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1. Empire of the Sun (1987)
PG | 153 min | Drama, War
A young English boy struggles to survive under Japanese occupation of China during World War II.
Director: Steven Spielberg | Stars: Christian Bale, John Malkovich, Miranda Richardson, Nigel Havers
Votes: 134,686 | Gross: $22.24M
2. Farewell My Concubine (1993)
R | 171 min | Drama, Music, Romance
Two boys meet at an opera training school in Peking in 1924. Their resulting friendship will span nearly 70 years and endure some of the most troublesome times in China's history.
Director: Kaige Chen | Stars: Leslie Cheung, Fengyi Zhang, Gong Li, You Ge
Votes: 33,347 | Gross: $5.22M
3. Emperor (2012)
PG-13 | 105 min | Drama, History, War
As the Japanese surrender at the end of World War II, General Fellers is tasked with deciding if Emperor Hirohito will be hanged as a war criminal. Influencing his ruling is his quest to find Aya, an exchange student he met years earlier in the U.S.
Director: Peter Webber | Stars: Matthew Fox, Colin Moy, Tommy Lee Jones, Eriko Hatsune
Votes: 14,899 | Gross: $3.35M
4. King Rat (1965)
Approved | 134 min | Drama, War
Fast-talking wheeler-dealer Corporal King is stuck in a Malaysian P.O.W. camp during World War II and uses bribery and larceny to take de-facto control of the camp.
Director: Bryan Forbes | Stars: George Segal, Tom Courtenay, James Fox, Patrick O'Neal
Votes: 5,106
5. 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
6. The Iron Curtain (1948)
Approved | 87 min | Biography, Crime, History
The story of Soviet cypher-clerk Igor Gouzenko who was posted to the Soviet Embassy in Ottawa,Canada in 1943 and defected in 1945 to reveal the extent of Soviet espionage activities directed against Canada.
Director: William A. Wellman | Stars: Dana Andrews, Gene Tierney, June Havoc, Berry Kroeger
Votes: 1,116
7. 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
8. Anatahan (1953)
PG | 91 min | Drama, History, War
From June 1944, twelve Japanese seamen are stranded for seven years on an abandoned and forgotten island called Anatahan.
Director: Josef von Sternberg | Stars: Akemi Negishi, Tadashi Suganuma, Kisaburo Sawamura, Shôji Nakayama
Votes: 1,357 | Gross: $0.05M
9. The Emperor in August (2015)
135 min | Drama, History
The War ended on August 15th, 1945. What took place in Japan on the previous night? The unknown destiny of the day is unveiled.
Director: Masato Harada | Stars: Koji Yakusho, Masahiro Motoki, Tsutomu Yamazaki, Shin'ichi Tsutsumi
Votes: 720
10. 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
11. Our Job in Japan (1945)
17 min | Documentary, Short
Training propaganda reel for US soldiers on occupation duty in Japan after its capitulation.
Votes: 19
12. Karafuto 1945 Summer Hyosetsu no mon (1974)
119 min | Drama, War
Director: Mitsuo Murayama | Stars: Terumi Niki, Yumiko Fujita, Kawai Okada, Keiko Torii
Votes: 23
14. Reimei hachigatsu jûgo-nichi (1952)
98 min | War
Director: Hideo Sekigawa | Stars: Kappei Matsumoto, Eiji Okada, Akitake Kôno, Yatsuko Tan'ami
16. Three Wars of the Battleship Missouri (2005 TV Movie)
45 min | Documentary, History, War
This program provides a detailed look at the USS Missouri's construction, operation and changing weapons weapons systems with its historical impact as a back drop. The program includes film... See full summary »
Star: Geg Stebner
18.
The World at War (1973–1974)
Episode:
Japan: 1941-1945
(1974)
TV-PG | 51 min | Documentary, History, War
After the victories in 1941-2, Japanese fortunes reverse as America succeeds in destroying their aircraft fleet and Pacific island bases. At home, shortages of goods and manpower lead to desperation for the population.
Director: Hugh Raggett | Stars: Laurence Olivier, Toshikazu Kase, Naoki Hoshino, Yuzuru Sanematsu
Votes: 353
19.
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
20.
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
21.
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
22.
Viewpoint '87 (1987)
Episode:
Japan - Behind the Mask
(1987)
Documentary
Director: Alan Lowery | Star: John Pilger
23.
World War Weird (2017– )
Episode:
Episode #3.3
(2019)
Documentary, History, War
The unfortunate fate of the world's first tank, which failed to make it onto the battlefield, and the case of the Japanese soldier who continued fighting - until 1974.
Directors: Mike Ibeji, Justine Ostrowska | Stars: Joshua Levine, Guy Walters, Alexandra Churchill, Dominic Selwood
24.
World's Greatest Warships (2019)
Episode:
Bismarck: Hitler's Great Warship
(2019)
44 min | Documentary, History, War
Hitler's fearsome Bismarck and Tirpitz, America's iconic Iowa-class vessels and Japan's Yamato, the largest battleship ever built.
Director: Theo Williams | Stars: Nick Hewitt, Andrew Choong, Mark Stille, Jann Witt
25.
Adolf Hitler's War (2020)
Episode:
This Has Happened
(2020)
Documentary, History, War
Hitler's War moves to its endgame as the Soviets cross the German border - with a death toll of over 40 million, a new scarred, Europe will emerge.
Directors: Michael Cove, Mike Kenneally | Stars: Aliaksandr Kakhanouski, David Stahel, Sergei Kudryashov, Dzmitry Kryvashei
26.
World War II in Colour (2009)
Episode:
Victory in the Pacific
(2009)
TV-MA | 51 min | Documentary, History, War
Japan keeps continues its suicidal resistance, and invading it looks costly. After 2 atomic bombs, the Emperor intervenes and stops the War. Stalin grabs territory in East Asia. The War is over, and the Atomic Era and the Cold War start.
Stars: Chester W. Nimitz, Douglas MacArthur, Harry S. Truman, Winston Churchill
Votes: 209
27.
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
28.
How to Lose a War (2023)
Episode:
The Right Tools
(2023)
Documentary, History, War
Victory in war doesn't just require sound military strategy, vital resources and equipment are also critical. Discover how the Axis powers failed in this regard.
Director: Tim Bosanquet | Stars: Richard Hammond, Giuseppe Finaldi, Alexander Henry, Charles Schencking
29.
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
30.
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
31.
Britain at War (1995)
Episode:
The Victory Years: 1944 - 1945
(1995)
Documentary, History, War
The closing years of World War Two, where the D-Day invasion of Normandy brought victory one step closer while on the Home Front, people continued to endure rationing and German bombing.
Director: Sasha Upton | Stars: William Rushton, Eddie Cain, Justine Hodgkinson, Kit Nairne
32.
The Great War (2010–2012)
Episode:
War Against Japan
(2012)
43 min | Documentary, Drama, History
In exchange for territorial concessions Stalin agreed to join the war against Japan within 90 days of Germany's surrender negating the 1941 armistice with Japan. Exactly ninety days later ... See full summary »
Votes: 9
33.
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