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1. Empire of the Sun (1987)
PG | 153 min | Drama, War
A young English boy struggles to survive under Japanese occupation of China during World War II.
Director: Steven Spielberg | Stars: Christian Bale, John Malkovich, Miranda Richardson, Nigel Havers
Votes: 134,569 | Gross: $22.24M
2. The Lover (1992)
R | 115 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
In 1929 French Indochina, a French teenage girl embarks on a reckless and forbidden romance with a wealthy, older Chinese man, each knowing that knowledge of their affair will bring drastic consequences to each other.
Director: Jean-Jacques Annaud | Stars: Jane March, Tony Ka Fai Leung, Jeanne Moreau, Frédérique Meininger
Votes: 23,553 | Gross: $4.90M
3. The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
PG | 161 min | Adventure, Drama, War
British POWs are forced to build a railway bridge across the river Kwai for their Japanese captors in occupied Burma, not knowing that the allied forces are planning a daring commando raid through the jungle to destroy it.
Director: David Lean | Stars: William Holden, Alec Guinness, Jack Hawkins, Sessue Hayakawa
Votes: 233,747 | Gross: $44.91M
4. The Vietnam War (2017)
TV-MA | 99 min | Documentary, History, War
A comprehensive history of the United States' involvement in the bitterly divisive armed conflict in Southeast Asia.
Stars: Peter Coyote, Huy Duc, James Willbanks, Duong Van Mai Elliott
Votes: 28,120
5. Surf Ninjas (1993)
PG | 87 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Two boys learn from a mysterious warrior that they are the heirs to the throne of Patusan and set out to overthrow the current monarchy.
Director: Neal Israel | Stars: Ernie Reyes Sr., Rob Schneider, Ernie Reyes Jr., Nicolas Cowan
Votes: 8,777 | Gross: $4.92M
6. Murmur of the Heart (1971)
R | 118 min | Comedy, Drama
As France is nearing the end of the first Indochina War, an open-minded teenage boy finds himself torn between a rebellious urge to discover love, and the ever-present, almost dominating affection of his beloved mother.
Director: Louis Malle | Stars: Lea Massari, Benoît Ferreux, Daniel Gélin, Michael Lonsdale
Votes: 10,871 | Gross: $0.35M
7. The Quiet American (2002)
R | 101 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller
An old British reporter vies with a young U.S. doctor for the affections of a beautiful Vietnamese woman.
Director: Phillip Noyce | Stars: Michael Caine, Brendan Fraser, Do Thi Hai Yen, Rade Serbedzija
Votes: 29,788 | Gross: $12.99M
8. Indochine (1992)
PG-13 | 160 min | Drama, Romance, War
Eliane adopts Camille, whose Vietnamese parents were friends. In 1930, a French navy officer is interested in Eliane (owns 60km2 plantation) and later in Camille. There's an uprising in Vietnam against French colonial power.
Director: Régis Wargnier | Stars: Catherine Deneuve, Vincent Perez, Linh-Dan Pham, Jean Yanne
Votes: 10,971 | Gross: $5.73M
9. Two Brothers (2004)
PG | 109 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
Two tigers are separated as cubs and taken into captivity, only to be reunited years later as enemies by an explorer who inadvertently forces them to fight each other.
Director: Jean-Jacques Annaud | Stars: Guy Pearce, Freddie Highmore, Jean-Claude Dreyfus, Oanh Nguyen
Votes: 15,933 | Gross: $18.95M
10. Red Dust (1932)
Passed | 83 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
The owner of a rubber plantation becomes involved with the new wife of one of his employees.
Director: Victor Fleming | Stars: Clark Gable, Jean Harlow, Gene Raymond, Mary Astor
Votes: 4,941 | Gross: $1.70M
11. Punishment Park (1971)
R | 91 min | Drama, Thriller
"Punishment Park" is a pseudo-documentary purporting to be a film crews's news coverage of the team of soldiers escorting a group of hippies, draft dodgers, and anti-establishment types ... See full summary »
Director: Peter Watkins | Stars: Patrick Boland, Kent Foreman, Carmen Argenziano, Luke Johnson
Votes: 7,657
12. The Ugly American (1963)
Approved | 120 min | Adventure, Drama, Thriller
An ambitious American scholar becomes the ambassador to Sarkan, a southeast Asian country where civil war is brewing.
Director: George Englund | Stars: Marlon Brando, Eiji Okada, Sandra Church, Pat Hingle
Votes: 2,476
13. The Quiet American (1958)
TV-PG | 120 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller
A young naive American and a cynical older British diplomat disagree over politics in 1952 Vietnam and over a beautiful young native girl.
Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz | Stars: Audie Murphy, Michael Redgrave, Claude Dauphin, Giorgia Moll
Votes: 2,107
14. A French Woman (1995)
100 min | Drama, Romance
A French woman is a French woman. She is unable to refuse the wonderful gift of love. And I'm willing to pay a high price for it.
Director: Régis Wargnier | Stars: Emmanuelle Béart, Daniel Auteuil, Gabriel Barylli, Jean-Claude Brialy
Votes: 1,397 | Gross: $0.17M
15. China Gate (1957)
Not Rated | 97 min | Action, Drama, War
In 1954, during the French Indochina War, an Eurasian female smuggler and a group of French Foreign Legion mercenaries, infiltrate the enemy territory in order to destroy an arms depot.
Director: Samuel Fuller | Stars: Gene Barry, Angie Dickinson, Nat 'King' Cole, Paul Dubov
Votes: 949
16. Saigon (1947)
Not Rated | 93 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
After WW2, two army buddies, one of them terminally-ill, embark on a series of adventures in South-East Asia and run across a dangerous criminal and his pretty secretary.
Director: Leslie Fenton | Stars: Alan Ladd, Veronica Lake, Douglas Dick, Wally Cassell
Votes: 371
17. Un barrage contre le Pacifique (2008)
116 min | Drama
A troubled mother's spirit crumbles when her adult children strike out for independence. Feeling abandoned she contemplates taking drastic action.
Director: Rithy Panh | Stars: Isabelle Huppert, Gaspard Ulliel, Astrid Bergès-Frisbey, Randal Douc
Votes: 870
18. The 317th Platoon (1965)
100 min | War
In Vietnam, 1954, a French platoon isolated behind enemy lines tries to come back. It is led by the inexperienced, idealistic sous-lieutenant Torrens, and by adjutant Willsdorf, a WWII veteran of the Wehrmacht.
Director: Pierre Schoendoerffer | Stars: Jacques Perrin, Bruno Cremer, Pierre Fabre, Manuel Zarzo
Votes: 1,665
19. Murders in the Zoo (1933)
Passed | 62 min | Crime, Horror
A monomaniacal zoologist is pathologically jealous of his beautiful but unfaithful wife Evelyn and will not stop short of murder to keep her.
Director: A. Edward Sutherland | Stars: Charles Ruggles, Lionel Atwill, Gail Patrick, Randolph Scott
Votes: 1,791
20. Somewhere I'll Find You (1942)
Passed | 108 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance
Two brother, rival correspondents, find themselves fighting their conservative editor over stories and each other of over the affections of a pretty blonde journalist.
Director: Wesley Ruggles | Stars: Clark Gable, Lana Turner, Robert Sterling, Patricia Dane
Votes: 978
21. Far from Vietnam (1967)
Not Rated | 120 min | Documentary, Drama, War
In seven different segments, Godard, Klein, Lelouch, Marker, Resnais, and Varda show their sympathy and support for the North Vietnamese army during the Vietnam War.
Directors: Jean-Luc Godard, Joris Ivens, William Klein, Claude Lelouch, Chris Marker, Alain Resnais, Agnès Varda | Stars: Anne Bellec, Karen Blanguernon, Fidel Castro, Bernard Fresson
Votes: 888
22. Diên Biên Phú (1992)
140 min | Drama, War
An American reporter finds himself in the middle of the 57-day battle of Dien Bien Phu in Vietnam between the French army and the Vietminh, which finally resulted in the defeat and ... See full summary »
Director: Pierre Schoendoerffer | Stars: Donald Pleasence, Patrick Catalifo, Jean-François Balmer, Ludmila Mikaël
Votes: 1,083
23. In the Year of the Pig (1968)
Not Rated | 103 min | Documentary, History, War
A documentary chronicling the background to, and history of, the Vietnam War.
Director: Emile de Antonio | Stars: Harry S. Ashmore, Daniel Berrigan, Joseph Buttinger, William R. Corson
Votes: 1,923
24. Gold Raiders (1982)
106 min | Action, Adventure
A plane that is carrying $200 million in gold is shot down in Thailand and lands in the jungle. A dedicated team of agents is assembled and deployed to search for and recover the gold that is now in the jungle.
Director: Chalong Pakdeevijit | Stars: Robert Ginty, Sarah Langenfeld, Sombat Krung Ron, Nawarat Lalana Vasana
Votes: 132
25. Terror's Advocate (2007)
Unrated | 135 min | Documentary, Biography, History
A documentary on Jacques Vergès, the controversial lawyer and former Free French Forces guerrilla who has defending unpopular figures such as Nazi war criminal Klaus Barbie and Holocaust denier Roger Garaudy.
Director: Barbet Schroeder | Stars: Jacques Vergès, Klaus Barbie, Barbet Schroeder, Bassam Abu Sharif
Votes: 1,702 | Gross: $0.04M
26. Rogues' Regiment (1948)
Passed | 86 min | Action, Adventure, Mystery
A post World War 2, US Army agent is assigned to join the Foreign Legion in search of high ranking Nazi war criminal who may have also enlisted.
Director: Robert Florey | Stars: Dick Powell, Märta Torén, Vincent Price, Stephen McNally
Votes: 201
27. Perils of Pauline (1933)
Passed | 231 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
A famous scientist and his beautiful daughter travel to Indochina to find an ivory disc that has the formula for a deadly gas engraved on it. An evil doctor and his gang are also looking for it.
Director: Ray Taylor | Stars: Evalyn Knapp, Craig Reynolds, James Durkin, John Davidson
Votes: 157
28. White Soldier (2014 TV Movie)
146 min | Drama, War
A muggy Saigon, late 1945. Stationed at a military camp in French Indochina, two young men--Robert and André--become close friends as they share the boredom and excitement of waiting for ... See full summary »
Director: Erick Zonca | Stars: Abraham Belaga, Emile Berling, Mike N'Guyen, Kool Shen
Votes: 184
29. The Lumière Brothers' First Films (1996)
Unrated | 61 min | Documentary, History
A collection of short films made by the Lumiere brothers, a team of pioneering filmmakers in turn-of-the-century France.
Stars: Mrs. Auguste Lumiere, Antoine Lumière, Auguste Lumière, Bertrand Tavernier
Votes: 417
30. Before the Fall (2015)
98 min | Thriller, War
A stunning nightclub singer engages in a battle of wits and deception with two lovers in a bid to escape a rapidly collapsing city under siege. Super cool style and razor sharp action drive this rich, noir thriller.
Director: Ian White | Stars: Ian Virgo, Antonis Greco, Nicolas Berthery, Pauline Cammal
Votes: 58
31. Kampuchea: The Untold Story (1985)
98 min | Drama, War
When Vietnam invades Cambodia (Kampuchea) in 1978, a 12 year old Cambodian boy (So Sombat) escapes to Thailand with his little sister. After meeting a group of Khmer Rouge child soldiers, he decides to join them and fight the Vietnamese.
Director: Toranong Srichua | Stars: So Sombat, So Wanpen, David Phanampai, Tinakarn Srisungmaun
Votes: 14
32. Prestige (1931)
Passed | 71 min | Adventure, Drama
A woman travels to a French penal colony in Indochina to be with her fiancé, the commander, but when she arrives she discovers that he is now an alcoholic.
Director: Tay Garnett | Stars: Ann Harding, Adolphe Menjou, Melvyn Douglas, Ian Maclaren
Votes: 295
33. Vietnam - Krieg ohne Fronten (2011)
269 min | Documentary, History, War
It was the time of the Cold War and the bloodiest and most lossy military confrontation within it. Vietnam, a country of almost 30 million inhabitants at the time, became the location of a ... See full summary »
Stars: Herfried Münkler, Marc Frey, Andreas Etges, Rolf Steininger
Votes: 13
34. Peau d'homme coeur de bête (1999)
100 min | Drama, Mystery
Aurélie, five years old, is spending holidays with her grandmother with her sister and her young uncle. But one day their father, after fifteen years of absence, returns to the heart of the family clan, disturbing their summer peace.
Director: Hélène Angel | Stars: Serge Riaboukine, Bernard Blancan, Pascal Cervo, Maaike Jansen
Votes: 296
35. Fugitive in Saigon (1957)
105 min | Drama, War
Agreeing to smuggle a package into Saigon, apolitical Frenchman Horcier (Daniel Gelin) is waylaid and robbed by smugglers. After being left in the middle of this Southeast Asian French colony he casts his lots with the insurrectionists.
Director: Marcel Camus | Stars: Daniel Gélin, Anne Méchard, Lucien Callamand, Jacques Chancel
Votes: 42
36. Legio Patria Nostra (2022)
37 min | Short, Action
Indochina, 1947. Foreign Legion troops secure a railway line in Viet Minh territory. After the death of one of them, a new recruit is sent there.
Director: Kevin Favillier | Stars: Killian Merly, Jalal Altawil, Victor Pontecorvo, Mathieu Ziegler
37. Niok (1957)
G | 29 min | Short, Adventure, Family
In the Cambodia area of Indo-China (when it was filmed) a young native boy 'adopts' a baby elephant and raises it as a pet. His father later sells it to a Chinese merchant. The boy ... See full summary »
Director: Edmond Séchan | Star: John Dehner
Votes: 15
38. Jirai wo fundara sayônara (1999)
111 min | Drama, War
A biographical film of war photographer, Taizo Ichinose.
Director: Shô Igarashi | Stars: Tadanobu Asano, Chao Channary, Thorng Darachhaya, Michiko Hada
Votes: 125
39. Victory at Dien Bien Phu (1964)
73 min | Documentary, War
This movie has been made for the 10th birthday of the anniversary of the Dien Bien Phu victory and the 20th birthday of the People's Army of Vietnam. This movie is made from movies shoot ... See full summary »
Director: Viet Tran
40. Vietnam (1969)
Not Rated | 135 min | Documentary
Captures the optimistic attitude and entrepreneurial spirit characteristic of the Vietnamese people, who remain positive despite ever-present reminders of the horros of the Vietnam War.
Directors: Takashi Koizumi, Kentaro Masuda
41. L'empire du milieu du sud (2002)
86 min | Documentary, History, War
Directors: Eric Deroo, Jacques Perrin
Votes: 24
43. Indochina - Arcadia World Cosmos Global Travel Films (2007)
52 min | Documentary
Laos, Vietnam and Cambodia form the geographical and cultural region of Indochina, a word created at the beginning of the 19th Century to highlight the influence of China and India on this ... See full summary »
Director: Frank Ullman
46. Geheimnisvolles Laos - Juwel am Mekong (2008 Video)
100 min | Documentary
Director: Oliver Schwartz
47.
Soldiers of Fortune (1955–1957)
Episode:
Jungle Rebel
(1955)
30 min | Adventure
In French Indo-China, Tim and Toubo are hired to negotiate a peace treaty between the French and a rebel band operating near Saigon.
Director: Earl Bellamy | Stars: John Russell, Chick Chandler, Michael Ansara, Robert Roark
Votes: 7
48.
Soldiers of Fortune (1955–1957)
Episode:
Temple of Terror
(1957)
30 min | Adventure
Tim and Toubo are hired by a beautiful native girl to find her archaeologist boyfriend who is missing somewhere in the Indo-China jungle.
Director: Paul Landres | Stars: John Russell, Chick Chandler, Steven Geray, Rick Vallin
49.
The Twentieth Century (1957–1968)
Episode:
End of an Empire
(1962)
Documentary, History
Short history of the First Indochina War.
Star: Walter Cronkite
50.
Madventures (2002– )
Episode:
Indokiina 1
(2005)
40 min | Documentary
Director: Tuomas Milonoff | Stars: Tuomas Milonoff, Riku Rantala
Votes: 22