Best War movies of 1980

Actors : Bobby Di Cicco, Mark Hamill, Robert Carradine, Lee Marvin,
Directors : Samuel Fuller,

The story of a sergeant and the inner core members of his unit as they try to serve in and survive World War II.

Actors : Eileen Brennan, Robert Webber, Goldie Hawn, Armand Assante,
Directors : Howard Zieff,

A sheltered young high society woman joins the United States Army on a whim and finds herself in a more difficult situation than she ever expected.

Actors : Tatsuya Nakadai, Jinpachi Nezu, Ken'ichi Hagiwara, Tsutomu Yamazaki,
Directors : Akira Kurosawa,

A petty thief with an utter resemblance to a samurai warlord is hired as the lord's double. When the warlord later dies the thief is forced to take up arms in his place.

Actors : Bryan Brown, Jack Thompson, Edward Woodward, John Waters,
Directors : Bruce Beresford,

Three Australian lieutenants are court martialed for executing prisoners as a way of deflecting attention from war crimes committed by their superior officers.

Actors : Andréa Ferréol, Jean Poiret, Gérard Depardieu, Catherine Deneuve,
Directors : François Truffaut,

In occupied Paris, an actress married to a Jewish theater owner must keep him hidden from the Nazis while doing both of their jobs.

Actors : David Niven, Roger Moore, Gregory Peck, Trevor Howard,
Directors : Andrew V. McLaglen,

A true World War II story: the British must attack a German ship, but it's safe, in neutral Goa. So they send civilians, ex-soldiers about sixty-years-old.

Actors : Tony King, Tisa Farrow, David Warbeck, Bobby Rhodes,
Directors : Antonio Margheriti,

During the Vietnam war, an American soldier gets trapped behind enemy lines. A squad of his buddies sets out to rescue him.

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 : John Ahlgren, Georg Adelly, Ernst Günther, Per Oscarsson,
Directors : Per Oscarsson,

This farce cocerns Sweden's King Gustav (Per Oscarsson who plays all the lead roles). The royal monarchs of three major European countries are patiently or not-so-patiently hovering on the ...

Actors : Giuliano Gemma, Bruno Cremer, Mimsy Farmer, Laurent Malet,
Directors : Raoul Coutard,

In May 1978, the mining town of Kolwezi in Katanga, Zaire (now Democratic Republic of Congo, the former Belgian Congo) is under attack from a group of communist guerillas coming from nearby... See full synopsis »

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 : Tatsuya Nakadai, Toshirô Mifune, Hisaya Morishige, Teruhiko Aoi,
Directors : Toshio Masuda,

Depicts the bloody siege of the fortress Port Arthur during the Russo-Japanese War 1904 - 1905. In the story dominated the character Lt Takeshi Kogyo (Teruhiko Aoi), teachers, and a reserve...

Actors : Xuecheng Fu, Hengduo Zhao, Shi Han, Huaizheng Liu,
Directors : Nong Lin,

In 1935 the Red Army needs to cross the Dadu River.

Actors : Natalya Sayko, Anatoliy Vasilev, Ivan Bortnik, Vladimir Gostyukhin,
Directors : Nikolay Koshelev,

After lying in the hospital and bidding farewell to the front-line service, Sergeant Katsuba goes to a small provincial town to teach young cadets a military wisdom. However, the ...

Actors : Ivan Klemenc, Jadranka Matkovic, Ante Vican, Gorica Popovic,
Directors : Vesna Ljubic,

A poor village in Herzegovina suffers from constant flooding and different armies that periodically plunder the countryside. One woman is convinced that the solution to the problems lies in...

Actors : Stanislaw Igar, Jerzy Kryszak, Piotr Dejmek, Jerzy Bonczak,
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 : Aparna, Shriti Rekha Biswas, Banani Chowdhury, Sunil Dasgupta,
Directors : Nirmal Chowdhury,

Chattagram Astragar Lunthan is a social political drama that is based on the historical battle for India's independence with focus on the Bengal and the revolt in Chattagram. The movie ...

Actors : Miljenko Brlecic, Inge Appelt, Janez Bermez, Ena Begovic,
Directors : Ljubisa Ristic,

Zagreb in 1942. The police blocks on of the houses while looking for one of the communist officials hiding in the apartment of young female illegal fighter. Them two manage to escape, ...

Actors : Mariusz Benoit, Tadeusz Galia, Krzysztof Janczar, Jerzy Bonczak,
Directors : Andrzej Kotkowski,

The film deals with the a clandestine Olympiade held in a German POW camp during WW II, housing many Poles, but also French and Brits. A spit and a Polish German lieutenant is added to the ...

Actors : Milena Dravic, Milutin Jevdjenijevic, Miodrag 'Miki' Krstovic, Maja Lalevic,
Directors : Mladomir 'Purisa' Djordjevic,

A film about an incident in the last war when a gypsy girl sacrifices herself for her lover, a partisan who has deserted.