Pacific War Movies
- 1977
MacArthur
MacArthur6.21977HD
The film portrays MacArthur's life from 1942, before the Battle of Bataan, to 1952, the time after he had been removed from his Korean War command by...
- 1957
Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison
Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison6.91957HD
A Roman Catholic nun and a hard-bitten US Marine are stranded together on a Japanese-occupied island in the South Pacific during World War II. Under...
- 1955
Mister Roberts
Mister Roberts71955HD
Mr. Roberts is a Navy officer who's yearning for battle but is stuck in the backwaters of World War II on a non-commissioned ship run by the bullying...
- 1942
The Battle of Midway
The Battle of Midway5.791942HD
The Japanese attack on Midway in June 1942, filmed as it happened. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive, in partnership with Twentieth Century Fox...
- 1958
Run Silent, Run Deep
Run Silent, Run Deep71958HD
The captain of a submarine sunk by the Japanese during WWII is finally given a chance to skipper another sub after a year of working a desk job. His...
- 1956
The Burmese Harp
The Burmese Harp7.91956HD
In Burma during the closing days of WWII, a Japanese soldier separated from his unit disguises himself as a Buddhist monk to escape imprisonment as a...
- 1968
Hell in the Pacific
Hell in the Pacific6.91968HD
During World War II, a shot-down American pilot and a marooned Japanese navy captain find themselves stranded on the same small uninhabited island in...
- 2011
Isoroku Yamamoto, the Commander-in-Chief of the Combined Fleet
Isoroku Yamamoto, the Commander-in-Chief of the Combined Fleet6.52011HD
Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto (1884-1943) was the Japanese Naval commander who was given the order to attack Pearl Harbour, an order he was duty bound to...
- 1959
Fires on the Plain
Fires on the Plain7.61959HD
In the closing days of WWII, a Japanese soldier afflicted with tuberculosis is abandoned by his company and left to wander the Philippine island of...
- 2006
Kokoda
Kokoda6.22006HD
A bitter battle is fought between Australian and Japanese soldiers along the Kokoda trail in New Guinea during World War II.
- 1954
Beachhead
Beachhead5.3131954HD
On a Japanese-occupied island during World War II, only two soldiers remain alive after a mission attempt goes horribly wrong. Trapped on the island,...
- 1962
Merrill's Marauders
Merrill's Marauders6.21962HD
Brigadier General Frank D. Merrill leads the 3,000 American volunteers of his 5307th Composite Unit (Provisional), aka "Merrill's Marauders", behind...
- 1951
Operation Pacific
Operation Pacific61951HD
During WWII, Duke E. Gifford is second in command of the USS Thunderfish, a submarine which is firing off torpedoes that either explode too early or...
- 1967
Japan's Longest Day
Japan's Longest Day7.11967HD
Following the detonation of the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the Japanese military and the government clash over the demand from the...
- 1971
The Battle of Okinawa
The Battle of Okinawa7.51971HD
The Americans are swiftly closing on Okinawa, an island just south of the Japanese mainland. The Imperial command sends top generals and several army...
- 2004
The Boys of H Company
The Boys of H Company02004HD
This documentary follows the steps of the boys of H Company as they fight on the island of Iwo Jima.
- 2015
The Emperor in August
The Emperor in August6.32015HD
In July 1945, during the end of World War II, Japan is forced to accept the Potsdam Declaration. A cabinet meeting has continued through days and...
- 1944
Dear Soldier
Dear Soldier01944HD
Two Korean conscripts undergo Imperial Japanese Army training, much to the pleasure of their families.
- 1945
Prison Ship
Prison Ship61945HD
Panic arises among Allied POWs aboard a Japanese freighter when they learn that the ship is actually a decoy target for American submarines on night...
- 1983
Tokyo Trial
Tokyo Trial6.41983HD
One of the major documentaries on a specific chapter in modern Japanese history, this look at the trial of Japanese militarists accused of war crimes...