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1. The Deer Hunter (1978)
R | 183 min | Drama, War
An 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.
Director: Michael Cimino | Stars: Robert De Niro, Christopher Walken, John Cazale, John Savage
Votes: 362,612 | Gross: $48.98M
2. Seven Psychopaths (2012)
R | 110 min | Comedy, Crime
A struggling screenwriter inadvertently becomes entangled in the Los Angeles criminal underworld after his oddball friends kidnap a gangster's beloved Shih Tzu.
Director: Martin McDonagh | Stars: Colin Farrell, Woody Harrelson, Sam Rockwell, Christopher Walken
Votes: 274,146 | Gross: $15.02M
3. We Were Soldiers (2002)
R | 138 min | Action, Drama, History
The 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.
Director: Randall Wallace | Stars: Mel Gibson, Madeleine Stowe, Greg Kinnear, Sam Elliott
Votes: 151,398 | Gross: $78.12M
4. Casualties of War (1989)
R | 113 min | Action, Crime, Drama
During the Vietnam War, a soldier finds himself the outsider of his own squad when they unnecessarily kidnap a female villager.
Director: Brian De Palma | Stars: Michael J. Fox, Sean Penn, Don Harvey, John C. Reilly
Votes: 48,173 | Gross: $18.67M
5. Ali (2001)
R | 157 min | Biography, Drama, Sport
A biography of sports legend Muhammad Ali, focusing on his triumphs and controversies between 1964 and 1974.
Director: Michael Mann | Stars: Will Smith, Jamie Foxx, Jon Voight, Mario Van Peebles
Votes: 105,621 | Gross: $58.20M
6. Rescue Dawn (2006)
PG-13 | 125 min | Adventure, Biography, War
A U.S. fighter pilot's epic struggle of survival after being shot down on a mission over Laos during the Vietnam War.
Director: Werner Herzog | Stars: Christian Bale, Steve Zahn, Jeremy Davies, Zach Grenier
Votes: 110,855 | Gross: $5.49M
7. The Green Berets (1968)
G | 142 min | Drama, War
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.
Directors: Ray Kellogg, John Wayne, Mervyn LeRoy | Stars: John Wayne, David Janssen, Jim Hutton, Aldo Ray
Votes: 13,883 | Gross: $21.71M
8. Bat*21 (1988)
R | 105 min | Drama, War
During the Vietnam War, Colonel Hambleton's aircraft is shot down over enemy territory and a frantic rescue operation ensues.
Director: Peter Markle | Stars: Gene Hackman, Danny Glover, Jerry Reed, David Marshall Grant
Votes: 9,603 | Gross: $3.97M
9. Call of Duty: Black Ops (2010 Video Game)
M | Action, Adventure, Horror
Former Marine Captain and CIA operative Alex Mason, upon interrogation by an unknown party, recounts his violent experiences with the Bay of Pigs, a radical Soviet conspiracy, and the Vietnam war.
Director: Dave Anthony | Stars: James C. Burns, Emmanuelle Chriqui, Ice Cube, Ed Harris
Votes: 21,329
10. Heaven & Earth (1993)
R | 140 min | Action, Biography, Drama
During 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.
Director: Oliver Stone | Stars: Hiep Thi Le, Tommy Lee Jones, Haing S. Ngor, Bussaro Sanruck
Votes: 15,128 | Gross: $5.86M
11. McBain (1991)
R | 102 min | Crime, Drama, War
A former Vietnam War lieutenant reforms his old team in order to help a revolutionary's sister overthrow a ruthless dictator.
Director: James Glickenhaus | Stars: Christopher Walken, Maria Conchita Alonso, Michael Joseph DeSare, Chick Vennera
Votes: 2,269 | Gross: $0.46M
12. Cry Uncle (1971)
R | 87 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Private detective takes on a case and gets mixed up in murder, sex and blackmail.
Director: John G. Avildsen | Stars: Jackson Beck, Pamela Gruen, Allen Garfield, Devin Goldenberg
Votes: 691 | Gross: $1.08M
13. Go Tell the Spartans (1978)
R | 114 min | Drama, War
During the early 1960s, U.S. military advisers in South Vietnam discover the same challenges that plagued the French army in Indochina ten years prior.
Director: Ted Post | Stars: Burt Lancaster, Craig Wasson, Jonathan Goldsmith, Marc Singer
Votes: 3,085
14. Hearts and Minds (1974)
R | 112 min | Documentary, History, War
A startling and courageous landmark documentary that unflinchingly confronted the United States' involvement in Vietnam at the height of the controversy that surrounded it.
Director: Peter Davis | Stars: Tin Chan, Chau Diem, Ngo Dinh Diem, John Foster Dulles
Votes: 6,114 | Gross: $0.03M
15. The Siege of Firebase Gloria (1988)
R | 97 min | Action, Drama, War
A 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.
Director: Brian Trenchard-Smith | Stars: Wings Hauser, R. Lee Ermey, Robert Arevalo, Mark Neely
Votes: 3,343
16. Off Limits (I) (1988)
R | 102 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
McGriff 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... See full summary »
Director: Christopher Crowe | Stars: Willem Dafoe, Gregory Hines, Fred Ward, Amanda Pays
Votes: 3,435 | Gross: $7.24M
17. 1968 Tunnel Rats (2008)
R | 96 min | Action, Drama, War
Halfway 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.
Director: Uwe Boll | Stars: Michael Paré, Wilson Bethel, Mitch Eakins, Erik Eidem
Votes: 5,093
18. Little Dieter Needs to Fly (1997)
Not Rated | 80 min | Documentary, Biography, Drama
German-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.
Director: Werner Herzog | Stars: Dieter Dengler, Werner Herzog, Eugene Deatrick
Votes: 6,840
19. Behind Enemy Lines (1997)
R | 89 min | Action, Thriller
An ex-marine returns to Vietnam when he learns his former mercenary partner whom he thought was killed is being held by a sadistic general.
Director: Mark Griffiths | Stars: Thomas Ian Griffith, Chris Mulkey, Mark Carlton, Mushond Lee
Votes: 1,054
20. R-Point (2004)
R | 107 min | Action, Horror, War
During the Vietnam War, a South Korean base receives a radio transmission from a missing squad, presumed dead, and sends a platoon to rescue the lost squad from the R-Point.
Director: Su-chang Kong | Stars: Kam Woo-seong, Son Byung-ho, Lee Sun-kyun, Park Won-sang
Votes: 5,834
21. War Bus (1985)
R | 92 min | Action, War
A group of soldiers in Vietnam, saving some missing in action soldiers in a schoolbus.
Director: Ferdinando Baldi | Stars: Daniel Stephen, Romano Kristoff, Urs Althaus, Gwendolyn Hung
Votes: 311
22. The Losers (1970)
R | 95 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
A quintet of CIA-trained Hells Angels take their specially armored hogs to Cambodia and head across southeast Asia to rescue a captured presidential advisor.
Director: Jack Starrett | Stars: William Smith, Bernie Hamilton, Adam Roarke, Houston Savage
Votes: 620 | Gross: $0.46M
23. Thou Shalt Not Kill... Except (1985)
Not Rated | 84 min | Action, Adventure, Horror
Jack Stryker took two bullets in the leg in Vietnam and was carried back by one of his men. When he returns he tries to live a peaceful life in his cabin and resume dating his girlfriend, ... See full summary »
Director: Josh Becker | Stars: Brian Schulz, Robert Rickman, John Manfredi, Timothy Patrick Quill
Votes: 948
24. Commander (1988)
TV-PG | 99 min | Action, War
Commander and his small band of freedom fighters make life difficult for the VC after the Vietnam War is over. They free Vietnamese prisoners, and destroy enemy convoys every chance they ... See full summary »
Director: Ignazio Dolce | Stars: Craig Alan, David Light, Max Laurel, Larry Brand
Votes: 199
25. A Rumor of War (1980)
114 min | Biography, Drama, War
The memories of a US Marine lieutenant in Vietnam who slowly gets disillusioned as the war progresses.
Stars: Brad Davis, Keith Carradine, Michael O'Keefe, Richard Bradford
Votes: 354
26. The Last Blood (1983)
TV-14 | 90 min | Action, Drama, War
During the Vietnam war, an army sergeant rebels against his tyrant commanding officer, whilst they are cut off by the enemy in the jungle. Things get worse for all of them after that.
Director: Antonio Margheriti | Stars: Giancarlo Prete, Antonio Marsina, Luciano Pigozzi, Paul Vance
Votes: 308
27. Double Target (1987)
102 min | Action, Adventure, War
After several American and British military personnel are killed in suicide attacks throughout southeast Asia, the U.S. begins to suspect a plot by the Vietnam government. To uncover the ... See full summary »
Directors: Bruno Mattei, Claudio Fragasso | Stars: Miles O'Keeffe, Donald Pleasence, Bo Svenson, Kristine Erlandson
Votes: 419
28. Nam Angels (1989 Video)
R | 91 min | Action, Adventure, War
Lt. 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.
Director: Cirio H. Santiago | Stars: Brad Johnson, Vernon Wells, Kevin Duffis, Rick Dean
Votes: 351
29. In the Year of the Pig (1968)
Not Rated | 103 min | Documentary, History, War
A documentary chronicling the background to, and history of, the Vietnam War.
Director: Emile de Antonio | Stars: Harry S. Ashmore, Daniel Berrigan, Joseph Buttinger, William R. Corson
Votes: 1,920
30. Art of War (2009 TV Movie)
91 min | Documentary, History, War
Documentary on the main principles of Sun Tzu's "Art of War" illustrated with examples from the Vietnam War (Demoralization), the Second World War (Invasion of Normandy), the American Civil War (Gettysburg) and Tzu's own battles.
Director: David Padrusch | Stars: James Lurie, James Wong, Toshishiro Obata, Andrew Amani
Votes: 151
31. Night Wars (1988)
R | 88 min | Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Two Vietnam Veterans have realistic nightmares about the war. So real are these nightmares that they start getting injured in them, and bringing things back that they had in the dream. They... See full summary »
Director: David A. Prior | Stars: Dan Haggerty, Brian Edward O'Connor, Cameron Smith, Steve Horton
Votes: 228
32. Operation Warzone (1988)
R | 86 min | Action, War
A squad of U.S. troops seek out a mysterious agent hiding out in the jungles of 1960s Vietnam whom has classified documents that could win the war.
Director: David A. Prior | Stars: Joe Spinell, Fritz Matthews, William Zipp, John Cianetti
Votes: 122
33. Brothers in Blood (1987)
R | 92 min | Action, Adventure, War
War is Hell... especially NAM. A group of battle weary soldiers in Vietnam are trapped behind enemy lines. There is no way back. No help on the way. It's only a matter of time and these ... See full summary »
Director: Tonino Valerii | Stars: Bo Svenson, Carlo Mucari, Peter Hooten, Werner Pochath
Votes: 174
34. Cannibal Mercenary (1983)
104 min | Action, Adventure, Horror
A Thai veteran of the Vietnam War and all around master of combat leads a group of men on a daring mission into the jungles of Vietnam to topple a dangerous drug lord and his cannibal army.
Director: Hong Lu Wong | Stars: Alan English, Paul John Stanners, Nian Watts, Harry Myles
Votes: 193
35. Battlefield: Vietnam (1999– )
Documentary, History, War
A detailed history of key Vietnam War battles, from 1954 to 1975.
Star: Gavin MacFadyen
Votes: 190
36. The Iron Triangle (1989)
R | 91 min | Drama, War
An American soldier and a Viet Cong guerrilla find common ground and become allies during the Vietnam war.
Director: Eric Weston | Stars: Beau Bridges, Haing S. Ngor, Liem Whatley, Johnny Hallyday
Votes: 540
37. Terrorgram (1990)
R | 88 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
"Terrorgram" was an anthology of three horror stories linked by a sinister delivery boy. The stories are "Heroine Overdose", "Pandora" and "Veteran's Day".
Director: Stephen M. Kienzle | Stars: James Earl Jones, Steven Field, J.T. Wallace, Jerry Anderson
Votes: 175
38. No Dead Heroes (1986)
Not Rated | 86 min | Action
A US lieutnant is turned into a guinea pig for deadly KGB experiments.
Director: Junn P. Cabreira | Stars: Max Thayer, John Dresden, Nick Nicholson, David Anderson
Votes: 162
39. The Forgotten Man (1971 TV Movie)
73 min | Drama, War
Former Vietnam War POW Lt.Joe Hardy returns home to the US where he finds a totally changed life situation and where he struggles with PTSD.
Director: Walter Grauman | Stars: Dennis Weaver, Lois Nettleton, Anne Francis, Andrew Duggan
Votes: 95
40. ShellShock: Nam '67 (2004 Video Game)
M | Action, War
The other plot is wrong. That's the plot of teb sequel. This is the original game where you play as a nameless GI on his first tour.
Stars: Dee Bradley Baker, Michael Bell, Steve Blum, Chris Cook
Votes: 163
41. Fist of Glory (1991)
R | 93 min | Action, Drama, War
During Vietnam War, a member of US special forces is shanghaied and forced to participate in an underground street fight tournament where losers die. His teammate discovers this and enters the tournament to save him and end it.
Director: Joe Mari Avellana | Stars: Cris Aguilar, Joseph Al, Dave Allen, Mike Anton
Votes: 59
42. L'Oriana (2015 TV Movie)
200 min | Biography
The life of Italian journalist and writer Oriana Fallaci.
Director: Marco Turco | Stars: Vittoria Puccini, Vinicio Marchioni, Stéphane Freiss, Francesca Agostini
Votes: 131
43. A Face of War (1968)
Approved | 72 min | Documentary, War
Most powerful Vietnam war doco not available except on Facebook page
Director: Eugene S. Jones | Star: Michael Mileham
Votes: 58
44. The American War (2018)
52 min | Documentary
Using obscure archival footage, animated illustrations and interviews, this film tells the story of the Vietnam War from the perspective of five Vietcong veterans: a soldier, an officer, an... See full summary »
Director: Daniel L. Bernardi | Stars: Huynh Duc, Huynh Thi Binh, Nguyen Dinh Ngat, Nguyen Thi Nhu Mai
Votes: 19
45. Crónica de un subversivo latinoamericano (1975)
103 min | Drama, Thriller
In 1964, in Venezuela, a US colonel was kidnapped by guerrillas to prevent a Vietnamese subversive from being shot. Everything goes smoothly, until one of the guerrillas is arrested and reveals the name of his companions.
Director: Mauricio Walerstein | Stars: Miguel Ángel Landa, Claudio Brook, Pedro Luna, Orlando Urdaneta
Votes: 13
46. Summer Soldiers (1972)
107 min | Drama, War
A Vietnam veteran deserts from the US Army while on leave in Japan.
Director: Hiroshi Teshigahara | Stars: Keith Sykes, Reisen Ri, Kazuo Kitamura, Toshiko Kobayashi
Votes: 168
47. Battle Rats (1989)
96 min | Action, Adventure, War
During the Vietnam war, the American army forms a special unit called "tunnel rats" to go down into the elaborate system of underground tunnels constructed by the Vietcong, kill anyone they find in it and destroy the system.
Director: Ben Yalung | Stars: Brent Gilbert, Corwin Sperry, Mylene Nocon, Paul John
Votes: 114
48. Koordinaty smerti (1986)
78 min | Drama, War
The story of a group of Soviet sailors aboard the freighter Chelyabinsk who aid their Vietnamese comrades after their ship is sunk during the Vietnam War.
Directors: Samvel Gasparov, Suan Tian Nguyen | Stars: Aleksandr Galibin, Luu Viet Bao Dang, Yuriy Nazarov, Tatyana Lebedeva
Votes: 55
49. Fight and Revenge (1997)
98 min | Action
John Trenton, a commando on his mission, is captured behind enemy lines. In the hellish prison camp he is subjected to tortures.
Director: David Winters | Stars: Matt McColm, Vic Diaz, Sam Douglas, Al Vicente
50. Diakopes sto Vietnam (1971)
83 min | Comedy
Returning after a three-year captivity in war-torn Vietnam, a genial chemist finds his wife to marry his boss, who has grown rich thanks to his invention.
Director: Panos Glykofrydis | Stars: Thanasis Vengos, Anna Fonsou, Alekos Tzanetakos, Andreas Filippides
Votes: 117