Top 28 History Movies Releases from 1984

The life, success and troubles of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, as told by Antonio Salieri, the contemporaneous composer who was deeply jealous of Mozart's talent and claimed to have murdered him. Find out about Amadeus / IMDB / YouTube

The U.S. space program's development from the breaking of the sound barrier to selection of the Mercury 7 astronauts, from a group of test pilots with a more seat-of-the-pants approach than the program's more cautious engineers preferred. Info on The Right Stuff / IMDB / YouTube

Fed up with their Captain's harsh discipline, a sailing ship's crew decides to take action. Learn about The Bounty / IMDB / YouTube

A worker at a plutonium processing plant is purposefully contaminated, psychologically tortured and possibly murdered to prevent her from exposing worker safety violations at the plant. Learn about Silkwood / IMDB / YouTube

A communist soldier travels to Shanbei to collect folk songs for propaganda while visiting a poor peasant family, giving hope to the teenage daughter in escaping an arranged marriage. Read about Yellow Earth / IMDB / YouTube

The true story of a New Zealand racehorse that became a champion, with the help of a local stable-boy. Details on Phar Lap / IMDB / YouTube

A filmmaker returns to Northeast Brazil after twenty years to resume his film (a profile of assassinated peasant leader João Pedro Teixeira) which was shut down by a right-wing military coup in 1964. Check out Twenty Years Later / IMDB / YouTube

Young army officer of peasant origin becomes a war hero battling in the Sahara while seducing a young woman from the aristocratic class. Read about Fort Saganne / IMDB / YouTube

Orson Welles and Elizabeth Taylor compassionately narrate this harrowing documentary about Jewish persecution in Nazi Germany, which soon turned into a notoriously industrious plan to wipe them from existence. Look into Genocide / IMDB / YouTube

WWII. In German occupied Paris, Helene is torn between the love for her boyfriend Jean, working for the resistance and the German administrator Bergmann, who will do anything to gain her affection. See more about The Blood of Others / IMDB / YouTube

A historic mega-film, one family saga, three generations (1887 -1917) assimilated to the bee community in the hive. The queen bee serves as a big mother that symbolizes the family and national roots, the power and meaning of tradition and the return to it. The mosaic of the bricklaying Pichanda family's lives is made of love, hope, hard work, human understanding and a. More about The Millennial Bee / IMDB / YouTube

The tragic medieval tale of a man of inhuman strength, fierce temper and a desire for noble knighthood. While on the run as a murderer, he finds new life as a knight, only to face disillusionment, the horrors of war and ugly human vices. Look into Daliás idök / IMDB / YouTube

This is the compelling story of Jesse Owens, a man who overcame racial barriers to become one of history's greatest Olympic athletes by disproving Adolf Hitler's theory of Aryan athletic superiority through his success in track and field. More about The Jesse Owens Story / IMDB / YouTube

In 17th-century Navarre, Lord Fermin has started a witch hunt. Villagers are arrested and tortured to extract confessions; Fermin is actually using this horror to tarnish Unai, a farmer who opposes his tyrannical rule. Read about Akelarre / IMDB / YouTube

A banished hero of Rome allies with a sworn enemy to take his revenge on the city. See more about The Tragedy of Coriolanus / IMDB / YouTube

Biopic of Saturday Review editor and political journalist Norman Cousins who developed and promoted a self-made health therapy consisting of intake of large quantities of vitamin C and making oneself laugh as much as possible. Look into Anatomy of an Illness / IMDB / YouTube

True story set in the Roaring Twenties Sydney about the rise of Berlei, a popular Australian brand of women's lingerie, famous for its bras and girdles. Find out about Undercover / IMDB / YouTube