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Vietnam War Movies

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  • Robin Williams in Good Morning, Vietnam (1987)

    1. 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
  • Marlon Brando and Martin Sheen in Apocalypse Now (1979)

    2. 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
  • 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
  • Catherine Deneuve in Indochine (1992)

    4. Indochine

    19922h 40mPG-13
    7.0 (11K)
    Eliane adopts Camille, whose Vietnamese parents were friends. In 1930, a French navy officer is interested in Eliane (owns 60km2 plantation) and later in Camille. There's an uprising in Vietnam against French colonial power.
    DirectorRégis WargnierStarsCatherine DeneuveVincent PerezLinh-Dan Pham
  • Last Days in Vietnam (2014)

    5. Last Days in Vietnam

    20141h 38mNot Rated86Metascore
    7.6 (4.2K)
    During the final days of the Vietnam War, North Vietnamese forces closed in on Saigon as South Vietnamese resistance crumbled. An unlikely group of heroes emerged as Americans and South Vietnamese took matters into their own hands.
    DirectorRory KennedyStarsRichard NixonHenry KissingerStuart Herrington
  • Kieu Chinh, Long Nguyen, and Diem Lien in Journey from the Fall (2006)

    6. Journey from the Fall

    20062h 15mR70Metascore
    7.2 (963)
    Thirteen years after the end of the Vietnam War, a family who was tragically affected by the war are forced to emigrate to America.
    DirectorHam TranStarsKieu ChinhLong NguyenDiem Lien
  • Full Metal Jacket (1987)

    7. 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
  • The Abandoned Field: Free Fire Zone (1979)

    8. The Abandoned Field: Free Fire Zone

    19791h 30m
    7.1 (167)
    The story of a young man and his wife who struggle to survive against a hostile force intent upon driving them out of their home in the swamps of the Mekong Delta.
    DirectorHong Sen NguyenStarsToi LamThuy An NguyenDe Xuan
  • Vietnam in HD (2011)

    9. Vietnam in HD

    20116 epsTV Mini Series
    8.3 (1.7K)
    Original Vietnam War footage presented in high definition along with narrations by war veterans and the voices of Hollywood stars.
    StarsTempestt BledsoeEdward BurnsDean Cain
  • Rescue Dawn (2006)

    10. 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
  • The Vietnam War (2017)

    11. The Vietnam War

    201710 epsTV-MATV Mini Series
    9.1 (31K)
    A comprehensive history of the United States' involvement in the bitterly divisive armed conflict in Southeast Asia.
    StarsPeter CoyoteHuy DucJames Willbanks
  • Lan Huong Nguyen and Anh The in The Little Girl of Hanoi (1974)

    12. The Little Girl of Hanoi

    19741h 12m
    7.1 (247)
    A young Vietnamse girl must find her lost family after her city was destroyed by US's bombing campaign in 1972.
    DirectorHai NinhStarsGiang TraAnh TheXuan Kim
  • Dung dot (2009)

    13. Dung dot

    20091h 40m
    6.9 (126)
    In the spring of 2005, an old mother living in Hanoi receives a diary. The diary carries the notes of a young woman doctor who worked at a national liberation front hospital for two years starting in 1968 until her death. The diary was first discovered by a US military officer, who kept it for 35 years. The diary was then published in Vietnam and caused a sensation. The long moving journey linking Vietnam with the US is depicted through a true story adapted by Dan Nyat Minh, one of Vietnam's top film directors.
    DirectorDang Nhat MinhStarsMinh HuongTina DuongMichael Jarmus
  • Michael Caine, Brendan Fraser, and Do Thi Hai Yen in The Quiet American (2002)

    14. The Quiet American

    20021h 41mR84Metascore
    7.0 (30K)
    An old British reporter vies with a young U.S. doctor for the affections of a beautiful Vietnamese woman.
    DirectorPhillip NoyceStarsMichael CaineBrendan FraserDo Thi Hai Yen
  • Robert De Niro in The Deer Hunter (1978)

    15. 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
  • Tom Hanks in Forrest Gump (1994)

    16. Forrest Gump

    19942h 22mPG-1382Metascore
    8.8 (2.4M)
    The history of the United States from the 1950s to the '70s unfolds from the perspective of an Alabama man with an IQ of 75, who yearns to be reunited with his childhood sweetheart.
    DirectorRobert ZemeckisStarsTom HanksRobin WrightGary Sinise
  • Hamburger Hill (1987)

    17. 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
  • Michael J. Fox and Sean Penn in Casualties of War (1989)

    18. 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
  • The White Silk Dress (2006)

    19. The White Silk Dress

    20062h 22m
    7.5 (619)
    Wartime epic involving a poverty-stricken family who struggle to make ends meet, and the mother who does the unthinkable to provide her daughters with the traditional silk dresses required to attend school.
    DirectorLuu HuynhStarsThien Tu TranTruong Ngoc AnhKhanh Quoc Nguyen
  • Vi tuyen 17 ngày và dem (1972)

    20. Vi tuyen 17 ngày và dem

    19723h
    7.9 (78)
    Following the Geneva Agreement in 1954, the Ben Hai River, at the 17th parallel, became the military demarcation line that separated Vietnam into two states. The lives of people on both sides of the river were severely affected, with many being separated from their families. The young Chi Diu, who lives south of the river, is separated from her husband, who worked in the north.
    DirectorHai NinhStarsMang Long DaoBa Loc DuongDoan Duong
  • Da 5 Bloods (2020)

    21. Da 5 Bloods

    20202h 34mR82Metascore
    6.5 (56K)
    Four black veterans battle the forces of man and nature when they return to Vietnam seeking the remains of their fallen squad leader and the gold fortune he helped them hide.
    DirectorSpike LeeStarsDelroy LindoJonathan MajorsClarke Peters
  • When the Tenth Month Comes (1984)

    22. When the Tenth Month Comes

    19841h 25m
    7.6 (572)
    Duyen faces a daily struggle to care for her young son and her weakened father-in-law, while keeping secret the fact that her husband died in a battle during the war.
    DirectorDang Nhat MinhStarsVân LêLuu Viet Bao DangYen Hoang
  • Mel Gibson in We Were Soldiers (2002)

    23. 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

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