Best History movies of 1980s

Actors : Sophie Marceau, Philippe Noiret, Catherine Deneuve, Gérard Depardieu,
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 : Philippe Noiret, Raoul Billerey, Claudine Delvaux, Vincent Schmitt,
Directors : Philippe de Broca,

In 1793 when terror is widespread in France,peasants known as Chouans help the revolutionaries.

Actors : Luís Miguel Cintra, Miguel Guilherme, Luís Lucas, Diogo Dória,
Directors : Manoel de Oliveira,

Episodes from entire military history of Portugal are told through flashbacks as a professorish soldier recounts them while marching through a Portuguese African colony in 1973. He easily ...

Actors : Stoyko Peev, Vania Tzvetkova, Antony Genov, Vassil Mihajlov,
Directors : Ludmil Staikov,

This is an epic screen presentation showing the creation, the consolidation and the power of First Bulgarian Kingdom and the first Bulgarian ruler Khan Asparuh.

Actors : Emmanuelle Béart, Vincent Perez, Massimo Troisi, Ornella Muti,
Directors : Ettore Scola,

In the Eighteenth Century, the "Traveling Company of Scenic Arts" composed of Tyrant, Lady Leonarde, Serafina, Isabella, Leandre, Zerbina, Matamore and Pulcinella gets lost while traveling ...

Actors : Daniel Dicenta, Amparo Soler Leal, Héctor Alterio, José Manuel Cervino,
Directors : Pilar Miró,

El 21 de agosto de 1910, en el pueblo de Osa de la Vega, provincia de Cuenca, desaparece el pastor José María Grimaldos... See full synopsis »

Actors : Ernest Borgnine, Herbert Lom, Robert Vaughn, Oliver Reed,
Directors : John 'Bud' Cardos,

During the Angola Civil War, CIA agent Michael Smith is captured by the Communists, prompting a rescue mission organized by his father aided by hired mercenaries.

Actors : Yao Lin Chen, Hark-On Fung, Yeh Fang, Fung Fung,
Directors : Woo-Ping Yuen,

The story of "Fok Yun Gap" also know as "Hou Yuan Chia" one of China's greatest marital artists.

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 : Jacqueline Bisset, Toshirô Mifune, Laurence Olivier, Ben Gazzara,
Directors : Terence Young,

During the Korean War, General Douglas MacArthur masterminds the amphibious invasion of Inchon in September 1950.

Actors : France Nuyen, Russell Wong, Julia Nickson, James Shigeta,
Directors : James F. Collier,

Drama set in the 1950s, based on a true story, about a young girl, Sung Neng Yee, who is brought as part of a wealthy Chinese family. She is eager to become part of Mao Tze Tung's "new ...

Actors : Mahmoud Behrouzian, Mehdi Hashemi, Karim Akbari Mobarakeh, Yasaman Arami,
Directors : Bahram Beizai,

Death of Yazdgerd is the story of death of the last king of Iran before Muslims invade Iran. He escapes to city of Marv and hides in a mill but finally gets killed. The Story is told by the...

Actors : Lambert Wilson, Gabriela Roel, Omero Antonutti, Eusebio Poncela,
Directors : Carlos Saura,

The film tells the epic story of an expedition that took place between 1560 and 1561, headed by Pedro de Ursúa, in search of "El Dorado." The territory they explored subsequently became ...

Actors : Iurie Darie, Marga Barbu, Florin Piersic, Ion Marinescu,
Directors : Doru Nastase,

Margelatu, the feared criminal helps the Romanian resistance to fight the dictatorial authorities.

Actors : Kostas Kazakos, Angelos Antonopoulos, Vangelis Kazan, Alekos Alexandrakis,
Directors : Nikos Tzimas,

The story of Nikos Belogiannis member of the communist party and officer of Ellas that has come back to Greece only to get arrested, tried for espionage on behalf of Russia and executed. A ...

Actors : Themis Bazaka, Dimitris Katalifos, Maria Martika, Eirini Inglesi,
Directors : Pantelis Voulgaris,

The true story of a young couple (Babis and Eleni) fighting for love and freedom. An odyssey in and out of prisons during the dark period between the Greek civil war until the end of ...

Actors : Valentin Teodosiu, Serban Ionescu, Ioana Craciunescu, Petrica Gheorghiu,
Directors : Mircea Muresan,

Set in the 1910's Transylvanian countryside, a poor but industrious peasant must choose between his obsessive lust for riches and his desire for true love.

Actors : Rentarô Mikuni, Kyôko Kishida, Yoshiko Mita, Tsutomu Yamazaki,
Directors : Hiroshi Teshigahara,

Legendary tea master Sen no Rikyu is faced with his warmongering lord's unrealistic pretensions.

Actors : George Motoi, Ion Dichiseanu, Traian Stanescu, Ioana Pavelescu,
Directors : Doru Nastase,

Actors : Judit Hernádi, Grazyna Szapolowska, Ildikó Bánsági, Jadwiga Jankowska-Cieslak,

Political and sexual repression in Hungary, just after the revolution of 1956. In 1958, the body of Eva Szalanczky, a political journalist, is discovered near the border. Her friend Livia ...