Henry V (
1989) | IMDb:
7.5
In the midst of the Hundred Years War, the young King Henry V of England embarks on the conquest of France in 1415.
Starring:
Kenneth Branagh
,
Derek Jacobi
,
Brian Blessed
,
James Larkin
,
Paul Scofield
,
Emma Thompson
Birdy (
1984) | IMDb:
7.2
Two young men are seriously affected by the Vietnam War. One of them has always been obsessed with birds - but now believes he really is a bird, and has been sent to a mental hospital. Can his friend help him pull through?
Another Country (
1984) | IMDb:
7
In Moscow in 1983, an American journalist interviews Guy Bennett, who recalls his last year at public school, fifty years before, and how it contributed to him becoming a spy.
Starring:
Rupert Everett
,
Colin Firth
,
Michael Jenn
,
Robert Addie
,
Rupert Wainwright
,
Cary Elwes
Chariots of Fire (
1981) | IMDb:
7.1
In the class-obsessed and religiously divided UK of the early 1920s, two determined young runners train for the 1924 Paris Olympics. Eric Liddell, a devout Christian born to Scottish missionaries in China, sees running as part of his worship of God's glory and refuses to train or compete on the Sabbath. Harold Abrahams overcomes anti-Semitism and class bias, but neglects his beloved sweetheart in his single-minded quest.