Greatest 28 War Movies Worth Watching Released in 1985

Rambo returns to the jungles of Vietnam on a mission to infiltrate an enemy base-camp and rescue the American POWs still held captive there. More about Rambo: First Blood Part II / IMDB / YouTube

In Medieval Japan, an elderly warlord retires, handing over his empire to his three sons. However, he vastly underestimates how the new-found power will corrupt them and cause them to turn on each other...and him. Read about Ran / IMDB / YouTube

After finding an old rifle, a young boy joins the Soviet resistance movement against ruthless German forces and experiences the horrors of World War II. Read about Come and See / IMDB / YouTube

A journalist is trapped in Cambodia during Pol Pot's bloody Year Zero cleansing campaign. Learn about The Killing Fields / IMDB / YouTube

Claude Lanzmann's epic documentary recounts the story of the Holocaust through interviews with witnesses - perpetrators as well as survivors. Look into Shoah / IMDB / YouTube

Prequel to the first Missing In Action, set in the early 1980s it shows the capture of Colonel Braddock during the Vietnam war in the 1970s, and his captivity with other American POWs in a brutal prison camp, and his plans to escape. Info on Missing in Action 2: The Beginning / IMDB / YouTube

A trapper and his young son get pulled into the American revolution early as unwilling participants and remain involved through to the end. Get info on Revolution / IMDB / YouTube

This film is the second silver screen adaption of the Finnish war book by Väinö Linna with the same name as the film. The story is based on Linna's experiences as an infantry man in the Finnish army during the so called Continuation War (1941-1944). The film tells the story of the fate of a machine gun platoon made up of young conscripts from various parts of Finlan. See more about The Unknown Soldier / IMDB / YouTube

During WW2, American General Worden orders Major Reisman to pick 12 soldiers from the military prison for the dangerous mission of killing a Nazi General. Find out about The Dirty Dozen: Next Mission / IMDB / YouTube

The Biblical story of Israel's greatest King. Info on King David / IMDB / YouTube

In Italy, during World War II some American soldiers find an alien UFO. See more about Zone Troopers / IMDB / YouTube

A mother's love for her children leads to a son's revenge for her death in this dramatic thriller that begins during the Greek civil war. More about Eleni / IMDB / YouTube

In the aftermath of World War II, an American soldier falls in love with a Polish woman, and offers his help of leaving the country. But the circumstances turns out otherwise. Find out about A Year of the Quiet Sun / IMDB / YouTube

Emerald is an agent the Germans have inside allied intelligence 1944/WWII. With help from Emerald, the Germans catch Wheeler, believed to know the when and where of D-Day. Emerald is sent to be Wheeler's cell mate. Let the game begin. Look into Code Name: Emerald / IMDB / YouTube

Mata Hari is a beautiful dancer of Dutch origin working in Paris. It is August 1914 and war between France and Germany seems imminent. However, she accepts an invitation to travel to Berlin as part of a show. Check out Mata Hari / IMDB / YouTube

The film focuses on a group of Miskito in Nicaragua who used child soldiers in their resistance against the Sandinistas. Read about Ballad of the Little Soldier / IMDB / YouTube

Three groups of adventurers all vying to find treasure in the jungle clash against each other, the merciless natives, and the dangerous wildlife. More about Treasure of the Amazon / IMDB / YouTube

Jack Stryker took two bullets in the leg in Vietnam and was carried back by one of his men. When he returns, he tries to live a quiet life in his cabin and go back out with his girlfriend, Sally. More about Thou Shalt Not Kill... Except / IMDB / YouTube

An American ambassador to Israel tries to bring peace to the Middle East conflict through unconventional methods, but his efforts are hampered at every turn and his personal life threatened. Explore The Ambassador / IMDB / YouTube

In the winter of 1942-43, a Jewish family leaps from a train going through Silesia. They are separated in the woods, and Leon, a local peasant who's now a farmer of some wealth, discovers the woman, Rosa, and hides her in his cellar. Leon's a middle-aged Catholic bachelor, tormented by his sexual drive. He doesn't tell Rosa he's seen signs her husband is alive, and he. Look into Angry Harvest / IMDB / YouTube

The story of Helmut and Karl Hoffmann. Both come of age at the start of Hitler's power in Germany. Helmut joins the SS and eventually becomes a successful flag rank officer. Karl joins the SA and experiences the darker side of Nazism after the SA is disbanded and Karl is thrown into prison and later conscripted into the German army. Brother is pitted against brother u. Learn about Hitler's S.S.: Portrait in Evil / IMDB / YouTube

A tale centered on the Battle of the Golden Spurs in 1302 where the Flemish rank and file won a major victory over the glorious French knights. Get info on The Lion of Flanders / IMDB / YouTube

The dashing Captain Hugh Bullshot Crummond (Alan Shearman) - World War I ace fighter pilot, Olympic athlete, racing driver, part-time sleuth, and all round spiffing chap - must save the world from the dastardly Count Otto van Bruno (Ronald E. House), his wartime adversary. And, of course, win the heart of a jolly nice young lady. See more about Bullshot Crummond / IMDB / YouTube

In Paris, before the Nazis penetrate into the city, an Austrian refugee doctor falls in love with a mysterious woman. More about Arch of Triumph / IMDB / YouTube

In Cairo during World War II, a German Agent tries to infiltrate the British command to lay the groundwork for Erwin Rommel's conquest of Egypt. More about The Key to Rebecca / IMDB / YouTube

The moving story of a small Texas town in 1918. Until an influenza epidemic hit and several broken young men returned from the war in Europe. Explore 1918 / IMDB / YouTube

The fact-based story of the pioneer of nursing, known as the Lady with the Lamp. Info on Florence Nightingale / IMDB / YouTube

Salomé Lerner just finished writing an autobiograpy. She goes to a TV show called Apostrophes, hosted by French TV showman Bernard Pivot. Pivot then imagines a film that could be created from her gripping story. A film entirely made of music because after seeing the young pianist Erik Berchot, Salomé believes seeing her long lost brother, who was a musician as well.. Learn about Partir, revenir / IMDB / YouTube