# Non-English Movies About Vietnam? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** movies\ **Created:** [September 26, 2021, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-english-movies-about-vietnam/951382 "2021-09-26T17:59:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![MortSahlFan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@MortSahlFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MortSahlFan)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2021, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-english-movies-about-vietnam/951382/1 "2021-09-26T17:59:41Z")
I’d imagine the French might have made one, but I’d love to see a good one not in English just to see their take. ---
**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2021, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-english-movies-about-vietnam/951382/2 "2021-09-26T19:45:56Z")
By Vietnam, do you mean the war? This is an interesting film about everyday life in the mid 1900s, that doesn’t refer to the war The first Vietnamese film nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. It lost to Belle Epoque (1992) from Spain. It was also the first film to be submitted by Vietnam for the award and as of 2017, it is still the only Vietnamese movie ever to be nominated. > **[The Scent of Green Papaya (1993) - IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0107617/)** > > The Scent of Green Papaya: Directed by Anh Hung Tran. With Nu Yên-Khê Tran, Man San Lu, Thi Loc Truong, Anh Hoa Nguyen. A Vietnamese servant girl, Mui, observes lives within two different Saigon families: the first, a woman textile seller with three... ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2021, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-english-movies-about-vietnam/951382/3 "2021-09-26T19:54:54Z")
There’s a French film called Indochine that won an Oscar. > **[Indochine (film)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indochine_(film))** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > > Indochine (French pronunciation: ​\[ɛ̃dɔʃin\]) is a 1992 French period drama film set in colonial French Indochina during the 1930s to 1950s. It is the story of Éliane Devries, a French plantation owner, and of her adopted Vietnamese daughter, Camille, set against the backdrop of the rising Vietnamese nationalist movement. The screenplay was written by novelist Érik Orsenna, screenwriters Louis Gardel and Catherine Cohen, and director Régis Wargn... ---
**Author:** ![MortSahlFan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@MortSahlFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MortSahlFan)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2021, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-english-movies-about-vietnam/951382/4 "2021-09-26T19:55:20Z")
My emphasis was the Vietnam war, but any movie by Vietnam could be very interesting, too… Thanks for replying 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2021, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-english-movies-about-vietnam/951382/5 "2021-09-26T20:18:27Z")
The French made a eponymous movie **Dien Bien Phu** in 1992, and an action flick **317th Platoon** in 1965 ---
**Author:** ![peccavi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peccavi/32/388_2.png) [@peccavi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peccavi)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2021, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-english-movies-about-vietnam/951382/6 "2021-09-26T23:57:37Z")
If it’s Vietnamese movies- I recommend **Furie** , a female driven movie that mixes _Oldboy_ and _The Raid_. > **[Furie (film)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Furie_(film))** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > Furie (Vietnamese: Hai Phượng) is a 2019 Vietnamese martial arts film directed by Lê Văn Kiệt. It stars Veronica Ngo, Cát Vy, Phan Thanh Nhiên, Phạm Anh Khoa and Trần Thanh Hoa. The film was released on 22 February 2019 in Vietnam and was released on 1 March 2019 in the United States. The film was released to positive reviews, with critics praising the action and Veronica Ngo's performance. It was selected as the Vietnamese entry for the Best Inte... ---
**Author:** ![mikecurtis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mikecurtis/32/3284_2.png) [@mikecurtis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mikecurtis)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2021, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-english-movies-about-vietnam/951382/7 "2021-09-27T00:07:43Z")
There’s a wiki for that > **[List of Vietnam War films](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War_in_film)** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > This article lists notable films related to the Vietnam War. > After the Vietnam War ended in 1975, there was an increase in American films that were more "raw", containing actual battle footage. A FilmReference.com article noted that American filmmakers "appeared more confident to put Vietnam combat on screen for the first time" during that era. These American post-war film representations have generally been more realistic and gritty, such as The... ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2021, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-english-movies-about-vietnam/951382/8 "2021-09-27T04:11:51Z")
I liked [Three Seasons](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Seasons), although it’s an American flick filmed in Vietnam and the dialogue is in Vietnamese. ---
**Author:** ![Krav\_Manga](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/krav_manga/32/3153_2.png) [@Krav\_Manga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Krav_Manga)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2021, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-english-movies-about-vietnam/951382/9 "2021-09-27T06:00:09Z")
Its Australian (so in English, but not made by the English) but The Odd Angry Shot is pretty a pretty entertaining look at the SASR in Vietnam. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/TIBmc4pn8LY/hqdefault.jpg "Odd Angry Shot: Pardre") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TIBmc4pn8LY) ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2021, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-english-movies-about-vietnam/951382/10 "2021-09-27T06:13:05Z")
[![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NI2s4o6o3x0) https://www.youtube.com/embed/videoseries?list=PL9370B79271A26296&wmode=transparent&rel=0&autohide=1&showinfo=1&enablejsapi=1 ---
**Author:** ![MortSahlFan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@MortSahlFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MortSahlFan)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2021, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-english-movies-about-vietnam/951382/11 "2021-09-27T15:08:09Z")
Thank you very much! I’ll try to see if any of these are accessible through cable. ---
**Author:** ![veryfrank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/87869e/32.png) [@veryfrank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/veryfrank)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2021, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-english-movies-about-vietnam/951382/12 "2021-09-27T15:13:22Z")
I was coming here to mention the HK action films but I see **Bullet in the Head** and **A Better Tomorrow III** have already been mentioned. There’s also the earlier John Woo flick **Heroes Shed No Tears** , and Sammo Hung’s **Eastern Condors** , which co-starred Haing S. Ngor in (I think) his first role after winning the Oscar for The Killing Fields. ---
**Author:** ![Push\_You\_Down](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/push_you_down/32/9095_2.png) [@Push\_You\_Down](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Push_You_Down)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2021, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-english-movies-about-vietnam/951382/13 "2021-09-27T19:22:06Z")
“White Badge” is a South Korean movie about the Vietnam War. It’s very good. > **[White Badge](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Badge)** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > White Badge is a 1992 South Korean war film directed by Chung Ji-young based on the book White Badge: A Novel of Korea by Ahn Jung-hyo. > It depicts the experience of South Korean soldiers who fought in the Vietnam War alongside American troops. White Badge follows the path of two South Korean soldiers as they struggle to deal with their experiences in the Vietnam War. > Kiju Han, a journalist, must face his memories of Vietnam as he writes a serie...