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MOVIE · 2001

Pearl Harbor

ActionAdventureDramaRomanceWar183 min

As war gathers in the Pacific, two lifelong friends serving as pilots find their bond tested by the same woman, a Navy nurse stationed in Hawaii. Their romance unfolds against the tense calm of military life at Pearl Harbor, where duty, distance, and mistaken loss leave all three caught between private longing and public service. Then the Japanese attack shatters the base without warning, turning the love triangle into a fight to survive chaos, fire, and devastating loss. In the aftermath, the survivors are pulled from grief into the next phase of the war as plans form for a dangerous counterstrike. Ben Affleck and Kate Beckinsale are at the center of the story.

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