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1. Ip Man (2008)

R | 106 min | Action, Biography, Drama

During the Japanese invasion of China, a wealthy martial artist is forced to leave his home when his city is occupied. With little means of providing for themselves, Ip Man and the remaining members of the city must find a way to survive.

Director: Wilson Yip | Stars: Donnie Yen, Simon Yam, Siu-Wong Fan, Ka-Tung Lam

Votes: 233,446

2. Father Goose (1964)

Approved | 118 min | Adventure, Comedy, Romance

During World War II, a man persuaded to live on an isolated island and spot aircraft finds himself responsible for a teacher and several students, all female.

Director: Ralph Nelson | Stars: Cary Grant, Leslie Caron, Trevor Howard, Jack Good

Votes: 12,298 | Gross: $12.50M

3. In My Mother's Skin (2023)

97 min | Action, Fantasy, Horror

Stranded in the Philippines during World War II, a young girl finds that her duty to protect her dying mother is complicated by her misplaced trust in a beguiling, flesh-eating fairy.

Director: Kenneth Dagatan | Stars: Beauty Gonzalez, Felicity Kyle Napuli, James Mavie Estrella, Jasmine Curtis-Smith

Votes: 657

4. A Town Like Alice (1981)

301 min | Drama, Romance, War

Set against the brutal chaos of World War II, a love story begins that will take two lovers through a living nightmare of captivity, across three continents and two decades.

Stars: Helen Morse, Bryan Brown, Gordon Jackson, John Lee

Votes: 1,056

5. Detective Byomkesh Bakshy! (2015)

Not Rated | 139 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Detective Byomkesh Bakshy is set in the 2nd World War torn Calcutta during the 1940s. Enter a magical world of nostalgia and 'Expect the Unexpected'.

Director: Dibakar Banerjee | Stars: Sushant Singh Rajput, Anand Tiwari, Neeraj Kabi, Divya Menon

Votes: 24,360 | Gross: $0.58M

6. Bridal Mask (2012)

60 min | Action, Drama, History

In 1930s Korea, during the Japanese colonial era, a man who is a Korean police officer assigned to aid the Japanese in the annihilation of the local rebellion, secretly dons the 'Bridal Mask' and fights the unjust regime.

Stars: Joo Won, Park Gi-woong, Jin Se-yeon, Jeon Gook-hwan

Votes: 726

7. Uprising (2024)

Action, Drama, History | Post-production

In the Joseon Dynasty, two friends who grew up together one the master and one the servant reunite post-war as enemies on opposing sides.

Director: Sang Man Kim | Stars: Gang Dong-won, Cha Seung-won, Jung Sung-il, Jin Seon-kyu

8. A Town Like Alice (1956)

Not Rated | 117 min | Drama, Romance, War

A newly wealthy English woman returns to Malaya to build a well for the villagers who helped her during war. Thinking back, she recalls the Australian man who made a great sacrifice to aid her and her fellow prisoners of war.

Director: Jack Lee | Stars: Virginia McKenna, Peter Finch, Kenji Takaki, Tran Van Khe

Votes: 1,905

9. The Story of Dr. Wassell (1944)

Passed | 140 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

When the U.S. forces withdraw from Java, ahead of the Japanese invasion, U.S. Navy doctor Corydon M. Wassell coordinates the remaining wounded servicemen and leads them to safety towards the last Allied evacuation points.

Director: Cecil B. DeMille | Stars: Gary Cooper, Laraine Day, Signe Hasso, Dennis O'Keefe

Votes: 1,103

10. Ghost of the China Sea (1958)

Unrated | 79 min | Drama, War

A ragtag band of civilians and military personnel evade the Japanese in the Philippines, utilising the so-called USS Frankenstein.

Director: Fred F. Sears | Stars: David Brian, Lynette Bernay, Norman Wright, Harry Chang

Votes: 90

11. In a Savage Land (1999)

Not Rated | 115 min | Adventure, Drama

Two married anthropologists go to an island off of Papua New Guinea for field research.

Director: Bill Bennett | Stars: Rufus Sewell, Martin Donovan, Maya Stange, Max Cullen

Votes: 582

12. The Longest Hundred Miles (1967 TV Movie)

Approved | 100 min | Drama, War

During the Japanese invasion of the Philippines, an assorted group of refugees, including an American soldier, an Army nurse, a priest and a group of local children, try to make their getaway aboard a rattletrap, creaky bus.

Director: Don Weis | Stars: Doug McClure, Katharine Ross, Ricardo Montalban, Ronald Remy

Votes: 228

13. Bombs Over Burma (1942)

Approved | 65 min | Adventure, Drama, Thriller

Chinese girl risks her life on espionage mission against Japanese in World War 2.

Director: Joseph H. Lewis | Stars: Anna May Wong, Noel Madison, Leslie Denison, Nedrick Young

Votes: 253

14. The Chinese Exclusion Act (2017)

TV-PG | 114 min | Documentary, Biography, History

The origin, history and impact of the 1882 law that made it illegal for Chinese workers to come to America and for Chinese nationals already here to become U.S. citizens.

Directors: Ric Burns, Li-Shin Yu | Stars: Hoon Lee, Mae Ngai, Jean Pfaelzer, David Lei

Votes: 104

15. The Chef, The Actor, The Scoundrel (2013)

Not Rated | 108 min | Action, Comedy, Drama

During Second Sino-Japanese War, China suffered from cholera outbreak because Japanese uses it as an biological weapon. Four Chinese agents captures a Japanese scientist and his bodyguard ... See full summary »

Director: Hu Guan | Stars: Ye Liu, Hanyu Zhang, Huang Bo, Jing Liang

Votes: 773

16. A Place in Hell (1969)

107 min | War

After the U.S. defeat in the Philippines, Madison leads a rag-tag group of U.S. soldiers against the Japanese occupiers. In this WW II drama, the Japanese set an island trap for the American troops.

Director: Giuseppe Vari | Stars: Guy Madison, Maurice Poli, Hélène Chanel, Sandro Pizzochero

Votes: 122

17. 1895 (2008)

110 min | History

"1895" tells the story of the resistance against the Japanese invasion in 1895 (the biggest war in Taiwan's history). After the 1894 Sin-Japanese war, the Qing government ceded Taiwan to ... See full summary »

Director: Chih-Yu Hung | Stars: Sheng-hao Wen, Cheryl Yang, Josephine A. Blankstein, Bryan Shu-Hao Chang

Votes: 168

18. Stardoom (1971)

145 min | Drama, Music

Frustrated, ambitious stage mother Toyang (Lolita Rodriguez) forces her son Joey (Walter Navarro) into a showbiz career and ultimately ends up in a tragedy. 1970s teenage heartthrob, ... See full summary »

Director: Lino Brocka | Stars: Lolita Rodriguez, Eddie Garcia, Hilda Koronel, Walter Navarro

Votes: 32

19. Universal Newsreel (XII) (1945)

8 min | Documentary, Short

Newsreel in six segments show the building and completion of the Ledo Road to its junction with the Burma Road in Burma; a procession of Chinese civilian refugees fleeing invading Japanese ... See full summary »

Stars: Ed Herlihy, Ben Grauer, Louis A. Pick, Joseph W. Stilwell

20. The Singapore Grip (2020)
Episode: Survival Instinct (2020)

45 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Despite the crushing attacks on Singapore, the British army are instructed to continue fighting at all costs. Walter, still reeling from recent news, struggles to face the harsh truth and ... See full summary »

Director: Tom Vaughan | Stars: Elizabeth Tan, Colm Meaney, Danny Yeo, Christophe Guybet

Votes: 52

21. How to Lose a War (2023)
Episode: The Men Who Gave the Orders (2023)

Documentary, History, War

Explore the men in charge whose rampant egos and misguided belief in their own abilities led to their country making fatal mistakes in the war.

Director: Tim Bosanquet | Stars: Tim Benbow, Russell A. Hart, Alexander Henry, Giuseppe Finaldi