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| 1980. | Kagemusha (1980)  (JPN) (d. Akira Kurosawa) Sengoku era Japan | 
| 1981. | Das Boot (1981)  (GER) (d. Wolfgang Peterson) WWII-Europe/Atlantic | 
| 1981. | Gallipoli (1981)  (ASTL) (d. Peter Weir) The Great War-Turkey | 
| 1982. | First Blood (1982)  (d. Ted Kotcheff) post Vietnam-U.S. | 
| 1985. | Oberst Redl/Colonel Redl (1985) (HNG/AUS/W.GER) (d. Istvan Szabo) Austro-Hungarian War | 
| 1985. | Ran (1985)  (JPN) (d. Akira Kurosawa) Sengoku era Japan | 
| 1986. | Heartbreak Ridge (1986)  (d. Clint Eastwood) Invasion of Grenada | 
| 1986. | Platoon (1986)  (d. Oliver Stone) Vietnam | 
| 1987. | Full Metal Jacket (1987)  (d. Stanley Kubrick) Vietnam-U.S./Vietnam | 
| 1989. | Casualties of War (1989)  (d. Brian dePalma) Vietnam | 
| 1989. | Glory (1989)  (d. Edward Zwick) U.S. Civil War |