VIETNAM WAR FILMS
A List of Bad Ass War, Action, Drama and Documentary Movies on NAM. VIETNAM WAR A BLOODY CONFLICT IN SOUTH EAST ASIA (1964-75). IT WAS A SAVAGE WAR FOUGHT IN AN UNEASY COLD WAR TIME. 1960s & 70s WERE TURBULENT TIMES FOR AMERICA. PEOPLE DIDN'T TRUST THEIR LEADERS - ESP PRESIDENT JOHNSON & NIXON. IT WAS A CONFLICT NOBODY IN AMERICA WANTS TO REMEMBER.
A BLOODY PAINFUL WAR FOUGHT IN DENSE JUNGLES, BUSHES, CHOPPER MISSIONS, CU CHI TUNNELS, BOMBING MISSIONS FROM AIR, DOGFIGHTS, AGENT ORANGE, TORTURE CHAMBERS& DEADLY BOOBY TRAPS etc.
THIS FORGOTTEN COLD WAR CONFLICT WAS THE MOST BLOODY GUT WRENCHING HORRIBLE CONFLICT IN HUMAN HISTORY AFTER WWII. KOREA WAS NOTHING WHEN COMPARED. THERE WERE MANY HEROICS BY THE US ARMY & SPECIAL FORCES BUT WAR WAS LOST & WAR EFFORT FORGOTTEN. VIETNAM WAR WAS A LOST CAUSE THAT DENTED AMERICAS IMAGE ABROAD. WAR STORIES UNTOLD TILL TODAY. THE VETS WHO FOUGHT IN NAM HAD HAUNTING NIGHTMARES ABOUT THE WAR IN THE LATER YEARS.
ONLY FEW WHO SERVED THERE BECAME CRAZY. SOME WERE JOBLESS, SOME FOUND IT DIFFICULT TO ADJUST IN SOCIETY, SOME FACED WAR PROTESTS FROM CIVILIANS & HIPPIES ALIKE. MANY SUFFERED FROM PTSD & BLOODY MEMORIES OF WAR IN VIETNAM AS AMERICA LOST THE WAR.
Parties to conflict
USA
AUSTRALIA
SOUTH KOREA
NORTH VIETNAM
LAOS
CAMBODIA
Indirect involvement -
CHINA, SOVIET UNION, CZECHOSLOVAKIA.
War is hell!
A BLOODY PAINFUL WAR FOUGHT IN DENSE JUNGLES, BUSHES, CHOPPER MISSIONS, CU CHI TUNNELS, BOMBING MISSIONS FROM AIR, DOGFIGHTS, AGENT ORANGE, TORTURE CHAMBERS& DEADLY BOOBY TRAPS etc.
THIS FORGOTTEN COLD WAR CONFLICT WAS THE MOST BLOODY GUT WRENCHING HORRIBLE CONFLICT IN HUMAN HISTORY AFTER WWII. KOREA WAS NOTHING WHEN COMPARED. THERE WERE MANY HEROICS BY THE US ARMY & SPECIAL FORCES BUT WAR WAS LOST & WAR EFFORT FORGOTTEN. VIETNAM WAR WAS A LOST CAUSE THAT DENTED AMERICAS IMAGE ABROAD. WAR STORIES UNTOLD TILL TODAY. THE VETS WHO FOUGHT IN NAM HAD HAUNTING NIGHTMARES ABOUT THE WAR IN THE LATER YEARS.
ONLY FEW WHO SERVED THERE BECAME CRAZY. SOME WERE JOBLESS, SOME FOUND IT DIFFICULT TO ADJUST IN SOCIETY, SOME FACED WAR PROTESTS FROM CIVILIANS & HIPPIES ALIKE. MANY SUFFERED FROM PTSD & BLOODY MEMORIES OF WAR IN VIETNAM AS AMERICA LOST THE WAR.
Parties to conflict
USA
AUSTRALIA
SOUTH KOREA
NORTH VIETNAM
LAOS
CAMBODIA
Indirect involvement -
CHINA, SOVIET UNION, CZECHOSLOVAKIA.
War is hell!
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- DirectorOliver StoneStarsCharlie SheenTom BerengerWillem DafoeChris 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.
- DirectorFrancis Ford CoppolaStarsMartin SheenMarlon BrandoRobert DuvallA U.S. Army officer serving in Vietnam is tasked with assassinating a renegade Special Forces Colonel who sees himself as a god.
- DirectorStanley KubrickStarsMatthew ModineR. Lee ErmeyVincent D'OnofrioA 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.
- DirectorMichael CiminoStarsRobert De NiroChristopher WalkenJohn CazaleAn 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.
- DirectorRandall WallaceStarsMel GibsonMadeleine StoweGreg KinnearThe 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.
- DirectorRay KelloggJohn WayneMervyn LeRoyStarsJohn WayneDavid JanssenJim HuttonCol. 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.
- DirectorBrian De PalmaStarsMichael J. FoxSean PennDon HarveyDuring the Vietnam War, a soldier finds himself the outsider of his own squad when they unnecessarily kidnap a female villager.
- DirectorJohn IrvinStarsAnthony BarrileMichael BoatmanDon CheadleA very realistic interpretation of one of the bloodiest battles of the Vietnam War.Anti War and Action
- DirectorBarry LevinsonStarsRobin WilliamsForest WhitakerTom T. TranIn 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.
- DirectorTed KotcheffStarsSylvester StalloneBrian DennehyRichard CrennaA veteran Green Beret is forced by a cruel Sheriff and his deputies to flee into the mountains and wage an escalating one-man war against his pursuers.
- DirectorGeorge P. CosmatosStarsSylvester StalloneRichard CrennaCharles NapierRambo returns to the jungles of Vietnam on a mission to infiltrate an enemy base-camp and rescue the American POWs still held captive there.
- DirectorHal AshbyStarsJane FondaJon VoightBruce DernIn 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.A beautiful anti war movie showcasing love triangle between a serving officer in Vietnam and his wife's affair with another Vietnam Vet soldier who is shaken to the core when he was wounded in battle in the Jungles of South Vietnam
- DirectorFranklin J. SchaffnerStarsKris KristoffersonJoBeth WilliamsSam WaterstonJake died in Vietnam; his family mourned him, then moved on. When he reappears, quite alive, the question is, what must he do and how will his family respond to him?A realistic movie about Vietnam Vet's (an ex US Air force fighter pilot) return from Cambodia 17 years after the war and his reunion with his long lost love, his son and father.
- DirectorJoel SchumacherStarsColin FarrellMatthew DavisClifton Collins Jr.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.
- DirectorOliver StoneStarsHiep Thi LeTommy Lee JonesHaing S. NgorDuring 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.A must see for all Vietnam war movie fans
- DirectorSidney J. FurieStarsStan ShawAndrew StevensJames CanningIn 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. FurieStarsKen WahlCheryl LaddStephen LeeIn middle of the Vietnam War, a Navy surgeon and a nurse fall in love. Their affection for one another provides a striking contrast to the violence of warfare.Love story of a Army Doctor and his girlfriend Nurse during Vietnam War.
- DirectorBrian Trenchard-SmithStarsWings HauserR. Lee ErmeyRobert ArevaloA 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.Fight n combat against VC n NVA
- DirectorTom JeffreyStarsGraham KennedyJohn HargreavesJohn JarrattIn between drinking cans of Fosters beer, Australian soldiers tread on a few landmines, and generally experience the war in Vietnam.
- CreatorL. Travis ClarkSteve DuncanStarsTerence KnoxStephen CaffreyTony BeckerThe trials of a U.S. Army platoon serving in the field during the Vietnam War.Best Vietnam War Combat Mini Series about a group of soldier grunts who became best pals during combat patrols and difficult search & destroy missions during the War. A must see 2 thumbs up...!
- DirectorTerry GeorgeStarsBill PaxtonBo EasonWilliam L. ManseyTrue story of Army man John Paul Vann, whose military success provided him the fulfillment he never found in his personal life.Harsh reality Lies and untold truth about an unwinnable Conflict in South East Asia known as the Vietnam War.
- DirectorNorman JewisonStarsEmily LloydBruce WillisJoan AllenA young girl whose father died in the Vietnam War becomes determined to find out more about him and his experiences.Story about an emotional Vietnam Vet and a girl whose father died in Vietnam when she wasn't born
- DirectorRick RosenthalStarsJohn LithgowRalph MacchioKerrie KeaneJohn Lithgow stars and Ralph Macchio co-stars as his son. Their uneasy reunion accidentally sparks war-haunted violence, and they share a harrowing fight for survival that will either destroy them or unify them forever.Story about a disturbed Vietnam Vet and his relationship with his son.
- DirectorOliver StoneStarsTom CruiseBryan LarkinRaymond J. BarryThe 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.True war story of Vietnam Vet Ron Kovik from boyhood to joining the US Marines during the Vietnam War and tragic ending with his disillusionment and hatred for the War that America lost and forgot.
- DirectorFrancis Ford CoppolaStarsJames CaanAnjelica HustonJames Earl JonesA Sergeant must deal with his desires to save the lives of young soldiers being sent to Viet Nam. Continuously denied the chance to teach the soldiers about his experiences, he settles for trying to help the son of an old Army buddy.An emotional romantic tale about a WWII Vet Army drill instructor (James Caan) who trains men to go and fight in Vietnam. But his life changes when he witnesses dead young men coming home wrapped in US flag getting buried in War Cemetary. The sad events shake his feelings about the war. Gardens of Stone is a moving tragic anti war drama that'll touch your heart. Its about the soldiers and their families who get torn apart and impacted by the horrors of Vietnam War.
- DirectorPeter MarkleStarsGene HackmanDanny GloverJerry ReedDuring the Vietnam War, Colonel Hambleton's aircraft is shot down over enemy territory and a frantic rescue operation ensues.True war story of Lt. Col Iceal Hambleton of USAF Intelligence unit during the Vietnam War.
- DirectorRobert GintyStarsRobert GintyHaing S. NgorKieu ChinhA priest learns that he fathered a child during his tour of duty in Vietnam and that the mother and child has relocated to Houston, Texas in the Little Saigon quarters. Searching for them, he also finds massive prejudice against the Vietnamese people, particularly among the fishing community in which they are trying to work. Setting out to right the wrongs, the priest tends to use more fisticuffs than friendly, priestly persuasion.
- DirectorGeorge McCowanStarsLee MajorsJoey HeathertonJimmy DeanA returning Vietnam veteran finds out that while he was gone his girlfriend has been forced into marrying someone else, his small business is in ruins, and that those he once thought were his friends are in short supply.
- DirectorTed KotcheffStarsGene HackmanPatrick SwayzeRobert StackTen 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.
- DirectorJoseph ZitoStarsChuck NorrisM. Emmet WalshDavid TressColonel Braddock launches a mission deep into the jungles of Vietnam to find the POW camp that he escaped from and free the Americans still held captive there.
- DirectorLance HoolStarsChuck NorrisSoon-Tek OhSteven WilliamsPrequel to the first Missing In Action, set in the early 1980s it shows the capture of Colonel Braddock during the Vietnam war in the 1970s, and his captivity with other American POWs in a brutal prison camp, and his plans to escape.
- DirectorAaron NorrisStarsChuck NorrisAki AleongRoland Harrah IIIBraddock mounts a one-man assault to free his wife and son who are still being held in a Vietnam prison camp.
- DirectorAlan ParkerStarsMatthew ModineNicolas CageJohn HarkinsAfter two friends return home from the Vietnam War one becomes mentally unstable and obsesses with becoming a bird.Story of 2 Vietnam Vet buddies who survived after fighting in Vietnam. Movie starts with flashbacks of civilian life and their flirts with girlfriends. 1 friend becomes sick crazy and mad thinking himself to be a bird. In reality being mentally ill from the wounds received in combat but surviving and coming home from the front she'll shocked suffers from PTSD while the other tries to treat him and return his life back to normal.
- DirectorPhillip NoyceStarsRutger HauerTerry O'QuinnBrandon CallA blind Vietnam vet, trained as a swordfighter, comes to America and helps to rescue the son of a fellow soldier.Action movie of a blind wounded Vietnam Vet who avenges the death of his soldier buddy's wife and protects his son from a bunch of thugs and gangsters who want to harm them.
- DirectorRoland JofféStarsSam WaterstonHaing S. NgorJohn MalkovichA journalist is trapped in Cambodia during tyrant Pol Pot's bloody 'Year Zero' cleansing campaign, which claimed the lives of two million 'undesirable' civilians.True story about the friendship of an American and a South Vietnamese journalist covering the fall of Saigon in 1975 to the after effects of Vietnam War ending with cruel attrocities of Pol Pot the Leader of Khmer Rouge who comitted crimes against innocent Cambodians.
- DirectorJeremy KaganStarsHenry WinklerSally FieldHarrison FordA Vietnam veteran suffering from post traumatic stress disorder breaks out of a VA hospital and goes on a road trip with a sympathetic traveler to start a worm farm in California with his fellow veterans.Romantic tale about 2 lovers. 1 a Vietnam Vet who fought in Vietnam while the other a Co. employee and an ex hippie who demonstrated against the war. All in all an unusual comical but emotional love story b/w two complete strangers who fall in love sharing their stories and troubled past which develops a bond and sympathy for each other while facing the world around them travelling to reach their respective destinations ending with trauma and flashbacks of Vietnam War
- DirectorChristopher CroweStarsWillem DafoeGregory HinesFred WardMcGriff and Albaby are probably doing the worst law enforcement job in the world - they are plain clothes U.S. military policemen on duty in war-time Saigon. However, their job becomes even harder when they start investigating the serial killings of local prostitutes. Their prime suspect is high ranking U.S. Army officer which brings their lives in danger.
- DirectorAaron NorrisStarsTony PierceRobert F. LyonsMichael DudikoffA young officer, just out of West Point is sent to Vietnam, where the men don't respect him until he gets wounded and returns to be a wiser soldier and a better commander
- StarsBrad DavisKeith CarradineMichael O'KeefeThe memories of a US Marine lieutenant in Vietnam who slowly gets disillusioned as the war progresses.
- DirectorDavid NutterStarsDon JohnsonLisa BlountRobert F. LyonsTim Murphy is a Vietnam Vet. When he loses his job he starts to relive all the pain and horror of his time in Vietnam. The stresses and strains nearly destroy his marriage and his family. Only after joining a veterans' therapy group does Tim find relief from his nightmares. With the support of his fellow vets and the love of his wife, Tim recovers.
- DirectorEddie RomeroStarsTimothy BottomsJohn Phillip LawCandy RaymondFilipino actor Eddie Romero directs this arresting drama set during the Vietnam War. A handful of prisoners escape their captors but have to make their way through the thicket of the Vietnamese jungle.
- DirectorSidney J. FurieStarsCasper Van DienJaimz WoolvettBobby HoseaA group of Marines return to Vietnam with a news crew to relive their tragic war experiences.
- DirectorSidney J. FurieStarsAlly SheedyBobby HoseaMichael IronsideThirty years after the fall of Saigon, politician Ray Watson returns to Vietnam to lay his demons to rest, but he is confronted by a POW he left behind who forces him to relive the day of their capture.
- DirectorPatrick Sheane DuncanStarsJonathan EmersonNicholas CasconeJason TomlinsThe 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.
- DirectorEmilio EstevezStarsEmilio EstevezKathy BatesMartin SheenHaunted by his experiences in the Vietnam War, a young man returns home and has trouble adjusting back to civilian life, his family and his stern father.
- DirectorDavid GreeneStarsCarol BurnettNed BeattyDennis ErdmanWhen they try to learn how how their son died in Vietnam, the Mullens meet lies and evasion on all sides.
- DirectorPreston A. Whitmore IIStarsAllen PayneEddie GriffinJoe Morton1972 Vietnam, a small group of United States Marines relive flashbacks of their contrite lives prior to serving in the military while being left to survive behind enemy lines.
- DirectorAlbert HughesAllen HughesStarsLarenz TateKeith DavidChris TuckerA Vietnam vet adjusts to life after the war while trying to support his family, but the chance of a better life may involve crime and bloodshed.
- DirectorPaolo BertolaStarsBeau BallingerYvette YzonAlvin AnsonThe reenactment of the brutal massacre in Mi Lai a village in South Vietnam perpetrated by American Military forces on 16th of March 1968.
- DirectorUwe BollStarsMichael ParéWilson BethelMitch EakinsHalfway 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.
- CreatorJohn Sacret YoungWilliam Broyles Jr.StarsDana DelanyMarg HelgenbergerBrian WimmerThe trials of a weary nurse, her friends and colleagues in a Vietnam War field hospital.
- DirectorDon TaylorStarsValerie BertinelliJameson ParkerAndy RomanoA woman who gave up college to marry her Marine boyfriend becomes a widow soon after her husband is sent to Vietnam.
- DirectorTimothy Linh BuiStarsPatrick SwayzeForest WhitakerDuong DonThe story of some Vietnamese refugees as they first arrive at Camp Pendleton in the United States as the Vietnam War ends in 1975.
- DirectorRobert MarkowitzStarsDon JohnsonJeanne TripplehornSharon LawrencePrompted by a just-published book that holds ex-lieutenant Ben Tyson accountable for a hushed-up massacre committed by his platoon in a Hue hospital 30 years before, the army recalls Tyson to stand trial for murder. Tyson, confronted by an army authority anxious to save its own face, an embarrassed federal government, and a threatened marriage, and entangled, furthermore, in his own past lives and present sense of guilt, must call on all his cleverness and his own inner toughness to fight his case.
- DirectorClint EastwoodStarsClint EastwoodFreddie JonesDavid HuffmanA pilot is sent into the Soviet Union on a mission to steal a prototype jet fighter that can be partially controlled by a neuralink.A Vietnam Veteran Fighter pilot steals a soviet Stealth Fighter..!
- DirectorSteven KovacsStarsEric LarsonRobert LockeNeil Young'68 covers exactly one year (January 1st through December 31st) in the lives of Zoltan Szabo and his family, Hungarian immigrants, working hard to make a life in San Francisco in 1968. The Szabos tries to adjust to the new country, changing times and each other. The year covered was one of particular cultural change in the US and this interplays with the cultural changes occurring around Zoltan, his wife and his two college-age sons.Anti War Hippie protest
- DirectorErnest ThompsonStarsRobert Downey Jr.Kiefer SutherlandBruce DernTwo friends living in a small town during the 1960s, run away to enjoy their freedom during the Vietnam War, thus disappointing the father of one of them. When they return to town, they realize the importance of family unity.Anti War
- StarsJosh HamiltonJulia StilesJerry O'ConnellThe events of the 1960s affect the lives of two families, one white and one black.Anti War Hippie protest
- DirectorJay CravenStarsJonathan BrandisCharlie FinnJay R. FergusonThe Year That Trembled is a 1970 coming-of-age story set in the shadow of Kent State that focuses on a group of young characters facing the Vietnam Draft Lottery.Anti War protest
- DirectorJulie TaymorStarsEvan Rachel WoodJim SturgessJoe AndersonThe music of The Beatles and the Vietnam War form the backdrop for the romance between an upper-class American girl and a poor Liverpudlian artist.Anti War and romance
- DirectorDanny MooneyStarsLiam HemsworthTeresa PalmerAimee TeegardenWhen a young soldier in Vietnam gets dumped by his girlfriend back home, he and his best friend decide to go AWOL and return to the States to win her back.A beautiful anti war love saga about 2 GI's going back to states from NAM. While one win's back the heart of his girlfriend then the other funny guy makes one and falls in love with her.
- DirectorRobert ZemeckisStarsTom HanksRobin WrightGary SiniseThe 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.A Comedy flashback about a story of a man and his lovelife during the turbulent time of the 60's & beyond.
- DirectorMilos FormanStarsJohn SavageTreat WilliamsBeverly D'AngeloClaude Bukowski leaves the family ranch in Oklahoma for New York where he is rapidly embraced into the hippie group of youngsters led by Berger, yet he's already been drafted. He soon falls in love with Sheila Franklin, a rich girl but still a rebel inside.Anti War Hippie Protest
- DirectorPaul AaronStarsJane AlexanderJames WoodsConcetta TomeiAn account of US Navy Commander James Stockdale's 8 year imprisonment in North Vietnam.
- DirectorJohn FrankenheimerStarsMichael GambonDonald SutherlandAlec BaldwinIn the mid 1960s, President Lyndon B. Johnson (Sir Michael Gambon) and his foreign-policy team debate the decision to withdraw from or escalate the war in Vietnam.
- DirectorPeter MarkleStarsShawn HatosyCary-Hiroyuki TagawaJoe ChrestThe story of John McCain's experience as a Vietnam War POW. Based on the memoir of the same title.
- StarsIain GlenKevin DillonSteven VidlerIn 1964 in Laos, young Tim Page discovers his vocation as a photojournalist and is given a job, a camera, and a trip to Vietnam. There, he learns the ropes, learns about the war first in Saigon, and then "in country" on patrol with troops. He and his colleagues, including the sons of Errol Flynn and John Steinbeck, capture the war in pictures, recover from their wounds, swap stories, battle censorship, and support each other between the explosions at the brothel run by Tranh Ki: "Frankie's House".
- DirectorPaul KrasnyStarsHal HolbrookEva Marie SaintMakoIn 1965, Navy Commander Jeremiah Denton's jet is shot down over North Vietnam and he is captured by the enemy who holds him in various brutal POW camps for more than seven years.
- DirectorCirio H. SantiagoStarsDavid CarradineTony DorsettRob YoungbloodDavid Carradine is an American colonel who will pay any price to defeat the Viet Cong. When his unauthorized fighting force in Cambodia is discovered, he becomes a one-man army, fighting a war of his own for a cause he knows is just.
- DirectorCirio H. SantiagoStarsDavid CarradineEb LottimerDavid Anthony SmithSergeant Thomas Duncan takes his men behind enemy lines to recover a secret government fighter copter and its pilot, a secret weapon all his own. But once stationed in the dense jungle brush of Vietnam, their radio goes out all hope of contacting their home base is out, and it is up to Duncan and his men to get to the hook up point by the agreed time. A traitor in the home camp is sending messages to the enemy side; Duncan must hurry!
- DirectorCirio H. SantiagoStarsRonald AsinasTerrence 'T.C.' CarsonRaffy CurtisDuring a daring mission in Vietnam, a helicopter squadron is downed. While the soldiers try to escape capture by the Viet Cong, clues that the helicopter was sabotaged lead to brutal infighting, as they search for the traitor among them.
- DirectorCirio H. SantiagoStarsBrett Baxter ClarkRobert PatrickEd Crick"The Lost Command, " a bunch of notorious renegades, terrorize South Vietnam, forcing Sgt. Zack Skinner, HQ's best man to hunt down the Command to stop its killing spree.
- DirectorCarl FranklinStarsTodd FieldKen JacobsonRonald William LawrenceWhen soldier Anthony Glenn discovers that Mai is missing, he sets out to rescue her from the corrupt Major Sorenson pitting soldier against soldier in a bloody game of honor.
- DirectorCirio H. SantiagoStarsSteve KanalyKen WrightPeter NelsonVietnam, 1968. Army Headquarters has written off Captain Fahey's men as Missing In Action after they were fighting deep over enemy lines. Cut off from their platoon, they must fight their way back, or die! A true story of bravery and courage set amidst the chaos of war, and witness the gripping conclusion to the bloodiest day in American war history.
- DirectorKarel ReiszStarsNick NolteTuesday WeldMichael MoriartyA Vietnam veteran gets conned into helping an old Marine friend smuggle drugs into the country but ends up having to go on the run with his friend's wife when the deal goes sour.
- DirectorCirio H. SantiagoStarsBrad JohnsonVernon WellsKevin DuffisLt. Vance Calhoun takes on a dangerous rescue mission of American POWs in the treacherous Darloc Valley in Vietnam. His only chance to escape is with the help of five young, fearless soldiers on motorcycles.
- DirectorBruno MatteiStarsReb BrownChristopher ConnellyLouise KamsteegIn the Vietnam war, an American soldier survives a botched mission, with help from a group of locals who perceive him as a hero. He's sent back for a reconnaissance mission, only to find his helpers massacred by a brutal Russian soldier.
- DirectorBobby A. SuarezStarsChristopher MitchumJohn Phillip LawFranco GuerreroA group of Vietnam vets are sent to Southeast Asia to destroy drug-smuggling operations in the Golden Triangle. When they get there, they find that many of the drug gangs are run by other Vietnam vets.
- DirectorStephen FrearsStarsJudi DenchChic MurrayYim HoontrakulTwo Westerners, Barbara Dean (Dame Judi Dench), bank employee, and Bob Chesneau (Frederic Forrest), C.I.A. analyst within the U.S. Embassy, meet a short time before the fall of Saigon.
- DirectorClark HendersonStarsRichard YoungP.J. SolesJohn Allen NelsonA series of drug-related murders haunts Saigon. Ex-Green Beret Mark Stryker and his MPs must find the culprits. With help from Jean Lassiter, a nosy reporter covering the crime beat, Stryker uncovers the involvement of corrupt politicians in the heroin trade and in the killings. But before he can pin them down, Stryker is framed for the murder of his commanding officer and now he must clear his name, free Lassiter from her captors, and stop his men from carrying out their own kind of vengeance before it is too late.
- DirectorJohn MiliusStarsDanny GloverWillem DafoeBrad JohnsonDuring 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.
- DirectorDavid Hugh JonesStarsRobert De NiroKathy BakerEd HarrisTwo Vietnam vets search for the strength to face up to their horrific war experiences, but their friendship begins to splinter when one becomes romantically involved with the other's sister.
- DirectorLionel ChetwyndStarsMichael MoriartyPaul Le MatJohn Edwin ShawFollows the suffering, torture, and brutal treatment that American prisoners of war had to deal with on a daily basis while in North Vietnam's Hoa Lo prison.
- DirectorJohn FlynnStarsWilliam DevaneTommy Lee JonesLinda HaynesA recently-returned Vietnam POW loses his family and his right hand during a violent home invasion, and seeks retribution against those responsible.
- DirectorJon AvnetStarsElijah WoodKevin CostnerMare WinninghamA Vietnam veteran helps his kids battle over a tree house while recovering from his traumatic war experience.
- DirectorSean MacGregorStarsWilliam SmithSteve OliverMarcy BondHis activities in Viet Nam would be denied by the U S Government. Only two others providing similar service returned to the states. Now he's getting mental help in a military institution, escapes, and must be recaptured.
- DirectorRichard T. HeffronStarsDaniel J. TravantiRoxanne HartPeter Michael GoetzJohn Tagget is a severely injured Vietnam vet who begins having traumatic memories of his time in combat. Delving into the reasons why John finds his life in danger but Yuri, a Russian spy, helps him find the truth.
- DirectorCirio H. SantiagoStarsJan-Michael VincentEb LottimerJillian McWhirterWhile leading a maverick band of warriors behind enemy lines, a U.S. Army Commander is forced to lead a beautiful American journalist through the treacherous Mekong River Delta aboard a high speed gun boat while being pursued by a cunning Vietnamese enemy.
- DirectorWinterfilm CollectiveStarsRusty SachsJoe BangertScott ShimabukuroFor three days in 1971, former US soldiers who were in Vietnam testify in Detroit about their war experiences. Nearly 30 speak, describing atrocities personally committed or witnessed, telling of inaccurate body counts, and recounting the process of destroying a village. The atrocities are casual, seem routine, and are sanctioned or committed by officers. Images from the war illustrate the testimony; there's a side discussion among veterans about racism and a couple of interviews about the soldiers' self-realization. The testimony appears in the US Congressional Record on April 6 and 7, 1971. A "winter soldier" contrasts with Paine's "summer soldier and sunshine patriot."
- DirectorEmile de AntonioStarsHarry S. AshmoreDaniel BerriganJoseph ButtingerA documentary chronicling the background to, and history of, the Vietnam War.
- DirectorSidney LumetStarsRiver PhoenixChristine LahtiJudd HirschThe eldest son of a fugitive family comes of age and wants to live his own life.
- DirectorSammo Kam-Bo HungStarsSammo Kam-Bo HungBiao YuenHaing S. NgorA 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.
- DirectorLamont JohnsonStarsJohn RitterAlfre WoodardPatti LaBelleFrank Coleman is a Vietnam veteran dying from cancer brought on by exposure to the defoliant chemical Agent Orange which he turns to Maude DeVictor, a Veterans Administration benefits counselor who teams up with Coleman to fight a lopsided batted against the bureaucratic system for its cover up of the possible dangers of Agent Orange.
- DirectorWerner HerzogStarsDieter DenglerWerner HerzogEugene DeatrickGerman-American Dieter Dengler discusses his service as a U.S. naval pilot in the Vietnam War. Dengler also revisits the sites of his capture and eventual escape from the hands of the Viet Cong, recreating many events for the camera.
- DirectorWerner HerzogStarsChristian BaleSteve ZahnJeremy DaviesA U.S. fighter pilot's epic struggle of survival after being shot down on a mission over Laos during the Vietnam War.
- DirectorWilliam FriedkinStarsTommy Lee JonesSamuel L. JacksonGuy PearceAn attorney defends an officer on trial for ordering his troops to fire on civilians after they stormed a U.S. embassy in a Middle Eastern country.
- DirectorSteven Hilliard SternStarsTommy Lee JonesHelen ShaverYaphet KottoA Vietnam vet takes forceful control of Central Park to remember those who served and died in the Vietnam War.A mistreated Vietnam Veteran takes revenge from the people who pushed him too far. He ultimately starts an all out war against the New York city authorities by claiming the Central park.
- DirectorAdrian LyneStarsTim RobbinsElizabeth PeñaDanny AielloMourning his dead child, a haunted Vietnam War veteran attempts to uncover his past while suffering from a severe case of dissociation. To do so, he must decipher reality and life from his own dreams, delusions, and perceptions of death.
- DirectorJack SwanstromStarsDavid MorseJohn C. McGinleyCaroline KristiahnVietnam. 1972. US Army Special Forces Major Cliff Marquette leads a squad ordered to investigate unusual reports and secure a remote jungle temple locals believe has mystical powers. The Marines guarding the temple have withheld provisions for days from a Viet Cong prisoner. Despite severe mistreatment, the prisoner mysteriously shows no signs of suffering. Marquette confronts the Marine in charge, Garris for torturing a prisoner of war when suddenly enemy forces attack and mortar shells rock the temple. An exceptionally heroic, but losing battle lands Marquette in the hands of a merciless Viet Cong torturer. His men are dead; his screams unheeded. At the height of agony, Marquette's world is turned upside down. In an instant, he finds himself a stranger in the midst of an American life that apparently belongs to him - an idyllic but unrecognizable life complete with a loving wife and two children he's never seen before. Marquette struggles to take in what is happening to him. First is paranoia. Soon uncertainty and fear give way to relief and acceptance. But the twist of fate that delivered Marquette into this life from the hands of his enemy has granted him only a reprieve. The cruel pain of war is not over. As the clock strikes midnight Marquette is back in Vietnam where his torture resumes a few minutes each night. Desperately trapped between two worlds, Marquette must endure;unless, with the clock counting down, he can cheat fate. Escaping will take his wits;and it will require a gun.
- DirectorPaul AlexanderStarsJohn KerryJohn Kerry and his Mekong Delta Navy fastboat unit in Vietnam get together to relive their past and visit the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall in Washington, D.C.