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Stories Set in Vietnam — top stories

Conrad upriver, Greene's Saigon, helicopter assaults and cyclo rides through Ho Chi Minh City — few landscapes carry more film history per mile. Start with these ten, then open Vietnam on StoryTerra's map.

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10 famous stories set in Vietnam

Live snapshot of the top 10 most popular catalogue items (2026-09-04). Click any card to open this entry on the live map.

Browse 91 books, 177 movies, 3 TV shows and 13 games set in Vietnam.

Full Metal Jacket

Full Metal Jacket

Warner Bros. Pictures-Stanley Kubrick Productions-Natant
movie

A pragmatic U.S. Marine observes the dehumanizing effects the U.S.-Vietnam War has on his fellow recruits from their brutal boot camp training to the bloody street fighting in Hue.

Setting: VietnamTime Period: Vietnam War
Apocalypse Now

Apocalypse Now

United Artists-American Zoetrope-Coppola Cinema 7
movie

At the height of the Vietnam war Captain Benjamin Willard is sent on a dangerous mission that officially "does not exist nor will it ever exist." His goal is to locate - and eliminate - a mysterious Green Beret Colonel…

Setting: Vietnam; CambodiaTime Period: Vietnam War
Platoon

Platoon

Hemdale Film Corporation-Cinema 86-Cinema 84-Orion Pictures-Orion
movie

As a young and naive recruit in Vietnam Chris Taylor faces a moral crisis when confronted with the horrors of war and the duality of man.

Setting: VietnamTime Period: Vietnam War
The Deer Hunter

The Deer Hunter

Universal Pictures-EMI Films
movie

A group of working-class friends decide to enlist in the Army during the Vietnam War and finds it to be hellish chaos -- not the noble venture they imagined. Before they left Steven married his pregnant girlfriend --…

Setting: Pennsylvania, USA; VietnamTime Period: Vietnam War era
Rambo: First Blood Part II

Rambo: First Blood Part II

Carolco Pictures-Estudios Churubusco Azteca-Anabasis N.V.
movie

John Rambo is released from prison by the government for a top-secret covert mission to the last place on Earth he'd want to return - the jungles of Vietnam.

Setting: VietnamTime Period: 1985
Good Morning, Vietnam

Good Morning, Vietnam

Silver Screen Partners III-Touchstone Pictures
movie

A disk jockey goes to Vietnam to work for the Armed Forces Radio Service. While he becomes popular among the troops his superiors disapprove of his humour.

Setting: Saigon, VietnamTime Period: 1965
We Were Soldiers

We Were Soldiers

Wheelhouse Entertainment-Icon Entertainment International-Motion Picture Production GmbH & Co. Erste KG
movie

The story of the first major battle of the American phase of the Vietnam War and the soldiers on both sides that fought it.

Setting: VietnamTime Period: Vietnam War
The Greatest Beer Run Ever

The Greatest Beer Run Ever

Skydance
movie

Chickie wants to support his friends fighting in Vietnam so he does something wild—personally bring them American beer. What starts as a well-meaning journey quickly changes Chickie’s life and perspective. Based on a…

Setting: New York, USA; VietnamTime Period: 1967
Across the Universe

Across the Universe

Revolution Studios-Team Todd-Sound Films-Gross Entertainment
movie

When young dockworker Jude leaves Liverpool to find his estranged father in the United States he is swept up by the waves of change that are re-shaping the nation. Jude falls in love with Lucy who joins the growing…

Setting: Liverpool, UK; USA; VietnamTime Period: 1960s
Born on the Fourth of July

Born on the Fourth of July

Universal Pictures-Ixtlan
movie

Paralyzed in the Vietnam war Ron Kovic becomes an anti-war and pro-human rights political activist after feeling betrayed by the country he fought for.

Setting: Vietnam; USATime Period: Vietnam War Era

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