Korean War Documentaries

What is war? What are the costs of war? How does war affect those who are asked to fight it? For the very first time, a documentary film examines a single battle of a three year conflict, ... See full summary »

Director: Glenn Palmedo-Smith | Stars: John S.D. Eisenhower, Newt Gingrich, Edward Herrmann, Oliver North

Votes: 7

4. The Forgotten War (2020)

56 min | Documentary

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As the second world war came to an end, the once colonized Korea was split at the 38th parallel by allied forces. Less than five years after the split North Korean forces led by Kim-Il-Sung... See full summary »

Director: Daniel L. Bernardi | Stars: Jessica Elkind, Trevor Getz, Stephen Granzow, Becky Hernandez

Votes: 50

5. Combat Zone (2007– )
Episode: Battle of Inchon (2007)

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

Korea, 1950 - Three months after Communist North Korea invaded the South, thousands of US Marines hit the beaches behind enemy lines to form a fierce counterattack. Joined by Army infantry,... See full summary »

Stars: Shane Wood, Big Paulie, Sean Bunch, Paulnhu Dinh Nguyen

6. Dogfights (2005– )
Episode: MIG Alley (2006)

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

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Robinson Risner flew an F-86 Saber in Korea at the dawn of the jet age. There, with a hunter's persistence, he pursued his prey whether Korean, Chinese or Russian leading to some dramatic ... See full summary »

Directors: Wayne Weiss, Robert Kirk | Stars: Phil Crowley, Frederick Blesse, Ralph Parr, Robinson Risner

Votes: 28

7. Dogfights (2005– )
Episode: Jet vs. Jet (2007)

TV-14 | 44 min | Documentary, History, War

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Mission turns to ambition as top Saber pilots vie for the title of jet ace during the Korean war.

Director: Jason McKinley | Star: Phil Crowley

Votes: 17

8. Kapyong (2011)

54 min | War

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The story of the Forgotten Battle in the Forgotten War: how a small band of Australians, Canadians and New Zealanders in Korea gave up their Anzac Day barbecue to stop the Seoul-bound Chinese Army in its tracks.

Director: Dennis K. Smith | Stars: Steven Carroll, Cory Corbett, Clint Cure, Marcel Gold

Votes: 71

9. Secrets of War (1998– )
Episode: Korea: Stalin's Secret Air War

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

Discover the secret telegrams that reveal how Stalin had a personal role in air battles with UN pilots and how Britain unwillingly aided the communists.

Stars: Charlton Heston, Walker Mahurin, Michael Lyubimov, Walter Boyne

10. Secrets of War (1998– )
Episode: Korea: Behind the Bamboo Curtain

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

Learn more about newly discovered documents that revealed Stalin's influence over China's Mao Tse Tung and Korea's Kim El Sung and the other hidden factors behind the first conflict of the Cold War.

Stars: Charlton Heston, Donald K. Chung, James G. Hershberg, Chen Jian

11. Chosin (2010)

TV-14 | 86 min | Documentary, History, War

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After 60 years of silence, the survivors of the Chosin Reservoir Campaign of the Korean War take us on an emotional and heart-pounding journey through one of the most savage battles in American history.

Director: Brian Iglesias

Votes: 281