Born on the Fourth of July is a 1989 American film adaptation of the best selling autobiography of the same name by Vietnam War veteran Ron Kovic . [ 1 ] Tom Cruise plays Kovic, in a performance that earned him his first Academy Award nomination. Oliver Stone (himself a Vietnam veteran) co-wrote the screenplay with Kovic, and also produced and directed the film.
Apocalypse Now is a 1979 American epic war film set during the Vietnam War , directed and produced by Francis Ford Coppola and starring Marlon Brando , Robert Duvall , and Martin Sheen . The film follows the central character, U.S. Army special operations officer Captain Benjamin L.