Best War movies of 1980s

Actors : John Bach, Bryan Brown, Terry O'Quinn, George Takei,
Directors : Stephen Wallace,

The island of Ambon in Indonesia, 1945. During the War, the number of Australian POWs on the island had dropped from 1100 to less than 300 due to abuses by their Japanese captors. Capt. ...

Actors : Martin Lamotte, Julien Hubert, Richard Bohringer, Antoine Hubert,
Directors : Jean-Loup Hubert,

The film is set in France in August 1944 at the end of the war. German troops are in retreat as the allies are coming in. Two French boys run from home and on their journey they stumble ...

Actors : Charles R. Floyd, Mako, David Carradine, Steve James,
Directors : Gideon Amir,

Col. Carradine leads a group of American P.O.W.s, battling their way to freedom as Saigon falls to the Viet Cong.

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

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

Actors : Velimir 'Bata' Zivojinovic, Aleksandar Bercek, Bora Todorovic, Olivera Markovic,

A quintet of small-time crooks that works under disguise of a musical band become the supporters of Partisan resistance movement in WW2. Being forced to escape to another part of the ...

Actors : Claude-Oliver Rudolph, Dana Vávrová, Eva Mattes, Werner Stocker,
Directors : Joseph Vilsmaier,

This is a cinematic adaptation of the autobiography of Anna Wimschneider. It depicts her life's experiences and workaday routines as a woman born on a farm in lower Bavaria, Germany, in the...

Actors : Nathaniel Parker, Tilda Swinton, Laurence Olivier, Patricia Hayes,
Directors : Derek Jarman,

A film with no spoken dialogue, just follows the music and lyrics of Benjamin Britten's "War Requiem, which include WWI soldier poet Wilfred Owen's poems reflecting the war's horrors. It ...

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 : Sergiu Nicolaescu, Vladimir Gaitan, Sebastian Papaiani, Joanna Pacula,
Directors : Sergiu Nicolaescu,

In 1916 Romanian Army lieutenant Tudor Gheorghiu jealously obsesses over his wife Lena's apparent infidelity and contests against gigolo lawyer Nicolau for Lena's love.

Actors : Jason Connery, Manfred Lehmann, Jinny Steffan, Francesco Quinn,
Directors : Sergio Martino,

In 1942, a commando is assigned to protect Winston Churchill when it is learned that the Nazis are plotting to kidnap him.

Actors : Cecilia Yip, Alex Man, Yun-Fat Chow, Kien Shih,
Directors : Po-Chih Leong,

Years later, a woman narrates her personal story of the Japanese takeover of Hong Kong in 1941. She's Nam, young, attractive, daughter of a wealthy rice merchant, and prey to painful, ...

Actors : Reb Brown, Louise Kamsteeg, Christopher Connelly, Luciano Pigozzi,
Directors : Bruno Mattei,

While operating behind enemy lines, Sergeant Mike Ransom learns of a Russian presence in North Vietnam. Ordered to obtain proof of this discovery, Ransom returns to enemy territory but is ...

Actors : Edward Fleming, Kirsten Olesen,
Directors : Lars von Trier,

A German officer visits his Danish mistress the days after the occupation of Denmark has ended.

Actors : Mohsen Zaehtab, Mahmud Bigham, Roya Nonahali, Ebrahim Abadi,
Directors : Mohsen Makhmalbaf,

Haji is severely traumatized by the war with Iraq. Back from the front, he's unable to adapt to civilian life. Despite family opposition, his fiancée stands by him as together they ...

Actors : George Alexandru, Anda Onesa, Ion Besoiu, Valentin Uritescu,
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 : Ewa Domanska, Wojciech Pszoniak, Jan Szurmiej, Franciszek Pieczka,
Directors : Jerzy Kawalerowicz,

During a pogrom in Poland on the eve of World War I, a group of Jews seek refuge from the Cossacks. The fugitives hide out in a rural inn, terrified that they may be given away at any moment.

Actors : Patrice-Flora Praxo, Gianluca Favilla, Ricky Tognazzi, Nicolas Cage,
Directors : Giuliano Montaldo,

1936, Italian army is invading Ethiopia. Lieutenant Silvestri suffering toothache decides to reach the nearest camp hospital. But the lorry has an accident and stop near a rock, so ...

Actors : Haing S. Ngor, Liem Whatley, Johnny Hallyday, Beau Bridges,
Directors : Eric Weston,

Based on the diary of an unknown Viet Cong soldier, this film provides a sympathetic look at a Viet Cong soldier who protected a captured American soldier whom he believed did not kill him ...

Actors : Brigitte Fossey, Jacques Penot, Michael York, Helen Hughes,
Directors : Robert Enrico,

The true story of Martin Gray, a Polish survivor of the Holocaust, from how he survived the German invasion, how got captured, and how he fought back with the rebels, to his life in the ...

Actors : Mariusz Dmochowski, Jerzy Stuhr, Krystyna Janda, Roman Wilhelmi,
Directors : Piotr Szulkin,

Film opens on December 28, 1999, three days before the dawn of the new century. A local reporter, Iron Idem, announces that the Martians have landed. Shortly after that his program loses ...