Best war films 1981 – 1990 - Charts
Best war films 1981 – 1990
3. Shoah (1985)
France, Documentary / Historical
Directed by: Claude Lanzmann
Cast: Claude Lanzmann, Richard Glazar
4. Full Metal Jacket (1987)
UK / USA, Drama / War
Directed by: Stanley Kubrick
Cast: Matthew Modine, Adam Baldwin
5. Grave of the Fireflies (1988)
Japan, Animation / Drama
Directed by: Isao Takahata
Cast: Tsutomu Tatsumi, Ayano Shiraishi
6. Europa Europa (1990)
Germany / France, Drama / War
Directed by: Agnieszka Holland
Cast: Marco Hofschneider, Julie Delpy
7. Come and See (1985)
Soviet Union, Drama / War
Directed by: Elem Klimov
Cast: Aleksey Kravchenko, Olga Mironova
8. The Killing Fields (1984)
UK, Drama / War
Directed by: Roland Joffé
Cast: Sam Waterston, Haing S. Ngor
9. Empire of the Sun (1987)
USA, Drama / War
Directed by: Steven Spielberg
Cast: Christian Bale, John Malkovich
10. Korczak (1990)
Poland / Germany, Drama / Biography
Directed by: Andrzej Wajda
Cast: Wojciech Pszoniak, Ewa Dalkowska
11. Good Morning, Vietnam (1987)
USA, Drama / Comedy
Directed by: Barry Levinson
Cast: Robin Williams, Forest Whitaker
12. Tomorrow Was the War (1987)
Soviet Union, Drama / War
Directed by: Yuri Kara
Cast: Sergey Nikonenko, Нина Русланова
15. The Winter War (1989)
Finland, Drama / War
Directed by: Pekka Parikka
Cast: Taneli Mäkelä, Vesa Vierikko
16. Born on the Fourth of July (1989)
USA, Drama / War
Directed by: Oliver Stone
Cast: Tom Cruise, Willem Dafoe
17. Henry V (1989)
UK, Historical / Drama
Directed by: Kenneth Branagh
Cast: Derek Jacobi, Kenneth Branagh
18. Casualties of War (1989)
USA, Drama / War
Directed by: Brian De Palma
Cast: Michael J. Fox, Sean Penn
20. Cuckoo in a Dark Forest (1984)
Czechoslovakia / Poland, Drama / War
Directed by: Antonín Moskalyk
21. The Last Butterfly (1990)
Czechoslovakia / France, Drama / War
Directed by: Karel Kachyňa
Cast: Tom Courtenay, Brigitte Fossey
23. The Atomic Cafe (1982)
USA, Documentary / Historical
Directed by: Kevin Rafferty, Jayne Loader
Cast: Lyndon B. Johnson, Harry S. Truman
24. Memphis Belle (1990)
UK / Japan, War / Drama
Directed by: Michael Caton-Jones
Cast: Matthew Modine, Eric Stoltz
25. Salvador (1986)
USA / UK, Drama / Thriller
Directed by: Oliver Stone
Cast: James Woods, Jim Belushi
27. That Instant, That While (1981)
Czechoslovakia, Drama / War
Directed by: Jiří Sequens st.
Cast: František Němec, Daniela Kolářová
28. Bullet in the Head (1990)
Hong Kong, Action / Crime
Directed by: John Woo
Cast: Tony Chiu-wai Leung, Jacky Cheung
29. Children of Nagasaki (1983)
Japan, Drama / War
Directed by: Keisuke Kinoshita
Cast: Shinobu Otake, Chikage Awashima
31. Barefoot Gen (1983)
Japan, Animation / Drama
Directed by: Mori Masaki
Cast: Junji Nishimura, Takeshi Aono
32. When the Wind Blows (1986)
UK, Animation / Comedy
Directed by: Jimmy T. Murakami
Cast: Peggy Ashcroft, John Mills
34. Goodbye, Children (1987)
France / West Germany, Drama / Biography
Directed by: Louis Malle
Cast: Gaspard Manesse, Raphael Fejtö
35. To Be or Not to Be (1983)
USA, Comedy / War
Directed by: Alan Johnson
Cast: Mel Brooks, Anne Bancroft
36. Lion of the Desert (1981)
Libya / USA, War / Drama
Directed by: Moustapha Akkad
Cast: Anthony Quinn, Oliver Reed
38. Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985)
USA, Action / Adventure
Directed by: George P. Cosmatos
Cast: Sylvester Stallone, Richard Crenna
41. Heartbreak Ridge (1986)
USA, Action / Comedy
Directed by: Clint Eastwood
Cast: Clint Eastwood, Marsha Mason
42. Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence (1983)
UK / Japan, Drama / War
Directed by: Nagisa Ōshima
Cast: David Bowie, Tom Conti
43. Oznamuje se láskám vašim (1988)
Czechoslovakia, Romance / War
Directed by: Karel Kachyňa
Cast: Lukáš Vaculík, Markéta Hrubešová
46. The Skin (1981)
Italy / France, Drama / War
Directed by: Liliana Cavani
Cast: Marcello Mastroianni, Ken Marshall
47. World War II - 8: Hiroshima and Nagasaki (1983)
USA, Documentary / War
Directed by: Anthony Rizzo
48. The Lighthorsemen (1987)
Australia, War
Directed by: Simon Wincer
Cast: Peter Phelps, Shane Briant
49. The Night of the Shooting Stars (1982)
Italy, Drama / Fantasy
Directed by: Vittorio Taviani, Paolo Taviani
Cast: Omero Antonutti, Margarita Lozano
50. Eastern Condors (1987)
Hong Kong, Action / War
Directed by: Sammo Hung
Cast: Sammo Hung, Biao Yuen
52. For Those I Loved (1983)
France / Canada, Drama / War
Directed by: Robert Enrico
Cast: Michael York, Brigitte Fossey
54. Time to Kill (1990)
Italy / France, Drama / War
Directed by: Giuliano Montaldo
Cast: Nicolas Cage, Ricky Tognazzi
55. The Woman and the Stranger (1985)
East Germany, Drama / Historical
Directed by: Rainer Simon
Cast: Kathrin Waligura, Peter Zimmermann
56. Afghan Breakdown (1990)
Soviet Union / Italy, War
Directed by: Vladimir Bortko
Cast: Michele Placido, Нина Русланова
57. Kára plná bolesti (1985)
Czechoslovakia, Drama / War
Directed by: Stanislav Párnický
Cast: Marián Geišberg, Marián Zednikovič
58. The Year of Living Dangerously (1982)
Australia, Romance / Drama
Directed by: Peter Weir
Cast: Mel Gibson, Sigourney Weaver
59. Norouk Pramboun Chaon (1987)
Cambodia / Czechoslovakia, Drama / Romance
Directed by: Milan Muchna
Cast: Milan Kňažko, Oum Sovanny
60. The Heifer (1985)
Spain, Comedy / War
Directed by: Luis García Berlanga
Cast: Alfredo Landa, Santiago Ramos
61. Gardens of Stone (1987)
USA, Drama / War
Directed by: Francis Ford Coppola
Cast: James Caan, Anjelica Huston
62. Barefoot Gen 2 (1986)
Japan, Animation / War
Directed by: Toshio Hirata
Cast: Junji Nishimura, Hiroshi Ōtake
63. Front in the Rear of the Enemy (1981)
Soviet Union / Czechoslovakia, War / Historical
Directed by: Igor Gostev
65. Royal Space Force: The Wings of Honnêamise (1987)
Japan, Animation / Drama
Directed by: Hiroyuki Yamaga
Cast: 森本レオ, Bin Shimada
66. Hamburger Hill (1987)
USA, War / Action
Directed by: John Irvin
Cast: Don Cheadle, Dylan McDermott
67. Proud Heritage (1989)
Romania, Historical / War
Directed by: Sergiu Nicolaescu
Cast: Ion Besoiu, Sergiu Nicolaescu
68. Fat Man and Little Boy (1989)
USA, Drama / Historical
Directed by: Roland Joffé
Cast: Paul Newman, Dwight Schultz
72. Allons z'enfants (1981)
France, War / Drama
Directed by: Yves Boisset
Cast: Lucas Belvaux, Jean Carmet
73. Southern Comfort (1981)
USA / Switzerland, Drama / Thriller
Directed by: Walter Hill
Cast: Keith Carradine, Powers Boothe
75. The Siege of Firebase Gloria (1989)
Australia / USA, War
Directed by: Brian Trenchard-Smith
Cast: Wings Hauser, R. Lee Ermey
76. G.I. Joe: The Movie (1987)
USA, Adventure / Animation
Directed by: Don Jurwich, Stan Phillips
Cast: Don Johnson, Corey Burton
77. The Night Overtake Me (1985)
Czechoslovakia, Drama / War
Directed by: Juraj Herz
Cast: Jana Dolanská, Jana Brejchová
79. Last Platoon (1988)
Italy / USA, Action / War
Directed by: Ignazio Dolce
Cast: Richard Hatch, Donald Pleasence
80. Fort Saganne (1984)
France, Drama / War
Directed by: Alain Corneau
Cast: Gérard Depardieu, Philippe Noiret
83. Farewell to the King (1989)
USA, Action / War
Directed by: John Milius
Cast: Nigel Havers, Frank McRae
84. Utu (1983)
New Zealand, Drama / Adventure
Directed by: Geoff Murphy
Cast: Anzac Wallace, Bruno Lawrence
85. Walker (1987)
USA / Mexico, Western / Adventure
Directed by: Alex Cox
Cast: Ed Harris, Richard Masur
88. 84C MoPic (1989)
USA, War
Directed by: Patrick Sheane Duncan
Cast: Richard Brooks, Glenn Morshower
90. Blanche and Marie (1985)
France, Drama / War
Directed by: Jacques Renard
Cast: Miou-Miou, Sandrine Bonnaire
91. Victory (1981)
USA, Drama / Action
Directed by: John Huston
Cast: Michael Caine, Sylvester Stallone
92. Otvetnyy khod (1981)
Soviet Union, Drama / Action
Directed by: Mikhail Tumanishvili
Cast: Борис Галкин, Mihai Volontir
93. Combat Shock (1984)
USA, Drama / War
Directed by: Buddy Giovinazzo
Cast: Rick Giovinazzo, Veronica Stork
94. Adieu Bonaparte (1985)
Egypt / France, Drama / War
Directed by: Youssef Chahine
Cast: Michel Piccoli, Mohsen Mohieddin
95. Mobile Suit Gundam I (1981)
Japan, Animation / Action
Directed by: Yoshiyuki Tomino, Ryōji Fujiwara
Cast: Shūichi Ikeda, Hirotaka Suzuoki
96. H.M. Deserters (1986)
Poland / Hungary, Adventure / Comedy
Directed by: Janusz Majewski
Cast: Marek Kondrat, Zoltán Bezerédi
97. Bridge to Hell (1986)
Italy / Yugoslavia, War
Directed by: Umberto Lenzi
Cast: Carlo Mucari, Carolyn De Fonseca
98. Streamers (1983)
USA, Drama / War
Directed by: Robert Altman
Cast: Matthew Modine, Michael Wright
100. Eye of the Eagle 2: Inside the Enemy (1989)
Philippines / USA, Action / Adventure
Directed by: Carl Franklin
Cast: Todd Field, Carl Franklin