Top 10 Vietnam War Telefilms/TV Shows

1. China Beach

TV Series

The trials of a weary nurse, her friends and colleagues in a Vietnam War field hospital.

Creators: John Sacret, Young ,William Broyles Jr.

Stars: Dana Delany, Marg Helgenberger, Brian Wimmer

2. Tour of Duty

TV Series

The trials of a U.S. Army platoon serving in the field during the Vietnam War.

Creators: L. Travis Clark, Steve Duncan

Stars: Terence Knox, Stephen Caffrey, Tony Becker

3. A Rumor of War

TV Mini Series

The memories of a US Marine lieutenant in Vietnam who slowly gets disillusioned as the war progresses.

Stars: Brad Davis, Keith Carradine, Michael O'Keefe

4. Vietnam War Story

TV Series

An anthology series featuring stories suggested by true events occurring during the war in Vietnam, often written by Vietnam veterans.

Stars: Cameron Arnett, Tony Becker, Joshua Cadman

TV Movie

Frank Coleman is a Vietnam veteran dying from cancer brought on by exposure to the defoliant chemical Agent Orange which he turns to Maude DeVictor, a Veterans Administration benefits counselor who teams up with Coleman to fight a lopsided batted against the bureaucratic system for its cover up of the possible dangers of Agent Orange.

Director: Lamont Johnson

Stars: John Ritter, Alfre Woodard, Patti LaBelle

6. Word of Honor

TV Movie

Prompted by a just-published book that holds ex-lieutenant Ben Tyson accountable for a hushed-up massacre committed by his platoon in a Hue hospital 30 years before, the army recalls Tyson to stand trial for murder. Tyson, confronted by an army authority anxious to save its own face, an embarrassed federal government, and a threatened marriage, and entangled, furthermore, in his own past lives and present sense of guilt, must call on all his cleverness and his own inner toughness to fight his case.

Director: Robert Markowitz

Stars: Don Johnson, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Sharon Lawrence

7. Shooter

TV Movie

The story of a group of combat photographers experience war first hand.

Director: Gary Nelson

Stars: Jeffrey Nordling, Noble Willingham, Kario Salem

8. Ordinary Heroes

TV Movie

This is about a man falling in love with a woman and then immediately gets drafted into the Army during the Vietnam War. In the war he becomes blind and gets discharged.

Director: Peter H. Cooper

Stars: Richard Dean, AndersonValerie Bertinelli, Doris Roberts

9. Fly Away Home

TV Movie

An American photojournalist is sent to Saigon to cover the Vietnam War.

Director: Paul Krasny

Stars: Bruce Boxleitner, Tiana Alexandra-Silliphant, Michael Beck

10. To Heal a Nation

TV Movie

The true story of Jan Scruggs, an embittered Vietnam veteran who returns from the war a broken man. However, with the help of his loving wife Becky, he begins to find a new life for himself, and a personal goal when he agrees to begin a determined campaign to raise funds for a veteran's memorial.

Director: Michael Pressman

Stars: Eric Roberts, Glynnis O'Connor, Marshall Colt