Stanley Kubrick's FULL METAL JACKET

[Chris Knipp]

Vietnam war movies? I don't know really. But these are the top of my list:

Apocalypse Now
Platoon
Full Metal Jacket

Sorry to disappoint you: not very orignal. These are at the top of everybody's list. I suspect there'd be three more worth including. The Deer Hunter is a powerful film; however, if falsifies and manipulates (not like Apocalypse Now, which obviously segues into a Heart of Darkness fantasy). Goodbye, Vietnam has its points. Coming Home and Born on the Fourth of July are too corny. I mean ones that are seriously artistic -- and make powerful statements about the war and about the military. That's a small group.