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1. Adolf Hitler: The Greatest Story Never Told (2013)
350 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Adolf Hitler, born in Braunau, a man who will forever change the history of the world.
Director: Dennis Wise | Stars: Eva Braun, Winston Churchill, Charles de Gaulle, Adolf Galland
Votes: 6,271
2. Until They Sail (1957)
Approved | 94 min | Drama, Romance, War
During WWII, unmarried New Zealand women meet and marry American soldiers who are fighting in the Pacific theater.
Director: Robert Wise | Stars: Jean Simmons, Paul Newman, Joan Fontaine, Piper Laurie
Votes: 1,585
3. Black Rain (1989)
Not Rated | 123 min | Drama, War
The story of the aftermath of the Hiroshima bombing, based on Masuji Ibuse's novel.
Director: Shôhei Imamura | Stars: Yoshiko Tanaka, Kazuo Kitamura, Etsuko Ichihara, Shôichi Ozawa
Votes: 3,979
4. The Trials of J. Robert Oppenheimer (2010)
109 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Profile of Robert Oppenheimer, controversial father of the atomic bomb.
Director: David Grubin | Stars: Marvin L. Goldberger, Priscilla McMillan, Richard Rhodes, Martin Sherwin
Votes: 228
5. 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: 21
6. Specials for United Artists: Ten Seconds That Shook the World (1963 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 60 min | Documentary
This film is a factual and chronological account of the events preceding the atomic bombing of Hiroshima during World War II and the significant effect of the atomic bomb on peacetime projects and events of the atomic age.
Director: Marshall Flaum | Star: Richard Basehart
Votes: 12
7.
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: 359
8.
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
9.
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
10.
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
11.
Totems (2021– )
Episode:
Episode #1.6
(2022)
Drama, Thriller
While investigating Charles Contignet, Anne makes a troubling discovery. Hunted by the KGB, Lyudmila hides with a Czech family. There is only one way out for her: to contact Francis and ask him to come save her.
Director: Frédéric Jardin | Stars: Niels Schneider, Vera Kolesnikova, José Garcia, Lambert Wilson
Votes: 36
12.
Secrets of War (1998– )
Episode:
Japan: The Invasion That Never Was
TV-PG | 60 min | Documentary, History, War
The secret US plan for the invasion of Japan was shrouded in secrecy. It was anticipated to be the most horrific battle of the war with hundreds of thousands of casualties. New revelations ... See full summary »
Stars: Charlton Heston, Carl Boyd, Katsuhiro Hara, Larry I. Bland
13.
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
14.
Bomber: Terror of WWII (2022)
Episode:
Terror of the World
(2022)
Documentary, History, War
In the final months of the Second World War, Adolf Hitler's miracle weapons emerge to turn a lost cause into a victory: the V1 cruise missile and the V2 ballistic missile.
Director: Dan Jobson | Stars: Sarah-Louise Miller, Donald Nijboer, Samuel Hideo Yamashita, David Sears
15.
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
16.
Military Masterminds (2022)
Episode:
Guerrilla Warfare
(2022)
52 min | Documentary, History, War
Looking at how Mao Zedong, Fidel Castro, Josip Broz Tito and Võ Nguyên Giáp used Guerrilla Warfare to overcome a militarily superior enemy.
Director: Roberto Irwin | Stars: Eric Y. Shibuya, Eric Gomez, James Rogers, William Leogrande
17.
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
18.
The Art of Japanese Life (2017)
Episode:
Cities
(2017)
59 min | Documentary, History
Dr James Fox explores how the artistic life of three great Japanese cities,Kyoto, Edo and Tokyo, has helped to shape the nation's identity and attitudes to past and present, east and west.
Director: Matthew Springford | Stars: James Fox, Yoshitaka Nukina, Raku Kichizaemon, Ebizô Ichikawa
Votes: 31
19.
The Presidents (2005)
Episode:
Truman to Ford (1945-1977)
(2005)
Documentary, Biography, History
About US Presidents 33) Harry S. Truman (1945-1953), 34) Dwight D. Eisenhower (1953-1961), 35) John F. Kennedy (1961-1963), 36) Lyndon B. Johnson (1963-1969), 37) Richard Nixon (1969-1974) and 38) Gerald Ford (1974-1977).
Stars: Edward Herrmann, Larry Berman, H.W. Brands, Leonid Brezhnev