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Every Vietnam War Movie

For almost 20 years the United States fought in Vietnam and before them the French. While called "Every Vietnam War Movie" this list covers the Indochina wars more broadly. This generally means it includes movies about Vietnamese resistance against the French, the Sino-Vietnamese war, Cambodian civil war and Khmer Rouge movies. As well as a surprising number of "Vet returns to Vietnam" and Agent Orange related movies. Some films about relevant anti-war/counter-culture movements are included. Feel free to suggest films I've missed.

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  • The Vietnam War

    1

  • Apocalypse Now

    2

  • The Deer Hunter

    3

  • Full Metal Jacket

    4

  • Woodstock

    5

  • Hearts and Minds

    6

  • Forrest Gump

    7

  • Punishment Park

    8

  • A Grin Without a Cat

    9

  • Taxi Driver

    10

  • Bullet in the Head

    11

  • When the Tenth Month Comes

    12

  • Turning Point: The Vietnam War

    13

  • Platoon

    14

  • The Fog of War

    15

  • Targets

    16

  • Little Dieter Needs to Fly

    17

  • The Killing Fields

    18

  • Miss Saigon: 25th Anniversary Performance

    19

  • Far from Vietnam

    20

  • Winter Soldier

    21

  • S21: The Khmer Rouge Killing Machine

    22

  • Jacob's Ladder

    23

  • 79 Springs

    24

  • Dogfight

    25

  • The 317th Platoon

    26

  • First Blood

    27

  • Boat People

    28

  • The Little Girl of Hanoi

    29

  • The Missing Picture

    30

  • Ode to My Father

    31

  • The Sympathizer

    32

  • Last Days in Vietnam

    33

  • Eastern Condors

    34

  • The Trial of the Chicago 7

    35

  • Coming Home

    36

  • The Classic

    37

  • Big Wednesday

    38

  • In the Year of the Pig

    39

  • Born on the Fourth of July

    40

  • Penguin's Memory: A Tale of Happiness

    41

  • Vietnam: A Television History

    42

  • Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam

    43

  • Hair

    44

  • A Decade Under the Influence

    45

  • No Vietnamese Ever Called Me Nigger

    46

  • Rolling Thunder

    47

  • Funan

    48

  • First They Killed My Father

    49

  • Birdy

    50

  • Good Morning, Vietnam

    51

  • Ashes and Embers

    52

  • Four Hours in My Lai

    53

  • Enemies of the People

    54

  • Cutter's Way

    55

  • The White Silk Dress

    56

  • The Cu Chi Tunnels

    57

  • Casualties of War

    58

  • Zabriskie Point

    59

  • Three Seasons

    60

  • 1968: The Year That Changed America

    61

  • Vietnam in HD

    62

  • Diên Biên Phu

    63

  • Vietnam: The War That Changed America

    64

  • Tropic Thunder

    65

  • The Weather Underground

    66

  • Bombies

    67

  • I Was a Soldier

    68

  • Sir! No Sir!

    69

  • Hanoi, Tuesday 13th

    70

  • Year Zero: The Silent Death of Cambodia

    71

  • Nixon

    72

  • The War at Home

    73

  • The 17th Parallel

    74

  • Third World, Third World War

    75

  • First Kill

    76

  • Wreaths at the Foot of the Mountain

    77

  • The Threatening Sky

    78

  • Vietnam: The Quiet Mutiny

    79

  • The Most Dangerous Man in America

    80

  • Pilots in Pajamas

    81

  • The Town Within Reach

    82

  • April in Vietnam in the Year of the Cat

    83

  • Nixon

    84

  • Enemy Image

    85

  • The Girl on the River

    86

  • Bell Diamond

    87

  • The Building

    88

  • Dead Presidents

    89

  • FTA

    90

  • Berkeley in the Sixties

    91

  • China Beach: Pilot

    92

  • Rescue Dawn

    93

  • Soldiers in Hiding

    94

  • Return of the Secaucus Seven

    95

  • Model Shop

    96

  • The World According to Monsanto

    97

  • War Paint

    98

  • Skip Liberty: Shooting in Vietnam

    99

  • The Sixth Side of the Pentagon

    100