The best Vietnam War movies
The top 3 according to 0 votes from people: Apocalypse Now (1979) · Platoon (1986) · The Deer Hunter (1978). (Updated May 14, 2024.)
Jungle, helicopters and the trauma of coming home: the best films about the Vietnam War, according to Olhar Digital, Brasil Paralelo and Cinema10.
Automatically translated (original in Português). See the original
Top 10
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1
Apocalypse Now (1979)
Captain Willard heads upriver after Colonel Kurtz, by Coppola.
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2
Platoon (1986)
A recruit caught between two sergeants, by Oliver Stone; four Oscars.
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3
The Deer Hunter (1978)
Three steelworker friends before, during and after the war.
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4
Full Metal Jacket (1987)
From Marine boot camp to Huế, by Kubrick.
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5
Born on the Fourth of July (1989)
Ron Kovic, from soldier to anti-war activist.
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6
Good Morning, Vietnam (1987)
An irreverent radio DJ in Saigon.
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7
Casualties of War (1989)
A soldier reports a crime committed by his comrades, by De Palma.
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8
We Were Soldiers (2002)
Lieutenant Colonel Hal Moore in the Ia Drang Valley.
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9
Coming Home (1978)
A paraplegic veteran and an officer's wife.
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10
Taxi Driver (1976)
Travis Bickle and the hangover of a lost war.
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11
Da 5 Bloods (2020)
Four Black veterans return to Vietnam, by Spike Lee.
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12
Uncommon Valor (1983)
A colonel returns to Laos to find his missing son.
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13
The Post (2017)
The Washington Post and the Pentagon Papers, by Spielberg.
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