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Pearl Harbor(2001)

PG-13
| 3h 3min | Action, War, History, Romance / Love, Drama
3.5/5 (with 2,920 votes)

The lifelong friendship between Rafe McCawley and Danny Walker is put to the ultimate test when the two ace fighter pilots become entangled in a love triangle with beautiful Naval nurse Evelyn Johnson. But the rivalry between the friends-turned-foes is immediately put on hold when they find themselves at the center of Japan's devastating attack on Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941.

Directed by Michael Bay - With Ben Affleck, Josh Hartnett, Kate Beckinsale, Cuba Gooding Jr., Tom Sizemore, Jon Voight, ...
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The Final Countdown(1980)

PG
| 1h 43min | War, Action, Science Fiction
3.3/5 (with 244 votes)

During routine manoeuvres near Hawaii in 1980, the aircraft-carrier USS Nimitz is caught in a strange vortex-like storm, throwing the ship back in time to 1941—mere hours before the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.

Directed by Don Taylor - With Kirk Douglas, Martin Sheen, Katharine Ross, James Farentino, Ron O'Neal, Charles Durning, ...
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Tora! Tora! Tora!(1970)

G
| 2h 24min | Drama, History, War
3.6/5 (with 230 votes)

In the summer of 1941, the United States and Japan seem on the brink of war after constant embargos and failed diplomacy come to no end. "Tora! Tora! Tora!", named after the code words use by the lead Japanese pilot to indicate they had surprised the Americans, covers the days leading up to the attack on Pearl Harbor, which plunged America into the Second World War.

Directed by Richard Fleischer, Kinji Fukasaku, Toshio Masuda - With Joseph Cotten, Jason Robards, Martin Balsam, James Whitmore, E. G. Marshall, Keith Andes, ...
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From Here to Eternity(1953)

NR
| 1h 58min | War, Romance / Love, Drama
3.7/5 (with 266 votes)

In 1941 Hawaii, a private is cruelly punished for not boxing on his unit's team, while his captain's wife and second in command are falling in love.

Directed by Fred Zinnemann - With Frank Sinatra, Ernest Borgnine, Deborah Kerr, Burt Lancaster, Montgomery Clift, Donna Reed, ...
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1941(1979)

PG
| 1h 58min | Action, Comedy, War
2.9/5 (with 265 votes)

In the days after the attack on Pearl Harbor, panic grips California, where a military officer leads a mob chasing a Japanese sub.

Directed by Steven Spielberg - With Dan Aykroyd, Ned Beatty, John Belushi, Lorraine Gary, Christopher Lee, Tim Matheson, ...
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In Harm's Way(1965)

NR
| 2h 45min | War, Drama
3.3/5 (with 61 votes)

A naval officer reprimanded after Pearl Harbor is later promoted to rear admiral and gets a second chance to prove himself against the Japanese.

Directed by Otto Preminger - With John Wayne, Kirk Douglas, Henry Fonda, Patricia Neal, Brandon deWilde, Tom Tryon, ...
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The Hi-Lo Country(1998)

1h 54min | Drama, Romance / Love, Western
3.2/5 (with 38 votes)

An intimate story of the enduring bond of friendship between two hard-living men, set against a sweeping backdrop: the American West, post-World War II, in its twilight. Pete and Big Boy are masters of the prairie, but ultimately face trickier terrain: the human heart.

Directed by Stephen Frears - With Billy Crudup, Woody Harrelson, Patricia Arquette, Cole Hauser, Penélope Cruz, Enrique Castillo, ...

They Were Expendable(1945)

2h 15min | Drama, War
3.3/5 (with 45 votes)

Shortly after Pearl Harbor, a squadron of PT-boat crews in the Philippines must battle the Navy brass between skirmishes with the Japanese. The title says it all about the Navy's attitude towards the PT-boats and their crews.

Directed by John Ford, Robert Montgomery - With Robert Montgomery, John Wayne, Donna Reed, Jack Holt, Ward Bond, Marshall Thompson, ...
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Gung Ho!(1943)

NR
| 1h 28min | Action, Adventure, Drama, War
2.6/5 (with 8 votes)

A true-life epic that revolves around an exclusive bataillon of the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II, "Carlson's Raiders," whose assignment is to take control of a South Pacific island once possessed by the United States but now under Japanese command.

Directed by Ray Enright - With Randolph Scott, Alan Curtis, J. Carrol Naish, Sam Levene, Robert Mitchum, Rod Cameron, ...
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Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo(1944)

NR
| 2h 18min | Drama, History, War
3.4/5 (with 21 votes)

In the wake of Pearl Harbor, a young lieutenant leaves his expectant wife to volunteer for a secret bombing mission which will take the war to the Japanese homeland.

Directed by Mervyn LeRoy - With Van Johnson, Robert Walker, Spencer Tracy, Don DeFore, Phyllis Thaxter, Stephen McNally, ...
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Operation Pacific(1951)

NR
| 1h 51min | Drama, Action, War
3.1/5 (with 19 votes)

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 never explode at all. It's a dilemma that he'll eventually take up personally. Even more personal is his quest to win back his ex-wife, a nurse; but he'll have to win her back from a navy flier who also happens to be his commander's little brother.

Directed by George Waggner - With John Wayne, Patricia Neal, Ward Bond, Scott Forbes, Philip Carey, Paul Picerni, ...
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Wake Island(1942)

NR
| 1h 27min | Action, Drama, War
2.8/5 (with 11 votes)

In late 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.

Directed by John Farrow - With Brian Donlevy, Robert Preston, William Bendix, Macdonald Carey, Albert Dekker, Walter Abel, ...
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Air Force(1943)

NR
| 2h 4min | Action, Drama, History, War
3.2/5 (with 20 votes)

The crew of an Air Force bomber arrives in Pearl Harbor in the aftermath of the Japanese attack and is sent on to Manila to help with the defense of the Philippines.

Directed by Howard Hawks - With John Garfield, John Ridgely, Gig Young, Harry Carey, Arthur Kennedy, George Tobias, ...
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The Revolt of Mamie Stover(1956)

1h 32min | Drama
3.3/5 (with 8 votes)

In 1941, prostitute Mamie Stover (Jane Russell) has no choice but to flee San Francisco when the police turn on her and want her out of town. Figuring Hawaii would be a great place to begin anew, Stover books a trip aboard a Honolulu-bound boat, where she happens to meet writer Jim Blair (Richard Egan), who is quite taken with the former streetwalker. However, when the ship reaches Hawaii, Stover soon falls back into her old ways and begins working at a nightclub, much to Blair's dismay.

Directed by Raoul Walsh - With Jane Russell, Richard Egan, Joan Leslie, Agnes Moorehead, Carl Harbaugh, Alan Reed, ...

Storm Over the Pacific(1960)

1h 58min | War, Drama
2.7/5 (with 4 votes)

Lt. Koji Kitami is a navigator-bombardier in Japan's Naval Air Force. He participates in the Japanese raid on the U.S. Naval Base at Pearl Harbor in 1941 and is welcomed with pride in his hometown on his return. As Japan racks up victory after victory in the Pacific War, Kitami is caught up in the emotion of the time and fights courageously for the standard of Japanese honor. But his assuredness of his government's righteousness is shaken after the Japanese navy is defeated in the debacle of Midway.

Directed by Shūe Matsubayashi - With Toshirō Mifune, Makoto Satō, Misa Uehara, Takashi Shimura, Jun Tazaki, Akihiko Hirata, ...

Pride(1998)

2h 41min | History, Drama, War

Based on the International Military Tribunal for the Far East of 1946–48, depicts Japanese prime minister Hideki Tojo as a family man who fought to defend Japan and Asia from western colonialism but was ultimately hanged by a vengeful United States.

Directed by Shunya Itō - With Masahiko Tsugawa, Ayumi Ishida, Scott Wilson, Ronny Cox

December 7th(1943)

32min | History, War, Action
2.9/5 (with 11 votes)

"Docudrama" about the bombing of Pearl Harbor on December 7th, 1941 and its results, the recovering of the ships, the improving of defense in Hawaii and the US efforts to beat back the Japanese reinforcements.

Directed by John Ford, Gregg Toland - With Walter Huston, Dana Andrews, Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini, George O'Brien, Harry Davenport, ...
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December(1991)

PG
| 1h 33min | Drama
2.3/5 (with 2 votes)

In December of 1941, five teenage boys at a New England prep school hear the news of the bombing of Pearl Harbor and realize their lives are going to be changed forever. Released in 1991.

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The War at Sea from Hawaii to Malaya(1942)

1h 56min | Drama, History, War

Japanese Navy air cadets train for the attacks on Pearl Harbor and the HMS Prince of Wales.

Directed by Kajirō Yamamoto, Motoyoshi Oda - With Susumu Fujita, Setsuko Hara, Haruo Tanaka, Denjirō Ōkōchi

Careful, Soft Shoulders(1942)

1h 9min | Comedy, Romance / Love, War

In this espionage movie, set in Washington during WW II, the daughter of an ex-senator has become a dress model. She is approached by an American counter-espionage agent who offers her a chance to serve her country. The carefree son of a naval official receives a similar offer. He is asked to secure secret Naval plans. Unbeknownst to them, the man they work for is actually a Nazi spy. The two dupes finally figure it out, and the spy kidnaps them. Somehow they escape and break up the spy ring.

Directed by Oliver H.P. Garrett - With Virginia Bruce

September 11: The New Pearl Harbor(2013)

5h | Documentary
4.1/5 (with 6 votes)

"September 11 - The New Pearl Harbor" is a 5 hour documentary that summarizes 12 years of public debate on 9/11. While aimed primarily at a general, uninformed audience, the film also contains some new findings that may be of interest to advanced researchers.

The Legend of Kate Kensington(2015)

PG
| 1h 48min | Drama

The year is 1941 and a young woman, Kate Kensington, struggles with the loss of her fiancee who was stationed at Pearl Harbor.

Fall Of Japan: In Color(2015)

46min | Documentary
3.8/5 (with 1 vote)

William Courtenay's color film of the pacific campaign and Japan's downfall.

Secret Agent of Japan(1942)

NR
| 1h 12min | Thriller, Mystery, Romance / Love
2.3/5 (with 1 vote)

World War II espionage drama, starring Preston Foster and Lynn Bari.

Directed by Irving Pichel - With Preston Foster, Lynn Bari

Pearl Harbor: 75 Years Later(2016)

1h 20min | History, Documentary
3.5/5 (with 1 vote)

This two-hour special looks back at Dec. 7, 1941 - the date that has indeed lived in infamy, as President Franklin Roosevelt promised - when imperial Japan attacked the U.S. naval forces in Hawaii, ushering America into World War II. The attack killed more than 2,400 people, wounded 1,000 and damaged or destroyed nearly 20 American ships and over 300 airplanes.

Honolulu: The Paradise of the Pacific(1935)

8min | Documentary
0.5/5 (with 1 vote)

This Traveltalk short visits Hawaii's capital city.

Pearl Harbor: Legacy of Attack(2001)

1h 29min | Documentary
2.8/5 (with 1 vote)

Documentary narrated by Tom Brokaw. National Geographic delves into the untold storylines and unresolved mysteries surrounding the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941. Oceanographer Robert Ballard dives deep into the waters of the harbor to find the remains of a Japanese sub and closely examine the famous wreckage of the USS Arizona. This footage is mixed with interviews with survivors of the attack.

Bataan Death March(2021)

15min | War, Documentary

Within hours of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, bombs rained down on U.S. and Filipino forces in the Philippines. After months of vicious fighting, Allied forces surrendered on the island only to be met with a brutal march to P.O.W. camps dotted across the islands. Thousands died on the marches, before reaching the P.O.W. camps where countless more died. The surrender of the Philippines, now almost forgotten in U.S. history, is commemorated in the Philippines every year.

National Geographic: Untold Stories of World War II(1998)

NR
| 53min | War, Documentary, History
3.0/5 (with 1 vote)

Showcases 3 major events during World War 2 involving both the Europeans & Pacific conflicts. The Raids to destroy Nazi Germany's heavy water production based in Norway, plus the final desperate act to deny them what had already been stockpiled. The Japanese midget submarines role and participation in the attack on Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941. What they achieved plus what was their ultimate fate. The attacks on United States warships in the Pacific late in World War 2 by the Japanese Kamikaze and Okha Squadrons. The Kamikaze attacks were in whatever planes the Japanese forces were able to gather. The Okha attacks were made in specially built flying bombs that were towed by larger and usually slower aircraft that were not suitable for fighter work.

What the War Meant(2008)

Drama, War

The drama stars Beat Takeshi as General Hideki Tojo, who served as Prime Minister of Japan during World War II and was later executed as a war criminal. The story's theme is said to be a look at how the Pacific War began, focusing mostly on the three month period between the Imperial Conference (Gozen Kaigi) on September 6, 1941, and the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.

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