Movies centered on surprise attacks

Based on: The real-life surprise attack on Pearl Harbor by the Japanese.

Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970)

Premise: A fictional surprise invasion of the U.S. by Soviet and Cuban forces.

Red Dawn (1984)

Based on: The real-life 1993 Battle of Mogadishu.

Black Hawk Down (2001)

Premise: A sudden and brutal surprise assault on the White House by North Korean terrorists.

Olympus Has Fallen (2013)

Focus: The sudden German Luftwaffe air campaign against Britain in 1940.

The Battle of Britain (1969)