Best War movies of 1980s

Actors : Wojciech Pszoniak, Gerd Baltus, Elisabeth Trissenaar, Armin Mueller-Stahl,
Directors : Agnieszka Holland,

In the winter of 1942-43, a Jewish family leaps from a train going through Silesia. They are separated in the woods, and Leon, a local peasant who's now a farmer of some wealth, discovers ...

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, 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 : 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 : Jana Janovská, Jozef Kroner, Michal Docolomanský, Stefan Kvietik,
Directors : Juraj Jakubisko,

A historic mega-film, one family saga, three generations (1887 -1917) assimilated to the bee community in the hive. The queen bee serves as a big mother that symbolizes the family and ...

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 : 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 ...

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 : Gustavo Bueno, Gilberto Torres, José Tejada, Toño Vega,
Directors : Francisco J. Lombardi,

The Peruvian anti-terrorist army takes control of a far away and unknown small village isolated in the Andes by the terrorist militia "Sendero Luminoso" (Shining Path), during the dirty war in Peru at 80's decade.

Actors : Héctor Bidonde, Víctor Laplace, Federico Luppi, Rodolfo Ranni,
Directors : Héctor Olivera,

A small revolution breaks out in a small Argentine town, as one group of Peronists calls they newly elected peronist a communist. The newly elected official enlists the aid of allies ...

Actors : Frank Aendenboom, Piet Balfoort, Theu Boermans, Bert André,
Directors : Hugo Claus,

A tale centered on the Battle of the Golden Spurs in 1302 where the Flemish rank and file won a major victory over the glorious French knights.

Actors : Fabijan Sovagovic, Filip Sovagovic, Nada Subotic, Krunoslav Saric,
Directors : Branko Schmidt,

The story begins in a small rural village in Slavonia,Ladimirevci in 1943, where a land owner Sima is helping the Partisan Movement and the official Ustasha regime in order to save the life...

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 : 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 : 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 : 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 : 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 : Ayse Emel Mesci Kuray, Brasse Brännström, Gösta Ekman, Lasse Åberg,
Directors : Mats Arehn,

The famous Swedish Karoliner army has suffered its biggest defeat ever at Poltava in 1709. The Swedish king Karl XII is waiting in the small village of Bender for the Turkish sulton to help...

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

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