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INDEX
FILM LISTING
1988
ROBERT DOWNEY JR, KIEFER SUTHERLAND, WINONA RYDER, BRUCE DERN, MARIETTE HARTLEY, JOANNA CASSIDY
DIR: ERNEST THOMPSON
DRAMA
2 BEST FRIENDS ENTER COLLEGE TO ESCAPE BEING DRAFTED INTO THE VWAR, ONLY TO EVENTUALLY BECOME CAUGHT UP IN THE TURMOIL OF THE TIMES
R
ATLANTIC
1989
RICHARD BROOKS, JONATHAN EMERSON, NICHOLAS CASCONE, JASON TOMLINS, CHRISTOPHER BURGARD, GLENN MORSHOWER
DIR: PATRICK DUNCAN
DRAMA
PATRICK DUNCAN'S UNIQUE PERSPECTIVE OF THE VWAR, AS SEEN THROUGH THE LENS OF A MILITARY CAMERAMAN ACCOMPANYING A SIX-MAN COMBAT TEAM ON A DANGEROUS MISSION
R
1979
FOREIGN FILM
1988
1990
MEL GIBSON, ROBERT DOWNEY, JR, NANCY TRAVLS, JENKINS, DAVID MARSHALL GRANT, LANE SMITH
DIR: ROGER SPOTTISWOODE
ADVENTURE
DURING THE VWAR, AN ALTRUISTIC CO-PILOT HAS A SOBERING EFFECT ON HIS VETERAN PARTNER, WHOSE CIA DRUG-RUNNING OPERATIONS ARE INTENDED TO AID AMER'S WAR EFFORT
R
1985
ED HARRIS, AMY MADIGAN, HO NGUYEN, DONALD MOFFAT, TRUYER V TRAN, RUDY YOUNG
DIR: LOUIS MALLE
DRAMA
A SMALL TEXAS COMMUNITY IS TORN BY VIOLENCE WHEN LOCAL FISHERMEN TAKE ACTION AGAINST RELOCATED V'NAMESE REFUGEES
R
ARLO GUTHRIE
1985
CHRISTOPHER MITCHUM, JOHN PHILLIP LAW, FRANCO GUERRERO
DIR: BOBBY A SUAREZ
ADVENTURE
AFTER HIS FAMILY IS MURDERED, A BITTER VIETNAM VET ACCEPTS AN OFFER TO LEAD A TEAM OF COMMANDOS ON A BLOODY DRUG RAID IN THAILAND
R
1990
ASHER BRAUNER, ROBERT F LYONS, KAI BAKER, VERNON WELLS
DIR: ROBERT J SMAWLEY ITE TO STOP AN OLD ADVENTURE
2 FORMER VIETNAM VETS REUNITE TO STOP AN OLD ENEMY STILL SUFFERING FROM THE TRAUMATIC EXPERIENCE OF THE WAR
R
1981
DAVID CARRADINE, BARBARA HERSHEY, RICHARD GREENE
DIR: DAVID CARRADINE
DRAMA
WHILE ADAPTING TO LIFE IN A RURAL KANSAS TOWN, A VIETNAM VET ATTEMPTS TO REBUILD A CAROUSEL AND RECONCILE WITH THE HORRORS OF HIS WAR YEARS
RATED PG VIOLENCE
DOCUMENTARY
J ANDERSON, S WHITMAN
1967
RUN 1:00
1986
CHRISTOPHER STONE, ANDY WOOD, LAWRENCE-HILTON JACOBS, GERRIT GRAHAM, DENNIS REDFIELD, PAUL KOSLO
DIR: CHARLES E SELLIER JR.
ADVENTURE
A GROUP OF HARD-BITTEN VIETNAM VETS USE WARTIME TACTICS AS THEY BATTLE DRUG-TRAFFICKING THUGS ON THE STREETS OF ATLANTA
R
1979
UA
DIR: FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA
MARTIN SHEEN/ROBERT DUVALL/MARLON BRANDO
RUN 2:19
1982
1987
1969
1986
STEPHEN LANG, MICHAEL CARMINE, LAUREN HOLLY, JAMES REMAR
DIR: PAUL MICHAEL GLASER
DRAMA
TO PREPARE THEM FOR AN ALL-OUT WAR ON MIAMI'S DRUG TRADE, A VIETNAM VET INSTRUCTS FIVE HOODLUMS IN THE FINE ART OF COMMANDO FIGHTING
R
1988
GENE HACKMAN, DANNY GLOVER, JERRY REED, DAVID MARSHALL GRANT, CLAYTON ROHNER, ERICH ANDERSON
DIR: PETER MARKLE
DRAMA
DURING THE VWAR, A DAREDEVIL PILOT AND A 53-YEAR-OLD AIR FORCE COLONEL STRUGGLE TO MAKE THEIR WAY TO SAFETY FROM BEHIND ENEMY LINES
R
1998
1978
M MODINE, N CAGE
1984
1974
1977
ROBERT SHAW, BRUCE DERN, MARTHE KELLER
DIR: JOHN FRANKENHEIMER
SUSPENSE
A DERANGED VIETNAM VET JOINS AN ARAB TERRORIST IN A PLOT TO MURDER 80,000 UNSUSPECTING SUPER BOWL FANS
R
1990
RUTGER HAUER, BRANDON CALL, TERRANCE O'QUINN, LISA BLOUNT, NOBLE WILLINGHAM, MEG FOSTER
DIR: PHILLIP NOYCE
ADVENTURE
A BLIND VIETNAM VET'S SAMURAI TRAINING COMES IN HANDY WHEN MOBSTERS PURSUE HIM AND HIS BUDDY'S SON FROM MIAMI TO RENO
R
R SCHEIDER
COLUMBIA
1983
RUN 1:49
1989
TOM CRUISE, RAYMOND J BARRY, CAROLINE KAVA, KYRA SEDGWICK, WILLEM DAFOE, JERRY LEVINE
DIR: OLIVER STONE
DRAMA
VIETNAM VET RON KOVIC DISCOVERS THE TRUE HORRORS OF WAR BOTH ON THE BATTLEFIELD AND ON THE HOME FRONT IN THIS FACT-BASED STORY OF THE PARALYZED MARINE WHO BECAME AN ANTI-WAR ACTIVIST
R
1978
STAN SHAW, ANDREW STEVENS, MICHAEL LEMBECK
DIR: SIDNEY J FURIE
DRAMA
A GROUP OF YOUNG AMER SOLDIERS MANAGE TO OVERCOME THE TERRORS OF THE VWAR IN THEIR OWN, SLIGHTLY OFFBEAT MANNER
RATED R
COLUMBIA
RUN 2:05
1988
CHUCK NORRIS, AKI ALEONG, ROLAND HARRAH III, MIKI KIM, YEHUDA EFRONI
DIR: AARON NORRIS
DRAMA
COL JAMES BRADDOCK RETURNS TO SOUTHEAST ASIA TO RESCUE HIS PRESUMED-DEAD V'NAMESE WIFE AND THEIR AMERASIAN SON FROM THE SADISTIC GENERAL QUOC
R
1998
1986
FOREIGN FILM
R BROOKS, N CASCONE
1989
RUN 95
NEW CENTURY/VISTA
1988
LOU FERRIGNO, REB BROWN, MICHAEL DANTE, MIKE MOROFF, MARILYN TOKUDA, JAMES SHIGETA
DIR: LANG ELLIOTT
DRAMA
2 VIETNAM VETS - A MENTALLY IMPAIRED BRUTE AND HIS FORMER COMMANDING OFFICER - FIND THEMSELVES TRAPPED IN A BARE-KNUCKLE BOXING TOURNAMENT IN LA'S ORIENTAL UNDERWORLD
R
1989
MICHAEL J FOX, SEAN PENN, THUY THU LE, DON HARVEY, JOHN REILLY, JOHN LEGUIZAMO
DIR: BRIAN DE PALMA
DRAMA
A YOUNG RECRUIT FACES A CRISIS OF CONSCIENCE OVER WHETHER TO REPORT HIS COMMANDING OFFICER AND FELLOW SOLDIERS FOR THE RAPE AND MURDER OF A V'NAMESE WOMAN
BASED ON A TRUE STORY
R
1985
BON JOHNSON, LISA BLOUNT, ROBERT F
LYONS, RICHARD CHAVES, RICK RICHARDS, CHRIS NOEL
DIR: DAVID NUTTER
DRAMA
PSYCHOLOGICAL PROBLEMS PLAGUE A VIETNAM VET'S PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL LIFE AS HE TRIES TO READJUST TO HIS SURROUNDINGS
R
DOUBLE HELIX (EMI)
RUN 1:37
1980
SHIRLEY JONES, INA BALIN, BEULAH QUO
DIR: JOHN LLEWELLYN MOXEY
DRAMA
BASED ON THE TRUE STORY OF 2 AMER WOMEN'S ATTEMPTS TO EVACUATE A LARGE GROUP OF WAR ORPHANS FROM V'NAM DURING THE COMMUNIST TAKEOVER.
NO RATING
1988
1957
1978
JANE FONDA, JON VOIGHT, BRUCE DERN, PENELOPE MILFORD DIR; HAL ASHBY
DRAMA
WHILE HE'S FIGHTING ABROAD, A MARINE CAPTAIN'S WIFE FALLS IN LOVE WITH AN EMBITTERED DISABLED VIETNAM VET
RATED R
FOX
RUN 2:07
1981
JOHN HEARD, JEFF BRIDGES, LISA EICHHORN
DIR: IVAN PASSER
DRAMA
A BITTER VIETNAM VET DRAWS HIS WIFE AND HIS ONLY FRIEND INTO AN OBSESSIVE MISSION TO UNCOVER A MURDERER
RATED R
1992
1972
JOHN MARLEY, LYNN CARLIN
DIR: BOB CLARK
HORROR
THE PARENTS OF A MAN SUPPOSEDLY KILLED IN V'NAM ARE SHOCKED WHEN HE REAPPEARS ON THEIR DOORSTEP.
NO RATING
1995
1987
1978
ROBERT DE NIRO, MERYL STREEP, JOHN SAVAGE, CHRISTOPHER WALKEN, JOHN CAZALE, GEORGE DZUNDZA
DIR: MICHAEL CIMINO
DRAMA
3 CLOSE, CAREFREE FRIENDS FROM A SMALL PENNSYLVANIA STEEL TOWN ARE CHANGED FOREVER BY THE TERRORS QF WAR WHEN THEY ARE DRAFTED AND SENT TO V'NAM
R
MCA
RUN 3:03
1998
ARMED & DANGEROUS VETS GO AFTER MARIJUANA GROWERS WHO KILLED A VET
RICHARD HILL
KATT SHEA
CROFTON HARDESTER
KAZ GARAS
1990
1988
JOHN LITHGOW, RALPH MACCHIO, KERRIE KEANE, REB BROWN, JANET MARGOLIN, DENIS ARNDT
DIR: RICK ROSENTHAL
DRAMA
AFTER 15 YEARS OF SELF-IMPOSED ISOLATION, A SHELL-SHOCKED VIETNAM VET EMERGES FROM THE WILDERNESS TO RECONCILE HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH HIS TEENAGE SON
R
PARAMOUNT
RUN 1:54
1982
BENNIS CHRISTOPHER, SUSAN SAINT JAMES, ROGER AARON BROWN
DIR: PETER WERNER
DRAMA
A WOMAN ARMY DOCTOR AND A TROUBLE-PRONE MEDIC HELP 2 NUNS CARE FOR A GROUP OF V'NAMESE ORPHANS
PG
A FINETTI, P NELSON
1988
1969
BON STROUD, GORDON THOMPSON, RICHARD CONTE
DIR: JULES BRICKEN
DRAMA
AFTER HIS BROTHER'S DEATH IN V'NAM, AN UNSTABLE YOUNG MAN FLEES TO CANADA WHERE HE LAUNCHES A STRING OF MURDERS
PG
1984
ROBERT GINTY, MARIO VAN PEEBLES, DEBORAH GEFFNER
DIR: MARK BUNTZMAN
DRAMA
A VIETNAM VET SEEKS REVENGE AGAINST A GANG OF PUNKS WHO SAVAGELY BEAT AND CRIPPLED HIS GIRLFRIEND
R
MGM
RUN 1:22
1980
CHRISTOPHER GEORGE, SAMANTHA EGGAR
DIR: JAMES GLICKENHAUS
DRAMA
AFTER HIS WAR BUDDY IS LEFT PARALYZED BY A NEW YORK YOUTH GANG, A VIETNAM VET TAKES HIS REVENGE BY MURDERING STREET CRIMINALS THROUGH GRUESOME, TORTUOUS MEANS
R
RUN 1:41
1989
A SOLDIER HAS TO DEAL WITH HIS CORRUPT PLATOON LEADER
ANDY WOOD, WILLIAM FIELD
1986
FOREIGN FILM
1985
KEVIN COSTNER, JUDD NELSON, SAM ROBARDS
DIR: KEVIN REYNOLDS
COMEDY
FACED WITH ADULTHOOD AND THE PALL OF V'NAM, FIVE COLLEGE CRONIES TAKE OFF ACROSS TEXAS FOR A LAST-DITCH FLING
PG
NUDITY
1988
CLIFF DE YOUNG, KAY LENZ, FRANK STALLONE, ROBERT FACTOR, SCOTT SCWARTZ, GERI BETZLER
DIR: ROBERT A FERRETTI
SUSPENSE
ESCAPED CONVICTS TURN A VIETNAM VET'S FAMILY OUTING INTO A VIOLENT STRUGGLE FOR SURVIVAL
R
1999
1990
1994
1994
1992
1979
1987
1987
JAMES CAAN, ANJELICA HUSTON, JAMES EARL JONES, DB SWEENEY, DEAN STOCKWELL, MARY STUART MASTERSON
DIR: FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA
DRAMA
A CAREER ARMY OFFICER AT ARLINGTON NATL CEMETERY FINDS HIMSELF ARGUING OVER AMER'S INVOLVEMENT IN THE V'NAM CONFLICT WITH AN EAGER YOUNG RECRUIT
R
GE
FOX
RUN 1:41
1990
1978
BURT LANCASTER, CRAIG WASSON
DIR: TED POST
DRAMA
A VET SOLDIER IS MYSTIFIED BY THE UNANSWERED QUESTIONS SURROUNDING THE VWAR WHILE HE COMMANDS A YOUTHFUL PLATOON IN THE MIDST OF BATTLE
RATED R
1978
CHUCK NORRIS, ANNE ARCHER, JAMES FRANCISCUS
DIR: TED POST
ADVENTURE
A VIETNAM VET LAUNCHES HIS OWN INVESTIGATION INTO THE MYSTERIOUS DEATHS OF THE OTHER SOLDIERS WHO WERE IN HIS MILITARY UNIT
PG
1987
1973
PAUL WINFIELD, CARL LEE, GRACE JONES
DIR: OSSIE DAVIS
ADVENTURE
AFTER RETURNING FROM V'NAM AND SEEING HIS WIFE OVERDOSE ON HEROIN, AN EX-GREEN BERET CAPTAIN DECLARES WAR ON THE HARLEM DRUG TRADE
RATED R
1968
1968
1969
MICHAEL DOUGLAS, PETER STRAUSS, ARTHUR KENNEDY, TERESA WRIGHT
DIR: DAVID MILLER
DRAMA
AN IDEALISTIC COLLEGE DROPOUT QUESTIONS HIS ATTITUDES ON NON-VIOLENCE AND PATRIOTISM WHEN HE ENLISTS IN THE ARMY DURING THE V'NAM YEARS
PG
1987
ANTHONY BARRILE, MICHAEL PATRICK BOATMAN, DON CHEADLE, MICHAEL DOLAN, DON JAMES, DYLAN MCDERMOTT
DIR: JOHN IRVIN
DRAMA
FACT-BASED ACCOUNT OF THE 101 ABN DIV'S 10-DAY STRUGGLE TO SECURE A STRATEGIC MOUNTAINSIDE LOCATION IN SOUTH V'NAM
R
WARNER
RUN 1:44
1987
MICHAEL MORIARTY, PAUL LEMAT, JEFFREY JONES, STEPHEN DAVIES, LAWRENCE PRESSMAN, DAVID SOUL
DIR: LIONEL CHETWYND
DRAMA
LIONEL CHETWYND WROTE AND DIRECTED THIS ACCOUNT OF THE GRUELING ORDEAL FACED BY AMER SOLDIERS IN V'NAMESE PRISONER OF WAR CAMPS
R
WARNER
RUN 2:06
1997
1993
1974
CLARK CLIFFORD, GEORGE COKER, DANIEL ELLSBERG, RANDY FLOYD, J.W. FULBRIGHT, BRIAN HOLDEN, LYNDON JOHNSON, ROBERT MULLER, RICHARD NIXON, GEORGE PATTON III, WALT ROSTOW, GEN. WILLIAM WESTMORELAND
DIRECTED BY PETER DAVIS
1977
1970
ROBERT DE NIRO, JENNIFER SALT
DIR: BRIAN DE PALMA
DRAMA
A VIETNAM VET RETURNS HOME TO NEW YORK CITY AND BECOMES INVOLVED IN THE PORNOGRAPHY INDUSTRY
R
GE
1977
BRITT EKLAND, KEENAN WYNN, BEN GAZZARA
DIR: REMI KRAMER
ADVENTURE
WHEN A TOP EXECUTIVE OF A GLOBAL CORPORATION IS KIDNAPPED, 2 VIETNAM VETS USE GUERRILLA TACTICS AGAINST THE FORMIDABLE ABDUCTORS
PG
1992
DOCUMENTARY ON THE JAPANESE-AMERICAN INTERNMENT
PROD
REA TAJIRIW
[W2]HOA-BINH
1970
PHI LAN, HUYNH CAZENS
DIR: GEORGE LIRON
DRAMA
AN 11 YEAR OLD BOY MUST PROTECT HIS YOUNGER SISTER IN WAR TORN SOUTH V'NAM WHEN HIS MOTHER DIES OF CANCER AND HIS FATHER IS AWAY FIGHTING FOR THE VIETCONG
1986
1989
BRUCE WILLIS, EMILY LLOYD, JOAN ALLEN, KEVIN ANDERSON, JOHN TERRY, PEGGY REA
DIR: NORMAN JEWISON
DRAMA
PAINFUL MEMORIES RESURFACE FOR A VIETNAM VET WHEN HIS NIECE BEGINS PROBING THE EVENTS SURROUNDING HER FATHER'S DEATH IN THE WAR
R
C DE YOUNG
1988
1969
1986
1981
LOU GOSSETT
FOX
1986
RUN 1:48
1988
BEAU BRIDGES, HAING S NGOR, JOHNNY HALLYDAY, LIEM WHATLEY, JAMES ISHIDA, PING WU
DIR: ERIC WESTON
DRAMA
DURING THE HEIGHT OF THE VWAR, AN AMER OFFICER DEVELOPS AN UNEASY RELATIONSHIP WITH THE YOUNG VC SOLDIER WHO CAPTURED HIM
BASED ON A TRUE STORY
R
IVE
RUN 1:34
1989
ROBERT DE NIRO, ED HARRIS, KATHY BAKER, SLOANE SHELTON, IVAN BROGGER, MICHAEL ARKIN
DIR: DAVID JONES
DRAMA
A VIETNAM VET IN A SMALL CONNECTICUT TOWN TRIES TO RE-ESTABLISH HIS FRIENDSHIP WITH A WAR BUDDY STILL SUFFERING EMOTIONALLY FROM THE EXPERIENCE
R
1990
TLM ROBBINS, ELIZABETH PENA, DANNY AIELLO, MATT CRAVEN, PRUITT TAYLOR VINCE, JASON ALEXANDER
DIR: ADRIAN LYNE
SUSPENSE
A VIETNAM VET PRONE TO GRAPHIC MEMORY FLASHBACKS WALKS SANITY'S EDGE AS HE SEARCHES FOR THE CAUSE OF HIS NIGHTMARISH VISIONS
R
1991
1981
C NELSON, SAM WATERSON
1984
WARNER
RUN 2:22
1990
1979
1972
1989
1989
JOHN SCHNEIDER, NED BEATTY, GEORGE KENNEDY, JAMES TOLKAN, APOLLONIA KOTERO, YAPHET KOTTO
DIR: PETER MARIS
DRAMA
A VIETNAM VET-TURNED-CLERGYMAN IS FORCED TO RESORT TO VIOLENCE AFTER ARAB TERRORISTS KILL HIS WIFE AND CHILD
R
1985
CHUCK NORRIS, SOON-TECK OH, STEVEN WILLIAMS
DIR: LANCE HOOL
ADVENTURE
AN AMER COLONEL, HELD PRISONER BY SADISTIC V'NAMESE CAPTORS, MAKES A BID FOR FREEDOM FOR HIMSELF AND HIS FELLOW POWS
R
1984
CHUCK NORRIS, M EMMET WALSH, DAVID TRESS, LENORE KASDORF, JAMES HONG
DIR: JOSEPH ZITO
ADVENTURE
AN AMER ARMY COLONEL, STRUGGLING TO CONVINCE THE WORLD THAT MIAS ARE STILL IMPRISONED IN V'NAM, ACCOMPANIES A SENATE INVESTIGATION COMMITTEE TO HO CHI MINH CITY
R
B ECKLAND
MADE FOR CABLE
1987
R RATED
RUN 1:30
1993
1978
THE WIFE OF AN MIA GOES TO VIETNAM TO FIND HER MISSING HUSBAND'S FATE
SALLY STRUTHERS, TONY MUSANTE
1971
MICHAEL MORIARTY, MITCHELL RYAN, WILLIAM DEVANE, ARTHUR KENNEDY, TOPO SWOPE
DIR: EDWARD SHERIN
SUSPENSE
A VIETNAM VET RUNS INTO VIOLENT COMPLICATIONS WITH ANOTHER SOLDIER WHEN HE RETURNS TO CALIFORNIA TO REBUILD HIS RUN-DOWN FARM
RATED R
B JOHNSON, V WELLS
RUN 1:35
1988
PILOT FROM THE TV SERIES
T KNOX
NEW
1987
RUN 1:33
1988
STACY KEACH, S WILSON
NEW
1979
RUN 1:45
1979
JOHN HARGREAVES, GRAHAM KENNEDY, BRYAN BROWN, GRAEME BLUNDELL, RICHARD MOIR
DIR: TOM JEFFREY
DRAMA
AN AUSTRALIAN VOLUNTEER SOLDIER ISN'T QUITE PREPARED FOR THE SIGHTS AND SITUATIONS HE FINDS DURING HIS TOUR OF DUTY IN V'NAM
WILLEM DAFOE, GREGORY HINES, FRED WARD, AMANDA PAYS, KEITH DAVID, KAY TONG LIM, SCOTT GLENN
MUSIC JAMES N HOWARD
WRITER: CHRISTOPHER CROWE & JACK THIBEAU
1988
1995
1991
R ANDERSON, VALERI BERTINELLI
1986
1985
TOMMY LEE JONES, HELEN SHAVER
DIR: STEVEN H STERN
DRAMA
AN ANGRY VET IGNITES AN URBAN CRISIS WHEN HE TAKES NEW YORK'S CENTRAL PARK HOSTAGE TO BRING ATTENTION TO THE PLIGHT OF VIETNAM VETS
1988
MICHAEL DUDIKOFF, ROBERT F LYONS, MICHAEL DE LORENZO, RICH FITTS, JESSE DABSON
DIR: AARON NORRIS
ADVENTURE
DURING THE VWAR, A STALWART AMER LIEUTENANT LEADS HIS MEN IN BATTLE BEHIND ENEMY LINES
R
1986
TOM BERENGER, WILLEM DAFOE, CHARLIE SHEEN, FOREST WHITAKER, FRANCESCO QUINN, JOHN C MCGINLEY
DIR: OLIVER STONE
DRAMA
WRITER-DIRECTOR OLIVER STONE'S PERSONAL V'NAM EXPERIENCES INSPIRED THIS ACCOUNT OF A YOUNG SOLDIER'S YEAR-LONG TOUR OF DUTY NEAR THE CAMBODIAN BORDER
R
HEMDALE
RUN 2:08
A ROMANO
1980
TV MOVIE
1984
KEN WAHL, CHERYL LADD, STEPHEN LEE, DAVID HARRIS, DREW SNYDER, JAMES WHITMORE JR.
DIR: SIDNEY J FURIE
DRAMA
IN V'NAM, A NAVY MEDIC MEETS AND FALLS IN LOVE WITH A DEDICATED NURSE, BUT THEIR FUTURC PLANS ARE THREATENED BY THE INEVITABLE CIRCUMSTANCES OF WAR
R
1986
FOREIGN FILM
1996
1985
1975
1995
1996
1988
BENNIS HOPPER, MICHAEL J POLLARD
DIR: MAURICE PHILLIPS
COMEDY
A GROUP OF EMBITTERED VIETNAM VETS USES A B-29 BOMBER AS THE CENTER OF THEIR LEFT-WING PIRATE TV STATION
R
1977
WILLIAM DEVANE, TOMMY LEE JONES, DABNEY COLEMAN DIR: JOHN FLYNN
DRAMA
AFTER RETURNING HOME FROM NERVE-SHATTERING CAPTIVITY IN A V'NAMESE POW CAMP, A MILITARY OFFICER FINDS ONLY MORE PAIN AND
DANGER
R
1982
1980
BRAD DAVIS, KEITH CARRADINE, MICHAEL O'KEEFE, RICHARD BRADFORD, BRIAN DENNEHY, STACY KEACH
DIR: RICHARD T HEFFRON
DRAMA
BASED ON PHILIP CAPUTO'S STORY OF HIS LIFE FROM HIS IDEALISTIC COLLEGE DAYS TO WAR-TORN V'NAM AND, FINALLY, TO A MILITARY COURT CASE
JUDD HISRCH, RIVER PHOENIX
1988
1945
ALAN LADD
1983
1988
1989
1972
1989
LORENZO LAMAS, JOSIE BILL, ROBERT SCOTT, RONNIE HAWKINS, CHERYL JEANS
ADVENTURE
A VIETNAM VET HEADS INTO THE BAYOUS IN PURSUIT OF THE BACKWOODS CRAZIES WHO KILLED HIS PARENTS AND KIDNAPPED HIS SISTER
R
1998
1985
1971
MICHAEL DOUGLAS, BRENDA VACCARO, JACK WARDEN
DIR: ANTHONY NEWLEY ' IN HIS DRAMA
AFTER DROPPING OUT OF COLLEGE AND LOSLNG FALTN GIRLFRIEND, A YOUNG GUITAR PLAYER IS DRAFTED TO SERVE IN V'NAM
PG
1970
MICK JAGGER, ANNE WIAZEMSKY
DIR: JEAN-LUC GODARD
MUSICAL
SCENES OF THE ROCK GROUP THE ROLLING STONES RECORDING THEIR ALBUM "BEGGAR'S BANQUET" ARE INTERSPERSED WITH DOCUMENTARY FOOTAGE OF THE VWAR
1976
ROBERT DE NIRO, CYBILL SHEPHERD, JODIE FOSTER, PETER BOYLE, HARVEY KEITEL, ALBERT BROOKS
DIR: MARTIN SCORSESE
DRAMA
A VIETNAM VET'S INABILITY TO BLEND INTO SOCIETY LEADS HIM TO A VIOLENT CONFRONTATION WITH THE PIMPS WHO WORK THE STREETS OF NEW YORK
R
1984
FOREIGN FILM
1970
1998
1988
1966
1982
1976
BENNIS HOPPER, TARYN POWER, DEAN STOCKWELL, TOPO SWOPE, MICHAEL EMIL, ZACK NORMAN
DIR: HENRY JAGLOM
DRAMA
A VIETNAM VET ESCORTING A COFFIN CONTAINING A DEAD COMRADE BECOMES ACQUAINTED WITH A GROUP OF CIVILIANS DURING A LONG, REVELATORY TRAIN RIDE
1974
BELORES TAYLOR, TOM LAUGHLIN
DIR: FRANK LAUGHLIN
DRAMA
A HALF-INDIAN VWAR HERO FIGHTS THE ESTABLISHMENT ON BEHALF OF A RESERVATION AND ITS SCHOOL
PG
1970
BARREN MCGAVIN, JAN-MICHAEL VINCENT, EARL HOLLIMAN DIR: JOSEPH SARGENT
DRAMA
DURING THE V'NAM ERA, AN UNCONVENTIONAL RECRUIT'S HIPPIE LIFESTYLE CREATES PROBLEMS FOR HIS BY-THE-BOOK DRILL SERGEANT
RATED G
1977
BURT LANCASTER, RICHARD WIDMARK, CHARLES DURNING, MELVYN DOUGLAS, PAUL WINFIELD, BURT YOUNG
DIR: ROBERT ALDRICH
DRAMA
A DISHONORABLY-DISCHARGED AIR FORCE GENERAL THREATENS TO START A WORLD WAR UNLESS CERTAIN SECRET DETAILS OF THE VWAR ARE MADE PUBLIC
R
1983/I
1990
1989
1972
1995
1996
1994
A VET RETURNS HOME WITH THE SURREALISTIC IMPRESSION THAT HIS VERMONT HOME TOWN NEVER EXISTED
MARTIN LANDAU, JANE ALEXANDER, BROCK PETERS, FORREST TUCKER, MARTIN SHEEN PAT O'BRIEN
1972
1994
1985
MIKHAIL BARYSHNIKOV, GREGORY HINES, ISABELLA ROSSELLINI, JERZY SKOLIMOWSKI, HELEN MIRREN, GERALDINE PAGE
DIR: TAYLOR HACKFORD
DRAMA
AFTER HIS PLANE CRASHES IN SIBERIA, A RUSSIAN WHO DEFECTED TO THE WEST SEEKS FREEDOM WITH THE HELP OF AN AMER WHO LEFT THE UNITED STATES DURING THE VWAR
ACADEMY AWARD WINNING SONG, "SAY YOU, SAY ME"
PG
-13 VIOLENCE
1978
NICK NOLTE, TUESDAY WELD, MICHAEL MORIARTY
DIR: KAREL REISZ
DRAMA
A VIETNAM VET INVOLVES HIS GIRLFRIEND AND A WAR BUDDY IN THE HIGH-PRICED AND DANGEROUS WORLD OF DRUG SMUGGLING
R
KEV
RUN 1:30
1978
ROD STEIGER, DAVID HUFFMAN, JERRY HARDIN, RICHARD HERD
DIR: BURT KENNEDY
DRAMA
A PACIFIST WHO DESERTED DURING V'NAM STRUGGLES WITH HIS COMMITMENT TO NON-VIOLENCE AFTER HIS GIRLFRIEND IS ASSAULTED BY A SADISTIC MARINE
R
1979
JOAN BLONDELL, GLORIA MANON, DANE CLARK
DIR: JOSEPH VAN WINKLE
DRAMA
A WOUNDED SOLDIER RETURNS FROM V'NAM ANXIOUS TO HAVE A SEX-CHANGE OPERATION
RATED R
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5. Twilight's Last Gleaming
6. Anderson Platoon
7. Apocalypse Now
8. Born On The Fourth Of July
9. Jacob's Ladder
10. The Ninth Configuration
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