Best Vietnamese drama movies

When the Tenth Month Comes (1984)

In the final days of the war, Duyen faces a daily struggle to take care of her young son and ailing father-in-law, all the while hiding from them the fact that her husband has recently been killed in battle.

The Scent of Burning Grass (2012)

This military drama weaves together the diaries and memories of North Vietnamese soldiers who fought in the ferocious 1972 battle of Quang Tri.

Song of the South (2023)

As French colonial rule reaches a violent end in Vietnam, a 12 year old boy makes a treacherous journey in search of his estranged father.

The Little Girl of Hanoi (1974)

A young girl searches for her father, a soldier in the PAVN, after her mother and sister are killed during Christmas Bombings.

The Abandoned Field: Free Fire Zone (1979)

In Dong Thap Muoi during the days of the Vietnam War, Ba Do, Sau Xoa and their little child live in a small shack in the middle of an abandoned wetland zone. They are entrusted with the mission of maintaining Viet Minh's lines of communication in the area. Daily life goes on as the small family looks out for death from above.

Don't Burn (2009)

In the spring of 2005, a mother living in Hanoi receives a diary of her late daughter, a young doctor working at a field hospital during the war. Kept for over thirty years by an American veteran, the diary is an account of her life spanning two years, from April 1968 until her death in June 1970.

Life (2006)

Truyền Thuyết Về Quán Tiên (2019)

The Passerine Bird (1962)

Story of an innocent and carefree little girl whose father is a member of the anti-French resistance.

Road Back To The Motherland (1971)

The sacrifice of a mother to protect the soldiers of Liberation Army of South Vietnam during the war against US imperialism

Until We Meet Again (1974)

On a festive spring day in 1940, two young quan họ singers fall in love. But their relationship is soon ruthlessly disrupted by class injustices, imposed upon both—and many other Vietnamese—by the ongoing French colonial rule and the looming Japanese occupation.

Miss Nhung (1970)

The film is anchored by a wartime re-encounter between a servant child and a tutor, transformed in the crucible of the spring 1968 Saigon offensive.

Miss Tu Hau (1963)

Tu Hau is a common woman from a fishing village whose husband has gone away to fight in the revolution. She takes care of her young daughter as well as her aging father-in-law. Soon, her peaceful village is attacked.

The Front Is Calling (1969)

Two Soldiers (1962)

Битва за Москву: «Тайфун» (1985)

The Long Journey (1996)

Road movie set in post-war Vietnam. In 1981, six years after the withdrawal of US troops from Vietnam, Tan, a young former Vietcong officer, goes to take the ashes of his dead comrade, Thai, to his family in a remote area. On the overcrowded train out of Ho Chi Min City, he meets Mien, a former female soldier and witness to Thai's death. During the journey, Tan gets separated from Mien and his rucksack containing the ashes. He gives chase on a moped taxi.

Ngã Ba Đồng Lộc (1997)

Based on a true story of 10 youth volunteers, who died for the liberation of the country at their early 20, at the Dong Loc Junction - a memorial crossroad in Ha Tinh province of Central Vietnam.

Sea Of Fire (1965)

Vietnamese guerrillas move into a village adjoining a French/US airstrip and recruit locals to help them bring it down.

Kim Đồng (1964)

Land of Sorrows (1973)

This foreign, English-subtitled film dramatizes the effect of the Vietnam War on a single South Vietnamese family, the inner conflict of decisions by each member of the family whether to remain in Vietnam or leave with the imminent advance and fall of Hue and eventual fall of Vietnam. Dat Kho, who's cast includes the beloved Vietnamese inconic anti-war songwriter/poet/artist Trinh Cong Son (1939-2001) who posthumously won the World Peace Music Award in 2004, is a story of the love of family, love of homeland, love of the culture and language of Vietnam and the ethereal love of the ingenue daughter for her fiance, foiled by the antagonistic forces of the ever-present war. A thought-provoking film.

After the Dark (2013)

At an international school in Jakarta, a philosophy teacher challenges his class of twenty graduating seniors to choose which ten of them would take shelter underground and reboot the human race in the event of a nuclear apocalypse.

Fanti (2023)

Fanti is the never-ending nightmare of a social network hotgirl who aspires to become a famous actress. The appearance of a mysterious stalker, stalks and makes her life gradually dark. In addition to uncovering the mystery behind the perfectly beautiful face on social networks, the film also depicts the fears and pressures of young people who want to be recognized in front of their families and society.

Sister Sister (2019)

This is a psychological film exploring the love story revolving around two beautiful women - Thien Kim and Bao Nhi. Face to face in a game where only one person wins, when the happiness of a small home is about to be swept away by a storm, who will fiercely fight for what they want and who will resign to keep peaceful?

The Brilliant Darkness! (2022)

The film tells the story of Xuan Thanh's family (Nha Uyen) who was automatically edited when she died. It was a grand funeral, full of rituals. Things should be tragic when there is the appearance of a group of debtors with no background. And since then, everyone's terrible secret of this family is revealed...

Scandal (2012)

Two actresses compete with each other for roles, allowing career and personal jealousy to influence their judgment, resulting in terrifying consequences.

À La Carte (2020)

In French colonial Vietnam, a nervous young woman has to satisfy the brutal General’s taste for a traditional dish to save her family from capital punishment.

The Guardian (2021)

A tragedy surrounding a pop star propels her backup singer to fame, but the new star is plagued by supernatural occurrences.

Remain Silent (2019)

Wenfang Wan was assassinated in Hong Kong while her performance, the investigation found that the suspect is a young man. Lawyer Mulan Duan took over the case and ready to start the investigation, but in the process of investigation, she found that the prosecutor of the case is her former lover Zhengwei Wu. At the same time, she found the case much suspicion, so she came to the young man's home to seek the truth, hence, she began to fall into a series trouble.

Girl From The Past (2022)

When a famous celebrity with a dark past meets an old friend from 15 years ago, secrets start to come back from the grave…