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1. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998)
R | 118 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
An oddball journalist and his psychopathic lawyer travel to Las Vegas for a series of psychedelic escapades.
Director: Terry Gilliam | Stars: Johnny Depp, Benicio Del Toro, Tobey Maguire, Michael Lee Gogin
Votes: 301,234 | Gross: $10.68M
2. American Dreams (2002–2005)
TV-PG | 60 min | Drama, Family, History
In the 1960s, a family experiences life and the struggles of the era, accompanied by the well-known pop songs of the period.
Stars: Gail O'Grady, Tom Verica, Brittany Snow, Jonathan Adams
Votes: 3,251
3. Jayne Mansfield's Car (2012)
R | 122 min | Drama
Alabama; 1969: The death of a clan's estranged wife and mother brings together two very different families. Do the scars of the past hide differences that will tear them apart, or expose truths that could lead to unexpected collisions?
Director: Billy Bob Thornton | Stars: Tippi Hedren, Kevin Bacon, Ray Stevenson, Robert Patrick
Votes: 3,537 | Gross: $0.01M
4. Woodstock (1970)
R | 184 min | Documentary, History, Music
Oscar-winning musical chronicle that brilliantly captures the three-day rock concert and celebration of peace and love that became a capstone for the Sixties.
Director: Michael Wadleigh | Stars: Joan Baez, Richie Havens, Roger Daltrey, Joe Cocker
Votes: 18,446 | Gross: $50.00M
5. Gardens of Stone (1987)
R | 111 min | Drama, Romance, War
A Sergeant must deal with his desires to save the lives of young soldiers being sent to Viet Nam. Continuously denied the chance to teach the soldiers about his experiences, he settles for trying to help the son of an old Army buddy.
Director: Francis Ford Coppola | Stars: James Caan, Anjelica Huston, James Earl Jones, D.B. Sweeney
Votes: 6,126 | Gross: $5.26M
6. The Landlord (1970)
PG | 112 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
At the age of 29, Elgar Enders (Beau Bridges) "runs away" from home. This running away consists of buying a building in a black ghetto in the Park Slope section of Brooklyn. Initially, his ... See full summary »
Director: Hal Ashby | Stars: Beau Bridges, Lee Grant, Diana Sands, Pearl Bailey
Votes: 3,078 | Gross: $0.96M
7. Model Shop (1969)
M | 97 min | Drama, Romance
George is unemployed, broke, about to be drafted to Vietnam, and suddenly madly in love with the divine Lola, a woman he has only briefly glimpsed. Now George searches for his potential amour through the City of Angels.
Director: Jacques Demy | Stars: Anouk Aimée, Gary Lockwood, Alexandra Hay, Carol Cole
Votes: 2,130
8. Disco: Soundtrack of A Revolution (2023)
Documentary, History, Music
From the sweaty basement bars of 70s New York to the glittering peak of the global charts, how disco conquered the world - its origins, its triumphs, its fall and its legacy.
Stars: David Depino, Nicky Siano, Ana Matronic, Allen Roskoff
Votes: 46
9. Green Dragon (2001)
PG-13 | 115 min | Drama
The story of some Vietnamese refugees as they first arrive at Camp Pendleton in the United States as the Vietnam War ends in 1975.
Director: Timothy Linh Bui | Stars: Patrick Swayze, Forest Whitaker, Duong Don, Hiep Thi Le
Votes: 1,250 | Gross: $0.28M
10. Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight (2013)
Not Rated | 97 min | Biography, Drama
Ali's biggest match, his fight with the US government. A film about the politics and hubris surrounding the Vietnam War and the revenge exacted on America's greatest sportsman of the 20th century because he refused to fight in that war.
Director: Stephen Frears | Stars: Christopher Plummer, Frank Langella, Ed Begley Jr., Peter Gerety
Votes: 2,588
11. Two People (1973)
R | 100 min | Drama, Romance
Evan Bonner is an army deserter who returns home to deal with the fallout of his actions. He becomes distracted when he meets attractive model Diedre McCluskey, thinking he's fallen in love.
Director: Robert Wise | Stars: Peter Fonda, Lindsay Wagner, Estelle Parsons, Alan Fudge
Votes: 244
12. Eggshells (1969)
Not Rated | 89 min | Drama, Fantasy
Experimental allegorical story about a group of hippie students in Austin, Texas, who move into an old big house in the woods. However, something else is there and it's influencing them.
Director: Tobe Hooper | Stars: Mahlon Foreman, Ron Barnhart, Amy Lester, Kim Henkel
Votes: 494
13. A.W.O.L (2006)
20 min | Short, Action, Drama
Vietnam. 1972. US Army Special Forces Major Cliff Marquette leads a squad ordered to investigate unusual reports and secure a remote jungle temple locals believe has mystical powers. The ... See full summary »
Director: Jack Swanstrom | Stars: David Morse, John C. McGinley, Caroline Kristiahn, Tuan Tran
Votes: 192
14. The Chicken Chronicles (1977)
PG | 95 min | Comedy
A high school senior tries to score with Margaret.
Director: Frank Simon | Stars: Phil Silvers, Ed Lauter, Steve Guttenberg, Lisa Reeves
Votes: 375
15. Cobra Mission (1986)
85 min | Action, War
Ten years after the end of the war in Vietnam, four ex-Marines decide to return to S.E. Asia to investigate reports of American POWs still being held there. These four include Roger, whose ... See full summary »
Director: Fabrizio De Angelis | Stars: Oliver Tobias, Christopher Connelly, Manfred Lehmann, John Steiner
Votes: 289
16. Sir! No Sir! (2005)
Not Rated | 85 min | Documentary, History, War
NO! SIR! tells an almost entirely forgotten story of the military men and women who forced the U.S. government to end the Vietnam War
Director: David Zeiger | Stars: Michael Alaimo, Edward Asner, Joe Bangert, Tom Bernard
Votes: 838 | Gross: $0.11M
17. Guerrilla: The Taking of Patty Hearst (2004)
Not Rated | 89 min | Documentary, History, Mystery
The story of the 1974 kidnap of teenage heiress Patty Hearst, which set off one of the most bizarre episodes in recent American history.
Director: Robert Stone | Stars: Russ Little, Michael Bortin, Timothy Findley, Dan Grove
Votes: 630
18. The Edge (1968)
100 min | Drama
A troubled antiwar activist plans to assassinate the President of the United States.
Director: Robert Kramer | Stars: Tom Griffin, Howard Loeb Babeuf, Jeff Weiss, Anne Waldman Warsch
Votes: 65
19. Journey Through Rosebud (1972)
GP | 93 min | Drama
A group of young Indians living on the Sioux Indian Reservation in South Dakota stage a protest against the U.S. Government and years of lies and deception come to a violent climax.
Director: Tom Gries | Stars: Robert Forster, Kristoffer Tabori, Victoria Racimo, Eddie Little Sky
Votes: 67
20. Prologue (I) (1970)
87 min | Drama
Presents the rival philosophies of young people, militant protest or communal retreat, set against the political upheaval of the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago.
Director: Robin Spry | Stars: John Robb, Elaine Malus, Gary Rader, Peter Cullen
Votes: 21
21. A Call to Remember (1997 TV Movie)
R | 110 min | Drama
Holocaust survivors (Blythe Danner, Joe Mantegna) grapple with the past and try to stop their son (David Lascher) from fighting in the Vietnam War.
Director: Jack Bender | Stars: Blythe Danner, Joe Mantegna, David Lascher, Kevin Zegers
Votes: 230
22. Les apprentis sorciers (1977)
91 min | Drama
"Les Apprentis Sorciers" is a thriller in which the characters are Latin-American exiles living in Paris. It is also a comedy about artists who play at revolution rather than actually participate in one.
Director: Edgardo Cozarinsky | Stars: Dennis Hopper, Zouzou, Peter Chatel, Niels Arestrup
Votes: 55
23. Explosion (1969)
GP | 98 min | Crime, Drama, War
During the height of the Vietnam war, a hippie and a draft dodger get together and hatch a plan to flee to Canada. They steal a car and head towards Vancouver, but the trip doesn't go as ... See full summary »
Director: Jules Bricken | Stars: Don Stroud, Gordon Thomson, Michèle Chicoine, Cec Linder
Votes: 39
24. Dick Cavett's Vietnam (2015 TV Movie)
55 min | Documentary, History, War
The history and controversy of America's involvement in the Vietnam War, illustrated by interviews from "The Dick Cavett Show".
Director: John Scheinfeld | Stars: Dick Cavett, Wesley Clark, Fredrik Logevall, Tim Naftali
Votes: 30
25. In the Country (1967)
65 min | Drama
During the Vietnam War, a young revolutionary, isolated with his lover in a country house, struggles to comprehend his self-inflicted inactivity and his alienation from former political associates.
Director: Robert Kramer | Stars: William Devane, Catherine Merrill, Jane Kramer, Henry Heifitz
Votes: 23
26. The Activist (1969)
X | 87 min | Drama
Mike, a college student, makes an impassioned anti-war speech on campus, which is carried on live television, causing a storm of controversy. His girlfriend leaves him, but he finds himself... See full summary »
Director: Art Napoleon | Stars: Michael Smith, Lesley Taplin, Tom Maier, Brian Murphy
Votes: 21
27. The Circle (1972)
PG | 95 min | Drama, Romance
In the Northwest, a college student and his friend help two young women whose car has stalled on the road. The young men invite the girls to a party the friend is giving the following week.... See full summary »
Director: Tom Moyer Jr. | Stars: Mark Allen, Jim Bosley, Carol Crittenden, Dianna Ferrua
28. Stolen Honor: Wounds That Never Heal (2004)
43 min | Documentary, Short
In the mid 1960's thousands of young American men left their families, homes and jobs and went to fight for their country in Southeast Asia. Many of them never returned. Others were shot ... See full summary »
Director: Carlton Sherwood | Stars: Carlton Sherwood, Kenneth W. Cordier, George Day, Jack H. Fellowes
Votes: 344
29. Flights (2002)
18 min | Short, Drama, War
A college senior confronts having to fight in the Vietnam War. He and his roommates start setting paper airplanes on fire and launching them from a precarious rooftop. After an intense, ... See full summary »
Director: Robert M. Herzog | Stars: Michael Cavaliere, Billy Lush, Andy Phelan, Garret Savage
30. Induction (2005)
13 min | Comedy, Drama, Short
In 1970, at the height of the Vietnam War, best friends Zack and Rico are called in for their military draft physicals. Zack has a hilarious plan for them to fail the physical exams, but ... See full summary »
Director: Elan Glasser | Stars: Kathleen Gati, Matt George, Karen-Eileen Gordon, Brian Gross
Votes: 15
32. The Lottery (2004)
13 min | Short, Drama
1969, Upstate New York. Alex, 18, and Jim, 18, are picked with high numbers in the Vietnam Selective Service Lottery and they have three days left to report to active duty. Despite Alex's ... See full summary »
Director: Andreas von Scheele | Stars: Kevin Conway, Matthew Kehoe, Joe Rinaldi
Votes: 17
33. Return to Vietnam (2008)
60 min | Documentary
Vietnam vets return to China Beach, Vietnam to build the Marble Mountain health clinic, and recall the past that has brought them together in this 10th anniversary reconciliation trip of ... See full summary »
34. The Flag (2006)
Not Rated | 13 min | Short, War
Vietnam 1968. Several American soldiers are held prisoner within the depths of a Vietnamese war-camp. Fox has reached the limits of what he can endure and begins to contemplate suicide. His... See full summary »
Director: Rene Hinojosa | Stars: Paul Michael Bloodgood, Jeff Carley, Jason Harper, Kevin Kwok
Votes: 9
35.
American Masters (1985– )
Episode:
A Conversation with Gregory Peck
(1999)
TV-14 | 97 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Famed and beloved actor Gregory Peck candidly delves into conversation and reflection about his on-screen roles and off-screen life.
Director: Barbara Kopple | Stars: Gregory Peck, Cecilia Peck, Veronique Peck, Colleen Sheehy
Votes: 581
36.
American Experience (1987– )
Episode:
Guerrilla: The Taking of Patty Hearst
(2004)
Unrated | 89 min | Documentary, Biography, History
A documentary on the curious American domestic terrorist group, infamous for the 1974 kidnapping of Patty Hearst.
Director: Robert Stone | Stars: Russ Little, Michael Bortin, Timothy Findley, Dan Grove
Votes: 461 | Gross: $0.10M
37.
The Deuce (2017–2019)
Episode:
Pilot
(2017)
TV-MA | 80 min | Drama
Set in and around Times Square, New York, twin brothers Vincent and Frankie Martino navigate the dawn of the modern pornography industry. The series pilot began shooting in October 2015 and the series was picked up in January 2016.
Director: Michelle MacLaren | Stars: James Franco, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Gbenga Akinnagbe, Gary Carr
Votes: 1,881
38.
The Deuce (2017–2019)
Episode:
The Principle Is All
(2017)
TV-MA | 63 min | Drama
Vincent is blindsided by an unexpected partner after putting the finishing touches on his new bar, causing Frankie to blow a gasket.
Director: James Franco | Stars: James Franco, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Gbenga Akinnagbe, Chris Bauer
Votes: 1,197
39.
American Dynasties: The Kennedys (2018)
Episode:
The Legend of Camelot
(2018)
42 min | Documentary, History
Numbed by grief after the assassination of her husband, Jackie crafts JFK's legacy, while Bobby becomes a champion of the dispossessed and the family's next great political hope.
Director: Jonathan Jones | Stars: Martin Sheen, Sally Bedell Smith, Richard Mahoney, Kate Andersen Brower
Votes: 51