“The Fog of War” (2003) Not long after the turn of the century, former U.S. defense secretary and Vietnam War architect Robert S. McNamara sat for interviews with documentarian Errol Morris.

John Wayne made one of the first Vietnam War movies, sure, and at a time when the war was still ongoing, but most of the films made after it ended felt more honest about the whole thing. Some ...

The Vietnam War cast a long shadow across one of the most fertile periods of American filmmaking, and has led filmmakers for the half-century since to reckon with its complicated legacy. These 10 ...

The 1980s saw a wave of Hollywood films about Vietnam, including “First Blood,” “Hamburger Hill,” “Good Morning Vietnam,” “Casualties of War” and “Born on the Fourth of July.” ...

The Vietnam War cast a long shadow across one of the most fertile periods of American ... 10 movies that defined the Vietnam War on the big screen. JAKE COYLE. Thu, April 24, 2025 at 4:04 AM UTC.