Best War movies of 1980s

Actors : Janusz Bukowski, Josef Abrhám, Zoltán Bezerédy, Tadeusz Chudecki,
Directors : Janusz Majewski,

Set in military barracks in a small town during World War I. The soldiers herded in the barracks are 'politically suspect' mix of characters from all over of the Austro-Hungarian Empire: ...

Actors : Sergiu Nicolaescu, Vladimir Gaitan, Sebastian Papaiani, Joanna Pacula,
Directors : Sergiu Nicolaescu,

In 1916 Romanian Army lieutenant Tudor Gheorghiu jealously obsesses over his wife Lena's apparent infidelity and contests against gigolo lawyer Nicolau for Lena's love.

Actors : Filip Sovagovic, Fabijan Sovagovic, Krunoslav Saric, Nada Subotic,
Directors : Branko Schmidt,

The story begins in a small rural village in Slavonia,Ladimirevci in 1943, where a land owner Sima is helping the Partisan Movement and the official Ustasha regime in order to save the life...

Actors : Brasse Brännström, Ayse Emel Mesci Kuray, Gösta Ekman, Lasse Åberg,
Directors : Mats Arehn,

The famous Swedish Karoliner army has suffered its biggest defeat ever at Poltava in 1709. The Swedish king Karl XII is waiting in the small village of Bender for the Turkish sulton to help...

Actors : Martin Lamotte, Julien Hubert, Richard Bohringer, Antoine Hubert,
Directors : Jean-Loup Hubert,

The film is set in France in August 1944 at the end of the war. German troops are in retreat as the allies are coming in. Two French boys run from home and on their journey they stumble ...

Actors : Mohsen Zaehtab, Mahmud Bigham, Roya Nonahali, Ebrahim Abadi,
Directors : Mohsen Makhmalbaf,

Haji is severely traumatized by the war with Iraq. Back from the front, he's unable to adapt to civilian life. Despite family opposition, his fiancée stands by him as together they ...

Actors : Ewa Domanska, Wojciech Pszoniak, Jan Szurmiej, Franciszek Pieczka,
Directors : Jerzy Kawalerowicz,

During a pogrom in Poland on the eve of World War I, a group of Jews seek refuge from the Cossacks. The fugitives hide out in a rural inn, terrified that they may be given away at any moment.

Actors : Héctor Bidonde, Víctor Laplace, Federico Luppi, Rodolfo Ranni,
Directors : Héctor Olivera,

A small revolution breaks out in a small Argentine town, as one group of Peronists calls they newly elected peronist a communist. The newly elected official enlists the aid of allies ...

Actors : Gustavo Bueno, José Tejada, Gilberto Torres, Toño Vega,
Directors : Francisco J. Lombardi,

The Peruvian anti-terrorist army takes control of a far away and unknown small village isolated in the Andes by the terrorist militia "Sendero Luminoso" (Shining Path), during the dirty war in Peru at 80's decade.

Actors : Reb Brown, Louise Kamsteeg, Luciano Pigozzi, Christopher Connelly,
Directors : Bruno Mattei,

While operating behind enemy lines, Sergeant Mike Ransom learns of a Russian presence in North Vietnam. Ordered to obtain proof of this discovery, Ransom returns to enemy territory but is ...

Actors : Frank Aendenboom, Piet Balfoort, Theu Boermans, Bert André,
Directors : Hugo Claus,

A tale centered on the Battle of the Golden Spurs in 1302 where the Flemish rank and file won a major victory over the glorious French knights.

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 : Nathaniel Parker, Tilda Swinton, Laurence Olivier, Patricia Hayes,
Directors : Derek Jarman,

A film with no spoken dialogue, just follows the music and lyrics of Benjamin Britten's "War Requiem, which include WWI soldier poet Wilfred Owen's poems reflecting the war's horrors. It ...

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.

Actors : Brigitte Fossey, Jacques Penot, Michael York, Helen Hughes,
Directors : Robert Enrico,

The true story of Martin Gray, a Polish survivor of the Holocaust, from how he survived the German invasion, how got captured, and how he fought back with the rebels, to his life in the ...

Actors : Claude-Oliver Rudolph, Dana Vávrová, Eva Mattes, Werner Stocker,
Directors : Joseph Vilsmaier,

This is a cinematic adaptation of the autobiography of Anna Wimschneider. It depicts her life's experiences and workaday routines as a woman born on a farm in lower Bavaria, Germany, in the...

Actors : Martin Walz, Tina Engel, Hans Diehl, Curt Bois,
Directors : Markus Imhoof,

During World War II, Switzerland severely limited refugees: "Our boat is full." A train from Germany halts briefly in an isolated corner of Switzerland. Six people jump off seeking asylum: ...

Actors : Patrice-Flora Praxo, Gianluca Favilla, Ricky Tognazzi, Nicolas Cage,
Directors : Giuliano Montaldo,

1936, Italian army is invading Ethiopia. Lieutenant Silvestri suffering toothache decides to reach the nearest camp hospital. But the lorry has an accident and stop near a rock, so ...

Actors : Charles R. Floyd, Mako, David Carradine, Steve James,
Directors : Gideon Amir,

Col. Carradine leads a group of American P.O.W.s, battling their way to freedom as Saigon falls to the Viet Cong.

Actors : Jana Janovská, Jozef Kroner, Michal Docolomanský, Stefan Kvietik,
Directors : Juraj Jakubisko,

A historic mega-film, one family saga, three generations (1887 -1917) assimilated to the bee community in the hive. The queen bee serves as a big mother that symbolizes the family and ...