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1. Gomer Pyle: USMC (1964–1969)
TV-G | 30 min | Comedy, War
The misadventures of a bumbling U.S. Marine named Gomer Pyle.
Stars: Jim Nabors, Frank Sutton, Ronnie Schell, Roy Stuart
Votes: 4,173
2. The Happiest Millionaire (1967)
Approved | 141 min | Comedy, Family, Musical
Clever yet hapless new butler John Lawless manages a Philadelphia household for quirky and joyful millionaire Anthony Drexel Biddle, his unflappable wife, Cordelia, and their spitfire daughter, Cordy.
Director: Norman Tokar | Stars: Fred MacMurray, Tommy Steele, Greer Garson, Gladys Cooper
Votes: 2,431
3. Beachhead (1954)
Approved | 90 min | Drama, War
In 1943, in the wake of the Allied amphibious landing on the Japanese-held Bougainville Island, four Marines are sent to scout the location of Japanese minefields.
Director: Stuart Heisler | Stars: Tony Curtis, Frank Lovejoy, Mary Murphy, Eduard Franz
Votes: 1,199 | Gross: $1.40M
4. The Lieutenant (1963–1964)
60 min | Drama
The trials of a young U.S. Marine Lieutenant and his comrades at Camp Pendleton.
Stars: Gary Lockwood, Robert Vaughn, Don Penny, Carmen Phillips
Votes: 318
5. If I Had a Million (1932)
Passed | 88 min | Comedy, Drama
A dying tycoon gives million-dollar windfalls to eight people picked from the city directory.
Directors: James Cruze, H. Bruce Humberstone, Ernst Lubitsch, Norman Z. McLeod, Stephen Roberts, William A. Seiter, Norman Taurog, Lothar Mendes | Stars: Gary Cooper, Charles Laughton, W.C. Fields, George Raft
Votes: 2,302
6. Strategic Command (1997)
R | 90 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
Rick Harding is a former Marines officer, now working in the FBI as a chemical weapons designer. While packing up for the night, a group of armed soldiers led by wanted criminal Carlos Gruber, break into the FBI research lab.
Director: Rick Jacobson | Stars: Michael Dudikoff, Paul Winfield, Richard Norton, Amanda Wyss
Votes: 928
7. Escape from Kabul (2022)
73 min | Documentary, History
Features never-before-seen archival footage of the historic confrontation at Kabul airport, from the U.S. withdrawal of its troops from Afghanistan through the subsequent evacuation of Afghan citizens after the Taliban seized the city.
Director: Jamie Roberts | Stars: Oari Salahuddin Ayubi, Sofia Flesch Baldin, Joe Biden, William Callen
Votes: 1,116
8. Hot Pepper (1933)
Passed | 76 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Comedy about a pair of ex-Marines who team up and get involved in a nightclub. Trouble ensues when they both fall in love with a feisty woman and begin fighting over her.
Director: John G. Blystone | Stars: Edmund Lowe, Lupe Velez, Victor McLaglen, El Brendel
Votes: 126
9. JFK: The Final Evidence (2023)
Documentary, Action, Crime
In this two-part series, explore the mystery behind the assassination of President John F Kennedy with Dr David J Hall.
Stars: Emma Long, David J. Hall, Chris Moran
Votes: 26
10. Air Rage (2001 Video)
R | 99 min | Action, Adventure
A Marine Colonel and his men are sent abroad on hostage rescue mission. When they arrive, they find the hostages dead and decide to get payback by massacring the village. Upon return home to the US, they must face the consequences.
Director: Fred Olen Ray | Stars: Ice-T, Cyril O'Reilly, Kimberly Oja, Steve Hytner
Votes: 737
11. With the Marines at Tarawa (1944)
Approved | 18 min | Documentary, Short, War
Documentary short film depicting the harrowing battle between the U.S. Marines and the Japanese for control of the Pacific island of Tarawa.
Directors: Richard Brooks, Louis Hayward | Stars: Alexander Bonnyman Jr., John Borich, Merritt A. Edson, H.W. Hill
Votes: 306
12. The Leatherneck (1929)
Passed | 65 min | Drama
A film about male bonding. At the end of WW I, two Americans (William Boyd and Robert Armstrong) befriend a simple minded German (Alan Hale) and win him over into becoming an American. All ... See full summary »
Director: Howard Higgin | Stars: William Boyd, Alan Hale, Robert Armstrong, Fred Kohler
Votes: 158
13. Battle of Okinawa in Color (2017)
Documentary, History, War
From white-knuckle, high-speed dogfights to brutal land combat, witness the Battle of Okinawa in vivid color.
Stars: Jeff Wilburn, Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr., Chester W. Nimitz, Mitsuru Ushijima
Votes: 20
14. Pride of the Marines (1936)
Passed | 64 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Adoption of an orphan boy by a sergeant champion boxer leads to complications but ends happily.
Director: D. Ross Lederman | Stars: Charles Bickford, Florence Rice, Bill Burrud, Robert Allen
Votes: 25
15. Come on, Leathernecks! (1938)
Approved | 65 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance
The father of a star football player at Annapolis wants his son to follow the family pattern and join the Marines.
Director: James Cruze | Stars: Richard Cromwell, Marsha Hunt, Edward Brophy, Leon Ames
Votes: 57
16. 1st to Fight: Pacific War Marines (2020)
60 min | Documentary, History, War
The Battle for Guadal Canal, as told by the men who were there. Narrated by Jon Seda, there are side-by-side images of the island today. A stirring documentary, told in real time.
Director: Tim Gray | Stars: Jon Seda, Bill Finnegan, Daniel Martinez, Lou Imfeld
Votes: 11
17. Marines in the Making (1942)
Approved | 9 min | Documentary, Short
A look at U.S. Marine Corps combat training during the first year of World War II, including conditioning techniques adapted from athletics, hand-to-hand combat tactics, and traditional drills.
Director: Herbert Polesie | Stars: Pete Smith, R.E. 'Dick' Hanley, Charles Horvath, Stephen McNally
Votes: 230
18. Battlefield 1943 (2009 Video Game)
T | Action, War
Fight as either Marines with the United States Marine Corps, or the Imperial Japanese Navy during the Pacific Theater of Operations of World War II in this first-person shooter.
Directors: Lars Gustavsson, Patrick Liu | Stars: Simon Greenall, Shep Gest, Thomas Hogan, Jun Yamazaki
Votes: 271
19. Step Up (Marine Corps Bystander Intervention Training) (2014)
Short, Crime
20. Marine Corps Birthday Message 239/I (2014)
Short, History
Director: Rick Robinson | Stars: Kyle Carpenter, Joseph Dunford, Bradley Kasal, John Lahm
21.
The World at War (1973–1974)
Episode:
Japan: 1941-1945
(1974)
TV-PG | 51 min | Documentary, History, War
After the victories in 1941-2, Japanese fortunes reverse as America succeeds in destroying their aircraft fleet and Pacific island bases. At home, shortages of goods and manpower lead to desperation for the population.
Director: Hugh Raggett | Stars: Laurence Olivier, Toshikazu Kase, Naoki Hoshino, Yuzuru Sanematsu
Votes: 350
22.
The World at War (1973–1974)
Episode:
On Our Way: U.S.A. 1939-1942
(1973)
TV-PG | 52 min | Documentary, History, War
The opposition to the United States' entry into the war, Lend Lease, U-boat attacks on Atlantic convoys and American responses, mobilization of America after Pearl Harbor, loss of the Philippines, Doolittle Raid, Midway and Guadalcanal.
Stars: Laurence Olivier, Averell Harriman, George Ball, Norman Corwin
Votes: 440
23.
The World at War (1973–1974)
Episode:
Pacific: February 1942-July 1945
(1974)
TV-PG | 50 min | Documentary, History, War
The island hopping strategy of Admiral Nimitz and General MacArthur leads from one costly, battle after another. The Japanese fight fanatically as the war gets ever closer to home, but Americans finally use their newest weapon, the A-bomb.
Director: John Pett | Stars: Laurence Olivier, Roy Voris, Frank Manson, Douglas MacArthur
Votes: 354
24.
Battlefield (1995–2004)
Episode:
Guadalcanal
(2000)
Documentary, History, War
Tim Pigott-Smith narrates the story of the battle for Guadalcanal and the capture of this strategically crucial island in World War 2 during which more than 25,000 Japanese lost their lives.
Stars: Tim Pigott-Smith, Frank Jack Fletcher, Robert L. Ghormley, Hirohito
Votes: 6
25.
World War Weird (2017– )
Episode:
Episode #2.3
(2018)
Documentary, History, War
Crossword puzzles in a national newspaper begin to attract the attention of MI5, the answers are code words for the upcoming D-Day operation. Is this the work of a spy?
Director: Mike Ibeji | Stars: Andrew Robertshaw, Martin K.A. Morgan, Guy Walters, Joshua Levine
26.
MrBallen (2020– )
Episode:
The bravest kid in America
(2021)
15 min | Documentary
Jack Lucas joined the Marines at age fourteen using forged identification. Learning of this the Corps assigned him state side duties but he managed to stowaway on a troop ship headed for ... See full summary »
Star: John B. Allen
27.
Timewatch (1982– )
Episode:
The Mysterious Career of Lee Harvey Oswald
(1993)
99 min | Documentary, History
A detailed look at the early life of Oswald and his movements on the day of the Kennedy assassination.
Stars: James P. Hosty, Gerald Posner, G. Robert Blakey, Evelyn Segal
Votes: 10
28.
Battle Plan Under Fire (2004– )
Episode:
Deception
(2004)
Documentary, History, War
Find out how deception can take many forms and turn the tides of even the most perilous of situations.
Director: Gordon Stevens | Stars: Lloyd Clark, Bruce Gudmundsson, Eric Meyers, Winston Churchill
29.
Battle Plan Under Fire (2004– )
Episode:
Blitzkrieg
(2004)
Documentary, History, War
Exploring the history of military tactics - water covers almost two-thirds of the Earth's surface, and assaults from the sea range from massive invasions to spectacular raids.
Stars: Bruce Gudmundsson, Lloyd Clark, Eric Meyers, Tommy Franks
30.
Battle Plan Under Fire (2004– )
Episode:
Siege
(2004)
Documentary, History, War
We explore siege warfare which is almost as old as history itself and can have several aims.
Director: Gordon Stevens | Stars: Bruce Gudmundsson, Lloyd Clark, Eric Meyers, Christian de Castries
31.
Battle Plan Under Fire (2004– )
Episode:
Assault from the Sea
(2004)
Documentary, History, War
Water covers almost two-thirds of the Earth's surface. We explore assaults from the sea.
Director: Gordon Stevens | Stars: Lloyd Clark, Bruce Gudmundsson, Eric Meyers, Omar N. Bradley
32.
World War II in Colour (2009)
Episode:
Victory in the Pacific
(2009)
TV-MA | 51 min | Documentary, History, War
Japan keeps continues its suicidal resistance, and invading it looks costly. After 2 atomic bombs, the Emperor intervenes and stops the War. Stalin grabs territory in East Asia. The War is over, and the Atomic Era and the Cold War start.
Stars: Chester W. Nimitz, Douglas MacArthur, Harry S. Truman, Winston Churchill
Votes: 208
33.
First Blood (2022– )
Episode:
Anthony Sowell: The Cleveland Strangler
(2022)
TV-14 | Documentary, Crime, History
Anthony Sowell found the control he was so desperate for when he overpowered his first vulnerable victim -- a woman only hoping to connect with a friendly face.
Director: David Bispham | Stars: Jimmy L. Gates, Khadija Monk, Florence Bray, Melvin Smith
Votes: 9
34.
World War II in Colour (2009)
Episode:
The Island War
(2009)
TV-MA | 51 min | Documentary, History, War
The Marines succeed in the "island hopping" strategy against suicidal resistance. The US Navy establishes supremacy, cutting off Japan. Re-capturing the Phillipines and Burma is costly, but now Japan is fully in the defensive.
Stars: Robert Powell, Douglas MacArthur, Chester W. Nimitz, Hideki Tôjô
Votes: 211
35.
Sandboxx (2018– )
Episode:
The Navy Needs the F/A-XX to Solve a Big Carrier Problem
(2022)
18 min | Documentary
The biggest threat to the US Navy's aircraft carriers are Chinese missiles. A new longer range attack aircraft is needed to keep aircraft carriers out of harms way during combat.
Star: Alex Hollings
36.
Task & Purpose (2014– )
Episode:
Top 3 Differences Army Vs. Marines
(2021)
6 min | Documentary, News
In general the US Marines are a rapid deployment force that engages in brief, intense conflicts. The Army handles larger scale conflicts in terms of in time and territory that require ... See full summary »
Star: Chris Cappy
37.
Dark Docs (2020– )
Episode:
When Only 600 Marines Fought, the Enemy Never Expected This
(2023)
11 min | Documentary, History
Following the Tet Offensive in 1968 a Division or the North Vietnamese Army invaded the Dong Ha Sector which would be a major blow to the US supply network. A force of just 600 Marines ... See full summary »
38.
Frontline (1983– )
Episode:
America and the Taliban (1)
(2023)
TV-PG | 53 min | Documentary, News
How America's 20-year investment in Afghanistan culminated in the Taliban victory. Drawing on decades of on-the-ground reporting and interviews with Taliban and US officials.
Directors: Marcela Gaviria, Martin Smith | Stars: Martin Smith, Jason Dempsey, Abdul Salam Zaeef, Marc Grossman
Votes: 53
39.
Not What You Think (2020– )
Episode:
Why Does US Navy Have Two Types of Aircraft Carriers?
(2023)
14 min | Documentary
The United states Navy operates supercarriers with the hottest aircraft to ensure air dominance and smaller amphibious assault ships that insert marine expeditionary units into trouble ... See full summary »
40.
Battle Order (2019– )
Episode:
What is a Gunnery Sergeant? (USMC)
(2021)
9 min | Documentary, History, War
The roll of Gunnery Sergeant radically evolved with the Marine Corps of the years. But in general the rank included technical specialty as well as leadership responsibility.
Star: R. Lee Ermey
41.
The 50 Years War: Israel and the Arabs (1998– )
Episode:
Programme 3
(1998)
48 min | Documentary, History, War
1967-1982. The story of the Palestinian Liberation Organisation.
Director: David Ash | Stars: Abu Ali Shaheen, Mashour Haditha Al-Jazy, King Hussein, Israel Tal
Votes: 7
42.
How to Lose a War (2023)
Episode:
The Right Tools
(2023)
Documentary, History, War
Victory in war doesn't just require sound military strategy, vital resources and equipment are also critical. Discover how the Axis powers failed in this regard.
Director: Tim Bosanquet | Stars: Richard Hammond, Giuseppe Finaldi, Alexander Henry, Charles Schencking
43.
How to Lose a War (2023)
Episode:
The Homefront
(2023)
Documentary, History, War
In our final episode, we examine how each Axis Power had troubles on their own home front, leading to disaster in the final days of the war.
Director: Tim Bosanquet | Stars: Alexander Henry, Giuseppe Finaldi, Russell A. Hart, Guy Walters
44.
Against the Odds (2014– )
Episode:
A Chance in Hell: The Battle for Ramadi
(2014)
TV-PG | 45 min | Documentary, History, War
When Col. MacFarland arrived in Iraq's deadliest city, the odds could not have been worse. Al-Qaeda has arrogantly declared Ramadi, capital of a new caliphate. The boys of MacFarland's ... See full summary »
Stars: Mike McCusker, Perfecto Sanchez, Ian Blackstone, Mike Bajema
Votes: 12
45.
Against the Odds (2014– )
Episode:
The Heroes of Tarawa
(2014)
TV-PG | 45 min | Documentary, History, War
Everything went wrong in America's first test of whether the Japanese-held islands of the Pacific, the key steppingstones to the doorstep of Japan, could be captured by across-the-beach infantry assaults.
Stars: John Wukovits, Roger Colby, Edward L. Bale Jr., William Steele Sr.
Votes: 8
46.
Against the Odds (2014– )
Episode:
The Battle for Sugar Loaf
(2016)
TV-PG | 44 min | Documentary, History, War
Taking an otherwise nondescript hill on the embattled island of Okinawa proved to be one of the most incredible battles of WWII. The young weary marines of Charlie Company strained against ... See full summary »
Director: Sammy Jackson | Stars: Bill Pierce, Dick Whitaker, Don Honis, Jack W. Houston
47.
Against the Odds (2014– )
Episode:
Bloody George at the Chosin Reservoir
(2015)
TV-PG | 44 min | Documentary, History, War
This is the untold true story of "Bloody George," an understrength, undermanned, marine rifle company, hastily called to serve their country in 1950 at the start of the Korean War. Their courage would be legendary, their fight, epic.
Stars: Patrick K. O'Donnell, Arthur Harrell Roberts, Bruce Farr, Jim Byrne
Votes: 6
48.
Against the Odds (2014– )
Episode:
The Marines at Hue
(2014)
TV-PG | 44 min | Documentary, History, War
The city of Hue, South Vietnam, was the site of one of the fiercest battles of the Vietnam War. Three understrength U.S. Marine battalions, consisting of fewer than 2,500 men, attacked and ... See full summary »
Director: Sammy Jackson | Stars: John Ligato, Richard B. Cobb, Joseph Alexander, Mike Downs
49.
No Man Left Behind (2016)
Episode:
The Real Black Hawk Down
(2016)
TV-14 | 44 min | Documentary, Drama, History
The Real Black Hawk Down tells the extraordinary true-life story of the shooting down of two Black Hawk helicopters during a deadly battle in Mogadishu between U.S. forces and Somali ... See full summary »
Director: Ben Harding | Stars: Allen Benatar, Francis Chouler, Mike Durant, Richard Lothian
Votes: 23
50.
American Experience (1987– )
Episode:
The Battle of Chosin
(2016)
PG | 113 min | Documentary, Biography, History
The Battle of Chosin Reservoir, a crucial battle in the Korean War.
Director: Randall MacLowry | Stars: Juan Balleza, Bruce Cumings, Sam Folsom, John Edward Gray
Votes: 507