Best History movies of 1980s

Actors : Laurent Terzieff, Patsy Kensit, Karl Zinny, Ben Gazzara,
Directors : Leandro Castellani,

This film depicts the life of Saint John Bosco (1815 - 1888). He dedicated his life to rescuing abandoned and exploited street children in Turin. He was the founder of the Salesian order, ...

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 : Suhaina Yahya, Jamaliah Arshad, Hussein Abu Hassan, Aida Ahmad,
Directors : Jins Shamsuddin,

Bukit Kepong is an adaptation from Bukit Kepong incident that was an armed encounter which took place on 23 February 1950 between the Federation of Malaya Police and the gunmens of Malayan Communist Party during the Malayan Emergency.

Actors : Saddam Kamel, Ibrahim Jalai, Nada Siham, Mohsin al-Azzawi,

In 1959 underground revolutionaries try to assassinate Prime Minister Abd al-Karim Kassem in Baghdad. News reports claim they have failed, and at first the revolutionaries lay low, but as ...

Actors : Andy Cline, Katie Haggerty, Terri Hawkes, Craig Melanson,
Directors : Joan Henson,

A dramatization of the story of a typical United Empire Loyalist as told through the eyes of a child.

Actors : Charles Aidman, John Anderson, Michel Bell, Dehl Berti,
Directors : Richard Benedict,

An animatronic Benjamin Franklin and Mark Twain take viewers on an exploration of America's rich history in the EPCOT attraction.

Actors : Huaizheng Liu, Yue Gu, Kai Huang, Fazeng Guo,

In the spring and summer of 1949, the People's Liberation Army launched an offensive under the orders of Mao Zedong and Zhu De, they crossed the Yangtze River and Nanjing was liberated on ...

Actors : László Gálffi, Ninetto Davoli, József Madaras, Teresa Ann Savoy,
Directors : Miklós Jancsó,

A historical drama set in the 1400s, about a young man sent to Italy but is forced back after his father's mysterious death.

Actors : Tomokazu Miura, Teruhiko Aoi, Masako Natsume, Tetsurô Tanba,
Directors : Toshio Masuda,

Favorable portrayal of Japanese Prime Minister Hideki Tojo, who approved of the bombardment of Pearl Harbor, as a patriot. The film is a jingoistic defense of Japanese imperialism.

Actors : Regina Razuma, Enn Klooren, Leonid Sevtsov, Tõnu Lume,
Directors : Valentin Kuik,

Georg Lurich was an Estonian world-famous professional wrestler in the early 1900-s who became a legend already in his lifetime. He was called not only the world's best technique-wrestler ...

Actors : Zhongxi Chen, Xu Chengxian, Qimin Wei, Yanfang Lu,

Set in the early stage after liberation of Shanghai, Chen Yi is delegated to be mayor and deals with a lot of economic and social issues.

Actors : Velimir 'Bata' Zivojinovic, Jadranka Selec, Dragomir Bojanic-Gidra, Ljubisa Samardzic,
Directors : Zivorad 'Zika' Mitrovic,

In 1883 Milan Obrenovic, arrogant and despotic king of Serbia, felt threatened by the militia segments of his army. In order to remove that threat he disbanded militia. However, people of ...

Actors : Gogi Gegechkori, Ramaz Chkhikvadze, Salome Kancheli,

Richard of Gloucester uses murder and manipulation to claim England's throne.

Actors : Anna Kazmierczak, Waldemar Kownacki, Mieczyslaw Voit, Anna Milewska,

The story of Stanislaw and Anna Oswiecimowie, real-life half-siblings who lived in the 17th century, and who, according to the legend were lovers.

Actors : Fusheng Feng, Fang Xie, Gengchen Jiang, Jiayuan Ding,
Directors : Jinglong Zhang,

Biography of famous ancient Chinese poetess Li Qingzhao who lived in the Song Dynasty.

Actors : Mehdi Fat'hi, Ezzatolah Entezami, Dariush Arjmand, Fereydoon Aboo Zia,
Directors : Muhammad Bozorgnia,

Many years ago The Angelica which was carrying gold and silver from the Portuguese to the Arab Sheykhs had been sunk in the Persian gulf. Ahmad Beyk manages to find it's place and is after ...

Actors : Marcel Amont, Louis Caut, Pierre Aubert, Jacqueline Bispalle,
Directors : Jean Flechet,

In the Pyrénées, in the nineteenth century, Gaston is one of the seven sons born into a family of poor peasants.Wanting to escape his condition, he captures a bear cub, raises it secretly ...

Actors : Boris Juh, Milos Battelino, Radko Polic, Milena Zupancic,
Directors : Andrej Mlakar,

Two men who have been fighting on enemy sides in WWII, find themselves as neighbors many years later in peace. A woman whose husband was killed under shady circumstances back then, tries to...

Actors : Eligio Martellucci, Renzo Samminiatesi, Alberto Fumagalli, Antonio Cucciarrè,
Directors : Ermanno Olmi,

The assuming of responsibility by individuals, the use of science for man and not against him, the duty of truth to increase the stature of people, all together: these are the important ...

Actors : Virgílio Massinge, José Gomes,
Directors : Fernando Matos Silva,

A dialogue between History and a Guerrilla Movement, interlaced with live footage taken in Portugal and Guinea-Bissau, when this country was the colony of the first.