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A Vietnam veteran protects a woman who has been assaulted by an outlaw biker gang. 1968 US Targets: Peter Bogdanovich: A disturbed Vietnam veteran goes on a sniper shooting spree after killing his wife and mother. [28] 1971 US Billy Jack: Tom Laughlin: A Vietnam veteran defends the hippie-themed Freedom School against corrupt local officials.
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- Danger Close: The Battle of Long Tan (2019) Danger Close: The Battle of Long Tan is about how a little over 100 Australian soldiers held their position against thousands of Vietnamese soldiers at the titular rubber plantation.
- Jacob's Ladder (1990) The most surreal of the best Vietnam War movies, Jacob's Ladder is a psychological horror that combines sci-fi and fantasy elements.
- Platoon (1986) Based on director Oliver Stone's own experiences fighting in the Vietnam War, Platoon is an extremely dark tale told with utmost retraint and reverence.
- Birdy (1984) Remembered for Nicolas Cage's method acting and for winning the Grand Prix Spécial du Jury at the Cannes Film Festival, Birdy is about two best friends with very different personalities who end up fighting in the Vietnam War.
- Deathdream (aka Dead of Night, 1972) Director: Bob Clark. This scuzzy 70s shocker is a bracingly inventive rumination on what would in years to come be recognised as combat-induced post-traumatic stress disorder.
- Hearts and Minds (1974) Director: Peter Davis. Peter Davis’s Oscar-winning documentary is an anguished but lucidly reasoned plea for America’s withdrawal from Vietnam, completed and released shortly before the fall of Saigon in 1975.
- Coming Home (1978) Director: Hal Ashby. It’s all too easy to sneer at Hal Ashby’s melodramatic, sometimes earnest tale of a woman (Jane Fonda, whose controversial activism had made her a right-wing hate figure during the war) torn between loyalty to her conservative military captain husband (Bruce Dern) and her growing affection for a paraplegic Vietnam veteran (Jon Voight).
- Apocalypse Now (1979) Director: Francis Ford Coppola. “My film is not about Vietnam. It is Vietnam… We were in the jungle, there were too many of us, we had access to too much money, too much equipment, and little by little we went insane.”
Chris 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. Director Oliver Stone Stars Charlie Sheen Tom Berenger Willem Dafoe. 3. Full Metal Jacket.
- Apocalypse Now. Captain Willard (Martin Sheen) is a burnt-out Special Ops soldier assigned to sneak into Cambodia and assassinate a rogue U.S. colonel (Marlon Brando) who has apparently gone insane.
- Platoon. Wanting to do his part to help the American war effort in Vietnam, college dropout Chris Taylor (Charlie Sheen) volunteers for the U.S. Army.
- Full Metal Jacket. Divided cleanly into two acts, "Full Metal Jacket" follows a group of Marine recruits as they complete basic training under the watchful eye of their sadistic drill sergeant (Lee Ermey).
- The Deer Hunter. In 1968, best friends Mike, Steven, and Nick (Robert De Niro, Christopher Walken, and John Savage, respectively) are drafted into the U.S. Army.
Dec 31, 2009 · The Vietnam War - known in Vietnam as the Resistance War Against America - lasted from November 1, 1955, until the fall of Saigon on April 30, 1975. Over 7K filmgoers have voted on the 60+ films on Best Vietnam War Movies Of All Time. Current Top 3: Platoon, Full Metal Jacket, Apocalypse Now.
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