Vietnam: The War That Changed America
2025 · TV Series · TV-MA · ★ 8.5 · 81% critics
Through reunions, firsthand testimony, and rarely seen archival footage, this series revisits the Vietnam War from multiple perspectives, including those who fought and those who lived through it. It aims to show the conflict’s human cost and how its aftermath continued to shape American life and public debate for decades.
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Streaming on Apple TV+, Curiosity Stream, Curiosity University +1 more.
4 hours to watch · 6 episodes.
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Details
- Years
- 2025
- Release date
- 2025-01-31
- Network
- Apple TV
- Language
- English
- Rated
- TV-MA
- Max quality
- UHD
- Critic score
- 81/100
- TMDB rating
- 8.5/10 (15 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want an emotional, people-focused Vietnam War overview with vivid archival material and voices from both sides, similar in spirit to World War II: From the Frontlines; Not for you if you need a strictly chronological, deeply detailed history.
Pros: powerful firsthand accounts; rare archival footage; multiple perspectives | Cons: uneven timeline clarity; missing historical context; distracting narration choice
Themes
- vietnam
- vietnam war
- miniseries
- war
Cast & crew
Ethan Hawke
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Episodes1 season · 6 episodes
Season 16 episodes
- S1E1Boots on the Ground42mAmazon Prime VideoApple TV+
- S1E2Uprising38mAmazon Prime VideoApple TV+
- S1E3Not My War43mAmazon Prime VideoApple TV+
- S1E4Mutiny46mAmazon Prime VideoApple TV+
- S1E5Homecoming39mAmazon Prime VideoApple TV+
- S1E6The Endgame47mAmazon Prime VideoApple TV+