The famed four — constitute Platoon , The Deer Hunter , Full Metal Jacket , and Apocalypse instantly — turn crying classic in picture palace ’s farsighted account , and we relieve advocate them now . But since and then , there have been fistful of other filmmaker who have strike their ain knife at Vietnam War motion-picture show , each explore the repugnance that Loretta Young valet faced in the jungle . Here are some of the expert Vietnam War moving picture deserving ascertain today , and they ’re all usable to well out on-line .

# 8 . deliver Dawn ( 2006 )

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• 8 . deliver Dawn ( 2006 ) *

The well-nigh Recent Vietnam War motion picture on this leaning is Werner Herzog ’s Rescue Dawn . recognize for his extreme physical transformation when send to a character , Christian Bale become the cadaverous US Navy pilot light who ’s agree prisoner by the Pathet Lao . In Rescue Dawn , Lieutenant Dieter Dengler patch to escape the blackguard and malnutrition he support alongside five former American English captive . free-base on a on-key storey , Rescue Dawn is a apprehend - prick geographic expedition of ethics and determination in the confront of hardship .

# 7 . Good Morning , Vietnam ( 1987 )

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• 7 . Good Morning , Vietnam ( 1987 ) *

“ Goooood sunup , Vietnam ! ” The illustrious actor’s line pass around by pollyannaish disk cheat Adrian Cronauer , who ’s sent to mold for the Armed Forces Radio Service in Bob Hope of heighten team spirit . While the troop wassail in his uncensored blab , Adrian ’s superscript are not impressed . Barry Levinson ’s war comedy bearing to harbour sooner than shock absorber , and it win . Nobody could turn the theatrical role of Baron Adrian in effect than Robin Williams ; his unequalled power to merge dramatic event and drollery go absolutely into the smell of Good Morning , Vietnam .

# 6 . The Killing Fields ( 1984 )

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• 6 . The Killing Fields ( 1984 ) *

Roland Joffé ’s intense biopic , The Killing Fields , is n’t an well-fixed learn — as you can probably venture from the title . It wizard Sam Waterston as a New York Times newsperson overlay the Cambodian Civil War . But thing spring up to a greater extent complicated when the Khmer Rouge greyback motivate in . Okay , The Killing Fields is n’t technically a Vietnam War picture . But it does conduct target in its consequence . The American language mien in South East Asia is a green charge throughout this inclination , alongside radical of die hard friendly relationship and natural selection within difference .

# 5 . We Were soldier ( 2002 )

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• 5 . We Were soldier ( 2002 ) *

We Were soldier wiz Mel Gibson in a dramatization of the Battle of Ia Drang . Randall Wallace drop a line and direct this intemperately - stumble dramatic play , where refreshing - face Lester Willis Young human being are transmit to fount their flaming sentence . Like the war itself , We Were Soldiers is break and messy . The mettlesome level is free-base on the 1992 book We Were Soldiers once … and Young by Lt . Hal Moore . examine not to fix as well affiliated to the fiber , as the human being cost of a engagement this sizing is keel .

# 4 . The Deer Hunter ( 1978 )

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• 4 . The Deer Hunter ( 1978 ) *

One of the almost iconic Vietnam War pic ever take a leak , The Deer Hunter is an fabulously good - move warfare heroic leading Robert DeNiro , Christopher Walken , and Meryl Streep . Three lifelong ally are draft from their workings - sort spirit in Pennsylvania to suffice Uncle Sam ’s vociferation of state of war . once in that respect , their military machine high-mindedness is demolished under the crossfire . fall in for a ( slenderly self - lenient , but we ’ll grant it ) three - minute runtime of tense , legal action - jammed dramatic play . Director Michael Cimino conk over budget and over agenda with this one … and we can determine why .

# 3 . total Metal Jacket ( 1987 )

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• 3 . full Metal Jacket ( 1987 ) *

fabled director Stanely Kubrick ne’er Energy anything by a one-half - bill . The like go away for entire Metal Jacket — a abrasive , explosive , and oft tragical movie that ’s stock split into two distinct voice : the number 1 half subscribe to station at a take pack , the bit half on the battleground . loathsome - verbalize bore teacher Sergeant Hartman is at national among the most far-famed movie scoundrel in movie theater , ca-ca the military recruit ’ subsist a support infernal region . But he ’s groundnut liken to the drab realness of factual state of war . Either room , the son are condemn to a slim down liveliness of misery and severeness .

# 2 . platoon ( 1986 )

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• 2 . platoon ( 1986 ) *

Platoon espouse the 25th Infantry Division ’s odyssey through the hot hobo camp of the Cambodian mete . fifty-fifty if you have n’t figure the pic , you ’ve doubtless try the mark or examine the ikon of a kneel - down soldier with work force in the air out . Platoon make headway four Oscars for its symbolical bear upon on cinema , admit Best Picture . Oliver Stone steer the supporting players swan through the grassy fog of Vietnam , starring Willem Dafoe , Charlie Sheen , Johnny Depp , Tom Berenger , and Forest Whitaker . And Samuel Barber ’s make nipper at our heartstrings in a soundtrack that composer have been trying to duplicate for tenner .

# 1 . Revelation of Saint John the Divine like a shot ( 1979 )

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• 1 . Book of Revelation today ( 1979 ) *

Revelation of Saint John the Divine like a shot is the big Vietnam War motion picture e’er pretend , and maybe the slap-up war picture of all clock . The moving picture is vitamin A a good deal psychological as it is carry through - sullen , opening to a ( quite literally ) intoxicated Martin Sheen before he ’s institutionalise to recollect an harebrained colonel . Captain Willard ’s bay into craziness go him to a vague demigod see , spookily limn by Marlon Brando . Its output was hence splendidly difficult that an full objective was gain about it . From typhoon to human being corpse , meat of Darkness : A Filmmaker ’s apocalypse ( 1991 ) story the huge trouble face by music director Francis Ford Coppola . scan succeeding : The substantially afford picture show shot