Best Historical Epic Movies of the 1980s

DIRECTED_BY: Richard Attenborough
WRITTEN_BY: John Briley
STARRING: Ben Kingsley,Rohini Hattangadi,Candice Bergen,Martin Sheen,Edward Fox,Roshan Seth,Geraldine James,Ian Charleson,Shreeram Lagoo,Alyque Padamsee
IMDB_ID: tt0083987
RATING: PG (USA)
GENRE: Biographical film,Epic film,Historical Epic,Drama,Historical fiction
SUBJECTS: Mahatma Gandhi
INITIAL_RELEASE_DATE: 1982-11-30
COUNTRY: India,United Kingdom
LANGUAGE: English Language,Hindi Language

Director: Boris Sagal
Writers: Joel Oliansky
Stars: Peter O'Toole,Peter Strauss,Barbara Carrera,David Warner,Richard Basehart,Anthony Quayle,Giulia Pagano,Reuven Bar Yotam
IMDb ID: tt0081900
Genres: Costume drama,Historical Epic,Drama,Historical fiction
Release date: 1981
Country: United States of America
Language: English Language

Director: Daryl Duke
Writers: Stanley Mann,John Briley
Stars: Bryan Brown,Joan Chen,Russell Wong,Kyra Sedgwick,Tim Guinee,Janine Turner,Norman Rodway,Katy Behean,John Stanton,Bill Leadbitter
IMDb ID: tt0092042
Rating: R (USA)
Genres: Indie film,Period piece,Adventure Film,Film adaptation,Action/Adventure,Historical Epic,Drama
Release date: 1986-11-07
Country: United States of America
Language: English Language

DIRECTED_BY: Moustapha Akkad
WRITTEN_BY: H.A.L. Craig
STARRING: Anthony Quinn,Oliver Reed,Rod Steiger,John Gielgud,Raf Vallone,Irene Papas,Andrew Keir,Gastone Moschin,Sky du Mont
IMDB_ID: tt0081059
RATING: PG (USA)
GENRE: Biographical film,War film,Action/Adventure,Propaganda film,Epic film,Historical Epic,Combat Films,Drama
SUBJECTS: Omar Mukhtar
INITIAL_RELEASE_DATE: 1981-04-17
COUNTRY: United States of America,Libya
LANGUAGE: English Language

Director: Hiroshi Teshigahara
Writers: Genpei Akasegawa,Hiroshi Teshigahara
Stars: Rentarō Mikuni,Tsutomu Yamazaki,Akira Kubo,Nakamura Kichiemon II,Sayoko Yamaguchi,Kyoko Kishida,Tanie Kitabayashi,Keishi Arashi,Yasosuke Bando,Yoshiko Mita
IMDb ID: tt0098204
Genres: World cinema,Historical Epic,Drama,Japanese Movies,Historical fiction
Release date: 1989-09-15
Country: Japan
Language: Japanese Language

Director: Alan Grint
Stars: Laurence Olivier,Colin Firth,Pamela Stephenson
IMDb ID: tt0090476
Genres: Historical Epic,Drama
Release date: 1986
Language: English Language

DIRECTED_BY: Junya Sato
STARRING: Toshiyuki Nishida,Anna Nakagawa
IMDB_ID: tt0095071
GENRE: Epic film,Historical Epic,Drama,Japanese Movies
INITIAL_RELEASE_DATE: 1988-06-25
COUNTRY: Japan
LANGUAGE: Japanese Language

DIRECTED_BY: Alain Corneau
STARRING: Gérard Depardieu,Catherine Deneuve,Sophie Marceau,Philippe Deplanche,Philippe Noiret,Saïd Amadis,Pierre Tornade,Roger Dumas,Jean-Laurent Cochet
IMDB_ID: tt0087284
GENRE: War film,Romance Film,World cinema,Period piece,Epic film,Historical Epic,Drama
SUBJECTS: World War I
INITIAL_RELEASE_DATE: 1984-05-11
COUNTRY: France
LANGUAGE: French Language

Director: Sergei Gerasimov
Stars: Tamara Makarova
IMDb ID: tt0171874
Rating: 12+ (RU)
Genres: Historical Epic,Historical fiction,Biographical film
Release date: 1981
Country: German Democratic Republic,Soviet Union
Language: Russian Language