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1. The Pacific (2010)
TV-MA | 53 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
The Pacific Theatre of World War II, as seen through the eyes of several young Marines.
Stars: James Badge Dale, Joseph Mazzello, Jon Seda, Ashton Holmes
Votes: 130,068
2. The Thin Red Line (1998)
R | 170 min | Drama, History, War
Adaptation of James Jones' autobiographical 1962 novel, focusing on the conflict at Guadalcanal during the second World War.
Director: Terrence Malick | Stars: Jim Caviezel, Sean Penn, Nick Nolte, Kirk Acevedo
Votes: 199,626 | Gross: $36.40M
3. The Caine Mutiny (1954)
Not Rated | 124 min | Drama, War
When a U.S. Naval captain shows signs of mental instability that jeopardises the ship, the first officer is urged to consider relieving him of command.
Director: Edward Dmytryk | Stars: Humphrey Bogart, José Ferrer, Van Johnson, Fred MacMurray
Votes: 29,898 | Gross: $21.75M
4. 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: 21,491
5. Operation Petticoat (1959)
Approved | 124 min | Comedy, Romance, War
During World War II, a commander finds himself stuck with a decrepit (and pink) submarine, a con man executive officer, and a group of army nurses.
Director: Blake Edwards | Stars: Cary Grant, Tony Curtis, Joan O'Brien, Dina Merrill
Votes: 15,874 | Gross: $23.30M
6. Flying Leathernecks (1951)
Approved | 102 min | Action, Drama, War
Major Kirby leads The Wildcats squadron into the historic WWII battle of Guadalcanal.
Director: Nicholas Ray | Stars: John Wayne, Robert Ryan, Don Taylor, Janis Carter
Votes: 5,520
7. Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison (1957)
Approved | 107 min | Adventure, Drama, War
During World War II, an American marine and an Irish nun form an unlikely friendship after being stranded on a South Pacific island. They find comfort in one another while hoping for a rescue, as they try to avoid capture by the Japanese.
Director: John Huston | Stars: Robert Mitchum, Deborah Kerr
Votes: 9,619
8. They Were Expendable (1945)
Approved | 135 min | Drama, War
A Navy commander fights to prove the battle-worthiness of the PT boat at the start of World War II.
Directors: John Ford, Robert Montgomery | Stars: Robert Montgomery, John Wayne, Donna Reed, Jack Holt
Votes: 9,262
9. Tarawa Beachhead (1958)
Approved | 77 min | Drama, War
A Marine sergeant falls in love with the widow of a comrade shot in combat by their lieutenant.
Director: Paul Wendkos | Stars: Kerwin Mathews, Julie Adams, Ray Danton, Karen Sharpe
Votes: 150
10. Away All Boats (1956)
Approved | 114 min | Drama, War
The story of a U.S. Naval ship and its crew in the Pacific, from 1943 to 1945.
Director: Joseph Pevney | Stars: Jeff Chandler, George Nader, Lex Barker, Julie Adams
Votes: 1,626
11. The Singapore Grip (2020)
271 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
The son of a British family living in South East Asia becomes involved in a love triangle.
Stars: Luke Treadaway, David Morrissey, Elizabeth Tan, Colm Meaney
Votes: 1,011
12. Beach Red (1967)
GP | 105 min | Drama, War
As a US marine unit fight against the defenders of a Japanese held island, both sides are haunted by their own thoughts and memories.
Director: Cornel Wilde | Stars: Cornel Wilde, Rip Torn, Burr DeBenning, Patrick Wolfe
Votes: 1,702
13. The Naked and the Dead (1958)
Approved | 131 min | Drama, War
Set during the Pacific War against the Japanese, this WW2 drama discerns between achieving one's mission at any cost versus preserving the lives under one's command and enforcing discipline through fear as opposed to mutual respect.
Director: Raoul Walsh | Stars: Aldo Ray, Cliff Robertson, Raymond Massey, Lili St. Cyr
Votes: 1,786
14. Hell to Eternity (1960)
Approved | 131 min | Biography, Drama, War
When his adoptive Japanese-American family is sent to Manzanar after Pearl Harbor, a young Chicano enlists in the marines to become a hero in the Battle of Saipan.
Director: Phil Karlson | Stars: Jeffrey Hunter, David Janssen, Vic Damone, Patricia Owens
Votes: 1,577
15. Wake Island (1942)
Passed | 88 min | Action, Drama, War
December, 1941. With no hope of relief or re-supply, a small band of United States Marines tries to keep the Japanese Navy from capturing their island base.
Director: John Farrow | Stars: Brian Donlevy, Robert Preston, Macdonald Carey, William Bendix
Votes: 2,198
16. Guadalcanal Diary (1943)
Approved | 93 min | Drama, War
The story of a large U.S. Marines invasion task force bound for Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands in 1942.
Director: Lewis Seiler | Stars: Preston Foster, Lloyd Nolan, William Bendix, Richard Conte
Votes: 2,279
17. Halls of Montezuma (1951)
Approved | 113 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A company of Marines races against the clock to find a Japanese rocket base.
Director: Lewis Milestone | Stars: Richard Widmark, Jack Palance, Reginald Gardiner, Robert Wagner
Votes: 2,955
18. Battle Cry (1955)
Approved | 149 min | Drama, Romance, War
Young Marines have adventures in love and war.
Director: Raoul Walsh | Stars: Van Heflin, Aldo Ray, Mona Freeman, Nancy Olson
Votes: 2,628 | Gross: $17.44M
19. The Conscientious Objector (2004)
TV-MA | 101 min | Documentary, War
The story of Desmond Doss, a US Army medic who was the first conscientious objector to be awarded the Medal of Honor.
Director: Terry Benedict | Stars: Ralph Baker, Carl Bentley, Alessandro Bianchi, James Boylan
Votes: 365
20. Medal of Honor: Rising Sun (2003 Video Game)
T | Action, Adventure, War
When the Japanese declare war on the United States of America with the attack on Pearl Harbour, Corporal Joseph D. "Joe" Griffin fights through the Pacific whilst on a mission to rescue his captured brother.
Stars: Dale Dye, Nick Jameson, Yuri Lowenthal, Mako
Votes: 1,185
21. Medal of Honor: Pacific Assault (2004 Video Game)
T | Action, Adventure, War
You play through the eyes of soldiers in various engagements of the Pacific Theatre of World War II.
Directors: Mo Davoudian, Ali Donovan | Stars: Dave Wittenberg, Will Friedle, Bart Tangredi, Chris Cox
Votes: 1,278
22. Flat Top (1952)
Approved | 83 min | Drama, War
During the Korean War, aboard the U.S.S. Princeton, Navy Commander Dan Collier reminisces about his first assignment on the same aircraft carrier in the war against Japan.
Director: Lesley Selander | Stars: Sterling Hayden, Richard Carlson, William Phipps, John Bromfield
Votes: 541
23. Ghost of the China Sea (1958)
Unrated | 79 min | Drama, War
A ragtag band of civilians and military personnel evade the Japanese in the Philippines, utilising the so-called USS Frankenstein.
Director: Fred F. Sears | Stars: David Brian, Lynette Bernay, Norman Wright, Harry Chang
Votes: 90
24. With the Marines at Tarawa (1944)
Approved | 18 min | Documentary, Short, War
Documentary short film depicting the harrowing battle between the U.S. Marines and the Japanese for control of the Pacific island of Tarawa.
Directors: Richard Brooks, Louis Hayward | Stars: Alexander Bonnyman Jr., John Borich, Merritt A. Edson, H.W. Hill
Votes: 305
25. Bugs Bunny Nips the Nips (1944)
8 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Bugs fights stereotyped Japanese during World War II.
Director: Friz Freleng | Stars: Mel Blanc, Bea Benaderet
Votes: 588
26. Pacific Inferno (1979)
89 min | War
After the fall of the Philippines in World War II, the Japanese discover that Gen. MacArthur ordered millions of dollars in silver dumped in Manila Bay in order that it not fall into enemy ... See full summary »
Director: Rolf Bayer | Stars: Jim Brown, Richard Jaeckel, Timothy Brown, Rik Van Nutter
Votes: 270
27. Mr. Winkle Goes to War (1944)
Approved | 80 min | Comedy, War
Wilbert Winkle, a henpecked, mild-mannered, middle-aged bank clerk and handyman, finds himself in the midst of battle in the South Pacific.
Director: Alfred E. Green | Stars: Edward G. Robinson, Ruth Warrick, Ted Donaldson, Bob Haymes
Votes: 611
28. Angel in a Foxhole (2019)
35 min | Short, Family, History
The story of "Smoky", a four-pound Yorkshire Terrier found in an abandoned foxhole in New Guinea during World War II. Smoky eventually becomes the property of Corporal Bill Wynne, who ... See full summary »
Directors: Dean Love, Dean Love | Stars: Joanna Ferbrache, John Purdy, James Tavelle, Zach Williams
29. Price for Peace (2002)
Not Rated | 90 min | Documentary, History, War
This powerful and thought provoking film chronicles the compelling events in the Pacific Theater of WWII, from the bombing of Pearl Harbor in 1941 to the American occupation of Japan in ... See full summary »
Director: James Moll | Stars: Zenji Abe, Stephen Ambrose, Hal Braun, Jeanne Doll Dolan
Votes: 313
30. Scars of Nanking (2017 TV Movie)
44 min | Drama, History, War
American missionaries struggle to save Chinese civilians from slaughter and rape at the hands of Japanese invaders and also smuggle out evidence of the infamous Nanking Massacre of 1937.
Director: John Ealer | Stars: Gregory Joseph Allen, Ines Laimins, Andrew Lane Cawthon, Randall Lowell
Votes: 55
31. To the Shores of Iwo Jima (1945)
PG | 20 min | Documentary, Short, War
Documentary short film depicting the American assault on the Japanese-held island of Iwo Jima and the massive battle that raged on that key island in the Allied advance on Japan.
Stars: Harlon Block, John H. Bradley, Rene A. Gagnon, Ira H. Hayes
Votes: 172
32. 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: 20
33. Battle of Midway: The True Story (2019 TV Special)
50 min | Documentary, History, War
It was one of the largest naval engagements ever and a turning point in WWII. The Battle of Midway changed the face of warfare and made victory in the Pacific possible.
Stars: Timothy Orr, Hill Goodspeed, Ian W. Toll, Laura Lawfer Orr
Votes: 14
34. 1943: The Battle of Midway (1987 Video Game)
E | Action, War
In the midst of WWII, the Navy's best fighter pilot must destroy the Japanese air and sea squadrons.
Votes: 131
35. The Last Bomb (1945)
Not Rated | 35 min | Short, Documentary, War
Documentary of the planning and delivery of the last great bomber attack on the city of Tokyo by the U.S. Army Air Forces in World War II.
Director: Frank Lloyd | Stars: Reed Hadley, Arthur Kennedy, Jack Klock, Curtis LeMay
Votes: 112
36. Attack! Battle of New Britain (1944)
Approved | 54 min | Documentary, Action, War
Documentary film depicting the attack by Allied forces on the Japanese strong-holds of Arawe Beach and Cape Gloucester, New Britain, in the South Pacific theatre of the Second World War in 1943.
Stars: Leo Genn, Burgess Meredith, Anthony Veiller, Lloyd Nolan
Votes: 112
37. Reconnaissance Pilot (1943)
35 min | Documentary, Short
Documentary/training film depicting the duties of a pilot in the Pacific Theatre of the Second World War as he flies reconnaissance missions over enemy-held islands.
Stars: Walter Baldwin, Ralph Byrd, William Forrest, William Holden
Votes: 35
38. Crusade in the Pacific (1951)
30 min | Documentary, History, War
The Pacific was a key battle ground during World War II. Combat here changed the tides of the war.
Stars: Westbrook Van Voorhis, Frank Gibney, Robert Sherrod, Weston C. Pullen
Votes: 107
39. Dino Stalker (2002 Video Game)
M | Action, Adventure, Horror
In this part rail shooter, part first person shooter, a crossover between Gun Survivor and Dino Crisis franchises, a U.S. WWII fighter pilot is teleported from 1943 to the dinosaur-infested Earth of Dino Crisis 2 (2000) for a suicide mission.
Director: Eiro Shirahama | Stars: Eric Kelso, Chris Wells, Janica Southwick
Votes: 66
40. 1st to Fight: Pacific War Marines (2020)
60 min | Documentary, History, War
The Battle for Guadal Canal, as told by the men who were there. Narrated by Jon Seda, there are side-by-side images of the island today. A stirring documentary, told in real time.
Director: Tim Gray | Stars: Jon Seda, Bill Finnegan, Daniel Martinez, Lou Imfeld
Votes: 11
41. Ghosts of Bataan (2005 TV Movie)
60 min | Documentary, War
Director: Tim Cremin | Stars: Bert Bank, Mark Consuelos, John Daly, Richard M. Gordon
Votes: 22
42. Menace of the Rising Sun (1942)
21 min | Documentary, Short
Horror over the Pacific in the form of Japanese perfidy is the theme of this special two reel. The amazing story of the Jap double-cross from the naval conference in 1921-22 to the attack on Pearl Harbor and the present war in the Pacific.
Stars: Graham McNamee, Kai-Shek Chiang, Adolf Hitler, Saburo Kurusu
Votes: 6
43. War Brides of Japan, a docu*memory: The Culture (2019)
58 min | Documentary
"The Culture" is the 4th of 5 films that make up "War Brides of Japan, a docu*memory". M. Fumie, Diana and Sophia (Yoshi), discuss their Japanese heritages. Michelle, Stephanie, and Hannah talk about being 3rd generation "quapa".
Director: Yayoi Winfrey | Stars: Yoshi Childs, M. Fumie Craig, Michelle Craig, Hannah Martinez
44. Universal Newsreel (V) (1945)
7 min | Documentary, Short
This edition shows American military gains in the Philippines, a brief return home for 1300 Army combat veterans on furlough, the test of a new "super-transport" military aircraft and, on ... See full summary »
Stars: Ed Herlihy, Ben Grauer, Joseph Nunan, Kay Christopher
45. Battlefield 1943 (2009 Video Game)
T | Action, War
Fight as either Marines with the United States Marine Corps, or the Imperial Japanese Navy during the Pacific Theater of Operations of World War II in this first-person shooter.
Directors: Lars Gustavsson, Patrick Liu | Stars: Simon Greenall, Shep Gest, Thomas Hogan, Jun Yamazaki
Votes: 271
46. War Brides of Japan, a docu*memory: Herstory (2019)
22 min | Documentary, Short
"Herstory" is the 1st of 5 films that make up "War Brides of Japan, a docu*memory". Two historians discuss WWII Japanese war brides, how they survived the bombing of Japan, and met and married their former enemies during the US Occupation.
Director: Yayoi Winfrey | Stars: Regina F. Lark, Lily Anne Yumi Welty Tamai
47. Blood Oath: Ambon POWs Remember (2002 Video)
12 min | Short, Biography, History
Stars: Bob Allen, Vernon Ball, Tom Pledger, Jack Serant
48. Blue Devils: Marine Aviation Squadron VMF-451 (2008 Video)
77 min | Documentary, War
Director: Terrence Dodge Jr. | Stars: James Anderson, William E. Brown, Stewart Burleigh, Archie Donahue
Votes: 13
50. Universal Newsreel (XIV) (1945)
8 min | Documentary, Short
Newsreel in six parts opens with a report on successful air operations against Japanese warships in the China Sea, and closes with American triumphs over Japanese occupiers on Luzon island;... See full summary »
Stars: Ed Herlihy, William F. Halsey, Chester Bowles, Richard Moncure