Best Modern War movies of 1980s

Actors : George Dzundza, Stephen Baldwin, Steven Bauer, Jason Patric,
Directors : Kevin Reynolds,

A Soviet tank and its warring crew become separated from their patrol and lost in an Afghan valley with a group of vengeance-seeking rebels on their tracks.

Actors : Ed Harris, Ho Nguyen, Donald Moffat, Amy Madigan,
Directors : Louis Malle,

A despondent Vietnam veteran in danger of losing his livelihood is pushed to the edge when he sees Vietnamese immigrants moving into the fishing industry in a Texas bay town.

Actors : Joe Don Baker, Edward Albert, Rod Pilloud, Audrey Landers,
Directors : Dwight H. Little,

A soldier-of-fortune steals some Russian nerve gas from Afghanistan, and brings it to the U.S. to be analyzed. A greedy millionaire rancher finds out about it and sets out to steal it.

Actors : Ranjeet, Raj Babbar, Anita Raj, Amjad Khan,
Directors : Hrishikesh Mukherjee,

Mohammad Sher Khan is a Pathan who has re-located to India from Afghanistan and befriends Phagwara-born Veer Singh. Both are quite naive, they steal a truck from a businessman who has 20 ...

Actors : Parviz Parastui, Mohsen Sadeghi, Ghodrat Latifi, Jalal Azizi Moshfegh,
Directors : Hassan Karbakhsh,

During Iran-Iraq war Ali is a soldier who has to go to the front line. But he has spent his life in peace and is unwilling to go to the front line of war. One day he meets an old friend Mojtaba. This meeting is changing him forever.

Actors : Farajollah Salahshoor, Jafar Dehghan, Ali Yaghoob Zadeh, Tajbakhsh Fanaiyan,
Directors : Rasool Mollagholi Poor,

During Iran-Iraq war a group of Iranian soldiers are surrounded by Iraqi army. Four soldiers are chose to go get help but only one manages to make it through enemy lines.

Actors : Denis Borisov, Tatyana Bedova, Aleksandr Susnin, Sergey Bystritskiy,
Directors : Stanislav Rostotskiy,

Story of life of Fyodor Kuzkin, who shared all the burdens of the 30s Stalins terror and after, WW2 and post-war years. For now Kuzkin decides to leave his collective farm (rus: kolkhoz)

Actors : William Hickey, John Savage, Mia Sara, Michael Lerner,
Directors : Tom Clegg,

A veteran reporter is investigating the disappearance of a photo-journalist who was covering a civil war in Africa. The only clue is a roll of film he left behind. The reporter soon realizes he may have bitten more than he can chew.