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 realistic, serious, rough, suspenseful, suspense and intense films and TV shows about / with vietnam war, military, war, soldier, battles, war trauma, cold war era, jungle, military life and anti war plots mostly in War, Drama and Action genres shot in USA, UK, Australia and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as vietnam war: Tour of Duty (1987), The Last Full Measure (2019), Casualties of War (1989), Full Metal Jacket (1987), Heaven & Earth (1993), The Veteran (2006), Hamburger Hill (1987), We Were Soldiers (2002), The Siege of Firebase Gloria (1988), Point Man (2018).
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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:
perverse, suspenseful, suspense, tense, disturbing ...
Plot:
vietnam war, war, military, soldier, wartime, fight, battles, danger, brutality, world war two, struggle for survival, murder ...
Time:
60s, 20th century
Place:
vietnam, australia, indochina
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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, serious, realistic, bleak, vintage
Plot:
vietnam war, jungle warfare, battles, war, military, conflict, war trauma, struggle, revolutionary, destruction, cold war, cold war era ...
Time:
20th century, 60s
Place:
vietnam, asia, indochina
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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, tense, captivating, psychological, disturbing ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
vietnam war, war violence, military, jungle, heroes, investigation, dying, saving a life, heroism, death, self sacrifice, thanksgiving ...
Time:
year 1969, year 1999
Place:
vietnam, washington d.c.
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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:
disturbing, rough, emotional, realistic, intense ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
vietnam war, military, rape, pow, soldier, war crime, court martial, anti war, justice, brutality, gang rape, atrocity ...
Time:
20th century, year 1989, year 1966, 60s, year 1974 ...
Place:
vietnam, asia, california, san francisco, indochina
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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:
clever, suspense, visually stunning, bleak, psychological ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night, adult
Plot:
vietnam war, military, war, soldier, anti war, suicide, basic training, boot camp, violence, sniper, military life, brutality ...
Time:
20th century, year 1967, year 1968, year 1987, 60s ...
Place:
vietnam, persia, america, asia, south carolina ...
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Genre: Action, Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: France, USA
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:
psychological, intense, bleak, serious, epic ...
Plot:
vietnam war, rape, interracial relations, military, biopic, redemption, life is a bitch, haunted by the past, crumbling marriage, opposites attract, culture clash, father daughter relationship ...
Time:
90s, year 1993
Place:
vietnam, north america, asia, saigon, indochina ...
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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:
psychological, serious, realistic, suspenseful, rough ...
Plot:
vietnam war, vietnam veteran, gay soldier, soldier, confined, vengeance, politics, haunted by the past, friendship, cold war era, innocence lost, state affairs ...
Place:
asia, vietnam
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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:
cult classic, realistic, black and white, action adventure, independent film ...
Audience:
manly
Plot:
vietnam war, soldier, combat, war, military, jungle, gunfight, anti war, conflict, great war, wartime, battles ...
Time:
20th century, 60s, year 1969
Place:
vietnam, the philippines, asia, indochina
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Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
Country: UK, 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:
factual, heroic, realistic, epic, intense ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly
Plot:
military, vietnam war, war, soldier, battles, battlefield, ambush, military life, heroic mission, infantry, wartime, justice ...
Time:
20th century, year 2002, 60s, 2000s
Place:
vietnam, america, asia, usa, iraq ...
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Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: Australia, USA, Philippines
Duration: 97 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, suspenseful, rough, realistic, independent film
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
vietnam war, vietcong, military, sergeant, siege, battles, survival, escapades, danger, soldier, battle zone, against the odds ...
Time:
20th century, 60s
Place:
vietnam, asia, indochina
Is relevant?
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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, tense, psychological, serious, suspense
Plot:
vietnam war, racial tension, commander, anti war, rescue, military life, battles, soldier, battlefield, u.s. army, battle zone, elimination ...
Time:
60s
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Col. Carradine leads a group of American P.O.W.s, battling their way to freedom as Saigon falls to the Viet Cong.
Style:
independent film, exciting, realistic, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
vietnam war, cannon, cold war era, special forces, conflict, bomb, prisoner of war camp, jungle warfare, battles, violent content, nudity, military ...
Time:
60s, 20th century, year 1973, 70s
Place:
vietnam
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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:
bleak, psychological, cult classic, surreal, sexy ...
Audience:
date night, adult
Plot:
vietnam war, jungle, insanity, anti war, military, army, secret mission, violence, mission, soldier, violent, river ...
Time:
20th century, year 1979, 60s, year 1969
Place:
vietnam, cambodia, southeast asia, asia, the philippines ...
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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:
depressing, epic, psychological, emotional, harsh ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
vietnam war, russian roulette, hunting, anti war, suicide, friendship, small town, wedding, u.s. army, gambling, drunkenness, war crime ...
Time:
20th century, year 1978, post world war two, 60s
Place:
vietnam, pennsylvania, pittsburgh, asia, usa ...
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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:
grindhouse, cult classic, independent film, exciting, rough ...
Plot:
vietnam war, vietcong, military, war, cannon, struggle, revolutionary, real life, revolutionary war, cold war era, revolution, us military ...
Place:
vietnam, asia
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Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: Canada, Germany, South Africa
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
During the Vietnam War [1959-1975] a special US combat unit is sent out to hunt and kill the Viet Cong soldiers in a man-to-man combat in the endless tunnels underneath the jungle of Vietnam. Suicide squads of a special kind.
Style:
serious, realistic, rough, suspense, controversial ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
vietnam war, war, survival, soldier, heroic mission, danger, chaos, military life, escapades, blood, vietcong, american abroad ...
Time:
60s, 20th century
Place:
vietnam, asia
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Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Five young marines on a suicide mission in Vietnam, struggle for survival in a jungle minefield. The mean streets of home did not prepare them for this.
Style:
action adventure, independent film, realistic, serious, biting ...
Plot:
vietnam war, jungle, black, cold war era, interracial, military life, interracial relations, soldier, military, danger, life is a bitch, society ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
vietnam, asia
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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, suspenseful, bleak, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
vietnam war, military, survival, escapades, anti war, against the odds, danger, battles, military life, heroic mission, war trauma, jungle ...
Time:
year 1989, 60s
Place:
vietnam, asia, indochina
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Genre: Adventure, Biography, War
Country: USA, Luxembourg
Duration: 125 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:
tense, suspenseful, bleak, harsh, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
vietnam war, survival, soldier, jungle, pow, prisoner, violence, escape, wilderness, prison, struggle for survival, mission ...
Time:
20th century, year 2006, year 1965, year 1966, 60s ...
Place:
vietnam, laos, iraq, asia, indochina
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Genre: Action, Comedy, War
Country: USA, Netherlands
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Air America was the CIA's private airline operating in Laos during the Vietnam War, running anything and everything from soldiers to foodstuffs for local villagers. After losing his pilot's license, Billy Covington is recruited into it, ...
Style:
exciting, clever, melancholic, light, semi serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
vietnam war, pilot, aviation, heroes, military, destiny, military life, justice, society, idealism, battle zone, war ...
Time:
20th century, year 1969, 60s
Place:
southeast asia, laos, vietnam, cambodia, los angeles ...
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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:
suspense, realistic, serious, rough, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens, chick flick
Plot:
vietnam war, military, fighter jet, fighter pilot, aircraft carrier, u.s. navy, bomber, war, behind enemy lines, self sacrifice, death of friend, pilot ...
Time:
year 1972, year 1991, 70s
Place:
vietnam, france, asia, europe, china ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
Thirteen years after the end of the Vietnam War, a family who was tragically affected by the war are forced to emigrate to America.
Style:
serious, sincere, bleak, inspirational, political ...
Plot:
vietnam war, human spirit, fighting the system, refugee, parents and children, political unrest, re-education, society, tragic hero, hopes, danger, military ...
Time:
70s, 80s, 20th century
Place:
vietnam, asia, usa, california, indochina
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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:
realistic, disturbing, epic, rough, suspense ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night
Plot:
vietnam war, military, soldier, battlefield, battles, squad, jungle warfare, combat, jungle, anti war, violent, conflict ...
Time:
year 1967, year 1986, year 1968, 60s, 20th century
Place:
vietnam, southeast asia, the philippines, america, asia ...
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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, suspense, intense, rough, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly
Plot:
one man army, vietnam war, jungle, martial arts, military, jungle warfare, heroes, justice, fight scenes, war, rescue, military life ...
Time:
80s, 70s
Place:
vietnam, the philippines, thailand, asia, saigon ...
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, War
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Five Green Berets stationed in Vietnam in 1968 grudgingly undertake the mission of a lifetime -- to secretly transport an 8,000-pound elephant through 200 miles of rough jungle terrain. High jinks prevail when Capt. Sam Cahill promises the ...
Style:
road movie, humorous, anamorphic, hilarious, semi serious ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, pre-teens, boys' night, girls' night
Plot:
vietnam war, rescue, culture clash, elephant, military, boy, journey, cargo plane, airplane, chase, politics, friendly fire ...
Time:
year 1968, 20th century, 60s, year 1962
Place:
vietnam, asia, middle east, california
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A group of Vietnam War veterans re-unite to rescue one of their own left behind and taken prisoner by the Vietnamese...
Style:
intense, suspense, tense, exciting, suspenseful ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night, girls' night
Plot:
vietnam war, prison, jungle, rescue, soldier, military, captivity, danger, military life, against the odds, missing person, daring rescue ...
Time:
year 1983, 80s, year 1973, 70s, year 1972 ...
Place:
vietnam, texas, bangkok thailand, laos, asia ...
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Depicts a heist of old bills, retired from circulation and destined by the government to be "money to burn". However, more broadly, it addresses the issues of Black Americans' involvement in the Vietnam War and their subsequent ...
Style:
sexy, realistic, cult classic, neo noir, suspense ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
violence, vietnam war, african american, heist, robbery, redemption, gangster, violent, blaxploitation, profanity, black, urban ...
Time:
60s, 20th century, 70s, year 1974, year 1970 ...
Place:
new york, bronx new york city, usa, asia, vietnam ...
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Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
TV show
Story:
Dateline: November 1967. Within klicks of Danang, Vietnam, sits a U.S. Army base, bar and hospital on China Beach filled with wounded soldiers and one very lovely but damaged Army Nurse Colleen McMurphy. Many heroes, dead and alive, try to make ...
Style:
serious, sincere, realistic, touching, medical drama ...
Plot:
vietnam war, medical, military, doctor, doctors and patients, superior officer, power relations, military life, wartime life, military base, us military, nurse ...
Time:
60s, 20th century
Place:
vietnam, asia, indochina
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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:
factual, disturbing, intense, serious, captivating ...
Plot:
vietnam war, war, anti war, politics, disability, profanity, desert, wartime, fighting the system, biopic, military, vietnam veteran ...
Time:
year 1989, post world war two, 1950s, 50s, 20th century ...
Place:
vietnam, bronx new york city, north america, texas, the philippines ...
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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, suspense, harsh, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night
Plot:
vietnam war, military, survival, rescue, aviation, danger, against the odds, battles, daring rescue, soldier, friendship, golf ...
Place:
vietnam, asia, iraq, indochina
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