Vietnamese Films
by AnhTuNguyen | created - 27 Dec 2013 | updated - 28 Feb 2015 | PublicNot ranked in any particular order.
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1. Cyclo (1995)
123 min | Crime, Drama
When a poor bicycle-taxi driver has his cyclo stolen, he is forced into a life of crime. Meanwhile, his sister becomes a sex worker.
Director: Anh Hung Tran | Stars: Le Van Loc, Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Nu Yên-Khê Tran, Quynh Nhu
Votes: 5,496 | Gross: $0.08M
2. The Scent of Green Papaya (1993)
Not Rated | 104 min | Drama, Music, Romance
A Vietnamese servant girl, Mui, observes lives within two different Saigon families: the first, a woman textile seller with three boys and a frequently absent husband; the second, a handsome young pianist with his fiancée.
Director: Anh Hung Tran | Stars: Nu Yên-Khê Tran, Man San Lu, Thi Loc Truong, Anh Hoa Nguyen
Votes: 9,993 | Gross: $1.91M
3. The Vertical Ray of the Sun (2000)
PG-13 | 112 min | Drama
With the brilliant Vietnamese summer as a setting Vertical Ray of the Sun is beautiful from beginning to end. The plot centres around three sisters, two of whom are happily married (or so ... See full summary »
Director: Anh Hung Tran | Stars: Nu Yên-Khê Tran, Quynh Nhu, Khanh Le, Quang Hai Ngo
Votes: 3,971 | Gross: $0.46M
4. Three Seasons (1999)
PG-13 | 104 min | Drama
Although the hearts and goals and desires are different for everyone in a culturally-shifting Ho Chi Minh City, the stories of four separate individuals paint a vivid picture of the past, present, and future of a city eking into a new era.
Director: Tony Bui | Stars: Ngoc Hiep Nguyen, Ngoc Minh, Phat Trieu Hoang, Diem Kieu
Votes: 3,300 | Gross: $2.02M
5. Green Dragon (2001)
PG-13 | 115 min | Drama
The story of some Vietnamese refugees as they first arrive at Camp Pendleton in the United States as the Vietnam War ends in 1975.
Director: Timothy Linh Bui | Stars: Patrick Swayze, Forest Whitaker, Duong Don, Hiep Thi Le
Votes: 1,254 | Gross: $0.28M
6. Buffalo Boy (2004)
102 min | Drama
Set along the southern coast of Vietnam during the French occupation in the 1940s, water is everywhere, giving life and bringing decay and rot. Kim is 15; his father and step-mother have ... See full summary »
Director: Minh Nguyen-Vo | Stars: The Lu Le, Thi Kieu Trinh Nguyen, Huu Thanh Nguyen, Zan Sram Kra
Votes: 613
7. Chuyen cua Pao (2006)
98 min | Drama
Set in a breath-taking primitive landscape in the mountainous provinces of Vietnam, the film tells the story of a Hmong tribe girl named Pao. She was raised by her stepmother, for her real ... See full summary »
Director: Quang Hai Ngo | Stars: Do Thi Hai Yen, Ta Am, Nguyen Thai An, Thu Diep
Votes: 179
8. The White Silk Dress (2006)
142 min | Drama
Wartime epic involving a poverty-stricken family who struggle to make ends meet, and the mother who does the unthinkable to provide her daughters with the traditional silk dresses required to attend school.
Director: Luu Huynh | Stars: Thien Tu Tran, Truong Ngoc Anh, Khanh Quoc Nguyen, Quynh Nhu
Votes: 589
9. Song of the Stork (2002)
111 min | Drama
A story about young men who had to go war to protest their country. Each of them has his own story.
Directors: Jonathan Foo, Phan Quang Binh Nguyen | Stars: Chi Bao Pham, Ngoc Bao Ta, Quang Hai Ngo, Quang Vinh Luu
Votes: 70
10. The Floating Lives (2010)
105 min | Drama, Romance
The film portrays the life of a family separated from the mainstream of modern society, yet containing within its microcosm the complex layers and dramas of human relationship: conjugal ... See full summary »
Director: Phan Quang Binh Nguyen | Stars: Tang Thanh Ha, Do Thi Hai Yen, Ninh Duong Lan Ngoc, Dustin Nguyen
Votes: 400
11. Adrift (2009)
Unrated | 110 min | Drama
A young newlywed couple in Hanoi begin to experiment with their sexual desires.
Director: Bui Thac Chuyên | Stars: Do Thi Hai Yen, Linh-Dan Pham, Duy Khoa Nguyen, Johnny Tri Nguyen
Votes: 327
12. Song trong so hãi (2005)
110 min | Drama
Tai, a soldier in South Vietnam, had 2 wives living in 2 different places. When the war ended in 1975, he brought his second wife and her child to a new land which was littered with land ... See full summary »
Director: Bui Thac Chuyên | Stars: My Uyen Dang Tran, Ngoc Phuong Mai, Hanh Thuy Ngo Pham, Mai Van Thinh
Votes: 91
13. Dung dot (2009)
100 min | Drama, History
In the spring of 2005, an old mother living in Hanoi receives a diary. The diary carries the notes of a young woman doctor who worked at a national liberation front hospital for two years ... See full summary »
Director: Dang Nhat Minh | Stars: Minh Huong, Tina Duong, Michael Jarmus, Mathew M. Korsch
Votes: 113
14. Owl and the Sparrow (2007)
PG | 97 min | Drama
In modern-day Saigon, three lonely strangers form a unique family as a ten-year old orphan plays matchmaker to a zookeeper and a beautiful flight attendant.
Director: Stephane Gauger | Stars: Cat Ly, The Lu Le, Han Thi Pham, Trong Hai
Votes: 968 | Gross: $0.05M
15. Pearls of the Far East (2011)
103 min | Drama, Romance
Seven stories about Vietnamese women spanning different generations, exploring their inner lives and forbidden loves.
Director: Cuong Ngo | Stars: Truong Ngoc Anh, Kieu Chinh, Kris Duangphung, Huy Hoang
Votes: 76
16. Oh, Saigon (2007)
57 min | Documentary, War
Accompanied by gripping images from the war, 'Oh, Saigon' is an in-depth, compelling documentary about one refugee family's attempts to face its divided past and heal the physical and emotional wounds of the Vietnam War.
Director: Doan Hoang | Stars: Nam Hoang, Van Tran, Anne Hoang, Doan Hoang
Votes: 158
17. When the Tenth Month Comes (1984)
95 min | Drama
Duyen faces a daily struggle to care for her young son and her weakened father-in-law, while keeping secret the fact that her husband died in a battle during the war.
Director: Dang Nhat Minh | Stars: Vân Lê, Luu Viet Bao Dang, Yen Hoang, Phu Cuong Lai
Votes: 480
18. The Guava House (2000)
100 min | Drama
A middle-aged man whose emotional and mental development ended at adolescence becomes obsessed with a guava tree in the yard of his former childhood home. When he is arrested trying sneak ... See full summary »
Director: Dang Nhat Minh | Stars: Bài Bình Bùi, Lan Huong Nguyen, Thu Thuy Pham, Thi Huong Thao Le
Votes: 160
19. The Return (1994)
110 min | Drama
In the years following the American war, a young woman from Hanoi teaches in a rural school in the south. There she meets a troubled young man, and they have a brief romance that she recalls wistfully years later in her unhappy marriage.
Director: Dang Nhat Minh | Stars: Thu Hien Nguyen, Luc Tran
Votes: 27
20. The Girl on the River (1987)
100 min | Drama
A woman reporter named Lien interviews a former wartime prostitute from South Vietnam named Nguyet, now a patient in a hospital, about her brief sheltering of an injured Vietcong leader during the war.
Director: Dang Nhat Minh | Stars: Duong Dinh Chau, Minh Chau, Le Dung Nhi, Tran Van Son
Votes: 42
21. Nostalgia for Countryland (1995)
116 min | Drama, Romance
The dynamics of a Vietnamese rural village change when an urban woman returns to the village she originally belonged to and begins a love triangle.
Director: Dang Nhat Minh | Stars: Tat Binh Dang, Yen Hoang, Vân Lê, Bich Ngoc
Votes: 168
22. Miss Nhung (1970)
66 min | Drama, War
The film is anchored by a wartime re-encounter between a servant child and a tutor, transformed in the crucible of the spring 1968 Saigon offensive.
Directors: Dang Nhat Minh, Duc Hinh Nguyen | Stars: Van Ai, Tan Danh, Phuong Tran, Cu Si
Votes: 14
23. Travelling Circus (1988)
76 min | Drama
Tells the bittersweet story of a small traveling circus stopping in an impoverished ethnic minority village in Vietnam's central highlands. Through the eyes of a village youngster, we ... See full summary »
Director: Linh Viet | Stars: Son Bac, Khuong Be, Ngan Thai, Anh The
Votes: 103
24. Mê thao - Thoi vang bong (2002)
107 min | Drama, Romance
A rich man's fiance dies in a car accident.
Director: Linh Viet | Stars: Duong Don, Le Dung Nhi, Trang Minh, Nga Thúy
Votes: 90
25. A Time Far Past (2004)
109 min | Drama
Based on the novel of the same name by Le Lu, first published 18 years ago, Viet Kieu (overseas Vietnamese) Ho Quang Minh's film is an ambitious re-telling of the first part of Le's novel ... See full summary »
Director: Quang Minh Hô | Stars: Phuong Dung Ho, Thi Huyen Nguyen, Van Minh Nguyen, Ngo The Quan
Votes: 40
26. The Deserted Valley (2001)
90 min | Drama, Romance
A story about three lonely teachers and their love.
Director: Pham Nhue Giang | Stars: Hâu Nguyen Duy, Hong-Anh, Hanh Tuyet, Trang Thu
Votes: 82
27. The Moon at the Bottom of the Well (2008)
121 min | Drama
Director: Vinh Son Nguyen | Stars: Hong-Anh, Thi Ha, Anh Hieu, Cao De Hoang
Votes: 78
28. Truyen co tich cho tuoi muoi bay (1988)
77 min | Romance, War
Director: Xuan Son Nguyen | Stars: Vi Le, Hanh Tranh, Tu Tranh
Votes: 21
29. Long thành cam gia ca (2010)
120 min | Drama
War tears apart the life of a beautiful musically gifted girl and a fateful encounter brings tragedy. The biggest historical Vietnamese film on tragic love ever made.
Director: Bá Son Dào | Stars: Kim Anh Nhat, Quach Ngoc Ngoan, Luc Tran, Bài Bình Bùi
Votes: 31
31. Chi Dau (1981)
80 min | Drama
Based on the book by Ngo Tat To, Chi Dau tells the story of a Vietnamese woman who struggles to keep her family safe and stable under the cruel domination of the French Indochina.
Director: Van Khoa Pham | Stars: Vân Lê, La Van Tran, Anh Thai Nguyen, Tuan Nguyen
Votes: 22
32. Ván bài lat ngua: Tap 1 - Dua con nuoi vi giám muc (1982)
85 min | Adventure
Director: Lê Hoàng Hoa | Stars: Binh Chi Lam, Chanh Tin Nguyen, Thuy An Nguyen, Hong Thu
Votes: 23
33. Kiep phù du (1990)
90 min | Drama
Directors: Thanh Van Ha, Hai Ninh, Quoc Huan Tran | Stars: Anh The, Vân Lê, Cuc Hoang, Thang Hoang
Votes: 7
34. Dem Hoi Long Tri (1989)
173 min | Drama
Directors: Thanh Van Ha, Hai Ninh, Quoc Huan Tran | Stars: Anh The, Vân Lê, Thang Hoang, Thu Hà
Votes: 23
35. Vi tuyen 17 ngày và dem (1972)
180 min | Drama
Following the Geneva Agreement in 1954, the Ben Hai River, at the 17th parallel, became the military demarcation line that separated Vietnam into two states. The lives of people on both ... See full summary »
Director: Hai Ninh | Stars: Mang Long Dao, Ba Loc Duong, Doan Duong, Thái Ho
Votes: 69
37. Doi cát (1999)
90 min | Drama, Romance
For twenty years, Canh has lived in North Vietnam, unable to return to his home in the south where his wife is waiting for him. She is happy to reunite with her husband until she learns ... See full summary »
Director: Nguyen Thanh Van | Stars: Duong Don, Hong-Anh, Hoa Mai, Cong Ninh Nguyen
Votes: 110
38. Chung mot dòng sông (1959)
94 min | Drama, Romance
Directors: Hong Nghi Nguyen, Ky Nam Pham | Stars: Nga Phi, Linh Manh, Tan Danh, Dinh Tho Tran
Votes: 13
39. Down South, Up North (2000)
90 min | Drama, War
Director: Phi Tien Son | Stars: Hong Quang Le, Phuong Thanh Vu
Votes: 15
40. Ha Noi Mua Dong 46 (1997)
95 min | Drama
The film brings viewers back in time to Hanoi during an extremely stressful time before the national resistance war, when the world was hanging by a hair, when the French colonialists revealed their conspiracy. invade Vietnam again.
Director: Dang Nhat Minh | Stars: Mai Thu Huyen, Tien Loi, Quach Thu Phuong
Votes: 39
41. Son ca trong thanh pho (1983)
82 min | Family
Director: Khanh Du Nguyen | Stars: Nu Nhu Oanh Ton, Thanh Hung Le, The Vu Nguyen, Quoc Liem Nguyen
42. Dan chim tro ve (1984)
70 min | Family
Directors: Thai Anh, Khanh Du Nguyen | Stars: Anh Quynh, Viet Rao Dang, Cong Huy, Lan Kim
43. Khong co duong chan troi (1986)
80 min | Drama, War
Director: Khanh Du Nguyen | Stars: Cuong Bui, Khoa Dang, Thanh Quý, Manh Cuong Tran
44. Me vang nha (1980)
74 min | Drama
With the Vietnam War as its background, "While the Mother is Away" follows the story of a mother and her five children living in the Mekong Delta in South Vietnam. The oldest of the five ... See full summary »
Director: Khanh Du Nguyen | Stars: Dun Van, Duyen Hong, Hang Thu, Phuong Hong
Votes: 13
45. A Phu and His Wife (1961)
73 min | Drama, Romance, War
Feature film on romance and social life of the minority ethnic in the Northwest of Vietnam. Mi and A Phu, a Meo couple, freed themselves with the aid of communist leadership and joined the rising against the French in August 1945.
Director: Loc Mai | Stars: Hoan Duc, Phuong Tran, Trinh Tuyet, Hoa Van
Votes: 37
46. Sao tháng Tám (1977)
150 min | Drama, War
The plot of the film revolves around revolutionary soldiers, who come from different classes, but all share the same patriotism. They had to overcome many life and death challenges and ... See full summary »
Director: Dac Tran | Stars: Hoan Duc, Thi Thu An Nguyen, Hien Thanh, Van Thuy
Votes: 25
47. We Will Meet Again (1974)
106 min | Drama
Melodrama set in Vietnam during the 1940s. Two young singers who fall in love have their relationship disrupted by family opposition and by revolutionary activities against the French and ... See full summary »
Director: Vu Tran | Stars: Quynh Nhu, Tu Lam Vu, Cuong Ca, Thanh Vo
Votes: 26
48. Chuyen xe bao tap (1977)
80 min | Drama, War
Director: Vu Tran | Stars: Dinh Than Vu, Thanh Quý, Thinh Trinh, Mai Châu
Votes: 8
49. Once Upon a Time in Vu Dai Village (1982)
89 min | Drama
Director: Van Khoa Pham | Stars: Huu Muoi Nguyen, Hien Thanh, Lan Kim, Cuong Bui
Votes: 61
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