List of Vietnamese films

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A list of films (phim điện ảnh) produced in Vietnam.

1920s[]

Title Director Cast Genre Notes
1923
Kim Vân Kiều Silent Feature
1924
Một đồng kẽm tậu được ngựa (A Penny for a Horse) Silent Feature
1925
Toufou Léon Chang
1927
The legend of madam De Georges Specht

1930s[]

Title Director Cast Genre Notes
1937
Trọn với tình (True to Love)
Cánh đồng ma (The Ghost Field) Made in Hong Kong with Vietnamese actors and dialogue
1938
Trận phong ba (The Storm) Made in Hong Kong with Vietnamese actors and dialogue
Late 1930s
Khúc khải hoàn (The Song of Triumph)
Toét sợ ma (Toét Is Scared of Ghosts)
Một buổi chiều trên sông Cửu Long (An Evening on the Mekong River)
Thầy Pháp râu đỏ (The Red-Bearded Sorcerer)

1940s[]

Title Director Cast Genre Notes
1948
Trận Mộc Hóa (Moc Hoa Battle) Documentary

1950s[]

Title Director Cast Genre Notes
1950
Trận Đông Khê (Dong Khe Battle) Documentary
1952
Chiến thắng Tây Bắc (Northwest Victory) Documentary
1953
Việt Nam trên đường thắng lợi (Việt Nam on the Road to Victory) Documentary
1954
Điện Biên Phủ (Dien Bien Phu) Documentary
1956
(We Want To Live) , Manuel Conde Lê Quỳnh, Mai Trâm, Nguyễn Long Cương, Nguyễn Đức Tạo Feature Film Produced in South Vietnam and were screened to the public for free circa 1956
1958
The Quiet American Joseph L. Mankiewicz Audie Murphy, Michael Redgrave, Giorgia Moll English Feature Film This was the first American feature film shot in Vietnam and was considered by some to be an American propaganda film
1959
Chung một giòng sông (Together on the Same River) Nguyễn Hồng Nghị Feature Film The first feature film produced in the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (North Vietnam) after Vietnam was split into two countries in 1954
Nước về Bắc Hưng Hải (Water Returns to Bac Hung Hai) Documentary Winner of the Golden Award at the 1959 Moscow Film Festival

1960s[]

Title Director Cast Genre Notes
1960
Đáng đời Thằng Cáo (A Just Punishment for the Fox) Animation
1962
Con chim vành khuyên (The Fledgling) Nguyễn Văn Thông, Trần Vũ Tố Uyên, Thúy Vinh, Tư Bửu, Ngọc Lan
1963
Chị Tư Hậu (Sister Tu Hau) Phạm Kỳ Nam Trà Giang Feature Film Winner of the Silver Award at the 1963 Moscow Film Festival
1964
A Yank in Viet-Nam (Year of the Tiger) Marshall Thompson Marshall Thompson, Kiều Chinh, Mario Barri, Enrique Magalona English Feature Film It was filmed entirely in South Vietnam during the Vietnam War
1965
(The Sky, The Earth) Joris Ivens Documentary Short The 27-minute documentary attempted to make a film that joins together North and South Vietnam, showing multiple perspectives
1966
Nguyễn Văn Trỗi (The Nguyen Van Troi Story) , Lý Thái Bảo Quang Tùng, Thu Hiền, Phi Nga, Tuệ Minh Docudrama
Nổi gió (Rising Storm) Huy Thành Thụy Vân, Thế Anh, Văn Hòa, Feature Film
1967
Du kích Củ Chi (Củ Chi Guerillas) Documentary
1969
Đường ra phía trước (The Road to the Front) Docudrama

1970s[]

Title Director Cast Genre Notes
1970
Lũy thép Vĩnh Linh (Vinh Linh Steel Rampart) Documentary
Nàng (She) Lê Mộng Hoàng Thẩm Thúy Hằng, La Thoại Tân, Xuân Dung, , Feature Film
1971
(Land of Sorrows) Hà Thúc Can Trịnh Công Sơn, , Sơn Nam, Kiên Giang, Feature Film Trịnh Công Sơn (1939-2001), Vietnamese anti-war songwriter and posthumous recipient of the 2004 World Peace Music Awards, starred in this full-length dramatic feature film
Đường về quê mẹ (Road Back to the Motherland) Trúc Quỳnh, , Thế Anh Feature Film
Như hạt mưa sa (Like the Falling Raindrops) Bùi Sơn Duân Thẩm Thúy Hằng, , , Cao Huỳnh, Đoàn Châu Mậu Feature Film
Những người săn thú trên núi Dak-sao (Hunters on Dak-sao Mountain) Docudrama
Truyện vợ chồng Anh Lực (The Story of Anh Lực and His Wife) Feature Film
1972
(Stormy Love) Lưu Bạch Ðàn Kiều Chinh, Ôn Văn Tài, , Kiều Phượng Loan, Thúy Liệu Feature Film
(Afternoon Sun) Lý Đức Thư , , Phương Hồng Ngọc, Tùng Lâm Feature Film
Người cô đơn (A Lonely Person) Hoàng Thi Thơ Vân Hùng, , Thảo Sương, Túy Hoa Feature Film
(The Faceless Lover) Hoàng Vinh Lộc Kiều Chinh, Tâm Phan, Vũ Xuân Thông, Bảo Ân, , Feature Film
(Like the Midnight Dew) Nguyễn Văn Qúi, Đình Mưu , , Vỹ Hiếu, Trọng Uyên Feature Film
(Love Waves) Ðinh Xuân Hoà Thẩm Thúy Hằng, Wen Tao, Thanh Thanh Tâm, Bạch Lan Thanh Feature Film
1973
(A Silhouette by the Road) Nguyễn Văn Tường Kiều Chinh, , Thành Được, Vũ Thành An, Feature Film
Triệu phú bất đắc dĩ (The Reluctant Millionaire) Lê Hoàng Hoa , , Ngọc Tuyết Comedy
(My School) Lê Dân Thanh Lan, Khả Năng, Tùng Lâm, Thanh Hoài, Thanh Việt, Xuân Phát Feature Film
Tứ quái Sài Gòn (The Four Eccentrics of Saigon) La Thoại Tân Thẩm Thúy Hằng, Kim Cương, La Thoại Tân, , Khả Năng, Tùng Lâm Feature Film
(17th Parallel, Days and Nights) Trà Giang, , Ðoàn Dũng Feature Film 8th Moscow International Film Festival for Best Actress 1973
1974
(5 Comedian Kings Return to the Village) Lê Dân, Lê Hoàng Hoa, Lê Mộng Hoàng, Quốc Hưng, Thân Trọng Kỳ Thành Được, La Thoại Tân, , Thẩm Thúy Hằng, Comedy The film was released during the Lunar New Year in February 1974 in South Vietnam with Chinese, English and French subtitles
1975
Dưới hai màu áo (Under Two Shirt Colors) Hoàng Dũng Kim Cương, Ngọc Đức, Túy Hoa, Phương Khanh, Ngọc Đan Thanh Feature Film
Em bé Hà Nội (Child from Hanoi) Feature Film Entered into the 9th Moscow International Film Festival
Giỡn mặt tử thần (Flirting with the Grim Reaper) Đỗ Tiến Đức Thẩm Thúy Hằng, Bảo Ân, Ngọc Đức, Hoàng Mai Horror The film was never screened in theaters as it was completed in 1975 shortly before the fall of South Vietnam
Sao tháng tám (The August Star) Trần Đắc Thanh Tú, Đức Hoàn, Dũng Nhi, Trần Phương Feature Film
1977
(The Lesson that Serenades Life) Huế Châu Hoa Vân, Dâu Ngọc, Hiền Thu
(The Storm Rides) Trần Vũ Vũ Ðình Thân, Vũ Thanh Quý, Trịnh Thịnh, Mai Châu
Mối tình đầu (First Love) Thế Anh, Trà Giang, Như Quỳnh, Hồng Liên
Lá sầu riêng (The Durian Leaf) Hoàng Dũng, Bội Ngọc Kim Cương, Văn Hùng, Ngọc Đức, Anh Thu, Ngọc Đan Thanh
1978
(Chom and Sa) Phạm Kỳ Nam Vũ Vân Dung, Nguyễn Kiên Cường, Lê Vân, Nguyễn Ðăng Khoa Feature Film Winner of the Silver Elephant - 1st International Children Film Festival - Mumbai, India
Mùa gió chướng (Season of the Whirlwind) Feature Film
1979
Cánh đồng hoang (The Abandoned Field: Free Fire Zone) Nguyễn Hồng Sến Winner of the Golden Prize at the 12th Moscow International Film Festival
Tự thú trường bình minh Phạm Kỳ Nam Lê Vân, Thế Anh, Trần Tiến, Văn Hòa, Trịnh Thịnh Feature Film

1980s[]

Title Director Cast Genre Notes
1984
Bao giờ cho đến tháng mười (When The Tenth Month Comes) Đặng Nhật Minh Lê Vân, Nguyễn Hữu Mười, Nguyễn Minh Vượng, Lại Phú Cường, Trịnh Phong Feature Film
(The Flock of Birds Return)
1985
Biệt Ðộng Sài Gòn (Saigon Commandos) Long Vân Quang Thái, Hà Xuyên, Thanh Loan, Thương Tín, Thúy An, Bùi Cường Feature Film
1986
1987
(Girl on the River)
Lê Văn Duy Thanh Lan, Bắc Sơn, Lê Cung Bắc, Thế Anh Xem Feature Film

1990s[]

Title Director Cast Genre Notes
1990
1991
1992
L'Amant (The Lover) Jean-Jacques Annaud Tony Leung Ka Fai
Jane March
nominated for the 1992 Academy Award for Best Cinematography
won the Motion Picture Sound Editors's 1993 Golden Reel award for "Best Sound Editing — Foreign Feature"
1993 César Award for Best Music Written for a Film
1993
Mùi đu đủ xanh (The Scent of Green Papaya) Trần Anh Hùng Official Vietnamese entry for the 66th Academy Awards, nominated for top 5, won at Cannes
1995
(Cyclo) Trần Anh Hùng
1996
Gone, Gone Forever Gone Hồ Quang Minh
1998
(The Long Journey)
1999
Chung cu Việt Linh Entered into the 21st Moscow International Film Festival
(Sandy Lives) Nguyen Thanh Van
(Three Seasons) Tony Bùi American coproduction, Official Vietnamese entry for the 72nd Academy Awards, entered into Berlin

2000s[]

Title Director Cast Genre Notes
2000
(Wharf of Widows) Lưu Trọng Ninh Thúy Hà, Lưu Trọng Ninh, Như Quỳnh, Minh Châu Feature Film
(Breathe In, Breathe Out)
(The Golden Key)
(Cuộc xe đêm)
Mùa hè chiều thẳng đứng (The Vertical Ray of the Sun) Trần Anh Hùng Trần Nữ Yến Khê, Nguyễn Như Quỳnh, Lê Khanh, Ngô Quang Hải Feature Film Screened at the 2000 Cannes Film Festival
2003
(First Morning) Victor Vũ Feature Film
2004
(Spirits) Victor Vũ , , , Horror
Ngày giỗ (The Anniversary) Don Dương, Ngô Thái Uyên, Jayvee Hiep Mai, Ngọc Lâm Short Documentary
The Beautiful Country Hans Petter Molano Nick Nolte, Tim Roth, Bai Ling, Temuera Morrison, Damien Nguyễn Feature Film Set in 1990
Khi đàn ông có bầu (When Men Get Pregnant) Phạm Hoàng Nam Nguyễn Phi Hùng, Kim Thư, Việt Anh, Hồng Nga, Bảo Quốc Comedy
Mùa len trâu (The Buffalo Boy) Antony Bert, Lê Thế Lữ, Nguyễn Thị Kiều Trinh, Nguyễn Hữu Thanh Feature Film Official Vietnamese entry for the 78th Academy Awards
Nữ tướng cướp Crime-drama
2005
Saigon Love Story
2006
(Truong Ba's Soul, Butcher's Body) Johnny Trí Nguyễn, Phước Sang Comedy
(The White Silk Dress) Lưu Huỳnh , , Hà Kiều Anh, Thủy Hương Official Vietnamese entry for the 80th Academy Awards
2007
Bolinao 52 Ðức H. Nguyễn Documentary
(Journey from the Fall) , Diểm Liên, , Feature Film Screened at the 2006 Sundance Film Festival
Anh Thu Horror This is the first horror film produced in Vietnam after the Fall of Saigon (with the collaboration of Korean producers), and is the first film to be rated with an under-16 ban
Animation
Oh, Saigon Documentary
Cú và chim se sẻ (Owl and the Sparrow) Stephane Gauger , , Feature Film
Saigon Eclipse Othello Khanh Johnny Trí Nguyễn, Dustin Nguyễn, Drama Two versions: A Vietnamese and an English version were produced (Not dubbed)
Nguyễn Khánh Huỳnh Thi, Monalisa Nguyễn, Horror, Thriller
(The Rebel) Charlie Nguyen Johnny Tri Nguyen, Veronica Ngo, Dustin Nguyen Martial arts film
2008
(Kiss of Death) Johnny Trí Nguyễn, Thanh Hằng, Hoài Linh, Thành Lộc, Phương Thanh Comedy
2009
(Saving Death) Minh Hằng, Chí Thiện, Saetti Baggio, Đông Nhi Comedy
(14 Days) Thái Hòa, Ngọc Lan, Trịnh Hội, Bình Minh, Ngọc Quyên Romantic Comedy
(Passport to Love) Victor Vũ Bình Minh, , , [1]
(Beautiful Every Centimeter) , Romantic Comedy
Chơi vơi (Adrift) Linh Dan Pham, , Johnny Trí Nguyễn
(The Legend is Alive) Lưu Huỳnh Dustin Nguyễn Martial Arts Action
(Clash) Johnny Trí Nguyễn, Ngô Thanh Vân Martial Arts Action

2010s[]

English title Vietnamese title Director Cast Genre Notes
2010
Fool for Love Để mai tính Charlie Nguyễn Dustin Nguyễn, , Thái Hòa Romantic Comedy
The Floating Lives Cánh đồng bất tận Dustin Nguyễn, , Drama
Công chúa teen và ngũ hổ tướng Bảo Thy, Hoài Linh, Chí Tài, Tấn Bèo, Hiếu Hiền, Manh Trang Romantic Teen Comedy
Khi yêu đừng quay đầu lại Nguyễn Võ Nghiêm Minh , , , Thriller, Suspense
The Musician at the Dragon Citadel Long-thành cầm-giả ca , , Drama Winner of the 201 Golden Kite Prize
Chạm Porter Lynn, , , , Drama
Title Director Cast Genre Notes
2011
(Battle of the Brides) Victor Vũ , Romantic Comedy
(Ghost School) Hoài Linh, , Wanbi Tuấn Anh, , Horror
Saigon Electric Stephane Gauger , , Teen Romance
(Eliminating Order) , , Action Drama
Charlie Nguyễn Thái Hòa Comedy
2012
(Between Two Worlds) , Dustin Nguyễn Horror, Thriller
Michael Gleissner Bebe Pham, , Elina Madison, Drama
(Pearls of the Far East) , Kiều Chinh, Lê Thái Hòa, Huy Khánh, Drama, Romance
Dành cho tháng 6 (Reserved for June) Huu-Tuan Nguyễn Sport, Romance
In the Name of Love Lưu Huỳnh
2013
(The Lady Assassin) Thanh Hằng, Martial Arts Action
(Once Upon a Time in Vietnam) Dustin Nguyễn Dustin Nguyễn, Roger Yuan, , Martial Arts Action, Fantasy
(The Race) , Action, Thriller
2014
(I Will Return Next Year) Hoài Linh, Việt Anh,  [vi], Quy Binh, , Thanh Trúc Comedy
Hollow , , , , , Kiều Chinh, , , Nhung Kate, Suboi, Horror, Drama
Let Hoi Decide Charlie Nguyễn Romantic Comedy [2]
2015
Big Father, Small Father and Other Stories Do Thi Hai Yen
Jackpot Dustin Nguyễn
2016
Tracer , Trung Ly Trương Ngọc Ánh, Thiên Nguyễn, , Cường Seven, Lamou Vissay, Hiếu Nguyễn, Vinh Thủy, Marcus G.
Sweet 20 Phan Gia Nhat Linh Miu Lê, Hua Vi Vân, Ngô Kiên Huy Comedy [3]
Saigon, I Love You Romantic comedy [4]
Father and Son Arthouse [4]
Teen romance [5]
Sut Sport drama [5]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ [Source https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1260565/]
  2. ^ Noh, Jean (February 19, 2016). "'Sweet 20' breaks Vietnamese box office record". Screen Daily. Retrieved February 20, 2016.
  3. ^ Noh, Jean (February 19, 2016). "'Sweet 20' breaks Vietnamese box office record". Screen Daily. Retrieved February 20, 2016.
  4. ^ a b Nguyen, An (10 April 2017). "'Saigon, I Love You' cleans up Vietnamese Oscars". VN Express. Retrieved 5 August 2017.
  5. ^ a b "'Saigon, I Love You' wins top prize at Vietnam's Golden Kite Awards". Tuoi Tre News. 10 April 2017. Retrieved 5 August 2017.

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