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    FILM LISTING

    1969

    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


    84 CHARLIE MOPIC

    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


    ABANDONED FIELD, THE - FREE FIRE ZONE

    1979
    FOREIGN FILM


    ABOVE THE LAW

    1988


    AIR AMERICA

    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


    ALAMO BAY

    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


    ALICE'S RESTAURANT

    ARLO GUTHRIE


    AMERICAN COMMANDOS

    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


    AMERICAN EAGLE

    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


    AMERICANA

    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


    ANDERSON PLATOON

    DOCUMENTARY
    J ANDERSON, S WHITMAN
    1967
    RUN 1:00


    ANNIHILATORS

    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


    APOCALYPSE NOW

    1979
    UA
    DIR: FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA
    MARTIN SHEEN/ROBERT DUVALL/MARLON BRANDO
    RUN 2:19


    ASHES AND EMBERS

    1982


    BACKFIRE
    J FAHEY, K ALLENRUN 1:35
    1987


    BALLAD OF ANDY CROCKER, THE

    1969


    BAND OF THE HAND

    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


    BAT 21

    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


    BIG LEBOWSKI, THE

    1998


    BIG WEDNESDAY

    1978


    BIRDY

    M MODINE, N CAGE
    1984


    BLACK SIX, THE

    1974


    BLACK SUNDAY

    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


    BLIND FURY

    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


    BLUE THUNDER

    R SCHEIDER
    COLUMBIA
    1983
    RUN 1:49


    BOAT PEOPLE (SEE TOU BUN NO HOI


    BORN ON THE FOURTH OF JULY

    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


    BOYS IN COMPANY C

    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


    BRADDOCK: MISSING IN ACTION III

    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


    BRIGHT SHINING LIE, A

    1998


    BROTHERS AND RELATIONS

    1986
    FOREIGN FILM


    BROTHERS IN ARMS

    R BROOKS, N CASCONE
    1989
    RUN 95
    NEW CENTURY/VISTA


    BULLET IN THE HEAD (SEE DIE XUE JIE TOU


    CAGE

    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


    CASUALTIES OF WAR

    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


    CEASE FIRE

    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


    CHILDREN OF AN LAC

    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


    CHINA BEACH

    1988


    CHINA GATE

    1957


    COMING HOME

    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


    CUTTER'S WAY

    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


    DEAD BOYZ CAN'T FLY

    1992


    DEAD OF NIGHT

    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


    DEAD PRESIDENTS

    1995


    DEAR AMERICA: LETTERS HOME FROM VIETNAM

    1987


    DEATHDREAM (SEE DEAD OF NIGHT)


    DEER HUNTER

    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


    DERNIER COMBAT, LE

    1998


    DESTROYERS, THE

    ARMED & DANGEROUS VETS GO AFTER MARIJUANA GROWERS WHO KILLED A VET
    RICHARD HILL
    KATT SHEA
    CROFTON HARDESTER
    KAZ GARAS


    DIE XUE JIE TOU

    1990


    DISTANT THUNDER

    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


    DON'T CRY, IT'S ONLY THUNDER

    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


    EXPENDABLES, THE

    A FINETTI, P NELSON
    1988


    EXPLOSION

    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


    EXTERMINATOR II

    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


    EXTERMINATOR

    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


    EYE OF THE EAGLE II

    1989
    A SOLDIER HAS TO DEAL WITH HIS CORRUPT PLATOON LEADER
    ANDY WOOD, WILLIAM FIELD


    FAIRY TALES FOR 17-YEAR-OLDS

    1986
    FOREIGN FILM


    FANDANGO


    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


    FEAR

    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


    FLESH AND FIRE

    1999


    FLIGHT OF THE INTRUDER

    1990


    FOOT SHOOTING PARTY, THE

    1994


    FORREST GUMP

    1994


    FRANKIE'S HOUSE

    1992


    FRIENDLY FIRE

    1979


    FROGS OF WAR (SEE MEET THE FEEBLES


    FULL METAL JACKET

    1987


    GARDENS OF STONE

    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


    GIRL WHO CAME BETWEEN THEM, THE

    1990


    GO TELL THE SPARTANS

    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


    GOOD GUYS WEAR BLACK

    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


    GOOD MORNING VIETNAM

    1987


    GORDON'S WAR

    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


    GREEN BERETS, THE

    1968


    GREETINGS

    1968


    HAIL, HERO!

    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


    HAMBURGER HILL

    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


    HANOI HILTON

    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


    HEALING, A

    1997


    HEAVEN & EARTH

    1993


    HEARTS AND MINDS

    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


    HEROES

    1977


    HI, MOM

    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


    HIGH VELOCITY

    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


    HISTORY AND MEMORY

    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


    HOUSE

    1986


    IN COUNTRY

    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


    IN DANGEROUS COMPANY

    C DE YOUNG
    1988


    IN THE YEAR OF THE PIG

    1969


    INTIMATE STRANGERS

    1986


    INTRUSION CAMBODIA

    1981


    IRON EAGLE

    LOU GOSSETT
    FOX
    1986
    RUN 1:48


    IRON TRIANGLE

    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


    JACKNIFE

    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


    JACOB'S LADDER

    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


    JFK

    1991


    KENT STATE

    1981


    KILLING FIELDS, THE

    C NELSON, SAM WATERSON
    1984
    WARNER
    RUN 2:22


    LAST FLIGHT OUT

    1990


    LEGEND OF LADY BLUE

    1979


    LETTER TO JANE

    1972


    LONER, THE (SEE RUCKUS



    MEET THE FEEBLES

    1989


    MINISTRY OF VENGEANCE

    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


    MISSING IN ACTION 2: THE BEGINNING

    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


    MISSING IN ACTION

    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


    MOON OVER SCORPIO

    B ECKLAND
    MADE FOR CABLE
    1987
    R RATED
    RUN 1:30


    MUI DU DU XANH

    1993


    MY ENTIRE LIFE (SEE MR. RELIABLE


    MY HUSBAND IS MISSING

    1978
    THE WIFE OF AN MIA GOES TO VIETNAM TO FIND HER MISSING HUSBAND'S FATE
    SALLY STRUTHERS, TONY MUSANTE


    MY OLD MAN'S PLACE

    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


    NAM ANGELS

    B JOHNSON, V WELLS
    RUN 1:35
    1988


    NAM: TOUR OF DUTY

    PILOT FROM THE TV SERIES
    T KNOX
    NEW
    1987
    RUN 1:33


    NIGHT ANDY CAME HOME (SEE DEAD OF NIGHT)


    NIGHT WALK (SEE DEAD OF NIGHT)


    NIGHT WARS

    1988


    NINTH CONFIGURATION, THE

    STACY KEACH, S WILSON
    NEW
    1979
    RUN 1:45


    ODEUR DE LA PAPAYE VERTE, L' (SEE MUI DU DU XANH


    ODD ANGRY SHOT

    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


    OFF LIMITS

    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


    OPERATION DUMBO DROP

    1995


    OPERATION WARZONE

    1991


    ORDINARY HEROES

    R ANDERSON, VALERI BERTINELLI
    1986


    OUTSIDE IN (SEE RED, WHITE AND BUSTED


    PARK IS MINE

    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


    PLATOON LEADER

    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


    PLATOON

    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


    PROMISE OF LOVE, THE

    A ROMANO
    1980
    TV MOVIE


    PURPLE HEARTS

    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


    QUIET LITTLE TOWN

    1986
    FOREIGN FILM


    RAGE, THE

    1996


    RAMBO: FIRST BLOOD PART II

    1985


    RED, WHITE AND BUSTED

    1975


    REDWOOD CURTAIN

    1995


    RELIABLE: A TRUE STORY

    1996


    RIDERS OF THE STORM

    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


    ROLLING THUNDER

    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


    RUCKUS

    1982


    RUCKUS IN MADOC COUNTRY (SEE RUCKUS


    RUMOR OF WAR

    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


    RUNNING ON EMPTY

    JUDD HISRCH, RIVER PHOENIX
    1988


    SAIGON

    1945
    ALAN LADD


    SAIGON (SEE OFF LIMITS)


    SAIGON: YEAR OF THE CAT

    1983


    SCENT OF GREEN PAPAYA, THE (SEE MUI DU DU XANH


    SCENT OF THE GREEN PAPAYA, THE (SEE MUI DU DU XANH)


    SHOOTER

    1988


    SIEGE OF FIREBASE GLORIA, THE

    1989


    SKY TERROR (SEE SKYJACKED)


    SKYJACKED

    1972


    SNAKE EATER

    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


    SOLDIER'S SWEETHEART, A

    1998


    STRYKER'S WAR

    1985


    SUMMERTREE

    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


    SYMPATHY FOR THE DEVIL

    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


    T'OU PEN HU HAI (SEE TOU BUN NO HOI)


    TAXI DRIVER

    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


    TENTH MONTH COMES

    1984
    FOREIGN FILM


    TERRY WHITMORE, FOR EXAMPLE

    1970


    THOU SHALT NOT KILL... EXCEPT (SEE STRYKER'S WAR)


    THREE SEASONS

    1998


    TO HEAL A NATION

    1988


    TO THE SHORES OF HELL

    1966


    TOU BUN NO HOI

    1982


    TRACKS

    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


    TRIAL OF BILLY JACK

    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


    TRIBES

    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


    TWILIGHT'S LAST GLEAMING

    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


    UNCOMMON VALOR

    1983/I


    VESTIGE OF HONOR

    1990


    VETERAN, THE (SEE DEAD OF NIGHT)


    VICTIM OF INNOCENCE (SEE GIRL WHO CAME BETWEEN THEM, THE)


    VIETNAM WAR STORY: THE LAST DAYS

    1989


    VISITORS, THE

    1972


    WALKING DEAD, THE

    1995


    WAR AT HOME, THE

    1996


    WAR, THE

    1994


    WELCOME HOME, JOHNNY BRISTOL

    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


    WHICH WAY IS EAST

    1994


    WHITE NIGHTS

    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


    WHO'LL STOP THE RAIN?

    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


    WOLF LAKE

    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


    WOMAN INSIDE

    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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