All the films I was going to recommend were mentioned in the comments section of the quietearth article above, except one.
The Keep (1983) - Jurgen Prochnow, Scott Glenn, Ian McKellen, Robert Prosky, Gabriel Bryne. WWII setting. One of my all time favorites. Absolute state of the art non-CGI special effects.
Young Sherlock Holmes came out in 1985 and everything went CGI after that.