There were five Marines and one Navy Corpsman photographed raising the U.S. flag on Mt. Suribachi by Joe Rosenthal on February 23, 1945. This is the story of three of the six surviving servicemen - John 'Doc' Bradley, Pvt. Rene Gagnon and Pvt. Ira Hayes - who fought in the battle to take Iwo Jima from the Japanese.
Directed by Clint Eastwood
dying and death
japan
world war ii
based on true story
pacific
pacific war
iwo jima
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1940s
Rank
#93 in 2006·#4716 overall
Trailer
IMDB
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Letterboxd
3.5 / 5
Where to Watch
Cast
Ryan Phillippe
John 'Doc' Bradley
Jesse Bradford
Rene Gagnon
Adam Beach
Ira Hayes
John Benjamin Hickey
Keyes Beech
John Slattery
Bud Gerber
Barry Pepper
Mike Strank
Jamie Bell
Ralph "Iggy" Ignatowski
Paul Walker
Hank Hansen
Robert Patrick
Colonel Chandler Johnson
Neal McDonough
Captain Severance
Melanie Lynskey
Pauline Harnois
Tom McCarthy
James Bradley
Crew
Clint Eastwood
Director
William Broyles Jr.
Screenplay
Paul Haggis
Screenplay
Clint Eastwood
Original Music Composer
Joel Cox
Editor
Tom Stern
Director of Photography
Steven Spielberg
Producer
Clint Eastwood
Producer
Robert Lorenz
Producer
Zoe Hay
Makeup Artist
Henry Bumstead
Production Design
Alan Robert Murray
Supervising Sound Editor
Popular Reviews
110 reviews
milez
7.0★ · 02/20/26
ira come home
ira come home
Ruaidhri
8.0★ · 12/24/25
Call him drunken Ira Hayes He won't answer anymore Not the whiskey drinking Indian Or the marine that went to war Yeah, call him drunken Ira Hayes But his land is just as dry And his ghost is lying thirsty In the ditch where Ira died
Call him drunken Ira Hayes He won't answer anymore Not the whiskey drinking Indian Or the marine that went to war Yeah, call him drunken Ira Hayes But his land is just as dry And his ghost is lying thirsty In the ditch where Ira died
Edward Yates
9.0★ · 09/21/25
Beautifully told story and the invasion scene was done so well truly a perfect war film
4.5/5
Beautifully told story and the invasion scene was done so well truly a perfect war film
4.5/5
Itcjuy
A little too “spectacular”
A little too “spectacular”
Allie
9.1★ · 06/14/25
i really really enjoyed this. the focus on loss instead of victory made for a very powerful and emotional film. i would have liked to see a little bit more of the combat as the landing scene took the cake for the best scene in the movie. super well done and i can’t wait to watch letters from iwo jima
i really really enjoyed this. the focus on loss instead of victory made for a very powerful and emotional film. i would have liked to see a little bit more of the combat as the landing scene took the cake for the best scene in the movie. super well done and i can’t wait to watch letters from iwo jima
