Best Historical War movies of 1970s

Actors : Leonid Bykov, Yelena Shanina, Leonid Bakshtayev, Vladimir Konkin,
Directors : Leonid Bykov,

The families of 18 soldiers who heroically died in 1944 are meeting at the place of the squad last battle.

Actors : Nafisa Ali, Tom Alter, Shabana Azmi, Jalal Agha,
Directors : Shyam Benegal,

Set during the 1857 War of Independence, an obsessed Indian Nawab desires to wed a young Anglo-Indian woman, but the girl's obstinate mother stands between them.

Actors : Charles Garret, Cüneyt Arkin, Barbara Lake, Bahar Erdeniz,
Directors : Natuk Baytan,

When the king is murdered, his baby son and heir is hidden in the forest where he is abducted and raised by a pride of lions. As an adult he uses his beastly strength and claw-like hands to take revenge against the new king and his armies.

Actors : Toma Dimitriu, Violeta Andrei, Gheorghe Cozorici, Gheorghe Dinica,
Directors : Mircea Dragan,

In 1475 when Stephen the Great ruler of Moldavia is facing an invading Ottoman army of 120 000 men the fate of Christian Europe largely depends on the battle's outcome.

Actors : Katia Dandoulaki, Angelos Antonopoulos, Dimitris Papamichael, Alekos Alexandrakis,
Directors : Erricos Andreou,

The life and work of the hero of 1821 Papaflessas that during the liberation struggle of the Greeks against the Turks, revolutionizing the elders and the world to declare war!!! Up to the ...

Actors : Vic Morrow, Peter Ustinov, Joan Hackett, Robert Foxworth,
Directors : Vincent McEveety,

In 1869 Kentucky, a young boy and his friends set out to find a treasure chest hidden by his late father in the Florida Everglades during the Civil War.

Actors : Hiroyuki Sanada, Shin'ichi Chiba, Yuki Ninagawa, Etsuko Shiomi,
Directors : Noribumi Suzuki,

In the middle of the 16th century, Hideyoshi, a power hungry warlord sets out to destroy the Momochi clan. He sends his war commander in search of the clan's hidden gold only to find that ...

Actors : Keiko Matsuzaka, Tatsuya Nakadai, Shima Iwashita, Kôshirô Matsumoto,
Directors : Hideo Gosha,

Kumokiri Nizaemon, a former samurai warrior, has abandoned his class to become the leader of a gang of thieves. He leads his outlaws in an attempt to rob the castle of his former clan.

Actors : Teruhiko Saigô, Takahiro Tamura, Ken Ogata, Hideki Takahashi,
Directors : Kenji Misumi,

Toranosuke Sugi, a brave and loyal Samurai, fights to practice and preserve his master's teachings amid a civil war. With friends on both side will he cave to temptation, or stand on principle and for freedom?

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 : Feng Chen Chen, Chuan Chen, Wai-Man Chan, Yang Chang,

Based on one of China's enduring epic novels, written in the 14th century, "All Men Are Brothers" continues the patriotic story of righteous warriors battling despotic leaders, featuring ...

Actors : Emily Y. Chang, Yu Wang, Kang Chin, Fei Lung,
Directors : Yu Wang,

In wake of the First Sino-Japanese War (1894-1895), a group of Japanese warlords calculate that the best way to prepare an invasion of the rest of China from their southern Manchuria ...

Actors : Antanas Surna, Algimantas Masiulis, Eugenija Pleskyte, Stasis Petronaitis,
Directors : Marijonas Giedrys,

Historical costume drama about the medieval wars of Old Prussians and Teutonic Crusaders. Hercus Monte (Latin: Henricus Montemin, German: Heinrich Monte, Lithuanian: Herkus Mantas) was the ...

Actors : Claudia Cardinale, John McEnery, Ray Lovelock, Oliver Reed,
Directors : Antonio Calenda,

Based on Lermontov's novel Vadim, this costume drama, set in Russia during the 1700s, chronicles the battle between a vengeful, anarchic peasant and the tyrannical landowner who killed his mother and father.

Actors : Jack Elam, Joe Namath, Woody Strode, Ty Hardin,
Directors : Larry G. Spangler,

It's 1865 in Missouri and the Civil War has just ended. Reb soldiers Hollis and Matt flee from Union soldiers that want to imprison them. Hollis then frees a black man named Duncan from a ...

Actors : Mayumi Ogawa, Yôko Yamamoto, Tsutomu Yamazaki, Ken'ichi Hagiwara,
Directors : Yoshitarô Nomura,

The heir to a family fortune discovers that a curse has been placed on it, put there centuries before by a band of samurai warriors.

Actors : Constantin Codrescu, Mircea Albulescu, Mircea Anghelescu, Ilarion Ciobanu,
Directors : Sergiu Nicolaescu,

In 1877 during the Russo-Turkish war the Kingdom of Romania joins the war on Russia's side and declares its independence from the Ottoman Empire.

Actors : Larisa Kadochnikova, Vladimir Popovic, Ivan Mykolaichuk, Boris Khmelnitskiy,
Directors : Yuri Ilyenko,

Trials and tribulations of Petar I Petrovic, the man who united Montenegro in the 18th century and led them in the Battle of Krusi against a huge Turkish army to return victorious and pave the first path towards economic development.

Actors : Tinieblas, Rogelio Guerra, Mil Máscaras, Lorena Velázquez,
Directors : Arturo Martínez,

The Mexican luchador Tinieblas buys an ancient painting of a dead woman ignoring the warning that it is haunted. Later, after a fight his partners El Fantasma Blanco and Mil Máscaras joins ...

Actors : Kang-jo Lee, Byeong-han Seo, Bok-gi Min, Hyeok Jang,
Directors : Hyeok-su Lee,

In an effort to take advantage of the political chaos during the reign of King Ko-jong, the emporer of Japan sends several warriors to infiltrate Korea. The son of the nation's top martial ...