Best History movies of 1980s

Actors : Philippe Noiret, Raoul Billerey, Claudine Delvaux, Vincent Schmitt,
Directors : Philippe de Broca,

In 1793 when terror is widespread in France,peasants known as Chouans help the revolutionaries.

Actors : Alfred Böhm, Marte Harell, Hans Holt, Karl Merkatz,
Directors : Franz Antel,

A politically naive Viennese butcher (Bockerer) manages to survive the Nazi occupation of Austria and the second world war.

Actors : Gyula Vikidál, László Pelsöczy, Miklós Varga, Katalin Berek,
Directors : Gábor Koltay,

After the death of Géza, the Hungarian monarch, his son István and his brother Koppány gets in a conflict for the Hungarian throne. Their battle should settle the fate of Hungary: whether it adopts Christianity or remains in Paganism.

Actors : Luís Miguel Cintra, Miguel Guilherme, Diogo Dória, Luís Lucas,
Directors : Manoel de Oliveira,

Episodes from entire military history of Portugal are told through flashbacks as a professorish soldier recounts them while marching through a Portuguese African colony in 1973. He easily ...

Actors : Emmanuelle Béart, Vincent Perez, Massimo Troisi, Ornella Muti,
Directors : Ettore Scola,

In the Eighteenth Century, the "Traveling Company of Scenic Arts" composed of Tyrant, Lady Leonarde, Serafina, Isabella, Leandre, Zerbina, Matamore and Pulcinella gets lost while traveling ...

Actors : George Motoi, Ion Dichiseanu, Ioana Pavelescu, Traian Stanescu,
Directors : Doru Nastase,

Actors : Jacqueline Bisset, Laurence Olivier, Toshirô Mifune, Ben Gazzara,
Directors : Terence Young,

During the Korean War, General Douglas MacArthur masterminds the amphibious invasion of Inchon in September 1950.

Actors : Mahmoud Behrouzian, Mehdi Hashemi, Karim Akbari Mobarakeh, Yasaman Arami,
Directors : Bahram Beizai,

Death of Yazdgerd is the story of death of the last king of Iran before Muslims invade Iran. He escapes to city of Marv and hides in a mill but finally gets killed. The Story is told by the...

Actors : France Nuyen, Russell Wong, Julia Nickson, James Shigeta,
Directors : James F. Collier,

Drama set in the 1950s, based on a true story, about a young girl, Sung Neng Yee, who is brought as part of a wealthy Chinese family. She is eager to become part of Mao Tze Tung's "new ...

Actors : Lambert Wilson, Michael Ontkean, Sam Neill, Jodie Foster,
Directors : Claude Chabrol,

WWII. In German occupied Paris, Helene is torn between the love for her boyfriend Jean, working for the resistance and the German administrator Bergmann, who will do anything to gain her ...

Actors : Iurie Darie, Marga Barbu, Florin Piersic, Ion Marinescu,
Directors : Doru Nastase,

Margelatu, the feared criminal helps the Romanian resistance to fight the dictatorial authorities.

Actors : Linian Liu, Xiaoqing Liu, Ning Xu, Wen Jiang,
Directors : Jin Xie,

Love, humiliation and politics play out in a distant village of China during the cultural revolution.

Actors : Daniel Dicenta, Amparo Soler Leal, Héctor Alterio, José Manuel Cervino,
Directors : Pilar Miró,

El 21 de agosto de 1910, en el pueblo de Osa de la Vega, provincia de Cuenca, desaparece el pastor José María Grimaldos... See full synopsis »

Actors : Lambert Wilson, Gabriela Roel, Omero Antonutti, Eusebio Poncela,
Directors : Carlos Saura,

The film tells the epic story of an expedition that took place between 1560 and 1561, headed by Pedro de Ursúa, in search of "El Dorado." The territory they explored subsequently became ...

Actors : Themis Bazaka, Dimitris Katalifos, Maria Martika, Eirini Inglesi,
Directors : Pantelis Voulgaris,

The true story of a young couple (Babis and Eleni) fighting for love and freedom. An odyssey in and out of prisons during the dark period between the Greek civil war until the end of ...

Actors : Grazyna Szapolowska, Judit Hernádi, Ildikó Bánsági, Jadwiga Jankowska-Cieslak,

Political and sexual repression in Hungary, just after the revolution of 1956. In 1958, the body of Eva Szalanczky, a political journalist, is discovered near the border. Her friend Livia ...

Actors : Yao Lin Chen, Hark-On Fung, Fung Fung, Yeh Fang,
Directors : Woo-Ping Yuen,

The story of "Fok Yun Gap" also know as "Hou Yuan Chia" one of China's greatest marital artists.

Actors : Lino Troisi, Lino Ventura, Arnoldo Foà, Giuliana de Sio,
Directors : Giuseppe Ferrara,

In the late 1970s and early 80s, assassinations in Sicily get the attention of Communist deputy, Pio La Torre, who appeals to General Carlo Alberto Dalla Chiesa to become prefect in Palermo...

Actors : Valentin Teodosiu, Serban Ionescu, Ioana Craciunescu, Petrica Gheorghiu,
Directors : Mircea Muresan,

Set in the 1910's Transylvanian countryside, a poor but industrious peasant must choose between his obsessive lust for riches and his desire for true love.

Actors : Ernest Borgnine, Herbert Lom, Robert Vaughn, Oliver Reed,
Directors : John 'Bud' Cardos,

During the Angola Civil War, CIA agent Michael Smith is captured by the Communists, prompting a rescue mission organized by his father aided by hired mercenaries.