11 movies about Pearl Harbor. Yes, "The Final Countdown" made the list

U.S. Naval Institute ^ | December 7, 2011 | U.S. Naval Institute

[Saint X]

A list with videos of movies and TV series about Pearl Harbor. How many have you seen?

[suthener]

I’ve always thought The Final Countdown was very realistic. Netflix has it for streaming. I watched it again a few weeks ago.

[CrazyIvan]

Very cool! Used to have this movie on VHS. Haven't seen that in years.

[chrisinoc]

Watching Task Force (1949) right now, which focused on naval aviation through WW2 and obviously touches on Pearl Harbor. Stars Gary Cooper, Walter Brennan, and Jane Wyatt.

[rmlew]

Then you missed the laughable anachronistic use of modern ships in the movie. (To be fair, the Japs would have good reason to hate any Spruance class destroyer, just for the name.) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1e6h9h7ky0E&feature=related

Still, I remember watching the movie and being mortified at the site of American children playing as enemy planes flew overhead. I remember thinking how lucky we were that this would not happen again. Two months later, it did.