Best Drama movies of 1989

Actors : Anton Androsov, Andrey Tashkov, Lev Durov, Aleksandr Mokhov,
Directors : Igor Gostev,

A drama from the life of the prisoners in a regular jail in Soviet Union.

Actors : Martin Lamotte, Julien Hubert, Richard Bohringer, Antoine Hubert,
Directors : Jean-Loup Hubert,

The film is set in France in August 1944 at the end of the war. German troops are in retreat as the allies are coming in. Two French boys run from home and on their journey they stumble ...

Actors : James Tolkan, Jeff Fahey, Chad Lowe, Sherilyn Fenn,
Directors : Frank Kerr,

Ray Trueblood, member of a street gang, is framed by an enemy of a rival gang, Billy "Spider" Masters. Ray is accused of killing a cop and he has to escape leaving behind his little brother...

Actors : Patrick Bruel, Claude Brasseur, Bruno Cremer, Richard Berry,
Directors : Alexandre Arcady,

Simon, a Jewish police inspector, arrests Karim, a Muslim, in the bust of a drug smuggling cargo ship, only to realize that Karim is an undercover agent from the military intelligence, ...

Actors : Gabriela Acher, Mirjana Jokovic, Daniel Day-Lewis, Julio De Grazia,
Directors : Carlos Sorin,

Traveling dentist O'Connell traverses South America on his motorcycle for the 'Eversmile' foundation of New Jersey, in a fight not only against caries, but also against fear, ignorance, ...

Actors : Claude-Oliver Rudolph, Dana Vávrová, Eva Mattes, Werner Stocker,
Directors : Joseph Vilsmaier,

This is a cinematic adaptation of the autobiography of Anna Wimschneider. It depicts her life's experiences and workaday routines as a woman born on a farm in lower Bavaria, Germany, in the...

Actors : Andrew Lauer, Claudia Christian, Peter Berg, Dave Anderson,
Directors : Adam Rifkin,

After their cars crash on a desert highway in the middle of nowhere, two friends and a woman they both like must wait for someone to stop by and help them. Unfortunately, those who do stop turn out to be criminals, eccentrics or wackos.

Actors : Meg Lam, Simon Yam, Anzu Lawson, Yasuaki Kurata,
Directors : Shuji Goto,

Years after retiring from the world of free fighting martial arts, a man returns to the deadly world of fighting after his best student is killed in the tournament.

Actors : Reb Brown, Michael Dante, Lou Ferrigno, Mike Moroff,
Directors : Lang Elliott,

A GI in Vietnam saves his buddy's life, but in the process is shot in the head. The injury results in brain damage to the point where he basically has a child's brain in a (very large) ...

Actors : Snezana Bogdanovic, Bozidar Bunjevac, Slobodan Custic, Branko Djuric,
Directors : Ademir Kenovic,

After the release from prison, small-time criminal is marrying his girlfriend and lives a straight and poor, but happy life with her and her daughter. However, his happiness is shattered by...

Actors : Mohsen Zaehtab, Mahmud Bigham, Roya Nonahali, Ebrahim Abadi,
Directors : Mohsen Makhmalbaf,

Haji is severely traumatized by the war with Iraq. Back from the front, he's unable to adapt to civilian life. Despite family opposition, his fiancée stands by him as together they ...

Actors : Richard Bradford, Roy Scheider, Lane Smith, Karen Young,
Directors : Peter Masterson,

A police detective tracks a serial killer who is stalking young women on a beach front after each game that a baseball pitcher wins.

Actors : Victor Wong, Siu-Ming Lau, Russell Wong, Cora Miao,
Directors : Wayne Wang,

A study in culture bridging, including ... a new US-born husband, trying to work within the traditional ways, a new China-born wife, eager to join the "dream" of America, two family-minded ...

Actors : Mel Smith, Emily Hudson, Aleks Darowska, Stephanie Beacham,
Directors : Stuart Orme,

Willoughby Chase is the grand but remote home of Sir Willoughby and Lady Green and their daughter Bonnie.

Actors : Gérard Sandoz, Gabriel Monnet, Isabelle Pasco, Philippe Clévenot,
Directors : Jean-Jacques Beineix,

Thierry (Gérard Sandoz) drops out of school to apprentice as a lion tamer at the zoo when he meets Roselyne (Isabelle Pasco), who shares his passion. They fall in love and when he loses his...

Actors : John Wilson, Ben Ellison, Matthew Baidoo, Akim Mogaji,
Directors : Isaac Julien,

A black and white, fantasy-like recreation of high-society gay men during the Harlem Renaissance, with archival footage and photographs intercut with a story. A wake is going on, with ...

Actors : Edowan Bersmea, Thomas Hartham, Dewey Bosworth, Pierre Kirby,
Directors : Godfrey Ho,

Ethan, a young man, is beaten while his father is killed by a group of thieves. With the help of an undertaker, Ethan trains in kung fu by fighting the dead. Meanwhile, an American Ninja, ...

Actors : Michael Bacall, Faye Dunaway, Ornella Muti, Joe Mantegna,
Directors : Dominique Deruddere,

Young Arturo Bandini loves his father Svevo, his mother Maria and his brothers.

Actors : Marian Opania, Mariusz Dmochowski, Janusz Gajos, Malgorzata Pieczynska,
Directors : Janusz Zaorski,

Chairmen of several football clubs start a co-operative. Now, thanks to corrupt referees, they are to decide the outcomes of matches.

Actors : Barry Tubb, Kelly Lynch, Larry Poindexter, Ron Sloan,
Directors : Joe Gayton,

A woman tries to kill herself and ends up in the hospital. She escapes and wanders into the desert. There she comes upon a roadside bar where she gets extremely drunk with the locals and a ...