Films about Vietnam War veterans

Films about Vietnam War veterans
List of the best films about veterans of the Vietnam War, selected by visitors to our site: The Last Full Measure, Thunder in Paradise 2, Gran Torino, Ice Road Terror, Sundown, Swindle, Snakehead Swamp, While at War, Fury, Conquest 1453.

In the top there are new films of 2021, a plot description and trailers for films that have already been released.

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: 4.2
Genreaction, comedy, adventure
CountryUSA
Duration01:30

Kelly is whisked off into Prince Aramour's harem and given to his enemy as tribute in this romantic tale of capture and rescue.

Markimdb: 8.1
Genredrama
CountryUSA, Germany
Duration01:56

    Walt Kowalski is a widower who holds onto his prejudices despite the changes in his Michigan neighborhood and the world around him. Kowalski is a grumpy, tough-minded, unhappy old man who can't get along with either his kids or his neighbors. He is a Korean War veteran whose prize possession is a 1972 Gran Torino he keeps in mint condition. When his neighbor Thao, a young Hmong teenager under pressure from his gang member cousin, tries to steal his Gran Torino, Kowalski sets out to reform the youth. Drawn against his will into the life of Thao's family, Kowalski is soon taking steps to protect them from the gangs that infest their neighborhood.

    Markimdb: 3.3
    Genrehorror, fantastic, action, thriller, fantasy, comedy, adventure
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:27

    A giant flesh-eating reptile takes the Arctic region by storm.

    Markimdb: 5.3
    Genreaction, comedy, melodrama, drama, adventure
    CountryMexico, USA
    Duration01:07

    High school seniors Logan and Blake prepare for an epic Spring Break as they travel to the beautiful and exotic Mexican beach resort of Puerto Vallarta hoping to hook up with their high school crushes. Surrounded by hot girls in teeny bikinis, the guys are truly in heaven. After meeting at a club, Logan falls for a mysterious local beauty named Gaby but then realizes the next morning, when his grandfather’s Rolex watch is missing, that she was after more than just his heart.

    Markimdb: 6.2
    Genreaction, comedy, adventure, family, crime
    CountryUSA, Canada
    Duration01:32

    Based on Gordon Korman's book 'Swindle,' this movie is about a boy named Griffin who finds a valuable multi-million dollar baseball card. After accidentally selling the card for a million dollar loss, he enlists the help of his best friend Ben and his colleagues to regain the baseball card.

    Markimdb: 3.1
    Genrehorror, fantastic, action, thriller, comedy, adventure
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:26

    A horrifying hybrid of genetic science and nature has taken over the Louisiana bayou, leaving terror in its wake! In the heat of the summer, what began as an day of boating and bikinis changes drastically when a school of genetically enhanced snakehead fish finds their way into Black Briar Swamp.

    Markimdb: 6.9
    Genredrama, military, biography, history
    CountrySpain, Argentina

    Salamanca, Spain, 1936. In the early days of the military rebellion that began the Spanish Civil War (1936-39), writer Miguel de Unamuno supports the uprising in the hope that the prevailing political chaos will end. But when the confrontation becomes bloody, Unamuno must question his initial position.

    Markimdb: 7.6
    Genreaction, drama, military
    CountryUSA, China, United Kingdom
    Duration02:14

    Last months of World War II in April 1945. As the Allies make their final push in the European Theater, a battle-hardened U.S. Army sergeant in the 2nd Armored Division named Wardaddy commands a Sherman tank called "Fury" and its five-man crew on a deadly mission behind enemy lines. Outnumbered and outgunned, Wardaddy and his men face overwhelming odds in their heroic attempts to strike at the heart of Nazi Germany.

    Markimdb: 6.6
    Genreaction, drama, military, history
    CountryTurkey
    Duration02:42

    After the death of his father Murat II, Mehmet II ascends to the Ottoman throne. After braving internal and external enemies, he decides to complete what he was destined to do: Conquer Constantinople.

    Markimdb: 2.6
    Genrehorror, fantastic, action, thriller, comedy, adventure
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:26

    Just when you thought it was safe to go back to the beach, it appears that our large fishy friends have found a way to chomp on you when you're chilling out on the sand too!

    Markimdb: 7.3
    Genreaction, drama, military, biography
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:12

      U.S. Navy SEAL Chris Kyle takes his sole mission—protect his comrades—to heart and becomes one of the most lethal snipers in American history. His pinpoint accuracy not only saves countless lives but also makes him a prime target of insurgents. Despite grave danger and his struggle to be a good husband and father to his family back in the States, Kyle serves four tours of duty in Iraq. However, when he finally returns home, he finds that he cannot leave the war behind.

      Markimdb: 3.9
      Genrehorror, fantastic, action, thriller, comedy, adventure
      CountryUSA

      A tropical storm floods Soggy Meadows trailer park and forces a hungry shark upriver.

      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: 8.2
      Genrefantastic, action, fantasy, comedy, adventure, detective
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:39

      A comedic thriller that follows the bizarre adventures of eccentric “holistic” detective Dirk Gently and his reluctant assistant Todd. An adaptation of Douglas Adams’ wildly successful comic novels.

      Markimdb: 6.6
      Genremelodrama, drama, military, history
      CountryPoland
      Duration02:07

      A beautiful story about youth, love, friendship and the pursuit of adventure during the bloody and brutal reality of the Warsaw Uprising.

      Markimdb: 5.3
      Genreaction, thriller, drama, military, history
      CountryUSA
      Duration03:44

      The harrowing true story of the crew of the USS Indianapolis, who were stranded in the Philippine Sea for five days after delivering the atomic weapons that would eventually end WWII. As they awaited rescue, they endured extreme thirst, hunger, and relentless shark attacks.

      Markimdb: 6.5
      Genreaction, drama, military, history
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:34

      A team of CIA agents and special forces head into Afghanistan in the aftermath of the September 11th attacks in an attempt to dismantle the Taliban.

      Markimdb: 6.5
      Genredrama, military, history
      CountryJapan, USA
      Duration01:45

      As the Japanese surrender at the end of WWII, Gen. Fellers is tasked with deciding if Emperor Hirohito will be hanged as a war criminal. Influencing his ruling is his quest to find Aya, an exchange student he met years earlier in the U.S.

      Markimdb: 6.8
      Genreaction, drama, military, history
      CountryUSA, Bulgaria

      A small unit of U.S. soldiers, alone at the remote Combat Outpost Keating, located deep in the valley of three mountains in Afghanistan, battles to defend against an overwhelming force of Taliban fighters in a coordinated attack. The Battle of Kamdesh, as it was known, was the bloodiest American engagement of the Afghan War in 2009 and Bravo Troop 3-61 CAV became one of the most decorated units of the 19-year conflict.

      Markimdb: 4.9
      Genreaction, comedy, adventure
      CountryUSA, Puerto Rico, United Kingdom
      Duration01:34

      A company retreat on a tropical island goes terribly awry.

      Markimdb: 3.4
      Genrehorror, fantastic, action, thriller, comedy, adventure
      CountryUSA

      After Air Force One goes down during a storm over the Bermuda Triangle, the United States Navy is dispatched to find the escape pod holding the President. A giant monster beneath the ocean awakens and attacks the fleet.

      Markimdb: 7.3
      Genreaction, drama, military, history
      CountrySouth Korea
      Duration02:00

      A civil war broke out in the 1950s between North and South Korea which changed the country forever. 71: Into the Fire centers on the struggles of 71 student soldiers who fought through the Korean War. Using real people and events based on the opening moves of the Battle of P'ohang-dong, the film exposes the personal and physical conflicts that these students faced when finding themselves on the last line of defense at P'ohang-dong Girl's Middle School against the NKPA's advancement, needing to hold out until back up from other Korean troops and the Allies arrived.

      Markimdb: 7.7
      Genredrama, military, history
      CountryFinland, Belgium, Iceland
      Duration01:36

      The film follows Finnish army machine gun company in Continuation War against Soviet Union, 1941–1944. Based on Väinö Linna's best selling novel Tuntematon Sotilas (The Unknown Soldier) and the novel's uncensored version, Sotaromaani (A War Novel).

      Markimdb: 6.8
      Genremelodrama, drama, military, history
      CountryUnited Kingdom, USA

      A German soldier tries to determine if the Dutch resistance has planted a spy to infiltrate the home of Kaiser Wilhelm in Holland during the onset of World War II, but falls for a young Jewish Dutch woman during his investigation.

      Markimdb: 3
      Genreaction, drama, military
      CountryUSA

      A Special Ops military Force, led by expert sniper Sergeant Jake Chandler, are sent to a remote Afghan village to extract an American congressman being held by the Taliban.

      Markimdb: 3.1
      Genrehorror, fantastic, action, thriller, comedy, adventure, detective, military
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:26

      A group of researchers in Antarctica are abducted by a platoon of masked soldiers and dragged into a hidden continent in the center of the Earth. There, they discover that surviving Nazi soldiers are plotting an invasion of Earth to revive the Third Reich.

      Markimdb: 7.1
      Genreaction, drama, military, biography, history
      CountryRussia, Ukraine
      Duration02:17

      The breakout of the war shatters the world of a young student, Lyudmila Pavlichenko, forcing her to enlist in the army in 1941. The maiden turns out to be a natural-born sniper, her impressive skill and prowess make her stand out among men and women alike. Seeing Pavlichenko as a tangible threat, the German High Command gives orders to eliminate the girl whatever the cost. In the meanwhile, Lyudmila meets a man and falls in love. War fades into the background... Soon, however, another misfortune befalls Lyudmila leaving the man she loves on the brink of death and herself seriously wounded. The girl is pulled out of combat and later goes to the United States with a publicity visit. Eleanor Roosevelt welcomes Lyudmila in the White House and the two women soon become close. It won't be long before Pavlichenko stands before an audience in Chicago pressing for a second front. Will her words have the capacity to change the course of war?

      Markimdb: 2.5
      Genrehorror, fantastic, action, thriller, comedy, adventure
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:29

      1970's pop culture icons Danny Bonaduce and Barry Williams face off in the hunt for the legendary mountain creature.

      Markimdb: 2.7
      Genrehorror, action, thriller, comedy, adventure
      CountryUSA

      A new take on the classic story of a group of twenty-something kids' weekend of terror at the lake house.

      Markimdb: 4.5
      Genrehorror, fantastic, action, thriller, comedy, adventure
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:27

      A group of oddball high school students find themselves trapped in detention with their classmates having turned into a horde of Zombies.

      Markimdb: 6.3
      Genrethriller, drama, military, biography, history
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:22

      A group of journalists covering George Bush's planned invasion of Iraq in 2003 are skeptical of the presidents claim that Saddam Hussein has "weapons of mass destruction."

      Markimdb: 6.2
      Genreaction, comedy, adventure
      CountryUnited Kingdom, France, USA, China
      Duration02:35

      Disaster strikes when a criminal mastermind reveals the identities of all active undercover agents in Britain. The secret service can now rely on only one man - Johnny English. Currently teaching at a minor prep school, Johnny springs back into action to find the mysterious hacker. For this mission to succeed, he’ll need all of his skills - what few he has - as the man with yesterday’s analogue methods faces off against tomorrow’s digital technology.

      Markimdb: 2.5
      Genrehorror, fantastic, action, thriller, comedy, adventure
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:27

      An offshore drilling accident triggers the release of a giant prehistoric shark. When marine biologist Kat Carmichael arrives, she runs up against corporate front man Roger Wade, who plots with Stewart to disrupt her investigation. With the help of Skipper Chuck and disc jockey Dynamite Stevens, Kat tries to find a way to defeat the monster which has evolved to a state where it can walk on dry land and fly...it's the SUPER SHARK!

      Markimdb: 2.7
      Genrehorror, fantastic, action, thriller, comedy, adventure
      CountryUSA

      In search of a new energy source, Russia accidentally reawakens the Kolossus - a giant robot doomsday device from the Cold War. At the same time, a new Mega Shark appears, threatening global security.

      Markimdb: 6.4
      Genrethriller, drama, biography, history
      CountryUSA, Sweden
      Duration02:21

      Ted Kennedy's life and political career become derailed in the aftermath of a fatal car accident in 1969 that claims the life of a young campaign strategist, Mary Jo Kopechne.

      Markimdb: 5.6
      Genreaction, comedy, adventure, family
      CountryUSA

      Two siblings who discover their seemingly normal mom is a former thief in witness protection. Mom is forced to pull one last job, and the kids team up to rescue her over the course of an action-packed night.

      Markimdb: 3.7
      Genrehorror, fantastic, action, thriller, comedy, adventure
      CountryUSA

      Open on gorgeous swamplands of the Atchafalaya Basin in the summer. Lots of beautiful teens are at the beach the weekend before Gator Fest. That night an animal smuggling deal goes wrong and a large sea creature escapes into a swampy backwoods river. At the McDaniel's "Gator Shack" restaurant, a local, Jackson is drunk, and gets mangled to bits. The town sheriff blames the carnage on the McDaniel's "escaped" pack of gators and tries hauling them off to jail. Rachel McDaniel, head of the family, claims to have seen the fin of a shark! Rachel and her family, along with the help of a mysterious stranger, Charlie, take on the Swampshark and the law to clear their names, save Rachel's kid sister Krystal and prevent the unwitting folks at the upcoming Gator Fest from being torn to shreds by a beast the likes of which no one has ever seen!

      Markimdb: 6
      Genredrama, western, military, history
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:17

      Based on the 1836 standoff between a group of Texan and Tejano men, led by Davy Crockett and Jim Bowie, and Mexican dictator Santa Anna's forces at the Alamo in San Antonio, Texas.

      Markimdb: 6.3
      Genredrama, adventure, military, history
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:18

      An American Army officer is recruited by the yet to exist Israel to help them form an army. He is disturbed by this sudden appeal to his jewish roots. Each of Israel's Arab neighbors has vowed to invade the poorly prepared country as soon as partition is granted. He is made commander of the Israeli forces just before the war begins.

      Markimdb: 7.9
      Genredrama, short, military, history
      CountryUnited Kingdom, Kosovo
      Duration00:58

      The friendship of two boys is tested to its limits as they battle for survival during the Kosovo war.

      Markimdb: 6.5
      Genreaction, melodrama, drama, military, history
      CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
      Duration02:20

      The adventures of the Lafayette Escadrille, young Americans who volunteered for the French military before the U.S. entered World War I, and became the country's first fighter pilots.

      Markimdb: 8.2
      Genreaction, drama, military, history
      CountryIndia
      Duration02:24

      Following the roguish terrorist attacks at Uri Army Base camp in Kashmir, India takes the fight to the enemy, in its most successful covert operation till date with one and only one objective of avenging their fallen heroes.

      Markimdb: 7.1
      Genredrama, military, history
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:46

      During the Second World War, a special project is begun by the US Army Air Corps to integrate African American pilots into the Fighter Pilot Program. Known as the "Tuskegee Airman" for the name of the airbase at which they were trained, these men were forced to constantly endure harassement, prejudice, and much behind the scenes politics until at last they were able to prove themselves in combat.

      Markimdb: 7.7
      Genredrama, military, history
      CountryUnited Kingdom, Germany
      Duration01:55

      Two westerners, a priest and a teacher find themselves in the middle of the Rwandan genocide and face a moral dilemna. Do they place themselves in danger and protect the refugees, or escape the country with their lives? Based on a true story.

      Markimdb: 8
      Genredrama, documentary, military, biography
      CountryGermany, United Kingdom, France
      Duration01:20

      In 1966, Dieter Dengler was shot down over Laos, captured, and, down to 85 pounds, escaped. Barefoot, surviving monsoons, leeches, and machete-wielding villagers, he was rescued. Now, near 60, living on Mt. Tamalpais, Dengler tells his story: a German lad surviving Allied bombings in World War II, postwar poverty, apprenticed to a smith, beaten regularly. At 18, he emigrates and peels potatoes in the U.S. Air Force. He leaves for California and college, then enlistment in the Navy to learn to fly. A quiet man of sorrows tells his story: war, capture, harrowing conditions, escape, and miraculous rescue. Where did he find the strength; how does he now live with his memories?

      Markimdb: 6.7
      Genredrama, military, history
      CountryUSA
      Duration03:08

      Drawn from the same events that later inspired Gladiator, the film charts the power-hungry greed and father-son betrayal that led to Rome's collapse at the bloody hands of the Barbarians.

      Markimdb: 5.6
      Genreaction, comedy, adventure, crime
      CountryChina, Hong Kong, Netherlands, USA
      Duration01:33

      A detective from Hong Kong teams up with an American gambler to battle against a notorious Chinese criminal.

      Markimdb: 4.4
      Genrefantastic, action, thriller, comedy, adventure
      CountryUSA

      A respectful nod to classic kids-in-peril adventure films that finds a group of reluctant kids stranded overnight in an abandoned jail. Their chaperon is missing, their cellphone service is non existent, and their patience with each other is running thin. Oh, and a big, hairy creature is trying to eat them. Hey... it's tough being a kid in a monster movie.

      Markimdb: 4.9
      Genreaction, comedy, adventure
      CountryGermany, USA

      When a systems engineer blows the whistle on a dangerous technology, Charlie's Angels from across the globe are called into action, putting their lives on the line to protect society.




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