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1969
1969 is a 1988 drama film starring Robert Downey, Jr., Kiefer Sutherland, and Winona Ryder. It was written and directed by Ernest Thompson. The original music score is composed by Michael Small. The film deals with the Vietnam War and the resulting...
Initial release date:
- Nov 18, 1988
Directed by:
Air America
Air America is a 1990 American action comedy film directed by Roger Spottiswoode, starring Mel Gibson and Robert Downey Jr. as Air America pilots, during the Vietnam War, flying missions in Laos. The protagonists discover their planes are used by...
Initial release date:
- Aug 10, 1990
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Apocalypse Now
Apocalypse Now is a 1979 American epic war film set during the Vietnam War, directed and produced by Francis Ford Coppola and starring Marlon Brando, Robert Duvall, and Martin Sheen. The central character is US Army special operations officer...
Initial release date:
- May 10, 1979
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Tagline:
- The Horror. . . The Horror. . .
Birdy
Birdy is a 1984 American film directed by Alan Parker and starring Matthew Modine and Nicolas Cage. It is based on the novel of the same name by William Wharton.
Two teenagers, Birdy (Modine) and Al (Cage), become friends at school and serve in...
Initial release date:
- Dec 14, 1984
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Bullet in the Head
Bullet in the Head (simplified Chinese: 喋血街头; traditional Chinese: 喋血街頭) is a 1990 Hong Kong action film written, produced, edited and directed by John Woo (who played Police Inspector), starring Tony Leung, Jacky Cheung, Waise Lee and Simon Yam.
In...
Initial release date:
- Aug 17, 1990
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Casualties of War
Casualties of War is a 1989 war drama directed by Brian De Palma, with a screenplay by David Rabe, based on the actual events of the incident on Hill 192 in 1966 during the Vietnam War. It starred Michael J. Fox and Sean Penn.
An article written by...
Initial release date:
- Aug 18, 1989
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Coming Home
Coming Home is a 1978 drama film directed by Hal Ashby and starring Jane Fonda, Jon Voight and Bruce Dern. The screenplay, written by Robert C. Jones, Waldo Salt, Nancy Dowd and Rudy Wurlitzer (uncredited), is based loosely on the novel of the same...
Initial release date:
- Feb 15, 1978
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Tagline:
- A man who believed in war! A man who believed in nothing! And a woman who believed in both of them!
Dead Presidents
Dead Presidents is a 1995 American crime film written by Michael Henry Brown and also written, produced and directed by the Hughes brothers (Albert and Allen Hughes), starring Larenz Tate, Keith David, Chris Tucker, Freddy Rodriguez, N'Bushe Wright...
Initial release date:
- Oct 4, 1995
Tagline:
- In this daring heist, the only color that counts is green.
Dien Bien Phu
Diên Biên Phu (French for Điện Biên Phủ) is a 1992 film written and directed by French veteran Pierre Schoendoerffer. With its huge budget, all-star cast, and realistic war scenes produced with the cooperation of the French and Vietnamese armies,...
Initial release date:
- Mar 4, 1992
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Distant Thunder
Distant Thunder is a 1988 American drama film directed by Rick Rosenthal and starring John Lithgow and Ralph Macchio.
The film tells the story of troubled Vietnam war veteran Mark Lambert (John Lithgow), who, upon returning home from the war,...
Initial release date:
- 1988
Directed by:
Flight of the Intruder
Flight of the Intruder is a 1991 film directed by John Milius, which is based on the novel of the same name by A-6 Intruder pilot Stephen Coonts. The film stars Danny Glover as Commander Frank 'Dooke' Camparelli, Willem Dafoe as Lieutenant Commander...
Initial release date:
- Jan 18, 1991
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Tagline:
- The only thing they can count on is each other.
Forrest Gump
Forrest Gump is a 1994 American epic comedy-drama romance film based on the 1986 novel of the same name by Winston Groom. The film was directed by Robert Zemeckis, starring Tom Hanks, Robin Wright and Gary Sinise. The story depicts several decades...
Initial release date:
- Jun 23, 1994
Directed by:
Tagline:
- The world will never be the same once you've seen it through the eyes of Forrest Gump. ,
- more…
Full Metal Jacket
Full Metal Jacket is a 1987 war film produced, directed and co-written by Stanley Kubrick. It is an adaptation of the 1979 novel The Short-Timers by Gustav Hasford and stars Matthew Modine, Vincent D'Onofrio, R. Lee Ermey, Arliss Howard and Adam...
Initial release date:
- Jun 17, 1987
Directed by:
Tagline:
- In Vietnam The Wind Doesn't Blow It Sucks ,
- more…
Gamma Squad
Expendable, renamed from Gamma Squad for its premiere on June 14, 2004, is a film by Catman Do Films that was directed by Nathaniel Barker and Eliot Lash; it is an independent film.
There has been much public controversy as to whether or not this...
Initial release date:
- Jun 14, 2004
Go Tell the Spartans
Go Tell the Spartans is a 1978 American war film based on Daniel Ford's 1967 novel Incident at Muc Wa, about U.S. Army military advisors during the early part of the Vietnam War in 1964, a time when Ford was a correspondent in Vietnam for The Nation...
Initial release date:
- 1978
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Good Morning, Vietnam
Good Morning, Vietnam is a 1987 American war-comedy film set in Saigon during the Vietnam War, starring Robin Williams as a radio DJ on Armed Forces Radio Service (AFRS), who proves hugely popular with the troops serving in South Vietnam, but...
Initial release date:
- Dec 23, 1987
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Hair
Hair is a 1979 American film adaptation of the 1968 Broadway musical of the same name about a Vietnam war draftee who meets and befriends a tribe of long-haired hippies on his way to the army induction center. The hippies introduce him to their...
Initial release date:
- Mar 14, 1979
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Tagline:
- Let the sun shine in . . . all over again!
Hamburger Hill
Hamburger Hill is a 1987 American war film about the actual assault of the U.S. Army's 3rd Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, part of the 3rd Brigade, 101st Airborne Division 'Screaming Eagles', on a well-fortified position, including trenchworks...
Initial release date:
- Aug 28, 1987
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Heaven & Earth
Heaven & Earth is a 1993 war film directed and written by Oliver Stone, and starring Tommy Lee Jones, Haing S. Ngor, Joan Chen, and Hiep Thi Le. It is the third film in Stone's Vietnam War trilogy, which also included Platoon (1986) and Born on the...
Initial release date:
- Dec 13, 1993
Directed by:
Tagline:
- From Vietnam to America, one woman's journey from hope, to love, to discovery. ,
- more…
In Country
In Country is a 1989 American drama film produced and directed by Norman Jewison, starring Bruce Willis and Emily Lloyd. The screenplay by Frank Pierson and Cynthia Cidre was based on the novel by Bobbie Ann Mason. The original music score was...
Initial release date:
- Sep 29, 1989
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Off Limits
Off Limits is a 1988 action-thriller film set during the Vietnam War starring Willem Dafoe and Gregory Hines and directed by Christopher Crowe. The term "off limits" referred to the area where the original crime took place, an area of Saigon off...
Initial release date:
- Mar 11, 1988
Tagline:
- Being a cop is tough. But in Saigon, 1968, being a cop is crazy.
Operation Dumbo Drop
Operation Dumbo Drop is a 1995 American comedy film directed by Simon Wincer that explores war, politics, and animal welfare. The storyline was conceived from a screenplay written by Gene Quintano and Jim Kouf; based on a true story as depicted by...
Initial release date:
- Jul 28, 1995
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Tagline:
- Five tons of Disney fun! ,
- more…
Platoon
Platoon is a 1986 American war film written and directed by Oliver Stone and stars Tom Berenger, Willem Dafoe and Charlie Sheen. It is the first of Stone's Vietnam War trilogy, followed by 1989's Born on the Fourth of July and 1993's Heaven & Earth....
Initial release date:
- Dec 19, 1986
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Tagline:
- The first casualty of war is innocence.
R-Point
R-Point (알 포인트) is a 2004 Korean horror film written and directed by Kong Su-chang and starring Gam Wu-seong and Son Byung-ho. It is set in 1972 Vietnam, during the Vietnam War. However, most of the movie was shot in Cambodia. Bokor Hill Station...
Initial release date:
- Aug 13, 2004
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Rescue Dawn
Rescue Dawn is a 2007 war drama film directed by Werner Herzog, based on an adapted screenplay written from his acclaimed 1997 documentary, Little Dieter Needs to Fly. The film stars Christian Bale, and is based on the true story of German-American...
Initial release date:
- Sep 9, 2006
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Tagline:
- A true story of survival... declassified.
Rolling Thunder
Rolling Thunder is a 1977 film starring William Devane and Tommy Lee Jones. The film was directed by John Flynn. The screenplay was by Paul Schrader and Heywood Gould.
In 1973, Major Charles Rane (Devane) returning home to a small Texas town with...
Initial release date:
- 1977
Directed by:
Some Kind of Hero
Some Kind of Hero is a 1982 film starring Richard Pryor as a returning Vietnam War veteran having trouble adjusting to civilian life. Soon he is involved in an organized crime heist. It was directed by Michael Pressman. Although James Kirkwood and...
Initial release date:
- Apr 2, 1982
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The Deer Hunter
The Deer Hunter is a 1978 drama film directed and co-written by Michael Cimino about a trio of Russian American steel worker friends and their infantry service in the Vietnam War. The film stars Robert De Niro, Christopher Walken, John Savage, John...
Initial release date:
- Dec 8, 1978
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The Fog of War: Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara
The Fog of War: Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara is a 2003 American documentary film about the life and times of former U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara as well as illustrating his observations of the nature of modern...
Initial release date:
- Dec 19, 2003
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The Green Berets
The Green Berets is a 1968 American war film featuring John Wayne, George Takei, David Janssen, Jim Hutton and Aldo Ray, nominally based on the eponymous 1965 book by Robin Moore, though the screenplay has little relation to the book.
Thematically,...
Initial release date:
- Jul 4, 1968
The Odd Angry Shot
Based on the novel of the same name by William L. Nagle, The Odd Angry Shot is a film following the experience of Australian soldiers during the Vietnam War. It traces the departure and tour of duty of an Australian Special Air Service Regiment...
Initial release date:
- 1979
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The Quiet American
The Quiet American is a 2002 film adaptation of Graham Greene's bestselling novel of the same name. It was directed by Phillip Noyce and starred Michael Caine, Brendan Fraser, and Do Thi Hai Yen.
The 2002 version of The Quiet American, in contrast...
Initial release date:
- 2002
Directed by:
Tigerland
Tigerland is a 2000 war drama film directed by Joel Schumacher starring Colin Farrell in the role of Private Roland Bozz, and takes place in a training camp for soldiers to be sent to the Vietnam War.
Tigerland was the name of a U.S. Army training...
Initial release date:
- Oct 6, 2000
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Uncommon Valor
Uncommon Valor is a 1983 action/war film written by Joe Gayton and directed by Ted Kotcheff, about a Marine officer who puts together a team to try to rescue his son, who he believes is among those still held in Laos after the Vietnam War. The film...
Initial release date:
- Dec 16, 1983
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Tagline:
- Seven men with one thing in common...
We Were Soldiers
We Were Soldiers is a 2002 American war film that dramatizes the Battle of Ia Drang on November 14, 1965. The film was directed by Randall Wallace and stars Mel Gibson. It is based on the book We Were Soldiers Once… And Young by Lieutenant General ...
Initial release date:
- Feb 25, 2002
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Tagline:
- Fathers, Brothers, Husbands & Sons.
The Ninth Configuration
The Ninth Configuration, (also known as Twinkle, Twinkle, "Killer" Kane) is a 1980 American film directed by William Peter Blatty. The film is based on Blatty's novel, The Ninth Configuration (1978) which was itself a reworking of an earlier version...
Initial release date:
- Feb 29, 1980
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Tagline:
- How Do You Fight A War Called Madness? ,
- more…
Jacob's Ladder
Jacob's Ladder is a 1990 American psychological thriller/horror film directed by Adrian Lyne, based on a screenplay by Bruce Joel Rubin.
Jacob Singer (Tim Robbins) is a U.S. soldier deployed in the Mekong Delta during the Vietnam War. When the story...
Initial release date:
- Nov 2, 1990
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Tagline:
- The most frightening thing about Jacob Singer's nightmare is that he isn't dreaming.
Bat*21
Bat*21 is a 1988 film directed by Peter Markle, and adapted from the book by William Charles Anderson. Set during the Vietnam War, the film is a dramatization based on the true, costly, and controversial rescue of a U.S. navigator officer from North...
Initial release date:
- 1988
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Tagline:
- Trapped behind enemy lines. A whole army after him... And only one man can save him.
Nam's Angels
Nam's Angels is a 1970 action film, that was filmed in the Philippines. This film was directed by Jack Starrett. This film was originally released with the title, The Losers.
The plot involves a gang of Hells Angels type bikers called "The Devil's...
Initial release date:
- 1970
Directed by:
Tagline:
- It's The "Dirty Bunch" On Wheels!
The Foot Shooting Party
The Foot Shooting Party is a 1994 short film about conscription for the Vietnam War. It was written by Kenneth F. Carter and directed by Annette Haywood-Carter. Starring Leonardo DiCaprio, the film was made as part of a short-lived program at...
Initial release date:
- 1994
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The War at Home
The War at Home is a 1996 motion picture starring Emilio Estevez, Kathy Bates, and Martin Sheen. Estevez also directed the film and also served as co-producer.
Estevez plays Jeremy Collier, a returning Vietnam War hero whose experiences leave him...
Initial release date:
- 1996
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The Uncounted Enemy
The Uncounted Enemy: A Vietnam Deception was a controversial television documentary aired as part of the CBS Reports series on January 23, 1982. The 90-minute program, produced by George Crile III and narrated by Mike Wallace, asserted that in 1967...
Initial release date:
- Jan 23, 1982
The Anderson Platoon
The Anderson Platoon (French: La Section Anderson) is a documentary feature by Pierre Schoendoerffer about the Vietnam War. Two decades later, a sequel was released as Reminiscence.
In summer 1966, France Soir news magazine director and French...
Initial release date:
- 1967
Directed by:
Missing in Action
Missing in Action is a 1984 action B-movie directed by Joseph Zito and starring Chuck Norris. It is set in the context of the Vietnam War POW/MIA issue. Colonel Braddock, who escaped a Vietnamese prisoner of war camp 10 years earlier, returns to...
Initial release date:
- 1984
84C MoPic
84C MoPic (also known as 84 Charlie MoPic) is a 1988 American independent war film drama by Patrick Sheane Duncan.
The film is created as a mock-up documentary of a Long Range Reconnaissance Patrol (LRRP) mission during the Vietnam War. The point of...
Initial release date:
- Apr 7, 1989
Directed by:
The Last Full Measure
The Last Full Measure is a 2004 short film written and directed by Alexandra Kerry, daughter of U.S. Democratic Senator John Kerry. Set in 1973, during the Vietnam War, it explores the emotions of a nine-year-old girl awaiting her father's return...
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A Better Tomorrow 3
A Better Tomorrow 3: Love & Death in Saigon (Chinese: 英雄本色3-夕陽之歌; pinyin: Yīngxióng běnsè sān – xīyáng zhī gē; Jyutping: Jing1hung4 bun2sik1 saam – zik6joeng4 zi1 go1) is a 1989 Hong Kong action film co-produced and directed by Tsui Hark. It is a...
Initial release date:
- 1989
Directed by:
The Ballad of Andy Crocker
The Ballad of Andy Crocker is the title of a 1969 American made-for-television film which was first broadcast by ABC.
The film tells the story of a young man's struggle to reclaim his life after fighting in the Vietnam War. It approaches a surreal,...
Initial release date:
- Nov 18, 1969
Directed by:
Across the Universe
At once gritty, whimsical and highly theatrical, Revolution Studios’ Across the Universe is a groundbreaking movie musical, springing from the imagination of renowned writer-director Julie Taymor (Frida, Titus, and the Broadway smash hit musical ...
Initial release date:
- Sep 10, 2007
Directed by:
The Boys in Company "C"
The Boys in Company C, directed by Sidney J. Furie; starring Stan Shaw, Andrew Stevens (in his Golden Globe-nominated performance), Craig Wasson, Santos Morales and Michael Lembeck is a 1978 film about United States Marines in the Vietnam War. It...
Initial release date:
- 1978
Directed by:
White Badge
White Badge is a 1992 South Korean war film directed by Jeong Ji-yeong based on the book White Badge: a novel of Korea by Ahn Junghyo.
It depicts the experience of South Korean soldiers who fought in the Vietnam War alongside American troops. White...
Initial release date:
- 1992
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Free The Army tour
The FTA Tour ("Free The Army"), a play on the troop expression "Fuck The Army", which in turn was a play on the army slogan "Fun, Travel and Adventure") was an anti-Vietnam War road show designed as a response to Bob Hope's USO tour.
It was first...
Initial release date:
- 1972
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Platoon Leader
Platoon Leader is a 1988 Cannon Films film set in the Vietnam War and directed by Aaron Norris; it starred Michael Dudikoff and Michael DeLorenzo and was filmed in South Africa.
The film is about a newly commissioned infantry lieutenant who arrives...
Initial release date:
- 1988
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Tagline:
- War is hell. This was worse...
Gardens of Stone
Gardens of Stone is a 1987 film by Francis Ford Coppola, based on the novel of the same title by Nicholas Proffitt.
A drama, it stars James Caan, Anjelica Huston, James Earl Jones and D. B. Sweeney.
A hardened Korean and Vietnam War veteran,...
Initial release date:
- May 8, 1987
Directed by:
Tagline:
- It was a dangerous time to be young. An impossible time to be a hero.
Missing in Action 2: The Beginning
Missing in Action 2: The Beginning is a 1985 action/adventure film, and a prequel to Missing in Action, both of which star Chuck Norris. It was directed by Lance Hool and written by Steve Bing, Larry Levinson and Arthur Silver.
Missing in Action 2...
Initial release date:
- 1985
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Braddock: Missing in Action III
Braddock: Missing in Action III is a 1988 action/adventure film, and a sequel to Missing in Action, following the second film, Missing in Action 2: The Beginning, which was a prequel. It is the third and final film in the Missing in Action Trilogy....
Initial release date:
- 1988
Directed by:
Tagline:
- He's fighting for everyone who can't fight back.
Thou Shalt Not Kill... Except
Thou Shalt Not Kill... Except, given theatrical release in Detroit as Stryker's War, is an American low budget action / horror film, originally released in 1987. The film was written by Josh Becker and Scott Spiegel, with a story by Becker, actor...
Initial release date:
- 1985
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Word of Honor
Word of Honor is an American television film released in 2003. It is based on the novel by the same name written in 1985 by Nelson DeMille.
18 years after fighting in Vietnam, an ex-Army officer is brought up for war crimes.
Initial release date:
- Dec 6, 2003
Going Back
Going Back is Bruce Campbell's second feature film, produced shortly after The Evil Dead and released in 1983. The film had been extremely rare to acquire for a number of years, due to contract disputes between the director, producer, and the...
Initial release date:
- 2001
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Don't Cry, It's Only Thunder
Don't Cry, It's Only Thunder (also known in Australia as Vietnam: Hell or Glory) is a 1982 film directed by Peter Werner and written by Paul G. Hensler, set in the Vietnam War.
The story centers around Brian Anderson (played by actor Dennis...
Initial release date:
- 1982
