Genre: History

The Last Emperor

Bernardo Bertolucci

1987

Empire of the Sun

Steven Spielberg

1987

Babette's Feast

Gabriel Axel

1987

Drama History Comedy

Matewan

John Sayles

1987

The Untouchables

Brian De Palma

1987

Drama Thriller Crime

Gardens of Stone

Francis Ford Coppola

1987

Drama War Romance

Walker

Alex Cox

1987

Western Biography Drama

Cry Freedom

Richard Attenborough

1987

The Assault

Fons Rademakers

1986

Pirates

Roman Polanski

1986

Action Adventure Comedy

Salvador

Oliver Stone

1986

The Mission

Roland Joffé

1986

Drama Adventure Action

Platoon

Oliver Stone

1986

Drama War Action

Caravaggio

Derek Jarman

1986

Peking Opera Blues

Tsui Hark

1986

Action Comedy History

The Color Purple

Steven Spielberg

1985

Ran

Akira Kurosawa

1985

Drama War Action

Out of Africa

Sydney Pollack

1985

Drama Biography Romance

Colonel Redl

István Szabó

1985

Biography Drama History

Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters

Paul Schrader

1985

Shoah

Claude Lanzmann

1985

Documentary History War

The Official Story

Luis Puenzo

1985

Documentary Biography History

Amadeus

Miloš Forman

1984

Drama Biography Music

The Bounty

Roger Donaldson

1984

Adventure Action Drama

The Killing Fields

Roland Joffé

1984

Drama War Biography

A Passage to India

David Lean

1984

Drama Adventure History

The Times of Harvey Milk

Rob Epstein

1984

Utu

Geoff Murphy

1984

Western Drama War

Silkwood

Mike Nichols

1983

Biography Adventure Drama

The Right Stuff

Philip Kaufman

1983

Danton

Andrzej Wajda

1983

Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence

Nagisa Ōshima

1983

Le Bal

Ettore Scola

1983

Drama Musical Music

The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez

Robert M. Young

1983

Western History

Gandhi

Richard Attenborough

1982

Missing

Costa-Gavras

1982

Drama Mystery Biography

The Draughtsman's Contract

Peter Greenaway

1982

Drama Mystery Comedy

The Return of Martin Guerre

Daniel Vigne

1982

Man of Iron

Andrzej Wajda

1981

Ragtime

Miloš Forman

1981

Reds

Warren Beatty

1981

Das Boot

Wolfgang Petersen

1981

Chariots of Fire

Hugh Hudson

1981

The French Lieutenant's Woman

Karel Reisz

1981

Drama Romance History

Gallipoli

Peter Weir

1981

Raging Bull

Martin Scorsese

1980

Drama Biography Sport

Kagemusha

Akira Kurosawa

1980

The Elephant Man

David Lynch

1980

The Last Metro

François Truffaut

1980

Drama Romance War

Heaven's Gate

Michael Cimino

1980

Adventure Drama Western

Coal Miner's Daughter

Michael Apted

1980

Drama Biography Music

Breaker Morant

Bruce Beresford

1980

The Tin Drum

Volker Schlöndorff

1979

The Brink's Job

William Friedkin

1978

Crime Drama Comedy

Caravans

James Fargo

1978

Drama Action Adventure

The Tree of Wooden Clogs

Ermanno Olmi

1978