i have recently fully seen Platoon (1986) (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0091763/) , i saw it b4 when i was a kid but never understood it properly, but now i discovered why Oliver Stone is such a great director.

Platoon is indeed a very powerful movie and one that u would not doubt its sincerity (written and directed by a person who was in the WAR)

so my fav movies about the Vietnam WAR are

1. Platoon (1986) (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0091763/)
2. Apocalypse Now (1979) (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0078788/)
3. We Were Soldiers (2002) (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0277434/)

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My favorite Vietnam movie is "Good Morning, Vietnam," but that might not count.

Another one that might not count is the original M*A*S*H movie (not the TV series, which I like also). Although they said the movie took place in Korea, the movie was made to look like it was taking place in Vietnam. Kind of a Vietnam protest film in disguise.

In case you haven't guessed, war movies don't do a lot for me, although I do like Tora Tora Tora and The Longest Day from WWII.

my was very underrated

Casualties of War

Forrest Gump (yah i know but it's still cool)
We were Soldiers
Tigerland (?)


i would say We were Soldiers is my fave. a great movie and so sad too. :(

OK first of all Oliver Stone is not what I would call a true account of anything. He is known to REALLY exagerate everything he does. I mean "JFK" is like a work of fiction. Regardless Platoon reamins one of my favorites

According to my top 20 list here's how they rank

11. Platoon
12. Full Metal Jacket

I also liked Apocalypse Now a lot

I gotta go with Full Metal Jacket...
and The Deer Hunter
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