Turning Point: The Vietnam War
2025 · Miniseries · ★ 7.3
This documentary series traces the Vietnam War from its early escalation to its final collapse, focusing on political decisions, battlefield realities, and the human toll. It aims to show how the conflict reshaped public trust, exposed painful consequences, and left lasting scars on everyone involved.
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Streaming on Netflix and The Great Courses Signature Collection.
6 hours to watch · 5 episodes.
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Details
- Years
- 2025
- Release date
- 2025-04-30
- Network
- Netflix
- Language
- English
- Max quality
- UHD
- TMDB rating
- 7.3/10 (24 votes)
About
If you want a serious, unsettling war documentary that mixes history with human impact, this is likely for you, especially if you liked The Vietnam War or Vietnam in HD; Not for you if you want a fully global perspective.
Pros: balanced overview; powerful archival visuals; emotionally grounded | Cons: very U.S.-centric; missing key context; uneven representation
Themes
- vietnam
- vietnam war
- miniseries
- consequences
- war trauma
- war journalism
- political documentary
- united states of america (usa)
- war documentary
- war story
Cast & crew
Viet Thanh Nguyen
as Self
- LN
Lien-Hang Nguyen
as Self
- FL
Fredrik Logevall
as Self
- DC
Dr. Roseann “Chic” Canfora
as Self
- JN
John Negroponte
as Self
Richard Nixon
as Self (Archive Footage)
Robert McNamara
as Self (Archive Footage)
Lyndon B. Johnson
as Self (Archive Footage)
Episodes1 season · 5 episodes
Season 15 episodes
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- S1E3Life Is Cheap72mAmazon Prime VideoApple TV+Netflix
- S1E4Why Are We Even Here?80mAmazon Prime VideoApple TV+Netflix
- S1E5The End of the Road84mAmazon Prime VideoApple TV+Netflix