Top 10 War Films Of The 1980s

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2021 Episode 13: Top 10 War Films Of The 1980s
Continuing on with our war film series, we’re moving back another 10 years and looking at the best war movies made in the 1980s. Make sure you hit the subscribe button for more lists like this.
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[@feliciahorne8969]

Great list guys!! Thank you for picking Shoah and Come and See as the top two. They are my top two of all time.

[@jeanpaulmurcia4436]

What a fantastic list! Thank you so much :D

[@rkstours5026]

Mel’s scream of anguish at the end of Gallipoli is gut wrenching

[@MGB-learning]

Great video

[@roaminronin7818]

While the war genre is not my favorite, this is a great list. Come and See & Ran are in my top 10 alltime. Only not seen The Big Red One and 2 honorable mentions.. get to update my letterboxd watchlist now
Thanks!

[@keithr9640]

Love these lists. I’m happy to see movies I’ve never heard of let alone seen so I can hunt them down.
Not sure I can see any other movie other than Full Metal Jacket as number one though.

[@timorvet1]

Graveyard of the fireflies had me in tears by the end.

[@aztro4010]

As an American, I honestly love Talvisota (The Winter War) more than any 80s war movie that ever released from Hollywood.

[@eifelitorn]

Great list, I like how basically all of these show the horrors and wastefulness of war. None of them glorify it like some movies do nowadays.

[@thenewongoam2486]

Kurosawa is the second my favourites film director behind Martin Scorsese.

[@einundsiebenziger5488]

... is my second* favourite* film director ...

[@isaacmartinez6904]

The only movies I didn't see are Shoah, The Killing Fields and Talvisota. Besides that, Awesome list.

[@alirezaproductions7630]

Animal mother is my spirit animal

[@paulwee1924dus]

My top 10: -1: To be or not to be (1983).
-2: Hamburger hill (1987).
-3: The Bunker (1981)
-4: Codename Emerald (1985)
-5: The Dirty Dozen the fatal mission 91988).
-6: the Keep (1983).
-7: The Tenth Man (1988).
-8: The Misfit Brigade (1987).
-9: Escape from Sobibor (1987).
-10: Eye of the Needle (1981).
Check them all out!

[@otahu26]

The Sad part is... Most of these films have been censored now. Deemed to Violent for viewing. Yet our Video games have more blood and gore then most old school movies.

[@paulwee1924dus]

Haha, Clown world.

[@ksturmer5388]

ERm.......''Aliens'' anyone???? That's a war movie? They are Space Marines.

[@zxbzxbzxb1]

Lol :D

[@geoffreyrichardson8738]

I liked RAN but that's because I served in the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) and RAN means chaos in Japanese poetic

[@InterCity134]

Given some of the other decade films selects I’m surprised that for the 1980‘s we don’t have a film like War Games (ok a stretch) but at least The Day After in it as it tells a lot about the Cold War and the mentality and stresses of the era.

[@isuriadireja91]

Come and See
Platoon
Ran
Full Metal Jacket
Das Boot
Grave of the Fireflies
The Killing Fields
Casualties of War
Glory
Lion of the Desert

[@williamschlenger1518]

Gallipoli was outstanding.

[@NikosSantos]

I remember watching Das Boot for the first time. I was terrifyed. In my opinion this is the best war movie ever, because of its realism.

[@mugicha39s]

黒澤明監督は私達の国の誇りです！
ランキングに「乱」を入れてくれてありがとう！

[@peterpellechia5985]

Youre nuts,the big red one is number one!!!!

[@SixSamuraiUnited]

Anyone else notice that the top 3 are all from 1985?

[@paulrevere2379]

Full Metal Jacket is not about Soldiers. It's about Marines.

[@einundsiebenziger5488]

In the end Marines are just soldiers. They wear uniforms and are trained to kill. Everything else is cult worship.

[@hawlikd]

What about "Good Morning Vietnam"?

[@syahnazjais3766]

I can watch every movies in this list except grave of the fireflies, it just to sad for me

[@einundsiebenziger5488]

... every movie* on* this list ...

[@davedeady5828]

The US military had more volunteers than drafted soldiers per 1,000 than did during WW2

[@goat5136]

give "the smell of burning grass" a try

[@TheDuckingtons]

Hamburger Hill isn't even an honorable mention? Ugh.

[@henryford7305]

Empire of the Sun should have been number 1. Geez....

[@magnificus8581]

Ran is certainly beautiful, but highly overrated.