Clint Eastwood's Japanese-language masterpiece. Ken Watanabe as General Kuribayashi.
Two substantial adaptations of the Battle of Midway. 1976 ensemble approach with Charlton Heston and Toshiro Mifune.
Foundational dual-perspective Pearl Harbor film. Equal substantive treatment of American and Japanese forces.
John Wayne, Robert Mitchum, Henry Fonda, Sean Connery, Richard Burton. The Longest Day is the gold standard for D-Day filmmaking.
Richard Attenborough's massive ensemble WWII epic about Operation Market Garden. Legendary cast across Allied and German command.
David Lean's POW masterpiece. Alec Guinness's career-defining performance as Colonel Nicholson.
John Sturges's perfect ensemble war film. Steve McQueen and the legendary cast.
Steven Spielberg's WWII masterpiece. Omaha Beach opening is the best war scene ever filmed.
Zack Snyder's nested-reality female ensemble. Combat fantasy short stories with common thread.
Nacho Vigalondo's Spanish time travel film. Karra Elejalde escalating loop with disappointing ending.
Devon Avery six-minute short film. James pressing wristwatch reset trying to seduce Regina.
USS Nimitz time-travels to day before Pearl Harbor. Authentic F-14 Tomcat sequences.
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