Pacific War Theatrical Movies, Television & Miniseries
Listing of Hollywood movies and non-documentary films that feature or are related to WWII Pacific (incomplete list). Have a suggestion, email us to add your favorite movie. Internet Movie Database listing links provided for detailed movie information. Thanks to John Wilson for additional links.

1940s
The Marines Fly High (1940)
Thunder Birds: Soldiers of the Air (1942)
The Flying Tigers (1942)
Wake Island (1942)
The Batle of Midway (1942)
Torpedo Squadron 8 (1942)
Guadalcanal Diary (1943)
Bombardier (1943)
Recognition of the Japanese Zero (1943)
Destination Tokyo (1943)
Crash Dive (1943)
So Proudly We Hail! (1943)
Air Force (1943)
WithThe Marines at Tarawa (1944) Won Oscar 1944 for Best Documentary Short Subject
The Purple Heart (1944)
The Fighting Seabees (1944)
30 Seconds Over Tokyo (1944)
They Were Expendable (1945)
Back to Bataan (1945)
Pride of the Marines (1945)
China's Little Devils (1945)
Captain Eddie (1945)
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
The Beginning or the End (1947)

1950s
The Sands of Iwo Jima (1950)
Three Came Home (1950)
American Guerrilla in the Philippines (1950)
Submarine Command (1951)
Flying Leathernecks (1951)
Above and Beyond (1952)
From Here To Eternity (1953)
The Bridges at Toko-Ri (1954)
Battle Cry (1955)
Heaven Knows Mr. Allison (1957)
Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
South Pacific (1958)
Run Silent, Run Deep (1958)
Battle of the Coral Sea (1959)
Pork Chop Hill (1959)

1960s
Wackiest Ship in the Army (1960)
The Gallant Hours (1960)
PT-109 (1963)
The Thin Red Line (1964)
The Sand Pebbles (1966)
Hell in the Pacific (1968)

1970s
Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970)
Midway (1970)
Ôzora no samurai (1976)
Baa Baa Black Sheep (Season One) (1976)
Baa Baa Black Sheep (Season Two) (1977)
MacArthur (1977)

1980s
The Final Countdown (1980)
Merry Christmas, Mr Lawrence (1983)
Empire of the Sun (1987)
The Heroes (1988)
Fat Man and Little Boy (1989)

1990s
Prisoners of the Sun (Blood Oath) (1990)
Mission of the Shark (1991)
Heros II: The Return (1992)
Paradise Road (1997)
The Thin Red Line (1998)

2000s
Pearl Harbor (2001)
Windtalkers (2002)
The Great Raid (2005)
Kokoda: 39th (2006)
Flags of Our Fathers (2006)
Letters From Iwo Jima (2006)

2010s
The Pacific (2010)
Unbroken (2014)
Hacksaw Ridge (2016)
Midway (2019)

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