American films about the Vietnam War

List of the best American films about the Vietnam War according to visitors: Da 5 Bloods, The Last Full Measure, The Post, Get on Up, American Pastoral, All the Way, Last Flag Flying, Love and Honor, The Greatest Beer Run Ever, The Taking of Deborah Logan.

In the top there are new films of 2023, a plot description and trailers for films that have already been released.

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Markimdb: 6.5
Genredrama, adventure, military
CountryUSA

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.

Markimdb: 6.8
Genredrama, military, history
CountryUSA

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.

Markimdb: 7.2
Genredrama
CountryUSA, United Kingdom
Duration02:31

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.

Markimdb: 6.9
Genredrama, music, biography
CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
Duration02:19

A chronicle of James Brown's rise from extreme poverty to become one of the most influential musicians in history.

Markimdb: 6.1
Genredrama, crime
CountryUSA, Hong Kong
Duration02:30

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.

Markimdb: 7.3
Genredrama, biography, history
CountryUSA
Duration01:25

Lyndon B. Johnson's amazing 11-month journey from taking office after JFK's assassination, through the fight to pass the 1964 Civil Rights Act and his own presidential campaign, culminating on the night LBJ is actually elected to the office – no longer the 'accidental President.'

Markimdb: 6.8
Genrecomedy, drama, military
CountryUSA
Duration02:31

Thirty years after serving together in the Vietnam War, Larry "Doc" Shepherd, Sal Nealon and the Rev. Richard Mueller reunite for a different type of mission: to bury Doc's son, a young Marine killed in Iraq. Forgoing burial at Arlington National Cemetery, Doc and his old buddies take the casket on a bittersweet trip up the coast to New Hampshire. Along the way, the three men find themselves reminiscing and coming to terms with the shared memories of a war that continues to shape their lives.

Markimdb: 5.7
Genremelodrama, drama, military
CountryUSA
Duration01:32

When a young soldier in Vietnam gets dumped by his hometown girl, he and his best friend decide to go AWOL and return to the States to win her back.

Markimdb: 6.8
Genrecomedy, drama, military, history
CountryUSA

A man’s story of leaving New York in 1967 to bring beer to his childhood buddies in the Army while they are fighting in Vietnam.

Markimdb: 6
Genrehorror, thriller, detective
CountryUSA
Duration01:30

What starts as a poignant medical documentary about Deborah Logan's descent into Alzheimer's disease and her daughter's struggles as caregiver degenerates into a maddening portrayal of dementia at its most frightening, as hair-raising events begin to plague the family and crew and an unspeakable malevolence threatens to tear the very fabric of sanity from them all.

Markimdb: 6.6
Genrefantastic, action, thriller, fantasy, adventure
CountryUSA, Japan, China
Duration02:17

Explore the mysterious and dangerous home of the king of the apes as a team of explorers ventures deep inside the treacherous, primordial island.

Markimdb: 6.7
Genredrama, biography
CountryUSA
Duration01:37

Muhammad Ali’s historic Supreme Court battle from behind closed doors. When Ali was drafted into the Vietnam War at the height of his boxing career, his claim to conscientious objector status led to a controversial legal battle that rattled the U.S. judicial system right up to the highest court in the land.

Markimdb: 6.6
Genrethriller, drama
CountryUSA, Poland
Duration01:47

    A troubled hedge fund magnate, desperate to complete the sale of his trading empire, makes an error that forces him to turn to an unlikely person for help.

    Markimdb: 6.4
    Genreaction, thriller
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:25

    After a treacherous attack, Secret Service agent Mike Banning is charged with attempting to assassinate President Trumbull. Chased by his own colleagues and the FBI, Banning begins a race against the clock to clear his name.

    Markimdb: 4.3
    Genrehorror, thriller
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:26

    A pregnant woman fears for her unborn child's life if she doesn't avenge a supernatural entity.

    Markimdb: 5.3
    Genredrama, crime, detective
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:31

    When Addison investigates the murder of his friend Kevin with the help of Phoebe, they discover that the truth is darker than they had ever imagined.

    Markimdb: 5.1
    Genrethriller, crime
    CountrySpain, USA
    Duration02:07

    On his latest private investigation, a shamed former cop connects a murder case to a government conspiracy involving rogue agents from a top spy agency.

    Markimdb: 5.2
    Genreaction, thriller, drama, military
    CountryUSA

    Master Gunnery Sergeant Thomas Beckett is the U.S. Marine Corps' most decorated sniper. His has taken out warlords, drug lords, assassins, and bitter foes. This time, he's going after a friend.

    Markimdb: 6.4
    Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:37

    In 1980s Beirut, Mason Skiles is a former U.S. diplomat who is called back into service to save a colleague from the group that is possibly responsible for his own family's death. Meanwhile, a CIA field agent who is working under cover at the American embassy is tasked with keeping Mason alive and ensuring that the mission is a success.

    Markimdb: 4.8
    Genrecomedy
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:25

    Felix (Cameron Dallas) is a legendary prankster who gets expelled from his high school and, with his friend’s help, stops at nothing to hide it from his parents.

    Markimdb: 8.1
    Genrecomedy
    CountryUSA
    Duration00:51

    Jump into the daily routines of a diverse group of New Yorkers and how they light things up. “The Guy” is a nameless pot deliveryman whose client base includes an eccentric group of characters with neuroses as diverse as the city.

    Markimdb: 5.7
    Genrecomedy, drama
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:22

    After an unexpected tragedy, Suzanne searches for the true meaning of Christmas during one sad, strange December in suburban Virginia.

    Markimdb: 3.9
    Genrecomedy
    CountryUSA

    Longtime best friends Bebe and DeeDee are both wrestling with love. Bebe has met someone new and is in the exuberant phase of a budding romance. DeeDee is trying to move on from someone she can’t forget – mostly in destructive ways. As Bebe waits for the perpetually late DeeDee at their favorite coffee shop, she meets Clementine, a distraught young woman with love problems of her own. With Clementine in tow, Bebe and DeeDee soon embark on the kind of outrageous misadventure that only New York City can offer.

    Markimdb: 6.5
    Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:30

    The "black sheep" son of a wealthy family meets a young psychiatric patient who's been raised in isolation her entire life. He takes the naive young woman home for his brother's wedding an improbable romance blooms, as she impresses everyone with her genuine, simple charms. Remake of the German film "Barfuss" (2005).

    Markimdb: 6.1
    Genrecomedy
    CountryUSA

    Kevin James makes his long-awaited return to stand-up in this family-friendly special, dishing on fatherhood, fans, his disdain for allergies and more.

    Markimdb: 5.4
    Genreaction, thriller, drama
    CountryUSA, Belgium, Bulgaria
    Duration01:31

    Two veterans of the Bosnian War, one American, one Serbian, who clash in the remote Smoky Mountain wilderness.

    Markimdb: 4.2
    Genrethriller, crime, detective
    CountryUSA

    A detective on the verge of retirement teams with a professor of African Studies to track down a serial killer who is performing the ancient black magic practice of Muti.

    Markimdb: 5.1
    Genrethriller
    CountryUSA

    Twenty-two years after one high school sweetheart takes the rap for a deadly breakin, he finds her married with a family.

    Markimdb: 6.1
    Genrecomedy, drama
    CountryUSA

    Desperate to get out from under her overprotective mother, a home-schooled teen runs off to live with her dad, and forms a bond with his much-younger boyfriend.

    Markimdb: 4.2
    Genrehorror, thriller
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:31

    College students and best friends Ginger Matheson, Jim Duncan, and Kyle "Dixie" Canning, pool their cash to buy a "ghost" in an online auction. The three think it's all a goof, but once they open up the antique box to examine their "treasure," they unleash the vengeful spirit of an Irish servant girl who has been wreaking havoc on her owners throughout the generations

    Markimdb: 4.3
    Genrecomedy
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:16

    A comedy that follows two high school students -- one overachiever struggling to write his valedictorian speech, the other a senior now going on his 15th year of school.

    Markimdb: 5.8
    Genredrama
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:24

    Fred arrives at the doorstep of his beautiful young mistress Velvet after four years apart, claiming to have finally left his wife. But when she rejects his attempts to rekindle their romance, his persistence evolves into obsession — and a dark history between the former lovers comes into focus.

    Markimdb: 7
    Genrefantastic, action, fantasy, drama, adventure, family, cartoon
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:54

    Tara Markov is a girl who has power over earth and stone; she is also more than she seems. Is the newest Teen Titan an ally or a threat? And what are the mercenary Deathstroke's plans for the Titans?

    Markimdb: 3.3
    Genrehorror, thriller
    CountryUSA

    There is an old wives tale that you should hold your breath when passing by a cemetery because an evil spirit rejected by both heaven and hell can get inside of you when you inhale. Somewhere in a carload of college kids on holiday doesn't follow the rules when driving by a graveyard, allowing a spirit of a recently executed serial killer to get inside him/her to begin a killing spree of body-jumping carnage.

    Markimdb: 6.2
    Genrethriller, drama, crime
    CountryFrance, USA
    Duration01:35

    A thriller that follows two siblings who decide to fend for themselves in the wake of a botched casino heist, and their unlikely reunion during another family's Thanksgiving celebration.

    Markimdb: 6.6
    Genrehorror, thriller
    CountryUSA, Canada
    Duration01:50

      The haunted Lambert family seeks to uncover the mysterious childhood secret that has left them dangerously connected to the spirit world.

      Markimdb: 5.9
      Genrefantastic, action, fantasy, adventure
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:23

        From DC Comics comes the Suicide Squad, an antihero team of incarcerated supervillains who act as deniable assets for the United States government, undertaking high-risk black ops missions in exchange for commuted prison sentences.

        Markimdb: 7.6
        Genreaction, fantasy, comedy
        CountryUSA, Canada, United Kingdom, Iceland, Australia

        A charming thief and a band of unlikely adventurers embark on an epic quest to retrieve a lost relic, but things go dangerously awry when they run afoul of the wrong people.

        Markimdb: 5.7
        Genrecomedy, sport
        CountryCanada, USA
        Duration02:00

        With Blue Mountain State football star Thad Castle recently signing a multi-million dollar NFL contract, his teammates and college life seem like a distant memory. However, when a new school dean threatens to clean up the BMS image by auctioning off the infamous Goat House, Alex, Sammy and the boys must find a way to convince him to get involved. Despite his new fortune and fame, there is one small favor that Thad needs done before he saves the day: the biggest booze-and-sloot fest in BMS history. Welcome to Thadland!

        Markimdb: 6.6
        Genremelodrama, drama
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:30

        A British college student falls for an American student, only to be separated from him when she's banned from the U.S. after overstaying her visa.

        Markimdb: 7.6
        Genrethriller, drama, crime
        CountryFrance, Cyprus, Belgium, Lebanon, USA
        Duration02:23

        After an emotional exchange between a Lebanese Christian and a Palestinian refugee escalates, the men end up in a court case that gets national attention.

        Markimdb: 6.3
        Genreaction, thriller
        CountryUSA
        Duration02:11

          Capitol Policeman John Cale has just been denied his dream job with the Secret Service of protecting President James Sawyer. Not wanting to let down his little girl with the news, he takes her on a tour of the White House, when the complex is overtaken by a heavily armed paramilitary group. Now, with the nation's government falling into chaos and time running out, it's up to Cale to save the president, his daughter, and the country.

          Markimdb: 6.5
          Genrecomedy, drama
          CountryUSA
          Duration02:11

          A legendary late-night talk show host's world is turned upside down when she hires her only female staff writer. Originally intended to smooth over diversity concerns, her decision has unexpectedly hilarious consequences as the two women separated by culture and generation are united by their love of a biting punchline.

          Markimdb: 7
          Genredrama, documentary, biography
          CountryUSA
          Duration02:50

          In this genre-bending tale, Errol Morris explores the mysterious death of a U.S. scientist entangled in a secret Cold War program known as MK-Ultra.

          Markimdb: 6.2
          Genrecomedy
          CountryUSA, Canada, France
          Duration01:34

          Two high school girls wander off during a class trip to the White House and meet President Richard Nixon. They become the official dog walkers for Nixon's dog Checkers, and become his secret advisors during the Watergate scandal.

          Markimdb: 6.5
          Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
          CountrySpain, USA
          Duration01:39

          A man with the ability to enter peoples' memories takes on the case of a brilliant, troubled sixteen-year-old girl to determine whether she is a sociopath or a victim of trauma.

          Genreaction, thriller
          CountryUnited Kingdom, USA

          An elite squad of Navy SEAL's, on a covert mission to transport a prisoner off a CIA black site island prison, are trapped when insurgents attack while trying to rescue the same prisoner.

          Markimdb: 7
          Genredrama
          CountryItaly, USA
          Duration02:26

          A Pulitzer-winning writer grapples with being a widower and father after a mental breakdown, while, 27 years later, his grown daughter struggles to forge connections of her own.

          Markimdb: 5
          Genrecomedy, drama
          CountryUSA, Mexico

          During a layover in Albuquerque, work colleagues Les and Natalie discover more about each other than they ever thought possible. Anxious and irritable, Les is drawn back into the city by past experiences he can’t forget (even if he doesn't really remember the particulars of his previous drunken adventure). Natalie, refusing to leave his side, follows along as her own secrets are slowly revealed, leaving her feeling both vulnerable and unbound.

          Markimdb: 6.1
          Genrecomedy, drama
          CountryUSA

          More interested in partying and flirting with young musicians than work, veteran rock journalist Ellie Klug has one last chance to prove her value to her magazine’s editor: a no-stone-unturned search to discover what really happened to long lost rock god, Matt Smith, who also happens to be her ex-boyfriend. Teaming up with an eccentric amateur documentary filmmaker, Ellie hits the road in search of answers.




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