1980 war films

is a 1980 Japanese epic jidaigeki film directed by Akira Kurosawa. It is set in the Sengoku period of Japanese history and tells the story of a lower-class petty thief who is taught to impersonate the dying daimyō Takeda Shingen to dissuade opposing lords from attacking the newly vulnerable clan. Kagemusha is the Japanese term for a political decoy, literally meaning "shadow warrior". The film ends with the climactic 1575 Battle of Nagashino.

1980 film by François Truffaut

1980 film by Samuel Fuller

1980 film by Bruce Beresford

Confidence () is a 1980 Hungarian film directed by István Szabó, set in the waning days of World War II. It chronicles the story of two resistance members who are compelled to assume the roles of husband and wife in order to evade detection by the Nazis, despite being married to others. The film garnered critical acclaim, earning Szabó the Silver Bear for Best Director at the 30th Berlin International Film Festival and receiving a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 53rd Academy Awards.

1980 film by Helma Sanders-Brahms

1980 film by Raoul Coutard

1981 film by Stanislav Rostotsky and Nikita Khubov

1980 film by Konstantin Lopushansky

1980 film by Naum Birman

1981 film by Damir Vyatich-Berezhnykh

1980 film by Toshio Masuda

1980 film by Ante Babaja

1980 film by Valentino Orsini