Best War movies of 1979

Actors : Frederic Forrest, Robert Duvall, Marlon Brando, Martin Sheen,
Directors : Francis Ford Coppola,

During the Vietnam War, Captain Willard is sent on a dangerous mission into Cambodia to assassinate a renegade colonel who has set himself up as a god among a local tribe.

Actors : Nancy Allen, John Belushi, Treat Williams, Dan Aykroyd,
Directors : Steven Spielberg,

Hysterical Californians prepare for a Japanese invasion in the days after Pearl Harbor.

Actors : Angela Winkler, David Bennent, Mario Adorf, Katharina Thalbach,
Directors : Volker Schlöndorff,

In 1924, Oskar Matzerath is born in the Free City of Danzig. At age three, he falls down a flight of stairs and stops growing. In 1939, World War II breaks out.

Actors : Vanessa Redgrave, Richard Gere, Lisa Eichhorn, William Devane,
Directors : John Schlesinger,

During WWII, the United States set up army bases in Great Britain as part of the war effort. Against their proper sensibilities, many of the Brits don't much like the brash Yanks, ...

Actors : Paul Le Mat, Bo Hopkins, Ron Howard, Candy Clark,
Directors : Bill Norton,

College graduates deal with Vietnam and other issues of the late '60s.

Actors : James Mason, Malcolm McDowell, Patricia Neal, Anthony Quinn,
Directors : J. Lee Thompson,

During WW 2, a Basque shepherd is approached by the underground, who wants him to lead a scientist and his family across the Pyrenees. While being pursued by a sadistic German.

Actors : Richard Burton, Klaus Löwitsch, Rod Steiger, Helmut Griem,
Directors : Andrew V. McLaglen,

In 1944 a German sergeant gets involved in an anti-Hitler conspiracy, and saves the life of an American colonel.

Actors : Bryan Brown, John Hargreaves, John Jarratt, Graham Kennedy,
Directors : Tom Jeffrey,

In between drinking cans of Fosters beer, Australian soldiers tread on a few landmines, and generally experience the war in Vietnam.

Actors : Velimir 'Bata' Zivojinovic, Rados Bajic, Bekim Fehmiu, Ljubisa Samardzic,
Directors : Hajrudin Krvavac,

The first Yugoslav Partisan air force unit. Loosely based on historical facts.

Actors : Véronique Jannot, Francine Bergé, Bernard Giraudeau, Alain Delon,
Directors : Pierre Granier-Deferre,

The story is set in June 1983. Famous surgeon Jean-Marie Desprée was left by his wife 1 month ago and now he works in a modern movable hospital, where the 3rd world war is taking place.

Actors : Horst Buchholz, George Hamilton, George Peppard, Anny Duperey,
Directors : Umberto Lenzi,

In 1939, at a Paris café, six friends of various nationalities vow to meet again at the same spot after the end of WW2.

Actors : Marie-Christine Barrault, Senne Rouffaer, Roger Van Hool, Rutger Hauer,
Directors : André Delvaux,

The story of a woman's love for two young men. Antwerp, 1940. Lieve marries Adriaan, a Flemish idealist who is drawn towards Germany by the occupation to the Eastern Front. She shelters the...

Actors : Timothy Brown, Rik Van Nutter, Jim Brown, Richard Jaeckel,
Directors : Rolf Bayer,

After the fall of the Philippines in World War II, the Japanese discover that Gen. MacArthur ordered millions of dollars in silver dumped in Manila Bay in order that it not fall into enemy ...

Actors : Percy Hogan, Luc Merenda, Laurence Stark, Donald O'Brien,
Directors : Joe D'Amato,

A ruthless hit man, joins a group of mercenaries deep in a South American jungle. His plan is to kidnap and collect the million dollar bounty on one of the other hired soldiers during one ...

Actors : Zhucheng Fu, Xiaoqing Liu, Cunzhuang Ge, Joan Chen,

This movie is adapted from the novel Heroes in Tongbai. Xiao Hua, a sister of Zhao Yongsheng, is deserted by her poor family. He Xiangdong, a woodworker, adopts her and rename her He Cuigu....

Actors : Boris Buzancic, Fabijan Sovagovic, Boris Dvornik, Rade Serbedzija,
Directors : Antun Vrdoljak,

This movie is based on the real events that happened in small Dalmatian town in 1942. Despite the ongoing WW2, most of the people were just minding their own business. But everything ...

Actors : Pavle Vuisic, Aljosa Vuckovic, Klaus Löwitsch, Slavko Stimac,
Directors : Vladimir Tadej,

After Italian capitulation in WW2, German forces are rushing to take control of the Dalmatian coast, forcing thousands of people to take refuge. One partisan boat, filled with refugees, ...

Actors : Gustaw Lutkiewicz, Ewa Dalkowska, Malgorzata Pritulak, Olgierd Lukaszewicz,
Directors : Janusz Majewski,

A young lieutenant Kiekeritz wants to give some meaning to his life. He starts to collect works of art.

Actors : Bruce Orr, Max King, Carter Link, Suzy Mann,
Directors : Andy Rosenberg,

In the early stages of WW2 Japan invaded China. Obviously historical accuracy was not paramount in the movie creators minds. The Japanese set up a puppet government in Manchuria to act as a...