The success of the Academy Award-winning 'The Hurt Locker,' a gripping drama about bomb disposal in Iraq, doubtless will spawn a spate of Hollywood war films. You can bet on some of them being fairly obvious rip-offs.
To date, there have been very few films about America's current conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq, but keep in mind that most Vietnam War films came well after the end of that other very long war. Under the assumption that all wars are similar at some level, and that Hollywood tends to re-use established approaches, the following list of notable films inspired by Vietnam may be a useful guide.