Best History movies of 1984

Actors : F. Murray Abraham, Roy Dotrice, Tom Hulce, Elizabeth Berridge,
Directors : Milos Forman,

The incredible story of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, told by his peer and secret rival Antonio Salieri - now confined to an insane asylum.

Actors : Julian Sands, Haing S. Ngor, John Malkovich, Sam Waterston,
Directors : Roland Joffé,

A journalist is trapped in Cambodia during tyrant Pol Pot's bloody 'Year Zero' cleansing campaign, which claimed the lives of two million 'undesirable' civilians.

Actors : James Fox, Judy Davis, Peggy Ashcroft, Victor Banerjee,
Directors : David Lean,

Cultural mistrust and false accusations doom a friendship in British colonial India between an Indian doctor, an Englishwoman engaged to marry a city magistrate, and an English educator.

Actors : Tuo Tan, Bai Xue, Quiang Liu, Xueqi Wang,
Directors : Kaige Chen,

'Yellow Earth' focuses on the story of a communist soldier who is sent to the countryside to collect folk songs for the Communist Revolution. There he stays with a peasant family and learns...

Actors : Tim Elliott, Bruno Lawrence, Anzac Wallace, Kelly Johnson,
Directors : Geoff Murphy,

In New Zealand in the 1860s the native Maori people fought the British colonials to keep the land guaranteed to them by treaty. The warrior Te Wheke fights for the British until betrayal ...

Actors : Sophie Marceau, Philippe Noiret, Gérard Depardieu, Catherine Deneuve,
Directors : Alain Corneau,

French civilization in the desert. Saganne is of peasant stock, with courage and a forceful will. In 1911, he volunteers and is posted to the Sahara under the aristocratic Colonel Dubreuilh...

Actors : Gyula Vikidál, László Pelsöczy, Miklós Varga, Katalin Berek,
Directors : Gábor Koltay,

After the death of Géza, the Hungarian monarch, his son István and his brother Koppány gets in a conflict for the Hungarian throne. Their battle should settle the fate of Hungary: whether it adopts Christianity or remains in Paganism.

Actors : Davoud Rashidi, Ezzatolah Entezami, Ali Nassirian, Jamshid Mashayekhi,
Directors : Ali Hatami,

The movie chronicles the life of the famous painter Kamololmolk, and his relationship with various kings.

Actors : Lambert Wilson, Michael Ontkean, Sam Neill, Jodie Foster,
Directors : Claude Chabrol,

WWII. In German occupied Paris, Helene is torn between the love for her boyfriend Jean, working for the resistance and the German administrator Bergmann, who will do anything to gain her ...

Actors : Lino Troisi, Lino Ventura, Arnoldo Foà, Giuliana de Sio,
Directors : Giuseppe Ferrara,

In the late 1970s and early 80s, assassinations in Sicily get the attention of Communist deputy, Pio La Torre, who appeals to General Carlo Alberto Dalla Chiesa to become prefect in Palermo...

Actors : Ovidiu Iulian Moldovan, Dan Sandulescu, Serban Ionescu, Radu Beligan,
Directors : Mircea Muresan,

Actors : John Walton, Geneviève Picot, Sandy Gore, Michael Paré,
Directors : David Stevens,

True story set in the Roaring Twenties Sydney about the rise of Berlei, a popular Australian brand of women's lingerie, famous for its bras and girdles.

Actors : Barrie Cookson, Michael Bertenshaw, James Downie, Peter Howell,
Directors : Tony Tew,

The story of 14th century John Wycliffe, AKA "The Morning Star of the Reformation", who was the first to translate the Bible into English.

Actors : Oscar Martínez, Pepe Soriano, Miguel Ángel Solá, Alberto Segado,
Directors : Juan José Jusid,

Actors : Chema Muñoz, Xabier Elorriaga, Walter Vidarte, Klara Badiola,
Directors : Alfonso Ungría,

King Carlos II of Navarre once (XIV century) sent his brother Don Luis de Beaumont to lead a military expedition into Albania and reclaim the Albanian throne he inherited from his wife. But...

Actors : Cihan Ünal, Zuhal Olcay, Gülsen Bubikoglu, Raik Alniaçik,
Directors : Halit Refig,

The end of the Ottoman era.. Recai Bey has raised his daughter Seref like a man. She secretly attends the meetings of the patriots. Seref and her cousin Mujgan take music lessons from the ...

Actors : Boguslaw Linda, Grazyna Szapolowska, György Cserhalmi, Jirí Adamíra,
Directors : László Lugossy,

In 1849 the Hungarian revolution is beaten down by the Russian Army. Ferenc Majláth, who was an officer in the army of the revolution, has to choose between imprisonment or getting enlisted...

Actors : Gianni Cavina, Carlo Delle Piane, Cristopher Davidson, Lino Capolicchio,
Directors : Pupi Avati,

Young W.A. Mozart is hosted in a villa near Bologna, where he has to graduate. There he gets in touch with "normal" boys, falls in love for the first time and tries to escape his destiny of...

Actors : Marius Weyers, Shelagh Holliday, Jonathon Morris, Ron Smerczak,
Directors : Alan Nathanson,

Piet du Bois is a miner who wants to buy a farm. He meets a Bushman and his wife buying their land and expelling after. The Bushman exposes a legend about a fabulous hidden treasure.

Actors : Katerina Koutrouvida, Menelaos Daflos, Manos Katrakis, Mihalis Stamatakis,
Directors : Nikos Tzimas,

Two fighters, cut up in the mountains, after the defeat of the Democratic Army in 1949, are trying to return to their homes.