Best War movies of 1980s

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

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

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 : Mako, Charles R. Floyd, 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 : 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, Gilberto Torres, José Tejada, 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 : 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 : Gerard Thoolen, Kitty Courbois, Ester Spitz, Frank Rigter,
Directors : Kees Van Oostrum,

15 year old Sara, a Jewish girl living in the Netherlands during the German occupation slowly begins to realize the danger she and her family are in. When her parents are forced to move to ...

Actors : Alfredo Landa, José Sancho, Fiorella Faltoyano, Óscar Ladoire,
Directors : Ricardo Palacios,

Actors : Gerry Barnett, Cora Miao, Chiao Chiao, Yun-Fat Chow,
Directors : Ann Hui,

A cynical playboy pursues an introverted divorcee in the decadent Hong Kong on the eve of the Japanese invasion.

Actors : Gretchen German, Jennifer Runyon, Marc Singer, Gary Kroeger,
Directors : Stuart Gillard,

In the midst of WWII, a group of half-witted soldiers led by a slightly smarter sergeant, battle the Germans and especially Von Kraut in the desert.

Actors : Harold Sakata, Woody Strode, Edmund Purdom, Stuart Whitman,
Directors : Alan Birkinshaw,

A group of Japanese WWII soldiers transporting a gold shipment are captured and fight against a savage cannibal tribe. Years later, an expedition heads back into the jungle to locate the lost gold.

Actors : James Mason, Maximilian Schell, Ben Cross, Irene Papas,
Directors : Alexander Ramati,

This film sheds light on the role of the Catholic Church and the people of Assisi in rescuing Italian Jews from the Nazis in 1943.

Actors : Stephen Quadros, William Knight, Michael Wayne, David Parry,
Directors : David A. Prior,

An American reporter covering a civil war in Nicaragua discovers that four soldiers that he used to know during World War II are there and they are actual vampires fighting their own ...

Actors : Atsushi Watanabe, Kiichi Nakai, Takuzô Kawatani, Kôji Ishizaka,
Directors : Kon Ichikawa,

Actors : Boris Juh, Milan Puzic, Hans Christian Blech, Metod Pevec,
Directors : Zivojin Pavlovic,

The two enemies from war, Slovenian partisan Berk and German soldier Bitter, meet each other during holidays in Spain. Recalling the war through conversation, Berk remembers Anton, his fellow comrade he had spend the most time with.

Actors : Tuvia Gelber, Danny Segev, Salim Dau, Suhel Haddad,
Directors : Rafi Bukai,

June 11th 1967, the Six-Day War is over and the cease fire has just begun. We follow the journey of Gassan and Haled, two Egyptian soldiers whose only wish is to make their way through the ...

Actors : Irina Milan, Tom Wentzel, Hannu Lauri, Esko Salminen,
Directors : Jaakko Pakkasvirta,

Follows several Finnish officers and soldiers during World War II, mainly in the Finnish headquarters.

Actors : David Thewlis, Tom Bell, Rita Tushingham, Rudi Davies,
Directors : Paul Greengrass,

True story of a British soldier (David Thewlis), who is left behind in the Falklands after the war with Argentina. He travels on a journey from the Falkland Islands, to his army barracks in...

Actors : Reb Brown, Bill Hunter, James Coburn, Maurie Fields,
Directors : Philippe Mora,

Based on a true story, James Coburn portrays a military lawyer assigned to defend a confessed psychotic killer. Set in the context of WWII and the uneasy US-Australian military alliance. ...