pearl Harbor.

Director: Steven Spielberg | Stars: John Belushi, Dan Aykroyd, Treat Williams, Nancy Allen

Votes: 36,281 | Gross: $31.76M

2. Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970)

G | 144 min | Action, Drama, History

The story of the 1941 Japanese air raid on Pearl Harbor, and the series of preceding American blunders that aggravated its effectiveness.

Directors: Richard Fleischer, Kinji Fukasaku, Toshio Masuda, Akira Kurosawa | Stars: Martin Balsam, Sô Yamamura, Jason Robards, Joseph Cotten

Votes: 37,243 | Gross: $29.55M

3. Midway (1976)

PG | 132 min | Action, Drama, History

A dramatization of the battle that was widely heralded as a turning point of the Pacific Theatre of World War II.

Director: Jack Smight | Stars: Charlton Heston, Henry Fonda, James Coburn, Glenn Ford

Votes: 21,503

4. Isoroku Yamamoto, the Commander-in-Chief of the Combined Fleet (2011)

140 min | Biography, Drama, History

The life of Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto from the early 1930's to his death at the hands of the US military in 1943.

Director: Izuru Narushima | Stars: Koji Yakusho, Hiroshi Abe, Shûichi Azumaya, Mitsugorô Bandô

Votes: 1,256

5. Admiral Yamamoto and the Allied Fleets (1956)

101 min | Biography, War

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Director: Toshio Shimura | Stars: Shin Saburi, Kusuo Abe, Minoru Takada, Ureo Egawa

6. Heavy Metal: The Evolution of the Naval Warship (2009 TV Movie)

90 min | Documentary, History, War

This two-hour series covers the evolution of the design and armament of ocean-going warships. From wooden hulls and sails to nuclear powered floating naval bases, Heavy Metal has it all. ... See full summary »

Votes: 13

7. National Geographic Explorer (1985– )
Episode: The Lost Fleet of Guadalcanal (1993)

Not Rated | 106 min | Documentary, History

Explorer follows Bob Ballard and veterans from both America and Japan as they search for ships that were sunk during the Battle of Guadalcanal.

Director: Robert Kenner | Stars: George Bush, Robert Ballard, Martin Clemens, Bert Doughty

Votes: 45

8. The West Wing (1999–2006)
Episode: We Killed Yamamoto (2002)

TV-14 | 42 min | Drama

Bartlet and Leo debate on how to deal with the impending visit of the Qumari Defense Minister, whom U.S. intelligence officers have conclusively linked to terrorists. Sam dismisses an ... See full summary »

Director: Thomas Schlamme | Stars: Rob Lowe, Dulé Hill, Allison Janney, Janel Moloney

Votes: 830

9. Heavy Metal (2000– )
Episode: P-38 Lightning (2004)

44 min | Documentary, History, War

The Lockheed P-38 Lightning was a radically new fighter plane design and the brainchild of now legendary aircraft designer Kelley Johnson. It's introduction to combat at the start of World ... See full summary »

Director: Paul Nelson | Stars: Jack Mullan, Tom Simms, Perry J. Dahl, Jack Purdy

Votes: 6

10. Battle 360 (2008– )
Episode: Vengeance at Midway (2008)

TV-PG | 55 min | Documentary, History, War

Wise to the Japanese trap at Midway the American carrier force prepares an ambush. Despite winning a tremendous victory, poorly executed air operations by the American forces lead to the ... See full summary »

Stars: Garth R. Hassell, Alan Pietruszewski

Votes: 24

11. Battle 360 (2008– )
Episode: Enterprise Versus Japan (2008)

TV-PG | 55 min | Documentary, History, War

The Japanese send a fleet with a dozen troop carriers, a total of 13,000 men, to retake Guadalcanal. As the only remaining operational aircraft carrier in the pacific the job of stopping them falls to the Enterprise and its escorts.

Stars: Jack Glass, Garth R. Hassell, Alan Pietruszewski, Pedro Sandoval

Votes: 25

12. Unsolved Mysteries of World War II (1992– )
Episode: Pearl Harbor (2004)

27 min | Documentary, History, War

The Japanese raid on Pearl Harbor on December 7 1941 shocked the world and drew the United States into the war. Did British Intelligence and Britain's Prime Minister, Winston Churchill, ... See full summary »

Star: Patrick Allen

13. Secrets of War (1998– )
Episode: Breaking the Japanese Code

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

The story of America's code-breaking efforts against seemingly impenetrable secret Japanese military and diplomatic communications. The heroic struggle of Army code-breakers, headed by ... See full summary »

Stars: Charlton Heston, David Hatch, Norman Polmar, Carl Boyd

14. Secrets of War (1998– )
Episode: Hirohito's War

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

Japanese tradition made him a god, but Japanese law made him Commander in Chief of the Japanese Armed Forces. Never tried for war crimes or even interrogated, Hirohito was an enigmatic ... See full summary »

Stars: Charlton Heston, Herbert Bix, Edward Drea, Frank Gibney

15. 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: 29

16. Battlefront (2001– )
Episode: Battle of Midway (2001)

23 min | Documentary, War

Only one isolated atoll prevents an enemy invasion of Hawaii. Midway Island is where the Japanese fleet converges on a tiny American base with a massive strafing and bombing attack.

17. World War II in Colour (2009)
Episode: Red Sun Rampant (2009)

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

Japan attacks the USA on 7 Dec 1941. For the next 6 months, they continue to have successful attacks. However, by the end of the battle for Guadalcanal in Feb 1943, they are completely on the defensive.

Stars: Robert Powell, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Hideki Tôjô, Isoroku Yamamoto

Votes: 271

18. Dark Seas (2021– )
Episode: When Losing a Battle Won an Entire War (2022)

11 min | Documentary

An account of the Battle of the Coral Sea.

19. 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

20. 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

21. 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

22. The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money & Power (1992– )
Episode: War and Oil (1992)

PG-13 | 53 min | Documentary

The key but often overlooked role that oil played in World War II is examined and discussed by war veterans and military historians.

Director: Ben Loeterman | Stars: Donald Sutherland, Daniel Yergin, Irvine H. Anderson, Carlo D'Este

Votes: 12

23. 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

24. American History TV (2011– )
Episode: U.S. World War II Strategy (2017)

63 min | History

David M. Kennedy, Stanford University History Professor Emeritus, lectures on the military strategy used by the United States to win the second World War.

Stars: Josiah Bunting III, David M. Kennedy