This is a list of documentary films about the Japanese American internment.
442: For the Future (1997) - Patricia Kinaga
442: Live with Honor, Die with Dignity (2010) - Junichi Suzuki
After Silence: Civil Rights and the Japanese American Experience (2003) - Louis Shelton
All We Could Carry (2011) - Steven Okazaki
America at Its Best: Legacy of Two Nisei Patriots (2001) - Vince Matsuidaira, Nisei Veterans Committee of Seattle
The Art of Gaman: The Story Behind the Objects (2010) - Rick Quan
Beyond Barbed Wire (1997) – Steve Rosen, Terri DeBono
Camp Amache: The Story of an American Tragedy (2007) - Don Dexter
The Cats of Mirikitani (2006) – Linda Hattendorf
Caught in Between: What to Call Home in Times of War (2004) - Lina Hoshino
A Challenge to Democracy (1943)
Children of the Camps (1999)
Citizen Tanouye (2005) - Robert Horsting, Craig Yahata
The Color of Honor: The Japanese American Soldier in WWII (1987) - Loni Ding
Conscience and the Constitution (2000) – Frank Abe
Days of Waiting (1990) – Steven Okazaki
Dear Miss Breed (2000) - Veronica Ko
Democracy Under Pressure: Japanese Americans and World War II (2000) - Jeffrey S. Betts
A Divided Community (2012) Momo Yashima
Emi (1979) - Frank Nesbitt, Michael Toshiyuki Ono
Encounter with the Past: American Japanese Internment in World War II (1980) - Tak Shindo
Enemy Alien (2011) - Konrad Aderer
Family Gathering (1988)
Farewell to Manzanar (1976)
A Flicker in Eternity (2013) - Ann Kaneko, Sharon Yamato
Forced Out: Internment and the Enduring Damage to California Cities and Towns (2003) - KVIE
Forsaken Fields (2001) - Midori Sperandeo
From a Silk Cocoon (2006) – Satsuki Ina
Fumiko Hayashida: The Woman Behind the Symbol (2009) - Lucy Ostrander
Furusato: The Lost Village of Terminal Island (2005) - David Meltzer
Gila River and Mama: The Ruth Mix Story (2011) - Claire Mix
Guilty by Reason of Race (1972) - NBC
Heart Mountain: Three Years in an Internment Camp (1994) - Dianne Fukami
Hidden Internment: The Art Shibayama Story (2004) - Casey Peek, Irum Shiekh
History and Memory: For Akiko and Takashige (1992) - Rea Tajiri
The Idaho Homefront: Of Camps and Combat (2007) - Jim Peck
In Time Of War (2004) - Andrea Palpant
Interactions (2000) - Justin Lin
Japanese Relocation (1942) – Office of War Information
Jimmy Murakami—Enemy Alien (2010) - Sé Merry Doyle
Justice Betrayed (1992) - Gordon Lee, Honolulu JACL
The Legacy of Heart Mountain (2014) - David Ono and Jeff MacIntyre
Life Interrupted: Reunion and Remembrance in Arkansas (2006) - Japanese American National Museum
Manzanar (1972) – Robert A. Nakamura
Manzanar Fishing Club (2012) - Cory Shiozaki
Meeting at Tule Lake (1994) - Scott T. Tsuchitani
Most Honorable Son (2007) - Bill Kubota
The Music Man of Manzanar (2005) - Brian T. Maeda
Nebraska's Nisei (1998) - University of Nebraska
The Nisei: The Pride and the Shame (1965) - CBS
Nisei Soldier: Standard Bearer for an Exiled People (1983) - Loni Ding
Of Civil Wrongs and Rights: The Fred Korematsu Story (2000) - Eric Paul Fournier
Passing Poston (2008) - Joe Fox
A Personal Matter: Gordon Hirabayashi vs. the United States (1992) John de Graaf
Pilgrimage (2006) – Tad Nakamura
Prejudice and Patriotism: Americans of Japanese Ancestry in the Military Intelligence Service of WWII (1998)
Prisoners and Patriots: The Untold Story of Japanese Internment in Santa Fe (2011) - Neil H. Simon
Rabbit in the Moon (1999) - Emiko Omori
Relocation, Arkansas (2015) - Vivienne Schiffer
Remembering Manzanar (2004) - National Park Service
Rescued By Fate (2014) - Christopher H.K. Lee
Return to the Valley: Japanese American Experience After WWII (2003) - Scott Gracheff
Searchlight Serenade (2012) - Claire Reynolds
The Silent Glory (2000) - Zed Merrill
Something Strong Within (1994) – Japanese American National Museum
Stand Up for Justice: The Ralph Lazo Story (2004) - John Esaki
Take Me Home: A Child's Experience of Internment (2005) - David Tanner, Andrea Palpant
Tanforan: From Race Track to Assembly Center (1994) - Dianne Fukami
Time of Fear (2004) - Sue Williams
To Be Takei (2014)
Topaz (1945)
Topaz (1988) - KUED
Toyo's Camera: Japanese American History During WWII (2009) - Junichi Suzuki
When You're Smiling: The Deadly Legacy of Internment (1999) - Janice D. Tanaka
Winter in My Soul (1986) - Bob Nellis, KTWO
Without Due Process: A Documentary about America's Concentration Camps (2001) - Brian Beanblossom
Unfinished Business (1985) - Steven Okazaki
Valor With Honor (2008) - Burt Takeuchi
Visible Target (1985) - Cris Anderson, John de Graaf
Yankee Samurai (1985) - Katriel Schory
The Untold Story: Internment of Japanese Americans in Hawai‘i (2012) - Japanese Cultural Center of Hawai‘i
