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Fandango at Home Free
89
8.4
/759715/
82
/13386/
82
/8752/
4.4
/863547/
90
/147/
94
/16502/
94
/15/
cc age 16+

Apocalypse Now (1979)
At the height of the Vietnam war, Captain Benjamin Willard is sent on a dangerous mission that, officially, "does not exist, nor will it ever exist." His goal is to locate - and eliminate - a mysterious Green Beret Colonel named Walter Kurtz, who has been leading his personal army on illegal guerrilla missions into enemy territory.
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MGM Plus
86
8.1
/382147/
78
/5617/
80
/4073/
4.2
/262779/
86
/129/
91
/5763/
90
/18/
cc age 17+

The Deer Hunter (1978)
A group of working-class friends decide to enlist in the Army during the Vietnam War and finds it to be hellish chaos -- not the noble venture they imagined. Before they left, Steven married his pregnant girlfriend -- and Michael and Nick were in love with the same woman. But all three are different men upon their return.
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Amazon Prime Video
86
8.1
/464861/
79
/8774/
77
/4875/
4.0
/305193/
89
/122/
93
/9636/
92
/16/
cc age 17+

Platoon (1986)
As a young and naive recruit in Vietnam, Chris Taylor faces a moral crisis when confronted with the horrors of war and the duality of man.
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Netflix
86
8.8
/2445238/
85
/53400/
84
/28933/
4.2
/3209864/
75
/157/
95
/92568/
82
/21/
cc age 13+

Forrest Gump (1994)
A man with a low IQ has accomplished great things in his life and been present during significant historic events—in each case, far exceeding what anyone imagined he could do. But despite all he has achieved, his one true love eludes him.
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Starz Apple TV Channel
84
IMDb 85
7.9
/214442/
78
/9128/
76
/2236/
4.2
/1325371/
97
/366/
92
/536/
82
/61/
cc age 15+

The Holdovers (2023)
A curmudgeonly instructor at a New England prep school is forced to remain on campus during Christmas break to babysit the handful of students with nowhere to go. Eventually, he forms an unlikely bond with one of them — a damaged, brainy troublemaker — and with the school’s head cook, who has just lost a son in Vietnam.
poster
84
7.9
/2033/
74
/33/
71
/27/
3.7
/1311/
100
/14/
92
/61/

Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam (1987)
Real-life letters written by American soldiers, sailors, airmen, and Marines during the Vietnam War to their families and friends back home. Archive footage of the war and news coverage thereof augment the first-person "narrative" by men and women who were in the war, some of whom did not survive it.
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Amazon Prime Video
83
8.0
/7301/
76
/161/
75
/91/
4.0
/9768/
93
/14/
94
/247/

Little Dieter Needs to Fly (1997)
Three decades after German-American pilot Dieter Dengler was shot down over Laos, he returns to the places where he was held prisoner during the early years of the Vietnam War. Accompanied by director Werner Herzog, Dengler describes in unusually candid detail his captivity, the friendships he made, and his daring escape. Not willing to stop there, Herzog even persuades his subject to re-enact certain tortures, with the help of some willing local villagers.
poster
82
7.6
/4226/
75
/253/
73
/93/
3.8
/2499/
95
/58/
84
/61/

Last Days in Vietnam (2014)
During the chaotic final weeks of the Vietnam War, the North Vietnamese Army closes in on Saigon as the panicked South Vietnamese people desperately attempt to escape. On the ground, American soldiers and diplomats confront a moral quandary: whether to obey White House orders to evacuate only U.S. citizens.
poster
82
8.0
/179636/
77
/3894/
76
/2297/
4.1
/129602/
85
/72/
88
/3451/
72
/29/
cc age 16+

JFK (1991)
Follows the investigation into the assassination of President John F. Kennedy led by New Orleans district attorney Jim Garrison.
poster
81
8.2
/838765/
82
/18630/
81
/11100/
4.2
/920989/
90
/87/
94
/18512/
78
/20/
cc age 17+

Full Metal Jacket (1987)
A pragmatic U.S. Marine observes the dehumanizing effects the U.S.-Vietnam War has on his fellow recruits from their brutal boot camp training to the bloody street fighting in Hue.
poster
80
7.2
/5098/
68
/109/
67
/77/
3.8
/9867/
96
/26/
78
/119/
87
/10/

Medium Cool (1969)
John Cassellis is the toughest TV news reporter around. After extensively reporting about violence and racial tensions in poor communities, he discovers that his network is helping the FBI by granting them access to his footage to find suspects.
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Criterion Channel
80
8.2
/6517/
78
/203/
77
/92/
4.2
/6876/
90
/42/
90
/191/
68
/9/
cc age 15+

Hearts and Minds (1974)
Many times during his presidency, Lyndon B. Johnson said that ultimate victory in the Vietnam War depended upon the U.S. military winning the "hearts and minds" of the Vietnamese people. Filmmaker Peter Davis uses Johnson's phrase in an ironic context in this anti-war documentary, filmed and released while the Vietnam War was still under way, juxtaposing interviews with military figures like U.S. Army Chief of Staff William C. Westmoreland with shocking scenes of violence and brutality.
poster
79
7.2
/2896/
68
/46/
65
/36/
3.8
/2264/
95
/19/
83
/30/

City of Hope (1991)
This gritty inner-city film follows various people living in a troubled New Jersey setting, most notably Nick Rinaldi, a disillusioned contractor who has been helped along his whole life by his wealthy father. Other characters in this ensemble drama about urban conflict and corruption include Asteroid , an unstable homeless person, and Wynn, an idealistic young politician.
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Amazon Prime Video
79
7.5
/43540/
75
/850/
72
/707/
3.7
/39462/
83
/63/
87
/1284/
68
/7/

Hair (1979)
Upon receiving his draft notice and leaving his family ranch in Oklahoma, Claude heads to New York and befriends a tribe of long-haired hippies on his way to boot camp.
poster
79
7.3
/163112/
76
/5860/
73
/2892/
3.7
/153658/
90
/48/
82
/2837/
67
/15/
cc age 15+

Good Morning, Vietnam (1987)
A disk jockey goes to Vietnam to work for the Armed Forces Radio Service. While he becomes popular among the troops, his superiors disapprove of his humor.
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Netflix
78
7.4
/396/
79
/20/
83
/9/
3.4
/1128/
cc age 15+

The Stringer: The Man Who Took the Photo (2025)
A two-year investigation uncovers a scandal behind the making of one of the most recognized photographs of the 20th century. Five decades of secrets are unraveled in the search for justice for a man known only as "the stringer."
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Amazon Prime Video
81
78
7.5
/12614/
74
/275/
75
/296/
4.0
/17174/
100
/6/
87
/336/

Bullet in the Head (1990)
Three childhood friends from the slums of Hong Kong flee to war-time Saigon after accidentally murdering a gang leader, but their troubles only escalate.
poster
78
7.2
/26316/
71
/504/
71
/549/
3.7
/16092/
84
/45/
83
/272/
71
/9/

Birdy (1984)
Two young men are seriously affected by the Vietnam War. One of them has always been obsessed with birds - but now believes he really is a bird, and has been sent to a mental hospital. Can his friend help him pull through?
poster
77
7.2
/123047/
71
/2617/
70
/1821/
3.7
/80006/
84
/56/
76
/1694/
75
/16/
cc age 17+

Born on the Fourth of July (1989)
Paralyzed in the Vietnam war, Ron Kovic becomes an anti-war and pro-human rights political activist after feeling betrayed by the country he fought for.
poster
77
7.3
/15769/
71
/227/
70
/193/
3.8
/10194/
83
/30/
83
/234/
61
/9/

Coming Home (1978)
In 1968 California, a Marine officer's wife falls in love with a former high school classmate who suffered a paralyzing combat injury in the war.
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Kanopy
77
7.6
/19551/
75
/335/
74
/338/
4.0
/35913/
81
/31/
69
/448/
67
/17/
cc age 14+

Running on Empty (1988)
The Popes are a family who haven't been able to use their real identity for years. In the late sixties, the parents set a weapons lab afire in an effort to hinder the government's Vietnam war campaign. Ever since then, the Popes have been on the run with the authorities never far behind. Their survival is threatened when their eldest son falls in love with a girl, and announces his wish to live his life on his own terms.
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The Roku Channel
76
7.2
/115049/
72
/2384/
69
/1347/
3.6
/36653/
90
/160/
75
/8298/
77
/36/
cc age 15+

Rescue Dawn (2007)
A US Fighter pilot's epic struggle of survival after being shot down on a mission over Laos during the Vietnam War.
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Kanopy
76
7.0
/30819/
67
/481/
65
/315/
3.4
/8524/
87
/154/
72
/471/
84
/39/

The Quiet American (2002)
Cynical British journalist Fowler falls in love with a young Vietnamese woman but is dismayed when a naïve U.S. official also begins vying for her attention. In retaliation, Fowler informs the communists that the American is selling arms to their enemy.
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Kanopy
76
7.7
/295968/
77
/10666/
74
/6653/
3.8
/283571/
86
/49/
86
/5567/
61
/15/
cc age 16+

First Blood (1982)
When former Green Beret John Rambo is harassed by local law enforcement and arrested for vagrancy, he is forced to flee into the mountains and wage an escalating one-man war against his pursuers.
poster
75
7.2
/170112/
73
/9051/
70
/4785/
3.5
/218177/
88
/401/
74
/1418/
83
/51/
cc age 13+

The Post (2017)
A cover-up that spanned four U.S. Presidents pushed the country's first female newspaper publisher and a hard-driving editor to join an unprecedented battle between journalist and government. Inspired by true events.
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Netflix
74
6.5
/56980/
66
/2561/
64
/1134/
3.5
/147347/
92
/315/
53
/665/
82
/49/
cc age 17+

Da 5 Bloods (2020)
Four African-American Vietnam veterans return to Vietnam. They are in search of the remains of their fallen squad leader and the promise of buried treasure. These heroes battle forces of humanity and nature while confronted by the lasting ravages of the immorality of the Vietnam War.
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MGM Plus
74
7.1
/51012/
72
/1116/
71
/961/
3.6
/30454/
82
/50/
75
/692/
75
/24/

Casualties of War (1989)
During the Vietnam War, a soldier finds himself the outsider of his own squad when they unnecessarily kidnap a female villager.
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Criterion Channel
73
7.3
/11025/
68
/190/
69
/134/
3.8
/19574/
87
/23/
86
/333/
56
/15/

Dogfight (1991)
In the fall of 1963, Eddie Birdlace is an 18-year-old Marine Corps volunteer who is about to ship out with three of his buddies for a tour of duty in Vietnam. Planning a massive blowout for their last night in San Francisco, Eddie, his buddies, and a number of other Marines set up a contest they call a "dogfight”.
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Kanopy
73
7.1
/15850/
72
/511/
68
/216/
3.4
/10658/
91
/138/
76
/629/
67
/30/
cc age 13+

The Sapphires (2012)
It's 1968, and four young, talented Australian Aboriginal girls learn about love, friendship, and war when they entertain the US troops in Vietnam as singing group The Sapphires.
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Kanopy
73
7.2
/157926/
75
/4255/
71
/2178/
3.4
/47297/
63
/144/
84
/6587/
65
/37/
cc age 17+

We Were Soldiers (2002)
The story of the first major battle of the American phase of the Vietnam War and the soldiers on both sides that fought it.
poster
72
6.7
/29572/
72
/956/
65
/490/
3.3
/13243/
100
/12/
73
/680/
64
/17/
cc age 17+

Hamburger Hill (1987)
The men of Bravo Company are facing a battle that's all uphill… up Hamburger Hill. Fourteen war-weary soldiers are battling for a mud-covered mound of earth so named because it chews up soldiers like chopped meat. They are fighting for their country, their fellow soldiers and their lives. War is hell, but this is worse. Hamburger Hill tells it the way it was, the way it really was. It's a raw, gritty and totally unrelenting dramatic depiction of one of the fiercest battles of America's bloodiest war. This happened. Hamburger Hill - war at its worst, men at their best.
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Amazon Prime Video
72
6.7
/2160/
64
/59/
62
/39/
3.4
/740/
83
/6/
85
/39/

84C MoPic (1989)
An Army cameraman is embedded with a reconnaissance patrol and charts their mission across territory controlled by the North Vietnamese.
poster
72
7.3
/1476/
64
/30/
57
/17/
3.5
/714/
80
/85/
77
/210/
69
/24/

Chicago 10 (2008)
Archival footage, animation and music are used to look back at the eight anti-war protesters who were put on trial following the 1968 Democratic National Convention.
poster
72
6.9
/3803/
69
/121/
64
/78/
3.4
/1028/
77
/74/
62
/7/

The Boys in Company C (1978)
Disheartened by futile combat, appalled by the corruption of their South Vietnamese ally, and constantly endangered by the incompetence of their own company commander, the young men find a possible way out of the war. They are told that if they purposely lose a soccer game against a South Vietnamese team, they can spend the rest of their tour playing exhibition games behind the lines.
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Kanopy
72
7.3
/117016/
73
/2896/
71
/1400/
3.5
/111954/
53
/176/
82
/37124/
56
/29/
cc age 14+

Across the Universe (2007)
When young dockworker Jude leaves Liverpool to find his estranged father in the United States, he is swept up by the waves of change that are re-shaping the nation. Jude falls in love with Lucy, who joins the growing anti-war movement. As the body count in Vietnam rises, political tensions at home spiral out of control and the star-crossed lovers find themselves in a psychedelic world gone mad.
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Criterion Channel
71
6.5
/9191/
62
/194/
62
/208/
3.5
/25791/
94
/34/
72
/179/

2 or 3 Things I Know About Her (1967)
As the city of Paris and the French people grow in consumer culture, a housewife living in a high-rise apartment with her husband and two children takes to prostitution to help pay the bills.
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FXNow
70
6.8
/15185/
76
/1632/
73
/470/
3.1
/7269/
62
/78/
96
/325/
51
/25/
cc age 15+

The Last Full Measure (2020)
The incredible true story of Vietnam War hero William H. Pitsenbarger, a U.S. Air Force Pararescuemen medic who personally saved over sixty men. Thirty-two years later, Pentagon staffer Scott Huffman investigates a Congressional Medal of Honor request for Pitsenbarger and uncovers a high-level conspiracy behind the decades-long denial of the medal, prompting Huffman to put his own career on the line to seek justice for the fallen airman.
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The Roku Channel
77
70
7.8
/6742/
75
/235/
74
/128/
3.8
/7264/
75
/8/
86
/29/

Ode to My Father (2014)
Duk-soo lost his father and younger sister while taking refuge during the Korean War. He leaves for Germany to work as a miner and enters the Vietnam War. He wishes to find his sister.
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Amazon Prime Video
70
6.9
/30168/
71
/1619/
68
/477/
3.4
/28342/
77
/218/
72
/183/
65
/45/
cc age 16+

Last Flag Flying (2017)
Thirty years after serving together in the Vietnam War, Larry, Sal and Richard reunite for a different type of mission: to bury Doc's son, a young Marine killed in Iraq. Forgoing the burial, the trio take the casket on a bittersweet trip up the coast to New Hampshire – along the way reminiscing and coming to terms with the shared memories of a war that continues to shape their lives.
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MGM Plus
69
6.7
/3703/
67
/71/
65
/70/
3.4
/2104/
81
/16/
63
/24/
73
/7/

Who'll Stop the Rain (1978)
John, a disillusioned Vietnam War journalist, turns to heroin smuggling. He cons Ray, an equally burnt out veteran into delivering the drugs stateside to his wife. Everything soon falls apart and Ray ends up on the run with John's wife trying to evade crooked narcotics agents.
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The Roku Channel
69
6.8
/16191/
72
/1288/
68
/344/
3.3
/5708/
71
/35/
74
/71/

Danger Close: The Battle of Long Tan (2019)
Vietnam War, 1966. Australia and New Zealand send troops to support the United States and South Vietnamese in their fight against the communist North. Soldiers are very young men, recruits and volunteers who have never been involved in a combat. On August 18th, members of Delta Company will face the true horror of a ruthless battle among the trees of a rubber plantation called Long Tân. They are barely a hundred. The enemy is a human wave ready to destroy them.
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HBO Max Amazon Channel
72
69
7.1
/5852/
70
/297/
69
/71/
3.4
/2367/
83
/561/

The Pentagon Wars (1998)
From the director of “Made In America” and “The Money Pit” comes a hilarious look at one of the most expensive blunders in military history. Over 17 years and almost as many billion dollars have gone into devising the BFV (Bradley Fighting Vehicle). There's only one problem. . . it doesn't work. (Spoiler alert: 25 years later ... it does work.)
poster
69
6.9
/26477/
65
/332/
65
/295/
3.4
/4819/
67
/128/
69
/767/
63
/38/

The Assassination of Richard Nixon (2004)
It’s 1974 and Sam Bicke has lost everything. His wife leaves him with his three kids, his boss fires him, his brother turns away from him, and the bank won’t give him any money to start anew. He tries to find someone to blame for his misfortunes and comes up with the President of the United States who he plans to murder.
poster
68
6.5
/3125/
56
/74/
55
/28/
3.2
/53419/
90
/136/
50
/18/
80
/37/
cc age 14+

The Mastermind (2025)
In a sedate Massachusetts suburb circa 1970, unemployed family man and amateur art thief J.B. Mooney sets out on his first heist. With the museum cased and accomplices recruited, he has an airtight plan. Or so he thinks.
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Kanopy
68
5.6
/2780/
56
/186/
57
/91/
3.0
/23234/
65
/103/
87
/22/
65
/25/
cc age 15+

Oh, Canada (2024)
Famed Canadian-American leftist documentary filmmaker Leonard Fife was one of sixty thousand draft evaders and deserters who fled to Canada to avoid serving in Vietnam. Now in his late seventies, Fife is dying of cancer in Montreal and has agreed to a final interview in which he is determined to bare all his secrets at last, to demythologize his mythologized life.
poster
Netflix
68
7.1
/175837/
72
/4446/
69
/2250/
3.4
/68086/
64
/134/
75
/2375/
63
/29/
cc age 16+

Spy Game (2001)
On the day of his retirement, a veteran CIA agent learns that his former protégé has been arrested in China, is sentenced to die the next morning in Beijing, and that the CIA is considering letting that happen to avoid an international scandal.
poster
The Roku Channel
67
6.5
/10438/
71
/365/
63
/200/
3.2
/3177/
82
/17/
58
/101/
58
/13/

Bat★21 (1988)
Lt. Col. Iceal "Ham" Hambleton is a weapons countermeasures expert and when his aircraft is shot over enemy territory the Air Force very much wants to get him back. Hambleton knows the area he's in is going to be carpet-bombed but a temporary shortage of helicopters causes a delay. Working with an Air Force reconnaissance pilot, Capt. Bartholomew Clark, he maps out an escape route.
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Hoopla
67
6.8
/15876/
71
/299/
67
/269/
3.3
/5451/
43
/21/
70
/222/

Heaven & Earth (1993)
In a small Vietnamese village torn apart by war, a young woman faces unimaginable horrors before deciding to escape to the city. There, she encounters a compassionate Marine who offers her hope and a chance at a new life, igniting the possibility of a future together.


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