Best War movies of 1987

Actors : R. Lee Ermey, Adam Baldwin, Vincent D'Onofrio, Matthew Modine,
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 : Christian Bale, Miranda Richardson, John Malkovich, Nigel Havers,
Directors : Steven Spielberg,

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

Actors : Raphael Fejtö, Stanislas Carré de Malberg, Francine Racette, Gaspard Manesse,
Directors : Louis Malle,

A French boarding school run by priests seems to be a haven from World War II until a new student arrives. He becomes the roommate of top student in his class. Rivals at first, the roommates form a bond and share a secret.

Actors : Anjelica Huston, D.B. Sweeney, James Earl Jones, James Caan,
Directors : Francis Ford Coppola,

A sergeant must deal with his desires to save the lives of young soldiers being sent to Vietnam. Continuously denied the chance to teach the soldiers about his experiences, he settles for trying to help the son of an old army buddy.

Actors : Peter Phelps, John Heywood, Nick Waters, John Larking,
Directors : Simon Wincer,

In 1917 when the British forces are bogged down in front of the Turkish and German lines in Palestine they rely on the Australian light horse regiment to break the deadlock.

Actors : Haing S. Ngor, Biao Yuen, Sammo Kam-Bo Hung, Joyce Godenzi,
Directors : Sammo Kam-Bo Hung,

An action film about a daring commando raid into Vietnam to destroy a munitions dump left behind by American marines.

Actors : Greta Scacchi, Vincent Spano, Joaquim de Almeida, Désirée Nosbusch,

After the bankruptcy of their father's stonemasonry firm, Nicola and Andrea emigrate to America to restore their fortunes. After many adventures and near-disasters, they end up in Hollywood...

Actors : Vera Alentova, Sergey Nikonenko, Irina Cherichenko, Nina Ruslanova,
Directors : Yuriy Kara,

This movie is based on a novel by Boris Vasiliev and describes life in a small Russian provincial town in 1940 - one year before Germany invaded the Soviet Union. Two school girls for the ...

Actors : Paul Le Mat, John Edwin Shaw, Ken Wright, Michael Moriarty,
Directors : Lionel Chetwynd,

A drama focusing on the suffering, torture, and brutal treatment the American P.O.W.s had to deal with daily while in North Vietnam's Hoa Lo Prison, the most infamous P.O.W. camp in Hanoi. ...

Actors : Reb Brown, Louise Kamsteeg, Christopher Connelly, Luciano Pigozzi,
Directors : Bruno Mattei,

While operating behind enemy lines, Sergeant Mike Ransom learns of a Russian presence in North Vietnam. Ordered to obtain proof of this discovery, Ransom returns to enemy territory but is ...

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 : Deddy Mizwar, Nurul Arifin, Wawan Wanisar, Afrizal Anoda,
Directors : M.T. Risyaf,

Naga Bonar is a pickpocket. During the withdrawal of the Japanese occupying forces from Indonesia in 1945 he declares himself a general of the Liberation Forces. Soon a mask becomes his true self, and he becomes a true soldier and patriot.

Actors : José Sancho, Alfredo Landa, Fiorella Faltoyano, Óscar Ladoire,
Directors : Ricardo Palacios,

Actors : Martin Lamotte, Jean Yanne, Thierry Lhermitte, Marie Laforêt,
Directors : Gérard Mordillat,

A bombing raid makes travelling companions of a blind man, Fernand, and Antoine, a criminal. Fernand is a virgin and is depending on his new friend to find him a woman. But to Antoine, on the run, his fellow victim is more a burden than a boon.

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 : Bo Svenson, Miles O'Keeffe, Donald Pleasence, Kristine Erlandson,
Directors : Bruno Mattei,

After several American and British military personnel are killed in suicide attacks throughout southeast Asia, the U.S. begins to suspect a plot by the Vietnam government. To uncover the ...

Actors : Svetlana Kopylova, Valeriy Priyomykhov, Valeri Smirnov, Natalya Egorova,
Directors : Mikhail Nikitin,

1945, war behind. The eighteen-year-old sergeant Sergey Kruzhkoy after a severe wound comes back home. Having learned that in the city the gang of criminals is active, the hero decides to ...

Actors : Félix Dafauce, Rüdiger Vogler, María Luisa Ponte, Verónica Forqué,
Directors : Basilio Martín Patino,

A young student interviews a bitter old journalist, who has agreed to this in hopes of seducing her. When the interview moves from a public restaurant to a private residence owned by a ...

Actors : Farajollah Salahshoor, Jafar Dehghan, Ali Yaghoob Zadeh, Tajbakhsh Fanaiyan,
Directors : Rasool Mollagholi Poor,

During Iran-Iraq war a group of Iranian soldiers are surrounded by Iraqi army. Four soldiers are chose to go get help but only one manages to make it through enemy lines.

Actors : Miles O'Keeffe, Gabriele Gori, Scott Green, Fred Williamson,
Directors : Stelvio Massi,

Disgruntled Sgt. Darkin has to protect a senator who's visiting a Vietnam village. Senator gets assassinated by the Vietcong, and Darkin gets arrested for AWOL. When the Vietcong attacks the base, he and others escape. Now what?