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The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)

Summary: British POWs are forced to build a railway bridge across the river Kwai for their Japanese captors in occupied Burma, not knowing that the allied forces are planning a daring commando raid through the jungle to destroy it.

Release Date: December 14, 1957

Genres: Adventure, Drama, War

Director: David Lean

Writers: Pierre Boulle

, Carl Foreman

, Michael Wilson

Runtime: 2 h 41 min

MPAA: PG

Production: Horizon Pictures (II)

Distributor: Columbia Pictures, RCA (II), RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video, Columbia TriStar Home Video, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment

Countries: United Kingdom, United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 3,000,000

Domestic: $ 27,200,000

International: $ 530

8.1 - IMDb
28526 votes

Farewell My Concubine (1993)

Summary: Two boys meet at an opera training school in Peking in 1924. Their resulting friendship will span nearly 70 years and endure some of the most troublesome times in China's history.

Release Date: October 15, 1993

Genres: Drama, Romance, Music

Director: Kaige Chen

Writers: Pik-Wah Lee

, Wei Lu

Runtime: 2 h 51 min

MPAA: R

Production: Beijing Film Studio, Tomson Films, China Film Co-Production Corporation

Countries: China, Hong Kong

Language: Chinese

Movie budget: $ 4,000,000

Domestic: $ 5,549,086

International: $ 1,897,998

7.9 - IMDb
161861 votes

Letters from Iwo Jima (2006)

Summary: 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.

Release Date: February 02, 2007

Genres: Action, Adventure, Drama

Director: Clint Eastwood

Writers: Iris Yamashita

, Paul Haggis

, Tadamichi Kuribayashi

Runtime: 2 h 21 min

MPAA: R

Production: Dreamworks Pictures, Warner Bros., Malpaso Productions, Amblin Entertainment

Distributor: Warner Bros., Warner Home Video

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 19,000,000

Domestic: $ 13,756,082

International: $ 54,917,146

7.9 - IMDb
11356 votes

Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters (1985)

Summary: A fictionalized account in four chapters of the life of celebrated Japanese writer Yukio Mishima.

Release Date: September 20, 1985

Genres: Drama, Biography

Director: Paul Schrader

Writers: Paul Schrader

, Leonard Schrader

, Chieko Schrader

Runtime: 2 h 00 min

MPAA: R

Production: Zoetrope Studios, Filmlink International, Lucasfilm, M Company, Toho Film (Eiga) Co. Ltd., Tristone Entertainment Inc.

Distributor: Warner Bros., The Criterion Collection

Countries: United States, Japan

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 5,000,000

Domestic: $ 437,547

International: $ 132,449

7.7 - IMDb
124416 votes

Empire of the Sun (1987)

Summary: A young English boy struggles to survive under Japanese occupation of China during World War II.

Release Date: December 25, 1987

Genres: Action, Drama, History

Director: Steven Spielberg

Writers: Tom Stoppard

, J.G. Ballard

, Menno Meyjes

Runtime: 2 h 33 min

MPAA: PG

Production: Amblin Entertainment, Warner Bros.

Distributor: Warner Bros., Warner Home Video, HBO Max

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 35,000,000

Domestic: $ 22,238,696

International: $ 425

7.7 - IMDb
26274 votes

Dreams (1990)

Summary: A collection of tales based upon eight of director Akira Kurosawa's recurring dreams.

Release Date: August 24, 1990

Genres: Drama, Fantasy

Directors: Akira Kurosawa

, Ishirô Honda

Writers: Akira Kurosawa

, Ishirô Honda

Runtime: 1 h 59 min

MPAA: PG

Production: Akira Kurosawa USA

Distributor: Warner Bros., Warner Home Video, The Criterion Channel, The Criterion Collection

Countries: Japan, United States

Language: Japanese

Movie budget: $ 12,000,000

Domestic: $ 1,963,207

International: $ 1,006,954

7.7 - IMDb
11029 votes

City of Life and Death (2009)

Summary: In 1937, Japan occupied Nanjing, the Chinese capital. There was a battle and subsequent atrocities against the inhabitants, especially those who took refuge in the International Security Zone.

Release Date: April 22, 2009

Genres: Drama, History, War

Director: Chuan Lu

Writer: Chuan Lu

Runtime: 2 h 12 min

MPAA: R

Production: China Film Group Corporation (CFGC), Chuan Films, Jiangsu Broadcasting System

Countries: China, Hong Kong

Language: Chinese

Movie budget: $ 12,000,000

Domestic: $ 122,558

International: $ 10,564,758

7.7 - IMDb
3492 votes

Nanking (2007)

Summary: Through readings of historical account by actors and the testimony of survivors, the events of the Nanjing Massacre are recounted.

Release Date: July 03, 2007

Genres: Biography, History, War

Directors: Bill Guttentag

, Dan Sturman

Writers: Bill Guttentag

, Dan Sturman

, Elisabeth Bentley

Runtime: 1 h 28 min

MPAA: R

Production: HBO Documentary Films, Purple Mountain Productions, HBO Documentary

Distributor: THINKFilm

Country: United States

Language: English

Domestic: $ 161,182

International: $ 1,405,066

7.6 - IMDb
186023 votes

The Thin Red Line (1998)

Summary: Adaptation of James Jones' autobiographical 1962 novel, focusing on the conflict at Guadalcanal during the second World War.

Release Date: January 15, 1999

Genres: Drama, War

Director: Terrence Malick

Writers: James Jones

, Terrence Malick

Runtime: 2 h 50 min

MPAA: R

Production: Fox 2000 Pictures, Geisler-Roberdeau, Phoenix Pictures

Distributor: The Criterion Collection, Tubi TV

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 52,000,000

Domestic: $ 36,400,491

International: $ 61,726,074

7.6 - IMDb
11696 votes

My Way (2011)

Summary: In World War II-era Korea, rival runners, one Korean (Jang Dong-gun) and one Japanese (Joe Odagiri), go to war together against the Soviets.

Release Date: December 22, 2011

Genres: Action, Drama, War

Director: Kang Je-kyu

Writers: Kang Je-kyu

, Justin Byung-in Kim

, Na-hyun Kim

Runtime: 2 h 17 min

MPAA: 14A

Production: Directors, SK Planet, CJ Entertainment

Distributor: Well Go USA Entertainment, Tubi TV

Country: South Korea

Language: Korean

Movie budget: $ 30,000,000,000

Domestic: $ 70,177

International: $ 16,583,311

7.5 - IMDb
33513 votes

Godzilla (1954)

Summary: After a dinosaur-like beast - awoken from undersea hibernation by atom bomb testing - ravages Tokyo, a scientist must decide if his similarly dangerous weapon should be used to destroy it.

Release Date: May 07, 2004

Genres: Horror, Sci-Fi

Director: Ishirô Honda

Writers: Takeo Murata

, Ishirô Honda

, Shigeru Kayama

Runtime: 1 h 36 min

MPAA: Not Rated

Production: Toho Film (Eiga) Co. Ltd., Walt Disney Productions

Distributor: Vestron Video, Zontarian Video, Rialto Pictures, Classic Media, Sony BMG Music Entertainment, Sony Wonder, Janus Films, Genius Entertainment, Genius Products, HBO Max, The Criterion Channel, The Criterion Collection

Country: Japan

Language: Japanese

Franchise: Godzilla

Movie budget: $ 175,000

Domestic: $ 562,711

International: $ 26,222

7.5 - IMDb
4637 votes

King Rat (1965)

Summary: Fast-talking wheeler-dealer Corporal King is stuck in a Malaysian P.O.W. camp during World War II and uses bribery and larceny to take de-facto control of the camp.

Release Date: October 27, 1965

Genres: Drama, War

Director: Bryan Forbes

Writers: James Clavell

, Bryan Forbes

Runtime: 2 h 14 min

MPAA: Approved

Production: Coleytown

Distributor: Columbia Pictures, American Broadcasting Company (ABC), Columbia Pictures Home Video, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video

Country: United States

Language: English

7.3 - IMDb
5910 votes

Adolf Hitler: The Greatest Story Never Told (2013)

Summary: Adolf Hitler, born in Braunau, a man who will forever change the history of the world.

Release Date: January 27, 2013

Genres: Documentary, Biography, History

Director: Dennis Wise

Writer: Dennis Wise

Runtime: 5 h 50 min

Production: TruthWillOut Films

Country: United States

Language: English

7.2 - IMDb
165554 votes

Unbroken (2014)

Summary: After a near-fatal plane crash in WWII, Olympian Louis Zamperini spends a harrowing 47 days in a raft with two fellow crewmen before he's caught by the Japanese navy and sent to a prisoner-of-war camp.

Release Date: December 25, 2014

Genres: Action, Drama, Biography

Director: Angelina Jolie

Writers: Joel Coen

, Ethan Coen

, Richard LaGravenese

Runtime: 2 h 17 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: 3 Arts Entertainment, Jolie Pas, Legendary Entertainment

Distributor: Universal Pictures, KVH Media Group

Countries: United States, Japan

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 65,000,000

Domestic: $ 115,637,895

International: $ 45,821,402

7.2 - IMDb
35653 votes

The Good the Bad the Weird (2008)

Summary: The story of two outlaws and a bounty hunter in 1940s Manchuria and their rivalry to possess a treasure map while being pursued by the Japanese army and Chinese bandits.

Release Date: July 17, 2008

Genres: Action, Adventure, Comedy

Director: Kim Jee-woon

Writers: Kim Jee-woon

, Min-suk Kim

Runtime: 2 h 10 min

MPAA: R

Production: Barunson E&A, CJ E&M Film Financing & Investment Entertainment & Comics, CJ Entertainment, Barunson E&A, CJ E&M Film Financing & Investment Entertainment & Comics, Grimm Pictures, Stone Comics Entertainment

Country: South Korea

Language: Korean

Movie budget: $ 10,000,000

Domestic: $ 128,486

International: $ 44,132,723

7.2 - IMDb
17464 votes

Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence (1983)

Summary: During WWII, a British colonel tries to bridge the cultural divides between a British POW and the Japanese camp commander in order to avoid bloodshed.

Release Date: September 02, 1983

Genres: Drama, War

Director: Nagisa Ôshima

Writers: Lourens van der Post

, Nagisa Ôshima

, Paul Mayersberg

Runtime: 2 h 03 min

MPAA: R

Production: National Film Trustee Company, Antares-Nova, Recorded Picture Company (RPC), Broadbank Investments

Distributor: Universal Pictures, Artisan Entertainment, Lions Gate Films Home Entertainment, MCA Home Video, MCA/Universal Home Video

Countries: United Kingdom, New Zealand, Japan

Language: Japanese

Domestic: $ 2,306,560

International: $ 46,780

7.2 - IMDb
6465 votes

John Rabe (2009)

Summary: A true-story account of a German businessman who saved more than 200,000 Chinese during the Nanjing massacre in 1937-38.

Release Date: April 02, 2009

Genres: Drama, Biography, History

Director: Florian Gallenberger

Writers: Florian Gallenberger

, John Rabe

, Erwin Wickert

Runtime: 2 h 14 min

Production: Odeon Fiction, EOS Entertainment, Majestic Filmproduktion, Canal+, Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (CNC), Deutscher Filmförderfonds (DFFF), FilmFernsehFonds Bayern, Filmförderungsanstalt (FFA), France 2 Cinéma, Huayi Brothers & Taihe Film Investment, Lunaris Film, MEDIA Programme of the European Union, Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg, Pampa Production, RAI Radiotelevisione Italiana, Rai Cinema, Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (ZDF), Österreichischer Rundfunk (ORF)

Distributor: Strand Releasing

Countries: France, China, Germany, Austria, Italy, Spain, Belgium

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 20,000,000

Domestic: $ 67,519

International: $ 1,417,146

7.2 - IMDb
5590 votes

The Tiger (2015)

Summary: While the Kingdom of Korea is under occupation by the Japanese, an old and experienced hunter is challenged by the hunt of the last tiger.

Release Date: January 08, 2016

Genres: Action, Adventure, Drama

Director: Park Hoon-jung

Writer: Park Hoon-jung

Runtime: 2 h 19 min

MPAA: Not Rated

Production: Sanai Pictures

Country: South Korea

Language: Korean

7.1 - IMDb
123114 votes

Flags of Our Fathers (2006)

Summary: The life stories of the six men who raised the flag at the Battle of Iwo Jima, a turning point in World War II.

Release Date: October 20, 2006

Genres: Action, Adventure, Drama

Director: Clint Eastwood

Writers: William Broyles Jr.

, Paul Haggis

, James Bradley

Runtime: 2 h 15 min

MPAA: 14A

Production: Dreamworks Pictures, Warner Bros., Amblin Entertainment, Malpaso Productions

Distributor: Paramount Pictures, HBO Max, Paramount Home Entertainment, Paramount+

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 90,000,000

Domestic: $ 33,602,376

International: $ 32,297,873

7 - IMDb
815 votes

Level Five (1997)

Summary: The French computer programmer Laura inherits the task of making a computer game of the Battle of Okinawa during World War II. She searches the internet for information on the battle, and interviews Japanese experts and witnesses....

Release Date: February 19, 1997

Genres: Romance, Documentary, War

Director: Chris Marker

Writer: Chris Marker

Runtime: 1 h 46 min

MPAA: Not Rated

Production: Les Films de l'Astrophore, Argos Films, Canal+, Cofimage, Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (CNC), Karedas, Groupement National des Cinémas de Recherche (GNCR), Argos Films

Country: France

Language: French

Domestic: $ 27,000

The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)

Farewell My Concubine (1993)

Letters from Iwo Jima (2006)

Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters (1985)

Empire of the Sun (1987)

Dreams (1990)

City of Life and Death (2009)

Nanking (2007)

The Thin Red Line (1998)

My Way (2011)

Godzilla (1954)

King Rat (1965)

Adolf Hitler: The Greatest Story Never Told (2013)

Unbroken (2014)

The Good the Bad the Weird (2008)

Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence (1983)

John Rabe (2009)

The Tiger (2015)

Flags of Our Fathers (2006)

Level Five (1997)

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