Best World War II movies of 1980s

Actors : Piotr Wawrzynczak, Bernadetta Machala-Krzeminska, Paulina Mlynarska, Dariusz Dobkowski,
Directors : Andrzej Wajda,

Set in the summer months preceding the September 1939 outbreak of World War II in Polish part of Lithuania. A young highschool lad, Witek, is hoping to pass the entrance exams to the ...

Actors : Pat Morita, Mari Sato, Chris Makepeace, Michael Sarrazin,
Directors : Paul Almond,

December 1944. As their bomber is shot down during a mission over Japan, Sergeant McManus and Robert, a young lieutenant, have no other choice but make a parachute jump. They are captured ...

Actors : Bob Hoskins, Zoë Wanamaker, Dexter Fletcher, Zoë Nathenson,
Directors : Bob Hoskins,

During WWII a youth deserts his country's army after a combat experience, but not before wounding his commanding officer with a knife in order to escape. The young man, now very emotionally...

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 : 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 : Lena Nyman, Harriet Andersson, Gunnar Hellström, Agnetha Fältskog,
Directors : Gunnar Hellström,

The story of the charlatan Gustaf Raskenstam life and times during World War II, who for financial gain seduced a large number of women.

Actors : Rebecca Jenkins, Michael Ontkean, Luke Reilly, Chad Krowchuk,
Directors : Anne Wheeler,

Story about a WWII wife & mother who joins a local dance band to provide for family while husband at war. Romantic involvement with one of the band members make her decisions difficult when...

Actors : Bert Remsen, James Keach, Charles Durning, Pam Grier,
Directors : Alan Beattie,

A World War II vet is pushed to the limit when gang members and drug dealers take over his neighborhood.

Actors : Tchéky Karyo, Fanny Ardant, Agnès Soral, 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 : Per Morberg, Helena Bergström, Helene Egelund, Ingvar Hirdwall,
Directors : Göran Carmback,

World War II through the eyes of a Stockholm waitress.

Actors : Irina Milan, Tom Wentzel, Hannu Lauri, Esko Salminen,
Directors : Jaakko Pakkasvirta,

Follows several Finnish officers and soldiers during World War II, mainly in the Finnish headquarters.

Actors : Linda van Dyck, Marieke van der Pol, Edwin de Vries, Jeroen Krabbé,
Directors : Ate de Jong,

During WWII, two members of the Dutch resistance share the same goal but use very different methods to reach it.

Actors : Piotr Polk, Horst Buchholz, Maya Ramati, Didi Ramati,
Directors : Alexander Ramati,

This is the true story about a group of Romani's (gypsy) in occupied Poland during World War II as they confront the atrocities and tragedies of a forgotten holocaust.

Actors : Yoshiyuki Omori, Shiori Sakura, Masako Natsume, Takaya Yamauchi,
Directors : Masahiro Shinoda,

In this drama at the end of World War II, the inhabitants of a small Japanese fishing village must come to terms with their nation's defeat and the sudden occupation of General MacArthur ...

Actors : Mikhail Ulyanov, Aleksandr Goloborodko, Bruno Frejndlikh, Yakov Tripolsky,
Directors : Yuriy Ozerov,

The battle of Moscow was the first major defeat of German Wehrmacht in the Second World War. The film is dedicated to some fighting events that took place in the USSR after Hitler's conquest of western Europe.

Actors : Mustafa Nadarevic, Fabijan Sovagovic, Mira Furlan, Branislav Lecic,
Directors : Bahrudin 'Bato' Cengic,

Bosnian Serb mountainous village is divided between Chetniks and Communist-led Partizans during the WWII. Hateread and violence between the neighbours ia a sinister prelude to war that will...

Actors : George Estregan, Mark Gil, Tetchie Agbayani, Rudy Fernandez,
Directors : Romy Suzara,

The feud between the Medranos (poor but respected in the society) and the Sablantes (wealthy and corrupt) dates back to World War II where Joaquin Sablante was a Japanese collaborator while...

Actors : Kameliya Todorova, Pavel Popandov, Petar Slabakov, Lyuben Chatalov,
Directors : Kosta Bikov,

The end of World War II. The Bulgarian army is fighting the German one. Private Peycho Peychev known as Peychina is also at the frontier - a sensitive and timid person forced to witness the...

Actors : Rey 'PJ' Abellana, Charo Santos-Concio, Gina Alajar, Richard Gomez,
Directors : Maryo J. de los Reyes,

World War II, the dark years in Philippine history. This is the story of Tacing (Charo Santos) - a woman involved in different love affairs which resulted in endless trials and tribulations...

Actors : Katrin Cartlidge, Anna Massey, Fiona Shaw, Oona Kirsch,
Directors : Barbara Rennie,

Life in a repressive convent school during the Second World War.