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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: 363,183 | Gross: $48.98M

2. 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: 151,646 | Gross: $78.12M

3. 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: 274,438 | Gross: $15.02M

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: 48,239 | 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: 105,729 | 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: 110,947 | 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: 13,905 | Gross: $21.71M

8. 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: 21,387

9. 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: 15,147 | Gross: $5.86M

10. 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: 9,610 | Gross: $3.97M

11. 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: 3,093

12. 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: 2,276 | Gross: $0.46M

13. 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: 6,130 | Gross: $0.03M

14. 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: 3,353

15. 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: 692 | Gross: $1.08M

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: 3,441 | Gross: $7.24M

17. 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: 6,858

18. 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: 5,845

19. 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: 5,096

20. 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: 621 | Gross: $0.46M

21. 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: 1,056

22. 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: 950

23. 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: 542

24. 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: 231

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: 355

26. 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: 313

27. 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: 354

28. 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: 201

29. 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: 420

30. 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: 1,923

31. 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

32. 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: 309

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. Battlefield: Vietnam (1999– )

Documentary, History, War

A detailed history of key Vietnam War battles, from 1954 to 1975.

Star: Gavin MacFadyen

Votes: 190

35. 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

36. 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

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. 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: 115

39. 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: 164

40. 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

41. Some May Live (1967)

89 min | Drama, Thriller, War

During the Vietnam War U.S. decoder Kate Meredith is plagued with guilt when her correspondent husband coerces her to pass information to him and the Viet Cong.

Director: Vernon Sewell | Stars: Joseph Cotten, Martha Hyer, Peter Cushing, John Ronane

Votes: 75

42. 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

43. 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

44. 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

45. 17th Parallel: Vietnam in War (1968)

113 min | Documentary, War

During some months, the Dutch movie director Ivens and some North Vietnamese colleagues filmed the life of North Vietnamese peasants under the menace of heavy American bombardments. The result is an indictment of all forms of war.

Directors: Joris Ivens, Marceline Loridan Ivens

Votes: 164

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. 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

48. Legio Patria Nostra (2022)

37 min | Short, Action

Indochina, 1947. Foreign Legion troops secure a railway line in Viet Minh territory. After the death of one of them, a new recruit is sent there.

Director: Kevin Favillier | Stars: Killian Merly, Jalal Altawil, Victor Pontecorvo, Mathieu Ziegler

49. 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

50. 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