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1. You Only Live Twice (1967)

PG | 117 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller

James Bond and the Japanese Secret Service must find and stop the true culprit of a series of space hijackings, before war is provoked between Russia and the United States.

Director: Lewis Gilbert | Stars: Sean Connery, Akiko Wakabayashi, Mie Hama, Tetsurô Tanba

Votes: 117,570 | Gross: $43.08M

2. Ninja Scroll (1993)

Not Rated | 94 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

A vagabond swordsman is aided by a kunoichi and a spy in battling a demonic clan of killers - led by a ghost from his past - who are bent on overthrowing the Tokugawa Shogunate.

Director: Yoshiaki Kawajiri | Stars: Kôichi Yamadera, Emi Shinohara, Takeshi Aono, Osamu Saka

Votes: 40,736

3. What's Up, Tiger Lily? (1966)

PG | 80 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime

A Japanese James Bond -esque spy flick reused and redubbed into the plot of a secret agent searching to uncover a recipe for the world's greatest egg salad in Woody Allen's directorial debut.

Directors: Woody Allen, Senkichi Taniguchi | Stars: Woody Allen, The Lovin' Spoonful, Frank Buxton, Louise Lasser

Votes: 9,997

4. Under the Rainbow (1981)

PG | 98 min | Comedy

A visiting dignitary, a CIA agent, a Nazi spy, Japanese tourists, an assassin and a group of "midget" actors from The Wizard of Oz (1939) all check into an elite Los Angeles hotel called Under the Rainbow.

Director: Steve Rash | Stars: Chevy Chase, Carrie Fisher, Eve Arden, Joseph Maher

Votes: 3,023 | Gross: $18.83M

5. Yaksha: Ruthless Operations (2022)

TV-14 | 125 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

Nicknamed after a human-devouring spirit, the ruthless leader of an overseas black ops team takes up a dangerous mission in a city riddled with spies.

Director: Hyeon Na | Stars: Sol Kyung-gu, Park Hae-soo, Hiroyuki Ikeuchi, Yang Dong-kun

Votes: 4,589

6. Da hong zha (2018)

R | 96 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

During World War II, five different Chinese people fight their way through Japanese Air Force attacks to protect an important military machine in Chongqing, 1940.

Director: Xiao Feng | Stars: Ye Liu, Bruce Willis, Song Seung-heon, William Chan

Votes: 4,791

7. They Got Me Covered (1943)

Approved | 95 min | Comedy

Fired by his editor for incompetence, idiotic reporter Robert Kittredge sees a chance at redeeming himself when he accidentally uncovers a network of German spies in Washington, D.C.

Director: David Butler | Stars: Bob Hope, Dorothy Lamour, Lenore Aubert, Otto Preminger

Votes: 772

8. Rookie Agent Rouge (2016)

43 min | Action, History

Can a young woman prove her loyalty to her country and her family? Lan Yan Zhi (Zhao Li Ying) is a privileged banker's daughter in Shanghai and a student activist who mistakenly comes into ... See full summary »

Stars: Zanilia Zhao, Xin-ran Tao, Yi Lu, Wenkang Yuan

Votes: 59

9. City Without Men (1943)

Approved | 75 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

A young woman's husband has been imprisoned for a crime he didn't commit. In order to be near him to try to help him get his sentence overturned, she moves into a boardinghouse near the prison whose residents are the wives of inmates.

Director: Sidney Salkow | Stars: Linda Darnell, Edgar Buchanan, Michael Duane, Sara Allgood

Votes: 175

10. The Secret Code (1942)

Approved | 275 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

A police detective goes undercover and joins a gang of Nazi agents using explosive gases and artificial lightning to sabotage the war effort, whom he battles in disguise as The Black Commando.

Director: Spencer Gordon Bennet | Stars: Paul Kelly, Anne Nagel, Trevor Bardette, Rudolph Anders

Votes: 74

11. Submarine Alert (1943)

Passed | 66 min | Thriller, War

German spies use a stolen shortwave transmitter prototype to broadcast top secret shipping info to an offshore Japanese sub. To nab the spy ring, the U.S. government has the West Coast's top radio engineers fired and shadowed.

Director: Frank McDonald | Stars: Richard Arlen, Wendy Barrie, Nils Asther, Roger Pryor

Votes: 379

12. Shadows Over Shanghai (1938)

Approved | 65 min | Drama

A pilot carrying a valuable amulet is shot down over China by a ruthless Russian agent, who also wants the amulet.

Director: Charles Lamont | Stars: James Dunn, Ralph Morgan, Robert Barrat, Lynda Grey

Votes: 172

13. Secret Agent of Japan (1942)

Passed | 72 min | Mystery, Romance, Thriller

Kay Murdock (Lynn Bari) strolls into the Dixie Bar in Shanghai on November 1, 1941 and asks the bartender for a letter addressed to Captain Larsen, and is referred to Roy Bonnell (Preston ... See full summary »

Director: Irving Pichel | Stars: Preston Foster, Lynn Bari, Noel Madison, Victor Sen Yung

Votes: 120

14. Danger in the Pacific (1942)

Approved | 60 min | Action, Adventure, Romance

British Intelligence agent Leo Marzell (Leo Carrillo) persuades scientist-explorer David Lynd (Don Terry) to postpone his wedding to wealthy sportswoman Jane Claymore (Louise Allbritton) to... See full summary »

Director: Lewis D. Collins | Stars: Leo Carrillo, Andy Devine, Don Terry, Louise Allbritton

Votes: 48

15. Pacific Rendezvous (1942)

Passed | 76 min | Comedy, Drama, Mystery

Anxious to see some naval action in the Pacific during WWII, Lt. Bill Gordon makes the mistake of telling his new girlfriend, ditzy Elaine Carter, that he was an expert in deciphering codes... See full summary »

Director: George Sidney | Stars: Lee Bowman, Jean Rogers, Mona Maris, Carl Esmond

Votes: 192

16. Texas to Bataan (1942)

Approved | 56 min | Drama, War, Western

In the 17th of the 24 films in Monogram's "Range Buster" series, Texas ranch owner Conroy returns from Washington with an order for horses to be shipped to the Philippines. The Range ... See full summary »

Director: Robert Emmett Tansey | Stars: John 'Dusty' King, David Sharpe, Max Terhune, Elmer

Votes: 110

17. A Japanese Spy (1943)

90 min | Action, Mystery, War

During the Japanese occupation of the three eastern provinces, the Italian Vansper had to succumb to the Japanese army because his family was threatened by the Japanese. The Japanese secret... See full summary »

Director: Congmei Yuan | Stars: Jin Tao, Hao Wang, Feiguang He, Yi Qin

18. Black Dragon of Manzanar (1966 TV Movie)

Approved | 100 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

The 1943 serial, G-Men vs. The Black Dragon (1943), which was original 15 episodes, re-edited into a feature film for television distribution.

Director: William Witney | Stars: Rod Cameron, Roland Got, Constance Worth, Nino Pipitone

Votes: 7

19. Sakima and the Masked Marvel (1966 TV Movie)

Approved | 100 min

This is an edited version of the 1943 Republic serial "The Masked Marvel" that was released to television in 1966.

Director: Spencer Gordon Bennet | Stars: William Forrest, Louise Currie, Johnny Arthur, Rod Bacon

Votes: 9

20. McHale's Navy (1962–1966)
Episode: Nippon Nancy Calling (1963)

TV-G | 30 min | Comedy, War

Binghamton suspects McHale and the 73 Crew of consorting with the enemy, when a Japanese radio announcer broadcasts personal details about Binghamton that only someone close to him would know.

Director: Sidney Lanfield | Stars: Ernest Borgnine, Joe Flynn, Tim Conway, Carl Ballantine

Votes: 59

21. The World at War (1973–1974)
Episode: Banzai! Japan 1931-1942 (1973)

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

The rise of the Japanese Empire, the Sino-Japanese War, the Soviet-Japanese border conflicts, Pearl Harbor, and the early Japanese successes in the Battle of Malaya and Battle of Singapore.

Stars: Laurence Olivier, Tomohiko Ushiba, Kôichi Kido, Lewis Bush

Votes: 462

22. World War Weird (2017– )
Episode: Episode #1.3 (2017)

Documentary, History, War

Stalin's canine army, Rommel's hidden hoard of Nazi gold, and mysterious circles reported by RAF pilots across Britain. Hear about war at its weirdest in this intriguing series.

Director: Pascal Hughes | Stars: Stephen Wisdom, Guy Walters, Matthew Green, Kate Vigurs

23. Hawaii Five-0 (2010–2020)
Episode: Ua ola loko i ke aloha (2016)

TV-14 | 44 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Five-0 uncovers a Japanese World War II spy mystery after a young boy is shot in a long-forgotten bunker. Meanwhile, Aunt Deb returns to Hawaii to visit the McGarretts so she can help finish her recently-deceased husband's "bucket list."

Director: Maja Vrvilo | Stars: Alex O'Loughlin, Scott Caan, Daniel Dae Kim, Grace Park

Votes: 476