Greatest 21 War Movies Award-Winning Released in 1983

Sophie is the survivor of Nazi concentration camps, who has found a reason to live with Nathan, a sparkling if unsteady American Jew obsessed with the Holocaust. Explore Sophie's Choice / IMDB / YouTube

A young Australian reporter tries to navigate the political turmoil of Indonesia during the rule of President Sukarno with the help of a diminutive photographer. Look into The Year of Living Dangerously / IMDB / YouTube

During WWII, a British colonel tries to bridge the cultural divides between a British POW and the Japanese camp commander in order to avoid bloodshed. Check out Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence / IMDB / YouTube

At the onset of WW2, a Polish actor's family and the Polish Resistance help the troupe of a theatre escape Poland and the invading Nazis. Info on To Be or Not to Be / IMDB / YouTube

Ten years after his son went M.I.A. in Vietnam, U.S. Marine retired Colonel Jason Rhodes assembles a private rescue team to find Americans held in P.O.W. camps in Laos. Read about Uncommon Valor / IMDB / YouTube

Three journalists in a romantic triangle are involved in political intrigue during the last days of the corrupt Somoza regime in Nicaragua before it falls to a popular revolution in 1979. Look into Under Fire / IMDB / YouTube

Just after WW1, alcoholic American biplane pilot Patrick O'Malley is hired by Eve Tozer, the spoiled daughter of an industrialist, to locate her father, who disappeared somewhere in Asia. Details on High Road to China / IMDB / YouTube

Vatican efforts, led by Monsignor Hugh O'Flaherty, to save Allied P.O.W.s and downed Allied airmen as the Nazis invade Rome. See more about The Scarlet and the Black / IMDB / YouTube

Bourdelle, a family of musicians, refuse to play for Germans during the war. They would like to liberate France using all possible means. Check out Gramps Is in the Resistance / IMDB / YouTube

A group of petty criminals is trying to make some money under the disguise of a musical band in German-occupied Serbia. Look into Balkan ekspres / IMDB / YouTube

A Jewish refugee marries a soldier to escape deportation to Germany. Meanwhile a wealthy art student loses her first husband to a stray Resistance bullet; at the Liberation she meets an actor, gets pregnant, and marries him. Look into Entre Nous / IMDB / YouTube

Four young soldiers waiting to be shipped to Viet Nam deal with racial tension and their own intolerance when one soldier reveals he's gay. Find out about Streamers / IMDB / YouTube

A force of loners and fighters is put together to try and rescue Generals that are captured by the Japanese and save the war effort with the promise of gold and/or pardons of past crimes. See more about Fantasy Mission Force / IMDB / YouTube

In 1870, a Maori warrior working with the British finds his village massacred, and vows revenge. Get info on Utu / IMDB / YouTube

The members of S.A.D.U.S.E.A. (Song and Dance Unit South East Asia) fall in and out of love while trying to dodge Malayan Communist bullets in the late 1940s. Not only that, they have to contend with Bible bashing Major Giles Flack (John Cleese), who creates far more danger than any of the jungle inhabitants. Only gay Acting Captain Terri Dennis (Denis Quilley) seems . Explore Privates on Parade / IMDB / YouTube

During a pogrom in Poland on the eve of World War I, a group of Jews seek refuge from the Cossacks. The fugitives hide out in a rural inn, terrified that they may be given away at any moment. Get info on The Inn / IMDB / YouTube

At the goading of the ominous and omnipresent Leading Player, Pippin, the eldest son of King Charlemagne, samples life's pleasures to discover his place in the world and the meaning of his life. Info on Pippin: His Life and Times / IMDB / YouTube

On their return trip through France, Charlie Brown and the gang visit various memorials to the World Wars. Details on What Have We Learned, Charlie Brown? / IMDB / YouTube

In 1944,when British navy convoys try to supply the Soviets with war matériel under the lend-lease agreement,the Soviet naval aviation base in Murmansk is attacked by German bombers. Details on Torpedo Bombers / IMDB / YouTube

The loves and tragedies of a geisha in 1933 Japan. See more about Yôkirô / IMDB / YouTube

During the Vietnam war, an army sergeant rebels against his tyrant commanding officer, whilst they are cut off by the enemy in the jungle. Things get worse for all of them after that. Get info on The Last Blood / IMDB / YouTube