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Good Morning Vietnam

by olimor0526 • Created 12 years ago • Modified 12 years ago
The absolute best Vietnam war movies ever made in my opinion.
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  • Marlon Brando and Martin Sheen in Apocalypse Now (1979)

    1. Apocalypse Now

    19792h 27mR94Metascore
    8.4 (743K)
    A U.S. Army officer serving in Vietnam is tasked with assassinating a renegade Special Forces Colonel who sees himself as a god.
    DirectorFrancis Ford CoppolaStarsMartin SheenMarlon BrandoRobert Duvall
  • Full Metal Jacket (1987)

    2. Full Metal Jacket

    19871h 56mR78Metascore
    8.2 (823K)
    A pragmatic U.S. Marine observes the dehumanizing effects the Vietnam War has on his fellow recruits from their brutal boot camp training to the bloody street fighting in Hue.
    DirectorStanley KubrickStarsMatthew ModineR. Lee ErmeyVincent D'Onofrio
  • Charlie Sheen, Willem Dafoe, John C. McGinley, and Kevin Eshelman in Platoon (1986)

    3. Platoon

    19862hR92Metascore
    8.1 (457K)
    Chris Taylor, a neophyte recruit in Vietnam, finds himself caught in a battle of wills between two sergeants, one good and the other evil. A shrewd examination of the brutality of war and the duality of man in conflict.
    DirectorOliver StoneStarsCharlie SheenTom BerengerWillem Dafoe
  • Robert De Niro in The Deer Hunter (1978)

    4. The Deer Hunter

    19783h 3mR90Metascore
    8.1 (376K)
    An in-depth examination of the ways in which the Vietnam War impacts and disrupts the lives of several friends in a small steel mill town in Pennsylvania.
    DirectorMichael CiminoStarsRobert De NiroChristopher WalkenJohn Cazale
  • Rescue Dawn (2006)

    5. Rescue Dawn

    20062h 5mPG-1377Metascore
    7.3 (114K)
    A U.S. fighter pilot's epic struggle of survival after being shot down on a mission over Laos during the Vietnam War.
    DirectorWerner HerzogStarsChristian BaleSteve ZahnJeremy Davies
  • Mel Gibson in We Were Soldiers (2002)

    6. We Were Soldiers

    20022h 18mR65Metascore
    7.2 (156K)
    The story of the first major battle of the American phase of the Vietnam War, and the soldiers on both sides that fought it, while their wives wait nervously and anxiously at home for the good news or the bad news.
    DirectorRandall WallaceStarsMel GibsonMadeleine StoweGreg Kinnear
  • Robin Williams in Good Morning, Vietnam (1987)

    7. Good Morning, Vietnam

    19872h 1mR67Metascore
    7.3 (160K)
    In 1965, an unorthodox and irreverent DJ named Adrian Cronauer begins to shake up things when he is assigned to the U.S. Armed Services radio station in Vietnam.
    DirectorBarry LevinsonStarsRobin WilliamsForest WhitakerTom T. Tran
  • Tom Cruise in Born on the Fourth of July (1989)

    8. Born on the Fourth of July

    19892h 25mR75Metascore
    7.2 (121K)
    The biography of Ron Kovic. Paralyzed in the Vietnam war, he becomes an anti-war and pro-human rights political activist after feeling betrayed by the country for which he fought.
    DirectorOliver StoneStarsTom CruiseBryan LarkinRaymond J. Barry
  • The Boys in Company C (1978)

    9. The Boys in Company C

    19782h 5mR62Metascore
    6.9 (3.7K)
    In 1967, five young men undergo boot camp training before being shipped out to Vietnam. Once they get there, the experience proves worse than they could have imagined.
    DirectorSidney J. FurieStarsStan ShawAndrew StevensJames Canning
  • Hamburger Hill (1987)

    10. Hamburger Hill

    19871h 50mR64Metascore
    6.7 (29K)
    A very realistic interpretation of one of the bloodiest battles of the Vietnam War.
    DirectorJohn IrvinStarsAnthony BarrileMichael BoatmanDon Cheadle
  • R. Lee Ermey and Wings Hauser in The Siege of Firebase Gloria (1989)

    11. The Siege of Firebase Gloria

    19891h 37mR
    6.8 (3.6K)
    A tough U.S. sergeant and his sidekick roll into a demoralized firebase, where they attempt to rebuild morale and fortifications amid a climactic battle with the Viet Cong.
    DirectorBrian Trenchard-SmithStarsWings HauserR. Lee ErmeyRobert Arevalo
  • Tigerland (2000)

    12. Tigerland

    20001h 41mR55Metascore
    6.9 (44K)
    A group of recruits go through Advanced Infantry Training at Fort Polk, Louisiana's infamous Tigerland, last stop before Vietnam for tens of thousands of young men in 1971.
    DirectorJoel SchumacherStarsColin FarrellMatthew DavisClifton Collins Jr.
  • Michael J. Fox and Sean Penn in Casualties of War (1989)

    13. Casualties of War

    19891h 53mR75Metascore
    7.1 (50K)
    During the Vietnam War, a soldier finds himself the outsider of his own squad when they unnecessarily kidnap a female villager, for their sexual enjoyment.
    DirectorBrian De PalmaStarsMichael J. FoxSean PennDon Harvey
  • Go Tell the Spartans (1978)

    14. Go Tell the Spartans

    19781h 54mR
    6.6 (3.3K)
    During the early 1960s, U.S. military advisers in South Vietnam discover the same challenges that plagued the French army in Indochina ten years prior.
    DirectorTed PostStarsBurt LancasterCraig WassonJonathan Goldsmith
  • John Wayne and David Janssen in The Green Berets (1968)

    15. The Green Berets

    19682h 22mG
    5.6 (14K)
    Col. Mike Kirby picks two teams of crack Green Berets for a mission in South Vietnam. First off is to build and control a camp that is trying to be taken by the enemy. The second mission is to kidnap a North Vietnamese General.
    DirectorsRay KelloggJohn WayneMervyn LeRoyStarsJohn WayneDavid JanssenJim Hutton
  • Willem Dafoe, Danny Glover, and Brad Johnson in Flight of the Intruder (1991)

    16. Flight of the Intruder

    19911h 55mPG-13
    5.8 (8.1K)
    During the air war over Vietnam, a U.S. Navy A-6 Intruder bomber pilot schemes with a hardened veteran to make an unauthorized air strike on Hanoi.
    DirectorJohn MiliusStarsDanny GloverWillem DafoeBrad Johnson
  • Randall 'Tex' Cobb and Kelly Junkerman in Uncommon Valor (1983)

    17. Uncommon Valor

    19831h 45mR38Metascore
    6.3 (12K)
    Ten years after his son went M.I.A. in Vietnam, U.S. Marine retired Colonel Jason Rhodes assembles a private rescue team to find Americans held in P.O.W. camps in Laos.
    DirectorTed KotcheffStarsGene HackmanPatrick SwayzeRobert Stack
  • 1968 Tunnel Rats (2008)

    18. 1968 Tunnel Rats

    20081h 36mR
    4.8 (5.2K)
    Halfway into the Vietnam War (1959-1975), a special US combat unit is sent to hunt and kill the Viet Cong soldiers in man-to-man combat in the endless tunnels underneath the jungle of Vietnam.
    DirectorUwe BollStarsMichael ParéWilson BethelMitch Eakins
  • Jacky Cheung in Bullet in the Head (1990)

    19. Bullet in the Head

    19902h 16mNot Rated
    7.5 (12K)
    When three close friends escape from Hong Kong to war-time Saigon to start a criminal's life, they all go through a harrowing experience which totally shatters their lives and their friendship forever.
    DirectorJohn WooStarsTony Leung Chiu-waiJacky CheungWaise Lee
  • Eastern Condors (1987)

    20. Eastern Condors

    19871h 33mR
    7.1 (3.2K)
    A group of Asian prisoners is recruited, trained, armed and sent to Vietnam to destroy a cache of American weapons left behind after the Vietnam War, before the Vietcong discovers its location.
    DirectorSammo Kam-Bo HungStarsSammo Kam-Bo HungBiao YuenHaing S. Ngor
  • Stacy Keach in The Ninth Configuration (1980)

    21. The Ninth Configuration

    19801h 58mR46Metascore
    6.7 (9.6K)
    An ex-marine psychiatrist attempts to rehabilitate his patients by indulging their fantasies, and seeks to prove the existence of a loving God to one especially troubled inmate.
    DirectorWilliam Peter BlattyStarsStacy KeachScott WilsonJason Miller
  • Jane Fonda, Jon Voight, and Bruce Dern in Coming Home (1978)

    22. Coming Home

    19782h 7mR61Metascore
    7.3 (16K)
    In 1968 California, a woman whose husband is a Marine officer fighting in Vietnam falls in love with a former high school classmate who suffered a paralyzing combat injury in the war.
    DirectorHal AshbyStarsJane FondaJon VoightBruce Dern
  • Tommy Lee Jones in Heaven & Earth (1993)

    23. Heaven & Earth

    19932h 20mR
    6.8 (16K)
    During the Vietnam War, a Vietnamese woman struggles hustling on the streets, where she comes face to face with those involved in the conflict around her.
    DirectorOliver StoneStarsHiep Thi LeTommy Lee JonesHaing S. Ngor
  • Danny Glover and Gene Hackman in Bat*21 (1988)

    24. Bat*21

    19881h 45mR58Metascore
    6.5 (10K)
    During the Vietnam War, Colonel Hambleton's aircraft is shot down over enemy territory and a frantic rescue operation ensues.
    DirectorPeter MarkleStarsGene HackmanDanny GloverJerry Reed
  • 84C MoPic (1989)

    25. 84C MoPic

    19891h 35mR
    6.8 (2.1K)
    The title refers to the U.S. Army's former "MOS" (job code) for a combat cameraman. The story follows a unit of American G.I.s in Vietnam, all with different backgrounds and motives for being there, through the lens of his camera.
    DirectorPatrick Sheane DuncanStarsJonathan EmersonNicholas CasconeJason Tomlins

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