Vietnam war movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant vietnam war movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out serious, realistic, rough, cult film, bleak and intense films and TV shows about / with vietnam war, military, war, soldier, death, brutality, culture clash, weapons, helicopter and anti war plots mostly in Drama, War and Action genres shot in USA, UK, France and other countries.
vietnam war
TOP 10 movies tagged as vietnam war: Born on the Fourth of July (1989), Heaven & Earth (1993), Apocalypse Now (1979), Tour of Duty (1987), We Were Soldiers (2002), The Siege of Firebase Gloria (1988), Full Metal Jacket (1987), Missing in Action (1984), The Green Berets (1968), First Blood (1982).
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List of vietnam war movies
Genre: Biography, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 145 min.
Story:
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 he fought for.
Style:
disturbing, realistic, emotional, factual, intense ...
Plot:
vietnam war, anti war, politics, disability, military, fighting the system, war, wartime, handicapped, desert, vietnam veteran, u.s. military ...
Time:
70s, 60s, 50s, 80s, year 1970 ...
Place:
vietnam, the philippines, texas, iraq, new york ...
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Genre: Action, Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: USA, France
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
Le Ly lives in a small Vietnamese village whose serenity is shattered when war breaks out. Caught between the Viet Cong and the South Vietnamese army, the village is all but destroyed. After being both brutalized and raped, Le Ly resolves to flee. ...
Style:
emotional, psychological, realistic, intense, bleak ...
Plot:
vietnam war, survival, war crime, interracial relations, military, redemption, village, life is a bitch, haunted by the past, crumbling marriage, opposites attract, culture clash ...
Time:
90s
Place:
vietnam, iraq, california, asia, saigon
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, War
Country: USA
Duration: 147 min.
Story:
At the height of the Vietnam war, Captain Benjamin Willard is sent on a dangerous mission that, officially, "does not exist, nor will it ever exist." His goal is to locate - and eliminate - a mysterious Green Beret Colonel named Walter ...
Style:
psychological, bleak, atmospheric, disturbing, surreal ...
Plot:
vietnam war, insanity, jungle, anti war, mission, military, violence, army, soldier, violent, war, secret mission ...
Time:
20th century, 60s, year 1969
Place:
vietnam, cambodia, asia, the philippines, southeast asia
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Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 47 min.
TV show
Story:
The trials of a U.S. Army platoon serving in the field during the Vietnam War.
Style:
rough, realistic, serious, bleak
Plot:
vietnam war, jungle warfare, war, battles, military, soldier, survival, innocence lost, heroes, state affairs, politics, idealism ...
Time:
60s, 20th century
Place:
vietnam, asia
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Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: Australia
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Vietnam War, 1966. Australia and New Zealand send troops to support the United States and South Vietnamese in their fight against the communist North. Soldiers are very young men, recruits and volunteers who have never been involved in a combat. On ...
Style:
suspenseful, disturbing, tense, rough, perverse ...
Plot:
vietnam war, war, military, soldier, fight, brutality, world war two, struggle for survival, gunfight, murder, suspense, showdown ...
Time:
60s, 20th century
Place:
vietnam, australia
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Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
Country: France, Germany, USA
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
The story of the first major battle of the American phase of the Vietnam War and the soldiers on both sides that fought it.
Style:
serious, factual, emotional, realistic, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
military, vietnam war, war, battles, soldier, battlefield, heroic mission, military life, death, wartime, justice, anti war ...
Time:
60s, 20th century, 2000s
Place:
vietnam, asia, usa, iraq
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Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: Australia, USA, Philippines
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A Marine patrol stops at Firebase Gloria at the start of the Tet Offensive during the Vietnam war. With the firebase attacked, the patrol remains to help defend it. The Marines barely hold off the VC (Viet Cong), but in the end, hold the base.
Style:
serious, rough, suspenseful, realistic, cult film
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
vietnam war, military, siege, sergeant, battles, survival, war, escapades, soldier, military base, against the odds, heroic mission ...
Time:
20th century, 60s
Place:
vietnam, asia
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
A pragmatic U.S. Marine observes the dehumanizing effects the U.S.-Vietnam War has on his fellow recruits from their brutal boot camp training to the bloody street fighting in Hue.
Style:
disturbing, bleak, psychological, clever, tense ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night
Plot:
military, vietnam war, war, anti war, soldier, suicide, boot camp, military life, sniper, suspense, infantry, violence ...
Time:
60s, year 1968, year 1967, 20th century, 80s
Place:
vietnam, asia, south carolina
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
American servicemen are still being held captive in Vietnam and it's up to one man to bring them home in this blistering, fast-paced action/adventure starring martial arts superstar Chuck Norris.Following a daring escape from a Vietnamese POW ...
Style:
exciting, intense, rough, suspenseful, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly
Plot:
vietnam war, jungle, martial arts, military, one man army, heroes, suspense, fight scenes, justice, rescue, heroic mission, military life ...
Time:
80s
Place:
vietnam, the philippines, thailand, asia, saigon ...
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 142 min.
Story:
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
Style:
realistic, serious, thought provoking, captivating, sentimental ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, boys' night
Plot:
vietnam war, war, green beret, propaganda, military, jungle, culture clash, politics, soldier, battlefield, journalism, u.s. military ...
Time:
80s
Place:
vietnam, iraq, asia
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259K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
When former Green Beret John Rambo is harassed by local law enforcement and arrested for vagrancy, the Vietnam vet snaps, runs for the hills and rat-a-tat-tats his way into the action-movie hall of fame. Hounded by a relentless sheriff, Rambo ...
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, serious, tense, bloody ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night, teens
Plot:
gunfight, vietnam war, soldier, tough heroes, one man army, police brutality, escape, vietnam veteran, lone wolves, tough guy, manhunt, chase ...
Time:
70s, 80s, 20th century
Place:
vietnam, washington state, usa, arizona
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
During the Vietnam War, a soldier finds himself the outsider of his own squad when they unnecessarily kidnap a female villager. Based on the actual events of an incident on Hill 192 in November, 1966.
Style:
rough, disturbing, emotional, realistic, intense ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
vietnam war, soldier, military, war crime, pow, anti war, war, rape, murder, jungle, atrocity, brutality ...
Time:
20th century, 60s, year 1966, 70s, year 1974
Place:
vietnam, asia, california, san francisco
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420K
Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
As a young and naive recruit in Vietnam, Chris Taylor faces a moral crisis when confronted with the horrors of war and the duality of man.
Style:
rough, realistic, epic, disturbing, atmospheric ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night
Plot:
vietnam war, military, soldier, battles, battlefield, squad, war, anti war, jungle warfare, combat, violent, jungle ...
Time:
year 1967, year 1968, 60s, 20th century
Place:
vietnam, the philippines, southeast asia, asia
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
U.S. Navy pilot Lt. Jake Grafton and his bombardier buddy, Lt. Cmdr. Virgil Cole, are two soldiers embedded in the Vietnam War growing frustrated by the military's constraints on their missions. Despite the best efforts of their commanding ...
Style:
intense, entertaining, clever, unusual plot structure, feel good ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, boys' night
Plot:
vietnam war, military, war, bomber, pilot, suspense, airplane, bombing, u.s. navy, fight scenes, fantasy world, courage ...
Time:
70s
Place:
vietnam, europe, asia, china, france ...
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 183 min.
Story:
A group of working-class friends decides to enlist in the Army during the Vietnam War and finds it to be hellish chaos -- not the noble venture they imagined. Before they left, Steven married his pregnant girlfriend -- and Michael and Nick were in ...
Style:
epic, depressing, psychological, bleak, emotional ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
vietnam war, russian roulette, anti war, escape, friendship, suicide, hunting, small town, wedding, homecoming, war, gambling ...
Time:
20th century, 60s
Place:
vietnam, pennsylvania, asia, usa, saigon ...
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A cameraman embedded with a reconnaissance patrol charts their mission across territory controlled by the Vietnamese. An impressively naturalistic Vietnam film. Impressive performance by unknown actors in this low-budget Vietnam drama. The story is ...
Style:
rough, realistic, serious, bleak, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
vietnam war, military, found footage, survival, escapades, anti war, against the odds, battles, military life, heroic mission, jungle, cult ...
Time:
60s
Place:
vietnam, asia
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
The incredible true story of Vietnam War hero William H. Pitsenbarger, a U.S. Air Force Pararescuemen medic who personally saved over sixty men. Thirty-two years later, Pentagon staffer Scott Huffman investigates a Congressional Medal of Honor ...
Style:
sincere, disturbing, tense, psychological, captivating
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
vietnam war, military, war violence, jungle, heroes, dying, heroism, saving a life, death, investigation, thanksgiving, self sacrifice ...
Time:
year 1999, year 1969
Place:
vietnam, washington d.c.
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Lt. Col. Iceal "Ham" Hambleton is a weapons countermeasures expert and when his aircraft is shot over enemy territory the Air Force very much wants to get him back. Hambleton knows the area he's in is going to be carpet-bombed but a ...
Style:
realistic, harsh, serious, exciting, suspenseful ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night
Plot:
vietnam war, military, war, jungle, golf, survival, rescue, suspense, against the odds, daring rescue, soldier, battles ...
Place:
vietnam, iraq, asia
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
West Point graduate lieutenant Jeff Knight meets cynicism when taking command of sergeant Michael McNamara's tour veterans platoon in a Vietnamese trench camp. Unlike his predecessor, who hid till the end of his tour, Jeff takes charge, ...
Style:
exciting, serious, realistic, rough, cult film
Plot:
vietnam war, vietcong, military, war, us military, self discovery, heroes, escapades, soldier, jungle, infantrymen, abuse ...
Place:
vietnam, asia
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: UK
Duration: 141 min.
Story:
The Killing Fields tells the real-life story of a friendship between two journalists, an American and a Cambodian, during the bloody Khmer Rouge takeover of Cambodia in 1975, which led to the death of 2-3 million Cambodians during the next four ...
Style:
disturbing, rough, emotional, political, tense ...
Plot:
journalism, genocide, vietnam war, war, photographer, brutality, friendship, anti war, politics, reporter, escape attempt, khmer rouge ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, 80s, year 1984
Place:
cambodia, vietnam, iraq, asia, new york
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465
Genre: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
A trio of soldiers vow revenge on their platoon when they are left behind enemy lines. When they come across a missing contingent in a Vietnamese village, alliances dissolve and each step forward will come with a price.
Style:
captivating, psychological, serious, tense
Plot:
vietnam war, racial tension, commander, anti war, military life, battle zone, battles, u.s. army, rescue, soldier, battlefield, brutality ...
Time:
60s
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Based on the diary of an unknown Viet Cong soldier, this film provides a sympathetic look at a Viet Cong soldier who protected a captured American soldier whom he believed did not kill him when the American had the opportunity. Written by John ...
Style:
rough, suspenseful, realistic, exciting, serious ...
Plot:
vietnam war, war, confined, captivity, military life, battles, life is a bitch, rebellion, on the run, espionage, anti war, wartime life ...
Place:
vietnam, asia
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Sidney J. Furie's The Veteran is a respectable straight-to-DVD movie that was headed for the "pleasant surprise" category before self-destructing with a terrible, out-of-the-blue ending.
Style:
serious, psychological, realistic, rough, suspenseful ...
Plot:
vietnam war, vietnam veteran, soldier, vengeance, confined, politics, war, friendship, haunted by the past, state affairs, innocence lost, military ...
Place:
vietnam, asia
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Go Tell the Spartans is a 1978 American war film based on Daniel Ford's 1967 novel "Incident at Muc Wa." It tells the story about U.S. Army military advisers during the early part of the Vietnam War. Led my Major Asa Barker, these ...
Style:
rough, serious, bleak, realistic, gloomy ...
Plot:
vietnam war, military, war, military life, haunted by the past, battles, political unrest, hopes, soldier, idealism, mercenary, rescue ...
Time:
60s, 20th century, 70s, year 1964
Place:
vietnam, asia
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Hong Kong, USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Set in postwar America, a man watches his seemingly perfect life fall apart as his daughter's new political affiliation threatens to destroy their family.
Style:
emotional, rough, thought provoking
Audience:
teens
Plot:
vietnam war, terrorism, social criticism, husband wife relationship, father daughter relationship, bombing, hopelessness, parent child relationship, teenage girl, hiding, dysfunctional family, infidelity ...
Time:
60s, 70s
Place:
usa
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24K
Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Two young men are seriously affected by the Vietnam war. One of them has always been obsessed with birds - but now believes he really is a bird, and has been sent to a mental hospital. Can his friend help him pull through?
Style:
depressing, emotional, thought provoking, realistic, psychological ...
Plot:
vietnam war, mental illness, obsession, bird, psychology, best friend, war, military, psychiatry, friendship, mental institution, flashback ...
Time:
year 1984, 60s, 20th century
Place:
vietnam, usa, asia, atlantic city new jersey, philadelphia
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Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
A sergeant must deal with his desires to save the lives of young soldiers being sent to Vietnam. Continuously denied the chance to teach the soldiers about his experiences, he settles for trying to help the son of an old army buddy.
Style:
realistic, intense, harsh, bleak, serious ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
vietnam war, military, war, soldier, politics, justice, military life, civil war, wartime, casualty of war, life is a bitch, wartime life ...
Time:
20th century, 60s, year 1968
Place:
washington d.c., vietnam, iraq, usa
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
The men of Bravo Company are facing a battle that's all uphill… up Hamburger Hill. Fourteen war-weary soldiers are battling for a mud-covered mound of earth so named because it chews up soldiers like chopped meat. They are fighting for their ...
Style:
realistic, bloody, brutal, disturbing, harsh ...
Audience:
manly
Plot:
vietnam war, soldier, military, war, combat, anti war, jungle, gunfight, insanity, survival, battles, world war two ...
Time:
60s, 20th century, year 1969
Place:
vietnam, the philippines, asia
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: USA
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
John, a disillusioned Vietnam War journalist, turns to heroin smuggling. He cons Ray, an equally burnt out veteran into delivering the drugs stateside to his wife. Everything soon falls apart and Ray ends up on the run with John's wife trying ...
Style:
suspenseful, tense, serious, neo noir, exciting ...
Plot:
vietnam war, chase, heroin, on the run, drug trade, suspense, greed, police corruption, drugs, homecoming, law enforcement, journalism ...
Time:
20th century, 70s, 60s
Place:
vietnam, los angeles, california, asia, san francisco ...
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108K
Genre: Adventure, Biography, War
Country: USA, Luxembourg
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
A US Fighter pilot's epic struggle of survival after being shot down on a mission over Laos during the Vietnam War.
Style:
suspenseful, bleak, tense, harsh, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
vietnam war, survival, pow, soldier, war, prison, jungle, camp, prison escape, violence, military, human spirit ...
Time:
70s, 60s, 20th century, year 1965
Place:
vietnam, laos, asia
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