Best History movies of 1980s

Actors : Emanoil Petrut, Ion Dichiseanu, Alexandru Repan, George Constantin,
Directors : Gheorghe Vitanidis,

The life of Dacian war-leader Burebista who ruled between 80-44 B.C.and founded a strong Dacian Kingdom despite considerable pressure from the neighboring Celtic warlords and the Greek cities of the Black Sea coast.

Actors : George Motoi, Marga Barbu, Florin Piersic, Szabolcs Cseh,
Directors : Mircea Moldovan,

Actors : Guy Stockwell, Peter Haskell, Ronnie Carol, Kabir Bedi,
Directors : Sarky Mouradian,

Actors : Eiji Okuda, Toshirô Mifune, Gô Katô, Kinnosuke Nakamura,
Directors : Kei Kumai,

Years after the death of legendary tea master Rikyu, his disciple Honkakubo attempts to resolve the mystery of the master's death. Years before: Sen Rikyu is a ceremonial tea master who ...

Actors : Matthew Fargher, Jack Thompson, Greta Scacchi, Nigel Havers,
Directors : Graeme Clifford,

A story based on true events about two explorers on a doomed journey trying to cross Australia on foot in the 19 century.

Actors : Sergiu Nicolaescu, Virgil Flonda, Vladimir Gaitan, George Alexandru,
Directors : Sergiu Nicolaescu,

In medieval Wallachia a young prince battles his twin brother for their father's throne and for their ancestors' crown of fire.

Actors : Gojko Santic, Velimir 'Bata' Zivojinovic, Darko Damevski, Gorica Popovic,
Directors : Zdravko Velimirovic,

In medieval Serbia, a young monk, a master of herbal medicine, attracts the attention of a warlord's wife.

Actors : Angela Punch McGregor, Arthur Dignam, Martin Vaughan, Lewis Fitz-Gerald,
Directors : Igor Auzins,

Jeannie Gunn faced being the only civilised woman in an uncivilised land. A story of personal triumph about one woman who reached out in a hard, hostile, prejudiced world and managed to find love.

Actors : Boguslaw Linda, Magda Teresa Wójcik, Zbigniew Zapasiewicz, Franciszek Pieczka,
Directors : Janusz Zaorski,

Made in 1982, shelved for five years. Story opens with Lucja Krol's husband under the tram. She gives birth to her fourth son on the floor of their new apartment. Neighbor Wiktor, a ...

Actors : Mohsen Mohieddin, Michel Piccoli, Mohamad Atef, Patrice Chéreau,
Directors : Youssef Chahine,

A story during the French Occupation of Egypt (1797-1803), depicting the conflict between tradintion and modernization in the context of fighting the French invadors.

Actors : Hema Malini, Pradeep Kumar, Parveen Babi, Dharmendra,
Directors : Kamal Amrohi,

An account of the reign of Indian empress Razia Sultan and her love for her slave Jamaluddin Yakut.

Actors : Brian Benben, Michael Nouri, Joe Penny, Richard S. Castellano,
Directors : Richard C. Sarafian,

Three poor ghetto kids in turn-of-the-century New York grow up to become feared gangsters.

Actors : Rebecca Miller, Nigel Le Vaillant, Klaus Maria Brandauer, Brian Dennehy,
Directors : Klaus Maria Brandauer,

A true story about Johann Georg Elser, a quiet carpenter who tried to assassinate Hitler with an explosive device in 1939.

Actors : Marga Barbu, Florin Piersic, Szabolcs Cseh, Alexandru Repan,
Directors : Gheorghe Vitanidis,

Actors : Marioara Sterian, Mihai Mereuta, Stela Furcovici, Adrian Pintea,
Directors : Dinu Cocea,

Actors : Jean Yanne, Claude Jade, Philippe Laudenbach, Daniel Mesguich,
Directors : Iradj Azimi,

Jean Yanne, Daniel Mesguich, Claude Jade: A la recherche de la fortune et du paradis ils ne connurent que l'enfer.

Actors : Daniel Olbrychski, Ena Begovic, Mirjana Karanovic, Gorica Popovic,
Directors : Lordan Zafranovic,

A partisan commander had to shoot one of his comrades because he had neglected the struggle and turned to a life of lust and vice. When Italy capitulates in September of 1943 and the war ...

Actors : Bernard Blier, Avtandil Makharadze, Richard Berry, Isabelle Huppert,
Directors : Aleksandar Petrovic,

Based on the famous novel of Milos Crnjanski, the story follows Serbian migrations from the Austro-Hungarian Empire during the XVIII century.

Actors : Ovidiu Iulian Moldovan, Dan Sandulescu, Serban Ionescu, Radu Beligan,
Directors : Mircea Muresan,

Actors : Cüneyt Arkin, Zülfikar Divani, Talat Gözbak, Recep Filiz,
Directors : Remzi Jöntürk,