Best War movies of 1980s that are oscar winners or nominees

Actors : Keith David, Willem Dafoe, Tom Berenger, Charlie Sheen,
Directors : Oliver Stone,

A young recruit in Viet Nam faces a moral crisis when confronted with the horrors of war and the duality of man.

Actors : Adam Baldwin, Vincent D'Onofrio, Matthew Modine, R. Lee Ermey,
Directors : Stanley Kubrick,

A pragmatic U.S. Marine observes the dehumanizing effects the Vietnam War has on his fellow recruits from their brutal boot camp training to the bloody street fighting in Hue.

Actors : Tom Cruise, Raymond J. Barry, Caroline Kava, Josh Evans,
Directors : Oliver Stone,

The biography of Ron Kovic. Paralyzed in the Vietnam war, he becomes an anti-war and pro-human rights political activist after feeling betrayed by the country he fought for.

Actors : John Malkovich, Christian Bale, Miranda Richardson, Nigel Havers,
Directors : Steven Spielberg,

A young English boy struggles to survive under Japanese occupation during World War II.

Actors : Eileen Brennan, Robert Webber, Goldie Hawn, Armand Assante,
Directors : Howard Zieff,

A sheltered young high society woman joins the United States Army on a whim and finds herself in a more difficult situation than she ever expected.

Actors : Robert Redford, Alan Arkin, Tomas Milian, Lena Olin,
Directors : Sydney Pollack,

Cuba, December 1958: The professional gambler Jack visits Havana to organize a big Poker game. On the ship he meets Roberta and falls in love with her. Shortly after they arrive in Cuba, ...

Actors : Ed Harris, Nick Nolte, Gene Hackman, Joanna Cassidy,
Directors : Roger Spottiswoode,

Three journalists in a romantic triangle are involved in political intrigue during the last days of the corrupt Somozoa regime in Nicaragua before it falls to a popular revolution in 1979.

Actors : Fred Ward, Kurt Russell, Goldie Hawn, Christine Lahti,
Directors : Jonathan Demme,

A woman finds romance when she takes a job at an aircraft plant to help make ends meet after her husband goes off to war.