Best Historical War movies of 1980s

Actors : Robert Grundin, Alf Häggstam, Françoise Drapier, Niklas Ek,
Directors : Claes Fellbom,

Verdi's opera, performed topless! Aida, a slave girl in Egypt, and Radames, the victorious leader of the Egyptian army, fall in love. However, Aida is the captive Ethiopian King's daughter.

Actors : Christoph Engel, Kathrin Waligura, Carl-Martin Spengler, Fritz Marquardt,
Directors : Rainer Simon,

This film tells a story spanning three generations, from 1871 to 1945. After the farmer's son, Gustav Wengler, returns from the Franco-German war in 1871, he goes to work in a precision ...

Actors : Guoqiang Tang, Qiang Chen, Shaoan Dai,

Shows a fantasy story of a young prince who falls in love with the peacock princess and they marry. On their wedding night, the evil wizard puts a spell on the king and starts war. The ...

Actors : Velimir 'Bata' Zivojinovic, Jadranka Selec, Dragomir Bojanic-Gidra, Ljubisa Samardzic,
Directors : Zivorad 'Zika' Mitrovic,

In 1883 Milan Obrenovic, arrogant and despotic king of Serbia, felt threatened by the militia segments of his army. In order to remove that threat he disbanded militia. However, people of ...

Actors : Olgierd Lukaszewicz, Maria Homerska, Franciszek Pieczka, Malgorzata Pieczynska,
Directors : Tadeusz Chmielewski,

Set during the insurgency of 1863, the story focuses on a tragic romance between a poor gentlewoman and a rebel noble. After a bloody battle a unit of insurgents have been wiped out and ...

Actors : Luis Aldana, Eddy Bravo, Germán Calderón, René Capriles,
Directors : Antonio Eguino,

Explores the Pacific War, between Bolivia, Chile and Peru in the late 1800s.

Actors : Jerzy Kryszak, Wojciech Alaborski, Krzysztof Kolberger, Krzysztof Jasinski,
Directors : Ryszard Ber,

The year is 1575 when Transylvanian prince Stefan Batory sends his loyal servant, Szymon Mroczek, to Warsaw. The mission is to gain support for him to become the next king of Poland.

Actors : Deke Anderson, Chris Casamassa, Lou Casamassa, Tadashi Yamashita,
Directors : Byron Meyers,

A Japanese policeman in Los Angeles uses an ancient magic sword to battle killers and an extortion ring.

Actors : Aleksandr Mikhaylov, Olga Ostroumova, Vasiliy Krivun, Andrey Rostotskiy,
Directors : Irina Poplavskaya,

Between passengers of the steamship there is a dispute on, whether that there are in Russia righteous persons? Nobody wants to tell about the life. And only one priest, though warns that he "the big sinner", decides to tell the history.

Actors : Eagle Han, Jeong-hwon Guk, Elton Chong, Il-shik Jang,

A conceited martial-arts master is challenged to a deadly duel after he proclaims himself king of all warriors.

Actors : Michail Marmarinos, Aristotelis Aposkitis, Yiorgos Kendros, Takis Moschos,
Directors : Takis Spetsiotis,

A documentary about the rise and fall of Greek's most esteemed poet, Napoleon Lapathiotis.

Actors : David Phanampai, Tinakarn Srisungmaun, So Sombat, So Wanpen,
Directors : Toranong Shrichula,

The war machine has turned the country into a battleground, transformed under the thunder of the cannons. Everything is silent, and the law of death controls the land. This history shows ...

Actors : Dietmar Schönherr, Barbara Viertl, Lois Weinberger, Barbara Weber,
Directors : Christian Berger,

Portrait of an alpine countryside during the Napoleonic wars. The hero, a poor countryman, is faced with expulsion from society after having informed the French occupants of the hiding place of the guerrilla leader.

Actors : Julia Lindig, Mathieu Carrière, Hannelore Elsner, Irm Hermann,
Directors : Angelika Weber,

Story of Marie Ward, a religious woman from a devout and aristocratic Yorkshire Catholic family who lived between 1585 - 1645, and moved to St. Omer in Walloon France, where she joined the ...

Actors : Philip Berrigan, Futura 2000, Daniel Berrigan, Dean Hammer,
Directors : Emile de Antonio,

Dramatization of the trial of Christian anti-war activists, known collectively as the "Plowshares Eight". In September 1980, they broke into a General Electric weapons plant in King of ...

Actors : John Cragen, Elisabeth Camara, Elizabeth Coy, Konrad Aderer,
Directors : Samantha Grismore,

Civil war erupts when the king is assassinated and a small band of loyalists install his bastard peasant son on the throne.