THEME EXPLORATION

Vietnam trauma

12 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Rambo: First Blood Part II
Rambo: First Blood Part II
1985 · George P. Cosmatos
Bullet in the Head
Bullet in the Head
1990 · John Woo
The Deer Hunter
The Deer Hunter
1978 · Michael Cimino
The Real End of the Great War
The Real End of the Great War
1957 · Jerzy Kawalerowicz
Keeping Mum
Keeping Mum
2023 · Émilie Brisavoine
Sticks and Bones
Sticks and Bones
1973 · Robert Downey Sr
Jacob's Ladder
Jacob's Ladder
1990 · Adrian Lyne
The Monkey
The Monkey
2025 · Osgood Perkins
Great Expectations
Great Expectations
1946 · David Lean
Mein Schulfreund
Mein Schulfreund
1960 · Robert Siodmak
Andrei Rublev
Andrei Rublev
1966 · Andrei Tarkovsky
El espiritu de la colmena
El espiritu de la colmena
1973 · Victor Erice
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Sofia Coppola United States

His masterpiece Apocalypse Now (1979) remains the definitive cinematic exploration of the Vietnam War's psychological and moral devastation on American soldiers.

 Oliver Stone United States

A Vietnam veteran himself, Stone created the trauma trilogy (Platoon, Born on the Fourth of July, Heaven & Earth) that authentically captures both battlefield horror and lasting psychological wounds.