Best Historical War movies of 1980s

Actors : Anil Kapoor, Rati Agnihotri, Raaj Kumar, Shabana Azmi,
Directors : V. Joshi,

Time begets History - it may be at the war front, at a nation or of a household. Joginder Singh was a dedicated Police Officer of Commissioner rank. He had his wife, two sons Vijay and ...

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 : 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 : 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 : 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 : Jeetendra, Gulshan Grover, Bharat Bhushan, Leena Das,
Directors : Krishna Ghattamaneni,

Maharaja Sharminder Bhupathi of Avanti and his wife, the Rajmata, would like to see peace in the region, and would like their daughter, Alaknanda, to marry the prince of Gandharva, Aditya ...

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 : 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 : Carter Wong, Hsieh Wang, Nancy Yen, Lieh Lo,

The kingdom of the Ming Emperor is being over run. He decides to kill himself and his daughter - but she escapes with a severe injury. She is helped by a female warrior and hopes to defeat the invaders.

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 : 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 : Tom Hernández, Mariano Vidal Molina, Remedios Hernandez, Joaquín Gómez,
Directors : Joaquín Gómez,

In a barren land, a women-only tribe known as the Selenians rule. They are in war with the Tazaris, evil men. Ancient law has it that Tazaris are cursed and the Selenians cannot enter their land, but they can.

Actors : Andrejs Zagars, Emmanuil Vitorgan, Anastasiya Nemolyaeva, Yuri Avsharov,
Directors : Pavel Lyubimov,

Action of the movie happens in the middle of the 18th century - at the time of seven years' Anglo-French war for colonial domination in North America. Young Mable Dungam heads in the ...

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 : 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 ...

Actors : Jerzy Celinski, Ryszard Bacciarelli, Adolf Chronicki, Bogusz Bilewski,
Directors : Grzegorz Królikiewicz,

Set in the 16th century, the film deals with "Confederation of Warsaw" in 1573, which was promoted by Polish Protestants and bound both the Estates and the King to religious tolerance, ...