Set between 1962 and 1974 this traces the story of three buddies from adolescent surfing champs to post-Vietnam trauma. As the times change they find their youth is lost until one vital Wednesday in 1974 when there is a Big Swell and they hit the waves again, superb. find out more...

Three young Hong Kong hustlers move to Saigon to try and profit, smuggling penicillin and gold, from the war, but their friendship is tested to the limits through greed, betrayal and lust, amid the horrors of a war-torn Vietnam. Comparable to the 'Deer Hunter', this violent epic is the most ambitiously personal and political of John Woo's films, but still comes packed with guns, explosives and balletic action. find out more...

This is the best of the recent Vietnam films and certainly one of the best war films ever. Brutal and black, realistic and terrifying, it portrays the systematic dehumanization of training and the resulting horror of actual war. Unreservedly acclaimed by the critics, this masterpiece must be seen. find out more...

Of all the 1980s rash of Vietnam movies, this was the simplest, bloodiest and most action-packed. Based on the true story of the assault on a well-fortified NVA position, Hill 937, this was a bloody, pointless and suicidal event which created near mutiny in the American ranks as their bodies littered the hill. Like a harrowing remake of 'The Sands of Iwo Jima'. find out more...

Stone's third, after Platoon and Born on the Fourth of July, Vietnam War offering, this time seen through the eyes of a young Vietnamese girl caught up in the horror. Tommy Lee Jones gives a sensitive performance as the soldier trying to save both her and himself. Well crafted human drama and a moving love story. find out more...

Oliver Stone's autobiographical account of life at the front in Vietnam deservedly swept the Oscars. It is particularly strong in portraying the tensions within the army social group between the brutal all-American rednecks and the more liberally inclined cynics. find out more...

The incredible true story of Dieter Dengler, a German-born US pilot shot down over Laos at the beginning of the Vietnam war and held captive in a beastly POW camp, and his subsequent escape to 'freedom'. find out more...

Boys train for war, go to Vietnam, wander around listening to rock music, get stoned, wonder what the hell they're doing and get shot at. A highly influential movie, which preceded 'Full Metal Jacket', 'Platoon', 'Streamers', 'Biloxi Blues' et al. find out more...

The story of three steel workers caught up in the Vietnam war. Concentrates as much on the shattering effect on their families as much as on the conflict itself. This emotionally charged movie kicked off America's self-examination of this shameful episode in it's history. Stunningly powerful. Won Best Picture at 1978 Academy Awards. find out more...

 

It’s 1968 and four young melodious Aboriginal sisters from a remote town, are discovered by Dave, a talent scout with a kind heart, a drink problem and an all consuming love of soul music. Billed as Australia's answer to 'The Supremes', Dave secures their first gig, and then takes them to Vietnam to sing for the troops. Based on a true sto find out more...