Best Rebellion movies of 1980s

Actors : Shigeru Izumiya, Kaori Momoi, Ken Ogata, Masao Kusakari,
Directors : Shôhei Imamura,

Near the turbulent end of the Edo era, a man returning to Japan after exile in America searches for his wife and becomes swept up in the current of revolution in this incisive period drama from the great Shohei Imamura.

Actors : George Lam, Season Ma, Andy Lau, Cora Miao,
Directors : Ann Hui,

A Japanese photojournalist revisits Vietnam after the Liberation and learns harsh truths about its regime and its "New Economic Zones".

Actors : Naseeruddin Shah, Amrish Puri, Smita Patil, Om Puri,
Directors : Govind Nihalani,

A public prosecutor discovers the harsh realities about life of the scheduled tribes in India during 1980s while defending a case of a tribesman charged of murdering his wife.

Actors : Oszkárné Gombik, Károly Csáki, Ildikó Bánsági, Péter Andorai,
Directors : István Szabó,

During WW2 Hungarian resistance hides a married couple from the officials. The woman is sent to act as the wife of one of the resistance members who is also in hiding and pretending to be somebody else. They slowly begin to fall in love.

Actors : Hema Malini, Navin Nischol, Parveen Babi, Amitabh Bachchan,
Directors : Manmohan Desai,

Master Dinanath is an ex-freedom fighter. When he gets Thakur Pratap Singh arrested for arms smuggling, he has Master's wife Bharati and young daughter Priti kidnapped and also turns his ...

Actors : Gerard Thoolen, Renée Soutendijk, Kees Hulst, Bruno Ganz,
Directors : Dimitri Frenkel Frank,

The story of a Jewish man, escaped from Berlin in the beginning of WW 2, now an owner of an Amsterdam ice cream parlor. The city is a battlefield between local Nazis and the resistance. The...

Actors : Aytaç Arman, Salih Balik, Murat Ersan, Hülya Avsar,
Directors : Süreyya Duru,

Story of a village girl who transforms into a courageous and independent woman and fights against the men who destroyed her life.

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 : Rick Podell, Pamela Jean Bryant, Candy Moore, Rosanne Katon,
Directors : Ernest Pintoff,

Three women start a lunch wagon business but run into stiff resistance from their competitor Mr. Schmeckler: their presence is interfering with some sort of illegal activity he's involved ...

Actors : Peter Fonda, Reb Brown, Ron O'Neal, James Mitchum,
Directors : Riki Shelach Nissimoff,

The president of an African country wants to boost his economy with a new dam. He ignores the protests of the tribes in the flooded region, so they declare rebellion. To avoid bad publicity...

Actors : Aytaç Arman, Hale Soygazi, Sahika Tekand, Tarik Tarcan,
Directors : Atif Yilmaz,

A woman's fight for her identity and freedom as a woman.

Actors : Ursula Andress, Jorge Luke, Blanca Guerra, Franco Nero,
Directors : Sergey Bondarchuk,

A chronicle of the Russian and Mexican revolutions in the early 20th century.

Actors : Paul Wyett, Marianne Basler, Judge Reinhold, Gabriel Byrne,
Directors : Larry Parr,

A British soldier falls in love with a French woman wanted by the resistance for crimes against her country.

Actors : Ursula Andress, Mimi Coutelier, Jean Poiret, Michel Serrault,
Directors : Jean Yanne,

A parody of the French Revolution, on Arabian Nights background. Bagdad Calif is in Paris in 1789, where he decides to visit the Executionner equipment exhibition.

Actors : Linda van Dyck, Marieke van der Pol, Edwin de Vries, Jeroen Krabbé,
Directors : Ate de Jong,

During WWII, two members of the Dutch resistance share the same goal but use very different methods to reach it.

Actors : Sammo Kam-Bo Hung, Andy Lau, Anita Mui, Alan Tam,
Directors : Kent Cheng,

Set in China during the Japanese occupation. A young man breaks out of a POW camp to marry his sweetheart, but finds she is now a spy for the resistance, code-named "Number 3". With the ...

Actors : Sándor Zsótér, Péter Rudolf, Katalin Szerb, Mari Töröcsik,
Directors : Pál Sándor,

In December 1956 there is a chaotic situation in Hungary. The revolution is put down by the Soviet army. People leave the country in large numbers for fear of revenge. A young soldier (...

Actors : Stanislaw Igar, Jerzy Kryszak, Jerzy Bonczak, Piotr Dejmek,
Directors : Witold Orzechowski,

A spy thriller set in 1943 when the Polish Resistance was killing SS- officers and collaborators in Lublin and Zamosc. Polish hitman romances with "officer's lady" while he is setting up ...

Actors : Giorgos Foundas, Nikos Apergis, Gely Mavropoulou, Mary Vidali,

Iro Konstantopoulou was thirteen years old when the Germans invaded Greece. Despite her age, however, she got involved with the resistance. When she was arrested for the first time, her ...

Actors : Ana Mazue, Santos Mulungo, Armando Loya,
Directors : Zdravko Velimirovic,

As children, a Mozambique native and a Portuguese colonialist were friends. Years have passed and Mozambique is fighting for its independence. Two childhood friends meet on opposing sides.