In the early ’40s, a San Francisco prostitute is run out of town just as World War II has begun to intensify. She settles down in Hawaii, hoping to start a new life.

Wake Island

1942

English

6.6

♡ 4

89%

John Farrow Director

Edward Earle as Commander

Hillary Brooke as Girl at the Inn

Frank Faylen as Marine Finding Skipper's Litter

Dane Clark as 'Sparks'

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.

They Were Expendable

1945

English

7.2

♡ 16

92%

73%

Action

based on novel or book

John Ford Director

Cameron Mitchell as Ens. George Cross

John Roy as Man in Admiral's Office

Betty Blythe as Officer's Wife

Louis Jean Heydt as 'Ohio'

After a demonstration of new PT boats, navy brass are still unconvinced of their viability in combat, leaving Lt. "Rusty" Ryan frustrated. After the attack on Pearl Harbor, however, Ryan and his buddy Lt. Brickley are told they can finally take their squadron into battle. The PT boats quickly prove their worth, successfully shooting down Japanese planes, relaying messages between islands, and picking off a multitude of enemy ships.

The Eagle of the Pacific

1953

Japanese

6.9

♡ 5

Ishirô Honda Director

Koreya Senda as

Toshirô Mifune as 1st Lieutenant Tomonaga

Eijirô Yanagi as Premier Admiral Mitsumasa Yonai

Rentarô Mikuni as Staff Officer

Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, a brilliant tactician, is a loyal subject of the emperor, despite his grave misgivings about leading Japan's navy into war with the United States. He opposes the attack on Pearl Harbor, but, overruled, he leads his forces to the best of his ability.

Tora! Tora! Tora!

1970

English

7.5

♡ 48

57%

Kinji Fukasaku Director

Eijirô Tôno as Admiral Nagumo

Bill Zuckert as Adm. James O. Richardson

Richard Erdman as Colonel Edward F. French

Rosemary DeCamp as Grace Tully - Roosevelt's Secretary

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 used 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.

Elvis and the USS Arizona

2021

English

7.5

♡ 3

Documentary

pearl harbor

world war ii

Tim Gray Director

Dwight D. Eisenhower as Self - 34th President of the United States

John F. Kennedy as Self - 35th President of the United States

Minnie Pearl as Self - Musician

Kyle Chandler as USS Arizona Seaman Bill Woodward

The surprising story of how one of music's biggest icons helped to establish a USS Arizona memorial in Pearl Harbor. Elvis’ fundraising concert drew public attention to the plight and helped to galvanize efforts to finish the USS Arizona Memorial as it stands today.

The Final Countdown

1980

English

6.7

♡ 50

52%

Don Taylor Director

Gary Morgan as Helicopter Crewman

Katharine Ross as Laurel Scott

Dan Fitzgerald as Navy Doctor

Martin Sheen as Warren Lasky

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.

Air Force

1943

English

7.0

♡ 6

82%

Howard Hawks Director

Addison Richards as Maj. Daniels

Ann Doran as Mrs. Mary Ann Quincannon

David S. Horsley as Orderly

William Hopper as Sergeant

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.

Under the Blood-Red Sun

2014

English

5.9

♡ 1

based on novel or book

japanese american internment

pearl harbor

War

world war ii

Tim Savage Director

Brandon Marc Higa as Background Talent

Paul S.W. Lee as Background Talent

Tom Holowach as Mr. Wilson

Chris Tashima as Papa Nakaji

December 7, 1941 - TOMIKAZU “TOMI” NAKAJI (Kyler Ki Sakamoto) and his best friend BILLY DAVIS (Kalama Epstein) are playing baseball in a field near their homes in Hawaii when Japan launches a surprise attack on the US at Pearl Harbor. As Tomi looks up at the sky and recognizes the Blood-Red Sun emblem on the fighter planes, he knows that his life has changed forever. Based on actual events, Under the Blood-Red Sun is an unforgettable story of friendship, courage and survival.

The Legend of Kate Kensington

5.8

Brad Castillo Director

Ashley Sperrazza as Ashley Parsik Mina

Mina as Detective Hernandez

Chelsea Wolf as Joann DeMuro

Ashley Nicole as Saddie Henning

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

7.1

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

Operation Pacific

1951

English

6.6

♡ 9

20%

George Waggner Director

Kathryn Givney as Cmdr. Steele

Paul Picerni as Jonesy

Carleton Young as Pilot Briefing Officers on Carrier

William Campbell as The Talker

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.

From Here to Eternity

1953

English

7.6

♡ 31

88%

84%

Action

based on novel or book

Fred Zinnemann Director

Carleton Young as Col. Ayres

Joan Shawlee as Sandra

Robert J. Wilke as Sgt. Henderson

John Dennis as Sgt. Ike Galovitch

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.

The Hi-Lo Country

1998

English

6.1

♡ 5

54%

horse riding accident

Stephen Frears Director

Woody Harrelson as Big Boy Matson

Sam Elliott as Jim Ed Love

Penélope Cruz as Josepha O'Neil

Patricia Arquette as Mona Birk

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.

In Harm's Way

1965

English

7.3

♡ 7

37%

Otto Preminger Director

Jill Haworth as Annalee

James Mitchum as Ensign Griggs

Barbara Bouchet as Liz Eddington

Tom Tryon as Mac

A Naval officer, reprimanded after Pearl Harbor, is later promoted to Rear Admiral and gets a second chance to prove himself against the Japanese.

1941

1979

English

5.8

♡ 56

39%

Steven Spielberg Director

Tim Matheson as Capt. Loomis Birkhead

Warren Oates as Col. 'Madman' Maddox

John Candy as Pvt. Foley

Gary Carlos Cervantes as Zoot Suiter

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

Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo

1944

English

7.2

♡ 2

100%

Mervyn LeRoy Director

Don DeFore as Charles McClure

Robert Walker as David Thatcher

Myrna Dell as Girl in Officers' Club

Louis Jean Heydt as Lieut. Miller

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.

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The Revolt of Mamie Stover

Wake Island

They Were Expendable

The Eagle of the Pacific

Tora! Tora! Tora!

Elvis and the USS Arizona

The Final Countdown

Air Force

Under the Blood-Red Sun

The Legend of Kate Kensington

Fall of Japan: In Color

Operation Pacific

From Here to Eternity

The Hi-Lo Country

In Harm's Way

1941

Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo