Best World War II movies of 1980s

Actors : Alfred Böhm, Marte Harell, Hans Holt, Karl Merkatz,
Directors : Franz Antel,

A politically naive Viennese butcher (Bockerer) manages to survive the Nazi occupation of Austria and the second world war.

Actors : Polde Bibic, Urska Hlebec, Ivo Ban, Milena Zupancic,
Directors : Matjaz Klopcic,

Year 1945. The second World War is over and the soldiers from the sisbanded army are returning home. Yet there is still no sign of Joze Malek. His wife Mimika and their children Tincek and ...

Actors : Ewa Dalkowska, Scott Wilson, Hanna Skarzanka, Maja Komorowska,
Directors : Krzysztof Zanussi,

Shortly after WWII an American soldier (Norman) and a Polish refugee (Emilia) fall in deep love. Eventually he will return to USA and both expect that she will soon follow him. Emilia's ...

Actors : Maria Concetta Salieri, Jessica Moore, Claudio Aliotti, Robert Egon,
Directors : Lucio Fulci,

Six teenagers are terrorized in an isolated villa by ghosts of Nazis killed during World War II by an air raid while participating in an orgy.

Actors : Wulf Kessler, Ulrich Tukur, Oliver Siebert, Lena Stolze,
Directors : Michael Verhoeven,

During the Second World War, a small group of students at Munich University begin to question the decisions and sanity of Germany's Nazi government. The students form a resistance cell ...

Actors : Jason Miller, Fernando Rey, Geneviève Bujold, Christopher Reeve,
Directors : Frank Perry,

An ambitious priest seduces a nun and leads the Vatican into shady business during and after World War II.

Actors : Pierre Romans, Zbigniew Horoks, Bérangère Bonvoisin, Michel Serrault,
Directors : Christian de Chalonge,

Based on the real life of Dr. Marcel Petiot: During world war II Petiot, an MD living in occupied Paris, promised to help wealthy Jewish people among his patients to flee occupied France ...

Actors : George Alexandru, Anda Onesa, Valentin Uritescu, Ion Besoiu,
Directors : Sergiu Nicolaescu,

The Last Assault is a 1986 Romanian drama film directed by Sergiu Nicolaescu. It is set during World War II, during the period when Romania joined the Allies against the Axis.

Actors : William Ostrander, Julie Gray, Andrea Savio, Steve Sandor,
Directors : Cirio H. Santiago,

The world's water supply has dried up due to some sort of apocalypse. A beautiful woman holds the secret to where one of the last springs being guarded by a group of Amazons. A "Road ...

Actors : Rémi Laurent, Pierre Curzi, Gabriel Arcand, Juliette Huot,
Directors : Gilles Carle,

The lives of the average Quebecois Plouffe family during the final years of the depression and through World War II.

Actors : Martin Walz, Tina Engel, Hans Diehl, Curt Bois,
Directors : Markus Imhoof,

During World War II, Switzerland severely limited refugees: "Our boat is full." A train from Germany halts briefly in an isolated corner of Switzerland. Six people jump off seeking asylum: ...

Actors : Velimir 'Bata' Zivojinovic, Dragan Nikolic, Danilo 'Bata' Stojkovic, Ena Begovic,
Directors : Zdravko Sotra,

WW2 is coming to an end and a young Partisan must face new challenges as a schoolteacher in small Serbian town.

Actors : Victor Wong, Siu-Ming Lau, Russell Wong, Cora Miao,
Directors : Wayne Wang,

A study in culture bridging, including ... a new US-born husband, trying to work within the traditional ways, a new China-born wife, eager to join the "dream" of America, two family-minded ...

Actors : Bryan Brown, Sam Neill, Steven Vidler, Rachel Ward,
Directors : Ken Cameron,

In pre-WWII Australia, a love triangle develops between a man, his wife and the man's brother.

Actors : Lea Thompson, Lukas Haas, Steve Hendrickson, Alan Wright,
Directors : Jenny Bowen,

After his mother dies and father goes to fight in World War II, a young boy moves in with his aunt and uncle who live in the countryside. Lonely and unhappy, he starts believing he has super powers. Then a "dead" man shows up.

Actors : Giovanni Mauriello, Tom Watson, Phyllis Logan, Denise Coffey,
Directors : Michael Radford,

Set in 1943 Scotland during World War II, Janie is young housewife married to a man named Dongal, 15 years her senior. As part of a war rehabilation program, Janie and Dongal welcome three ...

Actors : Karlo Bulic, Relja Basic, María Baxa, Frano Lasic,
Directors : Antun Vrdoljak,

Melkior Tresic is one of many intellectuals in 1941 Zagreb who is helplessly waiting for the encroaching war.

Actors : Tchéky Karyo, Agnès Soral, Fanny Ardant, Jeremy Irons,
Directors : Jean-Jacques Andrien,

Australia is about Edouard Pierson, a Belgian-born wool dealer who emigrated to Australia after World War Two. The movie actual takes place in Belgium as he returns to his homeland to ...

Actors : Sally Yeh, Joyce H. Cheng, Hui-Shan Yang, Brigitte Lin,
Directors : Yen-Ping Chu,

A group of women with various criminal skills are thrown into prison during World War 2. They escape and proceed to head off to destroy a chemical lab in a well fortified valley.

Actors : Per Morberg, Helena Bergström, Helene Egelund, Ingvar Hirdwall,
Directors : Göran Carmback,

World War II through the eyes of a Stockholm waitress.