1972年，美军在越南溃败撤离柬埔寨之后，纽约时报驻柬埔寨的战地记者辛尼（萨姆·沃特森 Sam Waterston饰）仍留在当地继续采访。柬埔寨人潘迪（吴汉润 Haing S. Ngor饰）是辛尼的当地翻译兼助手。辛尼在潘迪的帮助下，多次化险为夷逃过鬼门关。两人在战火纷飞中结下了深厚的友谊。1975年，红色高棉占领金边。辛尼得以全身而退，然而潘迪却因为没有护照而被捕，开始了生不如死的地狱生活。在柬共的劳动改造中，潘迪目睹了红色高棉政权的残暴血腥，受到了非人的待遇。1978年，越共入侵柬埔寨，潘迪趁机逃亡到泰国边境，与一直在寻找他的老朋友辛尼重逢。
本片荣获1985年第57届奥斯卡金像奖最佳男配角、最佳摄影和最佳电影剪辑三项大奖。

越战硝烟散尽，但是战争的影响并未消失……为了摧毁军队留在越南的大批飞弹，美军挑选了十名包括杀人犯童明辛（洪金宝 饰）、走私犯任人熙（袁和平 饰）等在内的华裔犯人，组成一支特种小队，委托林上校（林正英 饰）领导。同时，特种小队兼负联络滞留越南的美军上校之兄杨龙的使命。此次任务代号为“东方秃鹰”
在特种小队空降越南之时，任务负责人意外身亡，导致任务取消。幸有三名柬埔寨游击队员（高丽虹等 饰）在当地协助，林上校决定将任务完成，特种小队与杨龙及义子“老鼠杰”（元彪 饰）一行，在越共的层层围剿中，向美军的战时秘密军火库进发……

黎里（Hiep Thi Le 饰）是一个越南姑娘，虽然家中贫困，但一家人生活仍然幸福。但随着越南战争的爆发，她的灾难也将来临。
越战期间，黎里因支持越共游击队而被政府军抓走，经历了非人的对待。母亲（陈冲 饰）贿赂政府中人她才得以脱身，但此时她也被越共的人员认为她出卖了游击队，而她惨被强奸。她的母亲只好带着她到了一名富人家中打工，她竟爱上了男主人，更怀上了孩子。
她们被女主人赶走了，投靠做妓女的姐姐，但她实在看不惯姐姐的作风而离开了独自生活。儿子出生了，为了继续在街上当小贩。
当时很多女人都成为了妓女以赚得更多的钱。但她仍然坚持自己的不能过上堕落的生活。直到黎里遇到了美国军人史提夫（汤米•李•琼斯 饰），史提夫对她一见钟情，黎里最终被史提夫的真情打动。婚后他们又生了两名儿子。一家人回到美国后，由于价值观的不同，黎里与史提夫之间出现了矛盾，史提夫更受不了精神上的压力而自杀。
多年后，生活美满的黎里带着三个儿子再次回到越南，但已物是人非……

When Dr. Haing S. Ngor was forced into labor camps by the Khmer Rouge, little did he know he would escape years of torture and recreate his experiences in a film that would win him an Academy Award®. "The Killing Fields of Dr. Haing S. Ngor" tells the dramatic story about arguably the most recognizable survivor of the Cambodian genocide, a man who became a worldwide ambassador for justice in his homeland, only to be murdered in a Los Angeles Chinatown alley - a case still muddled with conspiracy theories. Through an inspired blend of original animation and rare archival material - anchored by Ngor's richly layered autobiography - the years encapsulating the Khmer Rouge's tyrannical rule over Cambodia are experienced though a politically charged transnational journey of loss and reconciliation.

Mitchell Osgood dreams of being a famous writer, but the book he has written constantly is rejected by the editors. When the psychopathic killer Albert Merrik is released from prison after 15 years, Osgood believes that writing down the history of his crimes could be his breakthrough. Although he refuses to talk to him at first, Osgood follows him around and offers him a job in his book shop. To get the right impressions for his book, he feels that he has to experience Merrik psychopathic again.