Vetsploitation is a film genre and term used to describe exploitation films in which a military veteran is the main element to the plot.
Background The vetsploitation genre developed in the 1960-1970s, as B movies featuring veterans who were misunderstood or vilified and became post-Vietnam "freaked-out loser" antiheroes. Aspects of American vetsploitation films were paralleled by Russian media inspired by the Soviet–Afghan War.
Notable films 1967: The Born Losers 1968: Targets 1970: Hi, Mom!An Experiment in Disrespecting the Troops: Dead of Night – Perisphere 1971: Billy Jack 1972: Skyjacked 1973: The No Mercy ManSCUMSSUMMER 2: SCUM SUMMERER – Spectacle Theater 1974: Earthquake 1976: Taxi Driver 1976: Tracks 1976: Vigilante Force 1977: Black Sunday 1977: The Farmer 1977: Rolling Thunder 1978: Coming Home 1978: Who'll Stop the Rain 1979: Bush Mama 1980: Don't Answer the Phone 1980: The Exterminator 1980: Cannibal Apocalypse 1980: The Ninth Configuration 1982: Forced Vengeance 1982: Firefox 1982: First Blood 1985: Thou Shalt Not Kill... Except 1985: Year of the Dragon 1985: Rambo: First Blood Part II 1987: Lethal Weapon 1987: Suspect 1988: Braddock: Missing in Action III 1988: Rambo III 1989: Born on the Fourth of July Vetsploitation, a list of films by Jarret · Letterboxd 1990: Jacob's Ladder10 Vetsloitation Movies to Watch Over Memorial Day – LAWeekly 1992: Universal Soldier 1994: Forrest Gump 1996: The Substitute 1996: The War at Home 1997: Ulee's Gold
References
See also New Hollywood Counterculture of the 1960s PTSD
External links "Don’t Mess with a Vietnam Vet" at Cinema Sojourns List of vetsplitation films at Grindhouse Cinema Database