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san francisco, california

7.3

♡ 23

87%

u.s. marine

vietnam war

woman director

Nancy Savoca Director

John Lacy as Fector

Anthony Clark as Oakie

Lili Taylor as Rose

Brendan Fraser as Sailor #1

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”.

The Greatest Beer Run Ever

2022

6.8

♡ 54

43%

Peter Farrelly Director

Zac Efron as Chickie Donohue

Russell Crowe as Coates

Paul Adelstein as Mr. Donohue

Bill Murray as The Colonel

Chickie wants to support his friends fighting in Vietnam, so he does something wild—personally bring them American beer. What starts as a well-meaning journey quickly changes Chickie's life and perspective.

Who'll Stop the Rain

1978

6.6

♡ 18

81%

63%

Karel Reisz Director

Joaquín Martínez as Angel

Gail Strickland as Charmian

Michael Moriarty as John Converse

Jonathan Banks as Marine

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.

Rescue Dawn

2006

7.2

♡ 122

90%

Werner Herzog Director

Marshall Bell as Admiral

Christian Bale as Dieter Dengler

Steve Zahn as Duane

François Chau as Province Governor

A US Fighter pilot's epic struggle of survival after being shot down on a mission over Laos during the Vietnam War.

The Pentagon Wars

1998

7.1

♡ 17

84%

army

Richard Benjamin Director

Cary Elwes as Colonel James Burton

Bruce French as General De Grasso

James DuMont as Lt. Griffin

Randy Oglesby as Test Range General

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.)

Missing in Action

1984

5.5

♡ 58

19%

Joseph Zito Director

James Hong as Gen. Trau

M. Emmet Walsh as Jack Tucker

Erich Anderson as Masucci

Jean-Claude Van Damme as Soldier

American servicemen are still being held captive in Vietnam and it's up to one man to bring them home in this blistering, fast-paced action/adventure starring martial arts superstar Chuck Norris. Following a daring escape from a Vietnamese POW camp, Special Forces Colonel James Braddock (Norris) is on a mission to locate and save remaining MIAs.

Faith of Our Fathers

2015

3.9

♡ 1

9%

Carey Scott Director

Sy Richardson as Dan

Stephen Baldwin as Mansfield

Ryan Doom as Pvt. Shears

David A.R. White as Wayne

With the Vietnam War raging in 1969, two young fathers report for duty. A man of great faith and a doubtful cynic. A quarter-century later, their sons, Wayne and John Paul (David A.R. White and Kevin Downes), meet as strangers. Guided by handwritten letters from their fathers from the battlefield, they embark on an unforgettable journey to The Wall-the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C. Along the way, they discover the devastation of war cannot break the love of a father for his son.

Uncommon Valor

1983

6.3

♡ 17

post traumatic stress disorder

Drama

post-traumatic stress disorder

Ted Kotcheff Director

Todd Allen as Frank Rhodes

Gail Strickland as Helen Rhodes

Harold Sylvester as Johnson

Tad Horino as Mr. Ky

A group of Vietnam War veterans re-unite to rescue one of their own left behind and taken prisoner by the Vietnamese.

Braddock: Missing in Action III

1988

4.9

♡ 16

39%

Aaron Norris Director

Rick Prieto as CIA Agent

Keith David as Embassy Gate Captain

Aki Aleong as Gen. Quoc

Jeff Habberstad as U.S. Helicopter Pilot

When Colonel James Braddock is told that his Asian wife and 12-year-old son are still alive in Communist Vietnam, he mounts a one-man assault to free them. Armed with the latest high-tech firepower, Braddock fights his way into the heart of the country and ends up battling his way out with several dozen abused Amerasian children in tow! Struggling to keep them alive while outmaneuvering a sadistic Vietnamese officer, Braddock ignites the jungle in a blazing cross-country race for freedom.

Bat*21

1988

6.5

♡ 20

82%

58%

Peter Markle Director

Danny Glover as Captain Bartholomew Clark

Joe Dorsey as Colonel Douglass

Erich Anderson as Major Jake Scott

David Marshall Grant as Ross Carver

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.

American Pastoral

2016

6.1

♡ 72

24%

32%

1970s

husband wife relationship

Crime

Drama

Mystery

parent child relationship

Ewan McGregor Director

Jennifer Connelly as Dawn Levov

Dakota Fanning as Merry Levov

Molly Parker as Sheila Smith

Ewan McGregor as Swede Levov

Set in postwar America, a man watches his seemingly perfect life fall apart as his daughter's new political affiliation threatens to destroy their family.

Birdy

1984

7.2

♡ 25

84%

Alan Parker Director

Nicolas Cage as Al Columbato

John Harkins as Doctor Weiss

Maud Winchester as Doris Robinson

Marshall Bell as Ronsky

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?

Apocalypse Now

1979

8.4

♡ 260

90%

Francis Ford Coppola Director

Harvey Keitel as Captain Benjamin L. Willard

Harrison Ford as Colonel Lucas

Robert Duvall as Lieutenant Colonel Bill Kilgore

Laurence Fishburne as Tyrone 'Clean' Miller

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.

We Were Soldiers

2002

7.2

♡ 144

63%

84%

army

Randall Wallace Director

Keri Russell as Barbara Geoghegan

Jon Hamm as Capt. Matt Dillon

Mel Gibson as Lt. Col. Hal Moore

Randy Oglesby as Lt. Col. List

The story of the first major battle of the American phase of the Vietnam War and the soldiers on both sides that fought it.

Danger Close

2019

♡ 165

71%

74%

1960s

Kriv Stenders Director

Anthony Hayes as Lieutenant Colonel Colin Townsend

Travis Fimmel as Major Harry Smith

Luke Bracey as Sergeant Bob Buick

Paul Allica as Trojan Pilot

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.

Bullet in the Head

1990

Cn

7.5

♡ 17

100%

John Woo Director

Tony Chiu Wai Leung as Ben / Siu Bun

Simon Yam as Luke / Lok

Waise Lee as Paul / Sau Ming

John Woo as Policeman

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.

Bad Times at the El Royale

2018

post traumatic stress disorder

7.1

♡ 189

75%

post-traumatic stress disorder

post-traumatic stress disorder (ptsd)

Thriller

vietnam war

Drew Goddard Director

Chris Hemsworth as Billy Lee

Dakota Johnson as Emily Summerspring

Jeff Bridges as Father Daniel Flynn / Dock O'Kelly

Jim O'Heir as Milton Wyrick

Lake Tahoe, 1969. Seven strangers, each one with a secret to bury, meet at El Royale, a decadent motel with a dark past. In the course of a fateful night, everyone will have one last shot at redemption.

Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight

2013

6.7

♡ 1

38%

70%