Best Historical War movies of 1980s

Actors : Daisuke Ryû, Akira Terao, Jinpachi Nezu, Tatsuya Nakadai,
Directors : Akira Kurosawa,

In Medieval Japan, an elderly warlord retires, handing over his empire to his three sons. However, he vastly underestimates how the new-found power will corrupt them and cause them to turn on each other...and him.

Actors : James Larkin, Simon Shepherd, Derek Jacobi, Kenneth Branagh,
Directors : Kenneth Branagh,

In the midst of the Hundred Years War, the young King Henry V of England embarks on the conquest of France in 1415.

Actors : Ed Harris, Gary Lahti, Amy Ingersoll, Tom Savini,
Directors : George A. Romero,

A medieval reenactment troupe find it increasingly difficult to keep their family-like group together, with pressure from local law enforcement, interest from entertainment agents and a growing sense of delusion from their leader.

Actors : Tatsuya Nakadai, Jinpachi Nezu, Tsutomu Yamazaki, Ken'ichi Hagiwara,
Directors : Akira Kurosawa,

A petty thief with an utter resemblance to a samurai warlord is hired as the lord's double. When the warlord later dies the thief is forced to take up arms in his place.

Actors : John Hurt, Kris Kristofferson, Sam Waterston, Christopher Walken,
Directors : Michael Cimino,

A dramatization of the real-life Johnson County War in 1890 Wyoming, in which a Sheriff born into wealth, attempts to protect immigrant farmers from rich cattle interests.

Actors : Richard E. Grant, Uma Thurman, Fred Ward, Maria de Medeiros,
Directors : Philip Kaufman,

In 1931 Paris, Anais Nin meets Henry Miller and his wife June. Intrigued by them both, she begins expanding her sexual horizons with her husband Hugo as well as with Henry and others. June ...

Actors : Richard E. Grant, Julian Sands, Lori Singer, Mary Woronov,
Directors : Steve Miner,

A warlock flees from the 17th to the 20th century, with a witch-hunter in hot pursuit.

Actors : Julian Sands, Natasha Richardson, Myriam Cyr, Gabriel Byrne,
Directors : Ken Russell,

The Shelleys visit Lord Byron and compete to write a horror story.

Actors : Jack Thompson, Tom Burlinson, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Rutger Hauer,
Directors : Paul Verhoeven,

A band of medieval mercenaries take revenge on a noble lord who decides not to pay them by kidnapping the betrothed of the noble's son. As the plague and warfare cut a swathe of destruction...

Actors : Jordan Bennett, David Chung, Shô Kosugi, Lucinda Dickey,
Directors : Sam Firstenberg,

An evil ninja attempts to avenge his death from beyond the grave, by possessing an innocent woman's body.

Actors : Omero Antonutti, Sonsoles Aranguren, Lola Cardona, Icíar Bollaín,
Directors : Víctor Erice,

The movie tells a melancholic story of a little girl who is living in a city in the north of Spain. She is fascinated by the secrets of the south which seem to be hidden in the personality ...

Actors : Nathalie Baye, Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu, Maurice Barrier, Gérard Depardieu,
Directors : Daniel Vigne,

In medieval France, some villagers challenge a man's claim of identity when he (as he says) returns home from some time in the army.

Actors : John Vernon, Tamara Dobson, Linda Blair, Sybil Danning,
Directors : Paul Nicholas,

Linda Blair plays Carol, a young woman who must serve 18 months in prison after killing a man (by accident). The prison turns out to be brimming with decadence, corruption and sleaze, where...

Actors : Biao Yuen, Damian Lau, Adam Cheng, Brigitte Lin,
Directors : Hark Tsui,

Chinese soldiers in an ancient civil war get caught up in a fantastical quest to save the universe.

Actors : Richard D. Sharp, Elvis Payne, Aidan Quinn, Ade Sapara,
Directors : Caleb Deschanel,

Robinson Crusoe is shipwrecked and he finds himself all alone on a tropical island. With a few tools he manages to rescue from the wreck he has to learn to support himself until help arrives.

Actors : Laura Albert, Charles Klausmeyer, Mark Kinsey Stephenson, Alexandra Durrell,
Directors : Jean-Paul Ouellette,

High school students check out a haunted house where in the 1800's an ugly monster called "the Unnamable" was trapped in a vault.

Actors : Carla Herd, John Allen Nelson, Terri Treas, Thom Christopher,
Directors : Alfonso Corona,

The third thrilling saga of Deathstalker pits him against the evil wizard and ruler of the Southland, Troxartes, and his band of undead warriors. Dashing Deathstalker is entrusted by the ...

Actors : Peter O'Farrell, John Saxon, Richard Hatch, Kay Lenz,
Directors : Terry Marcel,

Three people are transported into a parallel reality, where they find they must use modern technology, but medieval weapons, in order to save the citizenry from a murderous warlord.

Actors : Serene Hedin, James Remar, Trevor Howard, Nick Ramus,
Directors : Kieth Merrill,

An ancient Indian warrior who has reached the end of his life is brought back from his 'death' to save his family from a raiding party of enemy Indians in this unique story of 'Indians ...

Actors : Burt Young, Giancarlo Giannini, Dennis Hopper, Eric Roberts,
Directors : Peter Masterson,

The history of a Sicilian family who emigrated to America years ago and now lives in California cultivating vine. The problems start when they have to confront themselves with a powerful ...