Best Drama movies of 1985

Actors : Azat Gasparyan, Mher Mkrtchyan, Galya Novents, Elina Agamyan,
Directors : Albert Mkrtchyan,

The film is about the hard lot of a woman with an extraordinary character, who tries to raise her children and win back her husband, who left family for another woman, after return from the war.

Actors : Eric Gurry, Tiffany Helm, Jason Gedrick, Marc Price,

Homeless kids need a place to stay, so they rent the club "The Zoo" out, from Old Leather Face. Later, a new gang attempts to take away their home. A fight ensues with thumbtacks and ...

Actors : John Matshikiza, Nadine Uwampa, Trevor Howard, Jane Birkin,
Directors : Marion Hänsel,

A South African spinster (Jane Birkin) murders her father (Trevor Howard) after he rapes the wife of the black foreman for his plantation.

Actors : Marty Watt, Griffin Dunne, Karen Young, Brooke Adams,
Directors : Adam Brooks,

Alex and Erica Boyer's marriage is in a crisis: job and wife bore Alex. When Erica has an accident that has her staying in a wheel chair for some time, it changes their life: Alex meets ...

Actors : Ingeborga Dapkunaite, Saulius Balandis, Eleonora Korisnaite, Linas Paugis,
Directors : Raimundas Banionis,

This contemporary urban drama tells of a love story, of a girl with a very strong character who fights against the social prejudices, and a young man who wins her heart, and their wedding.

Actors : Bridgette Andersen, Giancarlo Giannini, Ryan O'Neal, Catherine Hicks,
Directors : Richard Brooks,

An investigative journalist gets hooked on the subject of his inquiry - professional gambling.

Actors : Nobutaka Masutomi, Minori Terada, Kiriko Shimizu, Noriko Hayami,
Directors : Shinji Sômai,

Muraki is in debt after a business failure. When he is unable to pay his debtors, the loan sharks rape Muraki's wife. Remorseful and sick of his life, Muraki picks up a prostitute named ...

Actors : Neena Gupta, Anita Kanwar, Leela Naidu, Soni Razdan,
Directors : Shyam Benegal,

Set in 1961 Goa, this is a story of a rich and influential Goan family and what happens to them over a period of time. The movie is narrated in past-tense by one of the friends of the ...

Actors : Maurice Arama, Antonin Brunel, Daniel Berlioux, Denise Boulet,
Directors : Alexandra von Grote,

Two women fall in love in nazi-occupied France, and must fight to survive the war. A task made more difficult as one is a jew on the run from Germany.

Actors : Nigel Terry, Shelley Winters, Claire Bloom, Jaclyn Smith,
Directors : Anthony B. Richmond,

A writer who believes that he was reincarnated believes that his present fiancée possesses the soul of his fiancée in his previous life, a ballerina.

Actors : Natalya Sayko, Igor Vasilev, Olgert Kroders, Valentina Titova,
Directors : Leonid Menaker,

Professor Dowell and his assistant surgeon Dr. Kern are working on the resurrection of the dead. Dr. Kern kills Dowell in a set up car accident. Professor Dowell's head is now kept alive ...

Actors : Kaz Garas, Carmen Argenziano, Deborah Tranelli, Bill McLaughlin,
Directors : Cirio H. Santiago,

A beautiful woman seeks revenge for tragedy forced upon her family.

Actors : Ezzat El Alaili, Youssra, Adel Imam, Amina Rizk,
Directors : Mohamed Radi,

Fatima returns from America after earning her doctorate, she meets Galal who works as a tourist agent. When she returns home, she finds Galal in her bedroom and warns her from marrying ...

Actors : Paolo Bonacelli, Ángela Molina, Harvey Keitel, Isa Danieli,
Directors : Lina Wertmüller,

After Annunziata (Angela Molina) opens up a hostel with her friend Antonio (Daniel Ezralow) she is saved from being raped by a Camorra (organized crime) boss when the gangster is suddenly ...

Actors : Sami Frey, Mara Goyet, Juliet Berto, Juliette Binoche,
Directors : Jacques Doillon,

This is an affecting story about a father's attempts to mend the breaches in the relationship between himself and his 10-year-old daughter. Emmanuel (Sami Frey) is the father of Elise (Mara...

Actors : Mammootty, Sumalatha, Urvashi, Babu Namboothiri,
Directors : Joshi,

Ravi Varma, who is sentenced to life in prison for murdering his wife, tells his story to his wife's sister, a news reporter, about the true story of what happened.

Actors : Antonio Fargas, Leon, Dale Midkiff, Melissa Leo,
Directors : Joan Freeman,

Cookie and her brother run away from their loveless mother in the province and arrive in New York. At the train station Cookie meets the fancy man Duke. With his charm he makes her fall in ...

Actors : Ingrid De Vos, François Beukelaers, Dominique Deruddere, Brad Dourif,
Directors : Marc Didden,

While traveling through Belgium, an American named Martin befriends a waiter named Willy when he saves Willy from a fight with a customer... See full synopsis »

Actors : Annette Charles, Américo González, Robert Beltran, Michael Goodwin,
Directors : Haskell Wexler,

Set in the context of the Sandinista government in Nicaragua and their battle with the U.S.-backed Contra rebels. Eddie Guerrero (Robert Beltran) is a Vietnam War veteran sent to help U.S. ...

Actors : Patrice Townsend, Henry Jaglom, Joanna Frank, Alan Rachins,
Directors : Henry Jaglom,

A middle-aged couple, on the verge of proceeding with a divorce, find themselves questioning their decision to separate when fellow friends and neighbors, oblivious to their marital ...