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Glory (1989): Dir. Edward Zwick
Feat. Denzel Washington, Matthew Broderick, Cary Elwes…; Time and place is perfectly re–created in this moving account of the plight of Negro soldiers during the American civil war.
Bat 21 (1988): Dir. Peter Markle
Feat. Gene Hackman, Danny Glover, Jerry Reed…; Gene Hackman is shot down over enemy lines deep in war–torn Vietnam; Danny Glover is the Air Force pilot charged with saving his skin. Expect…
Beast, The (the Beast Of War) (1988): Dir. Kevin Reynolds
Feat. George Dzundza, Jason Patric, Stephen Baldwin…; Laying aside the usual sympathies, this American war–drama pursues a tense running–battle between a Soviet tank–crew and Afghani…
Rambo 3 (1988): Dir. Peter MacDonald
Feat. Sylvester Stallone, Richard Crenna; The belated finale to the RAMBO series sees the human battletank John Rambo (Stallone) dropped into Afghanistan to rescue his mentor (Crenna). In…
Escape From Sobibor (1987): Dir. Jack Gold
Feat. Rutger Hauer, Alan Arkin, Joanna Pacula; An unsettling and chilling account of an attempt by Jews to escape the Sobibor concentration camp in Eastern Poland in 1944. Originally made for…
Full Metal Jacket (1987): Dir. Stanley Kubrick
Feat. Matthew Modine, Adam Baldwin, Vincent D'Onofrio…; Disturbing account of the recruitment, training and combat of young Americans in Vietnam. A powerful indictment of the senselessness of war, superbly…
Hamburger Hill (1987): Dir. John Irvin
Feat. Anthony Barrile, Don Cheadle, Courtney B. Vance…; Matter–of–fact depiction of a particularly costly battle of the Vietnam War, in which US troops repeatedly tried to capture 'Hill 937' in…
Lighthorsemen, The (1987): Dir. Simon Wincer
Feat. Peter Phelps, Jon Blake, Sigrid Thornton…; Gung–ho and melodrama collide in this WWI adventure of Australian–mounted infantry (and a few Gallipoli veterans) in Palestine. The tone…
Platoon (1986): Dir. Oliver Stone
Feat. Tom Berenger, Willem Dafoe, Charlie Sheen; This film won the Best Picture Oscar for its compelling and sincere account of the Vietnam, also ushering the era of 1980s film reappraisals of the…
Rambo 2 (1985): Dir. George Pan Cosmatos
Feat. Sylvester Stallone, Richard Crenna, Charles Napier; Iconic actioner in which traumatised commando John Rambo (Stallone) returns to Vietnam to rescue imprisoned G.I.s. Simplistic and violent, but a key…

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