Keyword: pacific theater

The Pacific

8.7

2010

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Track the intertwined real-life stories of three U.S. Marines – Robert Leckie, John Basilone, and Eugene Sledge – across the vast canvas of the Pacific Theater during World War II. A companion piece to the 2001 miniseries Band of Brothers.

Letters from Iwo Jima

7.9

2006

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The story of the battle of Iwo Jima between the United States and Imperial Japan during World War II, as told from the perspective of the Japanese who fought it.

Midway

6.8

1976

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A dramatization of the battle that was widely heralded as a turning point of the Pacific Theatre of World War II.

The Storm of the Pacific

6.3

1960

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Lt. Koji Kitami is a navigator-bombardier in Japans 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 governments righteousness is shaken after the Japanese navy is defeated in the debacle of Midway.

So Proudly We Hail

7.5

1943

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A group of nurses returning from the war in the Phillippines recall their experiences in combat and in love.

Run Silent, Run Deep

7.4

1958

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A U.S. sub commander, obsessed with sinking a certain Japanese ship, butts heads with his first officer and crew.

Guadalcanal Diary

6.1

1943

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The story of a large U.S. Marines invasion task force bound for Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands in 1942.

The Thin Red Line

6

1964

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Set during the Allied invasion of the island of Guadalcanal in the Pacific theater during WWII, this film is based on the novel by James Jones. Keir Dullea is Private Doll, who dreads the invasion and steals a pistol to help him protect himself. Sergeant Welsh (Jack Warden), a caustic, battle-scarred veteran, hates Doll, whom he considers a coward. In battle, Doll kills a Japanese soldier and is filled with remorse, which further angers the sergeant. The next day, an emboldened Doll wipes out an entire enemy machine gun post and begins to feel as sadistic as Welsh. The two must work together to clear away some mines, but as they do, their platoon is surprised by a Japanese raid.

Halls of Montezuma

6.7

1951

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A company of Marines races against the clock to find a Japanese rocket base.

They Were Expendable

7.3

1945

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A Navy commander fights to prove the battle-worthiness of the PT boat at the start of World War II.

Up Periscope

6.4

1959

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In 1942, Navy Lieutenant Kenneth Braden from the underwater demolition team is sent to a Japanese island to photograph secret radio codes.

Attack Force Z

5.5

1981

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A group of Australian commandos launch a secret mission against Japanese forces in World War II.

The Battle of Midway

6.1

1942

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The Japanese attack on Midway in June 1942, filmed as it happened.