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1980s Historical Movies

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The Last Emperor(1987)

PG-13
| 2h 43min | Drama, History
3.8/5 (with 712 votes)

A dramatic history of Puyi, the last of the Emperors of China, from his lofty birth and brief reign in the Forbidden City, the object of worship by half a billion people; through his abdication, his decline and dissolute lifestyle; his exploitation by the invading Japanese, and finally to his obscure existence as just another peasant worker in the People's Republic.

Directed by Bernardo Bertolucci - With John Lone, Joan Chen, Peter O'Toole, Ying Ruocheng, Victor Wong, Ryuichi Sakamoto, ...
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The Bounty(1984)

PG
| 2h 12min | Action, Drama, History
3.4/5 (with 216 votes)

The familiar story of Lieutenant Bligh, whose cruelty leads to a mutiny on his ship. This version follows both the efforts of Fletcher Christian to get his men beyond the reach of British retribution, and the epic voyage of Lieutenant Bligh to get his loyalists safely to East Timor in a tiny lifeboat.

Directed by Roger Donaldson - With Mel Gibson, Anthony Hopkins, Laurence Olivier, Edward Fox, Daniel Day-Lewis, Liam Neeson, ...
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Kagemusha(1980)

PG
| 3h | Action, Drama, History, War
3.9/5 (with 269 votes)

Akira Kurosawa's lauded feudal epic presents the tale of a petty thief who is recruited to impersonate Shingen, an aging warlord, in order to avoid attacks by competing clans. When Shingen dies, his generals reluctantly agree to have the impostor take over as the powerful ruler. He soon begins to appreciate life as Shingen, but his commitment to the role is tested when he must lead his troops into battle against the forces of a rival warlord.

Directed by Akira Kurosawa - With Tatsuya Nakadai, Kaori Momoi, Takashi Shimura, Tsutomu Yamazaki, Jinpachi Nezu, Hideji Ōtaki, ...
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Evil Under the Sun(1982)

PG
| 1h 57min | Thriller, Crime, Mystery, Drama
3.4/5 (with 175 votes)

An opulent beach resort provides a scenic background to this amusing whodunit as Poirot attempts to uncover the nefarious evildoer behind the strangling of a notorious stage star.

Directed by Guy Hamilton - With Peter Ustinov, James Mason, Maggie Smith, Nicholas Clay, Jane Birkin, Colin Blakely, ...
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The Mission(1986)

PG
| 2h 6min | Adventure, Drama, Action, History
3.7/5 (with 598 votes)

When a Spanish Jesuit goes into the South American wilderness to build a mission in the hope of converting the Indians of the region, a slave hunter is converted and joins his mission. When Spain sells the colony to Portugal, they are forced to defend all they have built against the Portuguese aggressors.

Directed by Roland Joffé - With Robert De Niro, Jeremy Irons, Ray McAnally, Aidan Quinn, Cherie Lunghi, Liam Neeson, ...
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Lion of the Desert(1981)

PG
| 2h 53min | History, War, Drama
3.7/5 (with 73 votes)

This movie tells the story of Omar Mukhtar, an Arab Muslim rebel who fought against the Italian conquest of Libya in WWII. It gives western viewers a glimpse into this little-known region and chapter of history, and exposes the savage means by which the conquering army attempted to subdue the natives.

Directed by Moustapha Akkad - With Anthony Quinn, Oliver Reed, Rod Steiger, Raf Vallone, Irene Papas, John Gielgud, ...
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The Draughtsman's Contract(1982)

R
| 1h 43min | Comedy, Mystery, Romance / Love, Crime
3.6/5 (with 90 votes)

A young artist is commissioned by the wife of a wealthy landowner to make a series of drawings of the estate while her husband is away.

Directed by Peter Greenaway - With Anthony Higgins, Janet Suzman, Anne-Louise Lambert, Hugh Fraser, Lynda La Plante, David Gant, ...

The Bunker(1981)

2h 30min | War, Drama, TV Movie
3.1/5 (with 20 votes)

Dramatization depicting the events surrounding Adolf Hitler's last weeks in and around his underground bunker in Berlin before and during the battle for the city.

Directed by George Schaefer - With Anthony Hopkins, Richard Jordan, James Naughton, Michael Lonsdale, Piper Laurie, Susan Blakely, ...

The Sea Wolves(1980)

PG
| 2h | War, Action, Thriller
2.9/5 (with 33 votes)

This true story follows the exploits of a top-secret British military mission to destroy Nazi radio ships in a neutral harbor during WWII. The daring plan is led by British Intelligence officers Col. Lewis Pugh (Gregory Peck) and Capt. Gavin Stewart (Roger Moore). Since the ships are in neutral territory the British Military command, while encouraging the scheme, must deny any knowledge of it if it fails. Pugh and Stewart enlist the aid of retired officer Col. Bill Grice (David Niven) and some of his former soldiers. On the pretext of being on a fishing expedition, these seemingly drunken old men in civilian clothing must board and destroy 3 Nazi ships, whose radio transmissions have resulted in Nazi submarines sinking allied ships. While Stewart arranges a diversion onshore, Pugh and Grice carry out the dangerous raid on and destruction of the Nazi ships.

Directed by Andrew V. McLaglen - With Gregory Peck, Roger Moore, David Niven, Trevor Howard, Barbara Kellerman, Patrick Macnee, ...
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A Tale of Two Cities(1980)

PG
| 2h 42min | TV Movie, Romance / Love, Drama, History
2.9/5 (with 6 votes)

Dissolute barrister Sydney Carton becomes enchanted and then hopelessly in love with the beautiful Lucie Manette. But Lucie loves and marries Charles Darnay, and remains oblivious to Carton's undimmed devotion to her. When Darnay is ensnared in the deadly web of the French Revolution and condemned to die by the guillotine, Sydney Carton concocts a dangerous plot to free the husband of the woman he loves.

Directed by Jim Goddard - With Chris Sarandon, Alice Maud Krige, Peter Cushing, Kenneth More, Barry Morse, Flora Robson, ...
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The Imperial Navy(1981)

2h 25min | War, Drama
3.1/5 (with 4 votes)

A lavish retelling of the true story of the final voyage and ultimate destruction and sinking of the battleship Yamato, Japan's greatest flagship during the Second World War.

Directed by Shūe Matsubayashi

Chouans!(1988)

2h 25min | Drama, History, War
3.0/5 (with 19 votes)

Directed by Philippe de Broca, the film recounts a bloody episode of the French Revolution. 1793, the Terror . In Vendée and in Bretagne, the chouans are revolting against the young Republic and fight for the monarchy restauration. The civil war divides also the family of the Count Savinien de Kerfadec, a liberal and generous noble and a flying machines inventor.

Directed by Philippe de Broca - With Philippe Noiret, Sophie Marceau, Stéphane Freiss, Lambert Wilson, Charlotte de Turckheim, Claudine Delvaux, ...
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Swann in Love(1984)

1h 50min | Drama, Romance / Love
2.9/5 (with 16 votes)

In early 20th century, Charles Swann, a young and wealthy dandy, spends most of his time hanging out with the old nobility, notably the Duke and Duchess of Guermantes. He is madly in love with a pretty demi-mondaine, Odette de Crécy. Idle, Swann surrenders complacently to the torments of jealousy. After hours of suffering, he manages to spend a night with Odette. In the morning, he believes that ultimately, this one is "not his type". However, we find him, many years later, alongside Odette who, now his wife, gave him a daughter. In the company of Baron de Charlus, brother of the Duchess of Guermantes, he wonders about the failure of his sentimental life, so far removed from this absolute he dreamed of.

Directed by Volker Schlöndorff - With Jeremy Irons, Ornella Muti, Alain Delon, Anne Bennent, Bernadette Le Saché, Catherine Lachens, ...

Cucaracha(1982)

1h 31min | Drama, Mystery
3.4/5 (with 2 votes)

A screen adaptation of the novel of the same name by the well-known Georgian writer Nodar Dumbadze. This story about love and loyalty, bravery and betrayal, began shortly before the Patriotic War of 1941-1945. Georgy Tumurashvili, a militia man, was affectionately called “Cucaracha”, by both the kids and the adults. He was a conscientious divisional inspector investigating various incidents, calling to order local hoodlums and settling family arguments. Once he helped out Inga who fell prey to Murtalo, a bandit and murderer. The young people fell in love with each other. But Murtalo decided to take revenge on Cucaracha… http://www.petershop.com.

Directed by Siko Dolidzė, Keti Dolidze - With Zaza Kolelishvili, Levan Uchaneishvili, Nineli Chankvetadze

The Lighthorsemen(1987)

PG
| 2h 11min | War, Drama, History
3.0/5 (with 15 votes)

Palestine, 1917. The British advance has been stopped by the Turkish line running from Gaza to Beersheba. The latest attack on Gaza has failed. The attacking forces included a regiment of Australian mounted infantry, the Light Horse... Lighthorseman Frank is wounded in a skirmish with Bedouin. He is replaced by a young soldier, Dave, who proves to be a crack shot, but reluctant to fire at the enemy. Dave proves himself during a German biplane attack. Recuperating in hospital, he meets a sympathetic nurse, Anne... The regiment is called upon for a bold flanking attack on Beersheba. But how do you convince the Turks the main attack will come at Gaza? And how do you attack across a desert without water?

Directed by Simon Wincer - With Peter Phelps, Sigrid Thornton, Tony Bonner, Gary Sweet, John Walton, Tim McKenzie, ...

The Bushido Blade(1981)

R
| 1h 44min | History, Action, Drama
2.7/5 (with 5 votes)

A steel samurai blade that was to be given to the American ambassador by the Emperor of Japan is stolen. American sailors and Japanese samurai are sent to find it.

Directed by Tsugunobu Kotani - With Sonny Chiba, Frank Converse, Richard Boone, James Earl Jones, Laura Gemser, Mako, ...

A Summer Story(1988)

1h 35min | Romance / Love, Drama
3.1/5 (with 7 votes)

A bittersweet tale of lost love, based on a short story ("The Apple Tree") by John Galsworthy.

Directed by Piers Haggard - With James Wilby, Imogen Stubbs, Susannah York, Kenneth Colley, Jerome Flynn, Sophie Ward, ...
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Priest of Love(1981)

R
| 2h 5min | Drama, Romance / Love
2.6/5 (with 4 votes)

Following the banning and burning of his novel, "The Rainbow," D.H. Lawrence and his wife, Frieda, move to the United States, and then to Mexico. When Lawrence contracts tuberculosis, they return to England for a short time, then to Italy, where Lawrence writes "Lady Chatterley's Lover.".

Directed by Christopher Miles - With Ian McKellen, Janet Suzman, Ava Gardner, Penelope Keith, Jorge Rivero, John Gielgud, ...

Rise and Fall of Idi Amin(1981)

R
| 1h 31min | Drama, History, Crime, Thriller, War
3.9/5 (with 2 votes)

The chronicle of Ugandan dictator Idi Amin and his tyranic rule from 1971 to his overthrow in 1979.

Directed by Sharad Patel - With Joseph Olita, Denis Hills

Nad Niemnem(1987)

3h 35min | Drama
2.9/5 (with 3 votes)

Adaptation of novel by Eliza Orzeszkowa. The film is set in 1886 in Lithuania, is spins around a conflict between Bohatyrowicz family and aristocrat family in Korczyn. Against the background of the social and family disputes was shown topic of love between Justyna Orzelska, niece of Benedykt Korczyński, and Jan Bohatyrowicz. Will their love be strong enough to break the mental barrier that separates the world of Bohatyrowicz from the world of Korczyński?

Directed by Zbigniew Kuźmiński - With Janusz Zakrzeński, Jacek Chmielnik, Edmund Fetting, Iwona Katarzyna Pawlak, Adam Marjański, Marta Lipińska, ...

Mussolini and I(1985)

4h | TV Movie, History, Drama, War
3.3/5 (with 3 votes)

A compelling drama/documentary chronicling the life and death of Il Duce himself, from his days as a terrorist to his alliance with Hitler to the betrayal of his son-in-law and untimely demise.

Directed by Alberto Negrin - With Susan Sarandon, Anthony Hopkins, Bob Hoskins, Annie Girardot, Barbara De Rossi, Harald Dietl, ...

Sarraounia(1986)

2h | War, Drama, History
2.9/5 (with 3 votes)

On 2 January 1899, starting from the French Sudan, a French column under the command of the captains Voulet and Chanoine is sent against the black Sultan Rabah in what is now the Cameroon. Those captains and their African mercenary troops destroy and kill everything they find on their path. The French authorities try to stop them sending orders and a second troop but the captains kill the emissaries who reach them. Sarraounia, queen of the Aznas, have heard about the exactions. Clever in war tactics and in witchcraft, she decides to resist and stop those mad men.

Directed by Med Hondo - With Jean-Roger Milo, Féodor Atkine, Aï Keïta Yara, Didier Sauvegrain, Roger Miremont, Luc-Antoine Diquéro, ...

Chanel Solitaire(1981)

1h 47min | Drama
1.6/5 (with 2 votes)

The story about the life and loves of an amazing woman-Coco Chanel- who rose from the bottom with no family or financial support and became one of the most legendary of all our creative icons.

Directed by George Kaczender - With Albert Augier, Alexandra Stewart, Brigitte Fossey, Catherine Alcover, Catherine Allégret, Alain David, ...

An Epitaph for Barbara Radziwill(1983)

1h 29min | History, Drama
3.5/5 (with 1 vote)

Drama about historical figure Barbara Radziwiłł, her romance with King Sigismund II August, her death and her posthumous return to Vilnius.

Directed by Janusz Majewski - With Jerzy Zelnik

The Austrian(1990)

1h 38min | Drama, History
3.0/5 (with 1 vote)

A woman is detained at La Conciergerie. She's 37 but her hair are already white. She's suffering from terrible haemorraghe. Her name is Marie-Antoinette of Lorraine, from Austria, and she's living her last four days.

Directed by Pierre Granier-Deferre - With Ute Lemper, Philippe Leroy, Rufus, Pierre Clémenti, Vincent Grass, Patrick Chesnais, ...

Magician(1988)

1h 27min | Drama
2.6/5 (with 3 votes)

A narration of episodes from the life of the famous Czech poet, Karel Hynek Mácha. Throughout the film, we witness a deep analysis of Mácha's complex character (his relation to another Czech writer of the time Josef Kajetán Tyl, his unbearable jealousy, his solitude, his attitude to nature,etc.) on the well-depicted historical background with all its particularities.

Directed by František Vláčil - With Jiří Schwarz, Veronika Žilková, Marta Vančurová, Petr Čepek, Jan Hrušínský, Rudolf Hrušínský, ...

Bairoletto, la aventura de un rebelde(1985)

1h 30min | Drama
2.5/5 (with 1 vote)

Biographical adventure movie about notorious Argentine outlaw Bautista Bairoletto, known as the "Robin Hood of La Pampa".

Directed by Sebastián Larreta, Atilio Polverini - With Luisina Brando, Arturo Bonín, Rudy Chernicoff, María Vaner, Augusto Larreta, Esther Goris, ...

The Xi'an Incident(1981)

2h 50min | Drama, History
4.0/5 (with 1 vote)

Marshal Zhang Xueliang, Commander of the North Eastern Army, grows progressively disillusioned by Kuomintang leader Chiang Kai-shek's policy to engage the Chinese Communist Party rather than fight the Japanese invaders which are occupying Manchuria. Despite numerous pleas, Chiang does not budge. After discussing with fellow general Yang Hucheng, the two take events into their own hands and place Chiang Kai-shek under arrest on December 12, 1936, forcing Chiang into a coalition with the CCP.

Directed by Cheng Yin - With Jin Ange, Xin Jing, Sun Feihu, Wang Tiecheng, Gu Yue

In Broad Daylight(1981)

1h 29min | History, Drama
3.2/5 (with 4 votes)

Set in 1905. The story focuses on a young and inexperienced man in a revolutionary execution squad. He does his killing job out of idealism, and for the love of a woman. The young student murders a Russian spy and is afterwards arrested by the police. Much to his surprise he is released after a session with the traitor-judge, hinting at some leaks in the organisation. Student reports his suspicions back to the organisation, but in response is given a new hit mission.

Directed by Edward Zebrowski - With Michał Bajor, Krystyna Janda, Gustaw Holoubek, Władysław Kowalski, Jan Nowicki, Jerzy Radziwilowicz, ...

The Magnate(1987)

2h 51min | Drama, History
3.0/5 (with 3 votes)

This Polish historical drama film traces the fascinating saga of a wealthy, princely Polish dynasty in years 1900-1935.

Directed by Filip Bajon - With Jan Nowicki, Jerzy Bińczycki, Grażyna Szapołowska, Olgierd Łukaszewicz, Bogusław Linda, Jan Englert, ...
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