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1. The Fighting Seabees (1944)

Approved | 100 min | Drama, Romance, War

During WW2, the U.S. Navy implements a new idea of forming construction battalions that also are fighting units, in case of Japanese attack.

Director: Edward Ludwig | Stars: John Wayne, Susan Hayward, Dennis O'Keefe, William Frawley

Votes: 3,921

2. Bataan (1943)

Approved | 114 min | Drama, History, War

In 1942, in the Bataan peninsula of the Philippines, a ragtag American unit commanded by Sergeant Bill Dane attempts to blow-up a bridge in order to slow the Japanese advance.

Director: Tay Garnett | Stars: Robert Taylor, George Murphy, Lloyd Nolan, Thomas Mitchell

Votes: 2,713

3. The Story of Dr. Wassell (1944)

Passed | 140 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

When the U.S. forces withdraw from Java, ahead of the Japanese invasion, U.S. Navy doctor Corydon M. Wassell coordinates the remaining wounded servicemen and leads them to safety towards the last Allied evacuation points.

Director: Cecil B. DeMille | Stars: Gary Cooper, Laraine Day, Signe Hasso, Dennis O'Keefe

Votes: 1,103

4. Jack London (1943)

Approved | 94 min | Adventure, Biography, War

Episodes in the adventurous life of the American novelist (1876-1916).

Director: Alfred Santell | Stars: Michael O'Shea, Susan Hayward, Osa Massen, Harry Davenport

Votes: 451

5. Stand by for Action (1942)

Passed | 109 min | War

During WW2, two Navy officers take command of an obsolete, World War I-vintage, destroyer that is assigned to convoy-escort duty in the Japanese-controlled waters of the South Pacific.

Director: Robert Z. Leonard | Stars: Robert Taylor, Brian Donlevy, Charles Laughton, Walter Brennan

Votes: 735 | Gross: $0.55M

6. First Yank Into Tokyo (1945)

Approved | 82 min | Action, Drama, Romance

An American agent undergoes plastic surgery to make him look Japanese so he can infiltrate Japan and help to free an American POW.

Director: Gordon Douglas | Stars: Tom Neal, Barbara Hale, Marc Cramer, Richard Loo

Votes: 270

7. Lady from Chungking (1942)

Approved | 66 min | Drama, War

After the Japanese invade China in WW 2, a young woman leads a band of partisans against the occupying troops.

Director: William Nigh | Stars: Anna May Wong, Harold Huber, Mae Clarke, Rick Vallin

Votes: 349

8. Torpedo Boat (1942)

Passed | 70 min | Action, Drama, Romance

Skimmer Barnes and Tommy Whelan are towing their motorboat with their car when they decide to pursue a limousine so they can talk to its occupant, Jane Townsend. However, they only succeed ... See full synopsis »

Director: John Rawlins | Stars: Richard Arlen, Jean Parker, Mary Carlisle, Phillip Terry

Votes: 25

9. Nana Rosa (2019)

11 min | Short, Drama, War

Words cannot describe the maltreatment of women under the yoke of Japan during the Japanese occupation in the Philippines. They remained silent, gagged, and blindfolded, handled as animals, made for comfort. The Comfort Women.

Director: Renmar Lescano | Stars: Jayrelle Jimena, Paula Aubrey Hombrebueno, Hannah Manero, Icy Morales

10. Becoming Evil: Sisterhood of Murder (2019– )
Episode: International Serial Killers (2019)

TV-14 | 53 min | Documentary, Crime

We examine the crimes of prolific international serial killers including Jack the Ripper, Pedro Lopez, the monster of the Andes, who killed over 110 people and Peter Sutcliffe, the Yorkshire Ripper.

Director: Ron Meyer | Stars: Dirk Duran-Gibson, Katherine Ramsland, Kirk Gill, Eric Hickey

Votes: 12

11. 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

12. World War Weird (2017– )
Episode: Episode #2.5 (2018)

Documentary, History, War

In 1940, Japan launch an attack on a Chinese city - but they are not dropping bombs. Swarms of fleas descend and the city is infected with the bubonic plague.

Director: Mike Ibeji | Stars: Martin K.A. Morgan, Guy Walters, Dominic Selwood, Alexandra Churchill

13. World War II in Colour (2009)
Episode: The Island War (2009)

TV-MA | 51 min | Documentary, History, War

The Marines succeed in the "island hopping" strategy against suicidal resistance. The US Navy establishes supremacy, cutting off Japan. Re-capturing the Phillipines and Burma is costly, but now Japan is fully in the defensive.

Stars: Robert Powell, Douglas MacArthur, Chester W. Nimitz, Hideki Tôjô

Votes: 212

14. How to Lose a War (2023)
Episode: The Best Laid Plans (2023)

Documentary, History, War

Explore how the seeds of Japan's defeat in 1945 were sown a decade earlier with the occupation of Manchuria in China.

Director: Tim Bosanquet | Stars: Rana Mitter, Sandra Wilson, Yuma Totani, Guy Walters

15. How to Lose a War (2023)
Episode: Conquering Heroes (2023)

Documentary, History, War

Explore how the Axis Powers' ruthless, brutal occupation and exploitation of other countries contributed to their demise.

Director: Tim Bosanquet | Stars: Alexander Henry, Sandra Wilson, Ken Kotani, Gregg Huff