'Casualties of War", a 1989 American war drama film, was directed by Brian De Palma and written by David Rabe, based primarily on an article written by Daniel Lang for 'The New Yorker' in 1969, which was later published as a book. The film stars Michael J. Fox and Sean Penn with Don Harvey, Erik King, Sam Robards, John C. Reilly, Jack Gwaltney, Dan Martin, Ving Rhames, and John Leguizamo in featured roles. The film is based on the events of the 1966 incident on Hill 192 during the Vietnam War. For the film, all names and some details of the true story were altered.

In the film's storyline, during the Vietnam War, a young girl is taken from her village by five American soldiers. Four of the soldiers rape the girl, but the fifth refuses. The young girl is murdered and the soldier not supporting the others finds himself an outsider of his own squad. The fifth soldier is determined to find justice. The film is undoubtedly about the realities of war, rather than just the wrongful death of a young girl.

A consensus by critics states: "Casualties of War" takes a harrowing plunge into the Vietnam War with a well-acted ensemble that ranks among director Brian De Palma's more mature efforts." Audiences polled by movie pundits gave the film high the mark of "B+" on an A+ to F scale. The film was still criticized by Vietnam veterans' groups.

It opened in 1,487 theatres, and ranked No. 4 in box office sales for the first week of its release. It went on to gross $18.7 million.

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