Best War Movies & TV Series of the 1980s

3eyedraven's 132 top-rated War movies and TV series of the 1980s — ordered by how strongly audiences rate them and how many actually voted, so the ranking reflects real consensus. Full details on each.

Henry V 1989 ★ 7.1

Macross: Do You Remember Love? 1984 ★ 7.3

Gallipoli 1981 ★ 7.1

Born on the Fourth of July 1989 ★ 7.0

The Beast 1988 ★ 7.1

Salvador 1986 ★ 7.0

Life and Nothing But 1989 ★ 7.2

The Night of the Shooting Stars 1982 ★ 7.1

Breaker Morant 1980 ★ 7.1

Heartbreak Ridge 1986 ★ 6.9

Escape to Victory 1981 ★ 6.9

Hope and Glory 1987 ★ 6.9

The Winter War 1989 ★ 7.0

Gramps Is in the Resistance 1983 ★ 6.9

Southern Comfort 1981 ★ 6.9

Genocide 1982 ★ 7.6

The Mouth of the Wolf 1988 ★ 7.3

Camp de Thiaroye 1988 ★ 7.5

The Scarlet and the Black 1983 ★ 7.0

Trial on the Road 1986 ★ 7.0

Hôtel Terminus: The Life and Times of Klaus Barbie 1988 ★ 7.1

The War Is Over 1989 ★ 7.1

Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam 1987 ★ 7.1

When the Tenth Month Comes 1984 ★ 7.2