Vietnam War
see all genres ›No war had so bitterly split the American public on moral grounds before Vietnam (known as "the American War" to the Vietnamese), a seemingly endless fight against Communist forces that was inherited from the French and finally ground to an inglorious halt after the fall of Saigon in 1975. Opposition to the effort was a huge factor in the growth of the 1960s youth counterculture both here and abroad. Coinciding with the youth of innumerable emerging filmmakers, the Vietnam War has been a frequent subject, context or reference point onscreen ever since.
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Among the Missing
Vietnam is often called “the war that won’t go away”, largely because of the continuing controversy of the POW/MIA (Prisoners of War/Missing in Action) issue. Families of those who were POW/MIA in Vietnam organized an activist movement which went on to pursue a question which still haunts America nearly...Start your free trial to watch -
Ave Maria
Ivan Ivanov-Vano’s condemnation of the American war in Vietnam trades in some of the crude images one associates with Soviet propaganda: a soldier gunning down a child; clamoring capitalists superimposed over the killing fields. And yet its animation style is surprisingly subtle and its tone more elegiac than one might...Start your free trial to watch -
The Exterminator
Christopher George, Robert Ginty and Samantha Eggar star in THE EXTERMINATOR, James Glickenhaus’ explosive story of Vietnam vet John Eastland, a man who launches a bloody vendetta against the New York underworld when his best friend is brutally beaten by a vicious street gang. Eastland becomes a vigilante...Start your free trial to watch
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The Good Soldier
What does it really mean to be a "good" soldier? Following the journeys of four veterans from three generations of wars, we realize that it means killing without hesitation, never asking questions and accepting innocent casualties as collateral damage.Start your free trial to watch -
Hanoi, Martes 13
Santiago Alvarez’s tribute to the Vietnamese people transcends its narrow aim as anti-imperialist agit-prop. Patient documentation of local folkways contextualizes the American military actions as brutal, unnatural incursions. Alvarez’s camera was there when the bombs fell on Hanoi and stayed on to witness...Start your free trial to watch -
Punishment Park
The war in Vietnam is escalating. There is massive public protest in the United States and elsewhere. President Nixon declares a state of national emergency and the federal authorities are given the power to detain persons judged to be "a risk to internal security." In a desert zone in southwest California, a civilian...Start your free trial to watch
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Thou Shalt Not Kill... Except
Vietnam, 1969. War is Hell. For Marine Sergeant Jack Stryker (Brian Schulz), however, Hell is just the beginning. Trapped outside a Viet Cong village, Stryker takes two bullets to the leg. Sent home from the war, he discovers his ex-girlfriend (Cheryl Hausen) has been kidnapped by a religious cult with a...Start your free trial to watch -
White Badge
Sgt. Han suffers a classic Vietnam War syndrome. As the leader of a behind-enemy-lines Korean infantry unit fighting alongside the American allies, Han feels responsible for death and carnage his unit suffered at the hands of one of their own. When confronted with the culprit after the war, is Han able to take military...Start your free trial to watch




