What film , starring John Wayne , was one of the first major films based on the Vietnam War ?
Films of this type include " Taxi Driver " ( 1976 ) , " Heroes " ( 1977 ) , " Coming Home " ( 1978 ) , " Combat Shock " ( 1986 ) , " First Blood " ( 1982 ) , " The War at Home " ( 1979 ) , " Born on the Fourth of July " ( 1989 ) , " Jacob 's Ladder " ( 1990 ) , " Heaven & Earth " ( 1993 ) , " Forrest Gump " ( 1994 ) , " Dead Presidents " ( 1995 ) , and " Music Within " ( 2007 ) .