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1. Memoirs of a Geisha (2005)

PG-13 | 145 min | Drama, Romance

The heartwarming tale of Nitta Sayuri, a young Japanese woman who transcended from her fishing-village roots and became one of Japan's most celebrated geisha.

Director: Rob Marshall | Stars: Ziyi Zhang, Ken Watanabe, Michelle Yeoh, Suzuka Ohgo

Votes: 161,365 | Gross: $57.49M

2. Cast a Giant Shadow (1966)

Approved | 146 min | Adventure, Drama, History

In 1947, following the U.N. decision to split British Palestine into separate Jewish and Arab states, a former U.S. Army officer is recruited by the Jews to reorganize the Haganah.

Director: Melville Shavelson | Stars: Kirk Douglas, John Wayne, Frank Sinatra, Senta Berger

Votes: 3,846

3. Never So Few (1959)

Approved | 125 min | Drama, War

During WW2, the American OSS mounts covert operations with the native Kachin against the Japanese army in the jungles of Burma.

Director: John Sturges | Stars: Frank Sinatra, Gina Lollobrigida, Peter Lawford, Steve McQueen

Votes: 3,428

4. The Journey (1959)

Approved | 126 min | Drama, Romance, War

A British woman trying to escape Hungary with her freedom fighter lover and a group of Westerners, as the Soviet Union moves to crush the Hungarian Revolution of 1956, finds herself the obsession of an enigmatic Communist officer.

Director: Anatole Litvak | Stars: Deborah Kerr, Yul Brynner, Jason Robards, Robert Morley

Votes: 1,854

5. The Ghost Army (2013)

TV-PG | 68 min | Documentary, History

During World War II, a group of American GI's undertook a mission to create a traveling road show of deception on the battlefields of Europe. Their secret mission was kept a secret for nearly 50 years after the war's end.

Director: Rick Beyer | Stars: Al Albrecht, Spike Berry, Ed Biow, Winston Churchill

Votes: 626

6. A Man Called Sarge (1990)

PG-13 | 88 min | Comedy, War

The French Foreign Legion will never be the same after the uproarious World War II exploits of Sgt. Duke Roscoe and his band of military misfits. It's a hilarious "war movie" that will leave you shell-shocked with laughter.

Director: Stuart Gillard | Stars: Gary Kroeger, Gretchen German, Marc Singer, Jennifer Runyon

Votes: 552

7. Youth in Crisis (1943)

19 min | Documentary, Drama, Short

Youth crime doubled after the US entered World War II. Children left at home after school, free to get into trouble. Young men and women, some working and making an adult wage, now feel that they have the right to act and do as adults.

Stars: Lewis B. Hershey, J. Edgar Hoover, Lawson Lowrey

Votes: 45

8. Battlefield (1995–2004)
Episode: Operation Market Garden (2001)

Documentary, History, War

Operation Market Garden was an attempt by the allies to use airborne units to seize key bridges and short-cut the slog into northern Germany thereby shortening the war. This is a look at the plan, the leaders and the equipment involved.

Directors: Andrew Aitken, Dave Flitton, James Wignall | Stars: Jonathan Booth, Wilhelm Bittrich, Omar N. Bradley, Lewis H. Brereton

Votes: 7

9. Battle Honours (2021– )
Episode: Screaming Eagles (2021)

Documentary, History, War

The 101st Airborne parachuted into their first battle on D-Day, swiftly proving their worth as one of the most accomplished combat formations ever fielded by the US army.

Directors: Adam Luria, Ian Bremner | Stars: John O'Brien, Ed Shames, Carl Beck, Jon Trigg

10. Mark Felton Productions (2017– )
Episode: The Forgotten American POW - The Only US Servicewoman Captured by the Germans (2021)

15 min | Documentary, History

Reba Zitella Whittle was a American flight nurse in World War Two. Flight nurses were in command of medical evacuation flights from war zones. As the C-47s were used for both military and ... See full summary »

Star: Mark Felton

11. The Pacific (2010)
Episode: Melbourne (2010)

TV-MA | 56 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

After arduous months in Guadalcanal, exhausted Marines are given rest and recreation in Melbourne, where they find the girls friendly and the beer cold.

Director: Jeremy Podeswa | Stars: James Badge Dale, Joseph Mazzello, Jon Seda, Joshua Bitton

Votes: 2,895

12. Secrets of War (1998– )
Episode: Weapons of the Shadow War (1998)

TV-PG | 52 min | Documentary, History, War

They were the weapons of fantasy and of terror. Born of great desperation and used under the cover of darkness, special tools of spies and espionage agents delivered war to the heart of the enemy on the shadowy, invisible battleground.

Stars: Charlton Heston, Bradley Smith, Mark Seaman, Thomas B. Allen

13. BuzzFeed Unsolved: Supernatural (2016–2021)
Episode: The Strangest Disappearances In The Bermuda Triangle (2017)

Not Rated | 14 min | Adventure, Comedy, Horror

What's really going on in the Bermuda Triangle?

Director: Ryan Bergara | Stars: Ryan Bergara, Shane Madej

Votes: 80