Best Drama movies of 1988

Actors : Anatoliy Romashin, Galina Polskikh, Viktor Uralskiy, Sergey Shakurov,
Directors : Leonid Kvinikhidze,

Looking for the money for a drink, an alcoholic gets a Newfoundland dog as a present from a stranger at a bird fair. He'll soon find out that the animal is not only able to speak, but to ...

Actors : Jason Mizell, Joseph Simmons, Darryl McDaniels, Daniel Simmons,
Directors : Rick Rubin,

Legendary hip-hop group Run-D.M.C. stars in this cross between a blaxploitation film and a spaghetti western. They must find and punish the evil drug lord-record company executive who ...

Actors : Mark Asquith, Sherry Baines, Ben Kingsley, Magdalen Asquith,
Directors : Tony Palmer,

The story of the great Soviet composer Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975) and his life and career during the rule of Stalin.

Actors : Colin Friels, John Clayton, Wendy Hughes, Norman Kaye,
Directors : Bob Ellis,

A convent teacher spreads a little happiness and makes enough money to support her crippled brother's habit by selling her favours regularly on a cross-country night sleeper. She makes sure...

Actors : Ana María González, Leopoldo Aban, Guillermo Delgado, Juan José Camero,
Directors : Miguel Pereira,

A rural teacher in Jujuy, establishes a friendly relationship with the inhabitants of Chorcán , a small Andean village . Circumstances in EEE Outbreak of War of the Malvinas and one of his ...

Actors : Lance Henriksen, James Ryan, John Fujioka, Arabella Holzbog,
Directors : Paul Mayersberg,

The quest for spiritual fulfilment be a Japanese businessman who comes to Africa following the trail of his samurai ancestor. Despite the title this is not a martial arts film.

Actors : Jeff Osterhage, Lisa Blount, Lewis Van Bergen, Joe Estevez,
Directors : Mark Rezyka,

In a drab desert town, some 200 miles south of Reno, an indecisive man with an unfaithful wife dreams of someday, someday, taking charge of his drifting life.

Actors : Kelvin Wong, Elaine Jin, Siu-Fung Wong, Ching-Ying Lam,
Directors : Ngai Choi Lam,

Wong plays an unassuming nightclub employee in Macao who alienates a gang of drunken men (led by Shing Fui-on). They tail her after her shift, and mount a gang assault. She attempts to ...

Actors : Marko Ratic, Milena Dravic, Aleksandar Bercek, Slobodan Negic,
Directors : Milos 'Misa' Radivojevic,

Story about friendship between two boys coming from different social backgrounds, but with the equally bitter family experiences.

Actors : John Hurt, Hugh Grant, Shabana Azmi, Supriya Pathak,
Directors : Nicolas Klotz,

Hugh Grant stars as a British engineer who becomes entangled in a forbidden romance with his Indian employer's eldest daughter. As their passion ignites, the East-meets-West clash of ...

Actors : Ángel Pardo, Pastora Vega, Imanol Arias, Jorge Sanz,
Directors : Vicente Aranda,

Actors : Adrienne Pierce, Tanya Roberts, Hal Orlandini, Julie Pop,
Directors : Ami Artzi,

Two Peace Corps volunteers in Africa are framed and put into an oppressive women's prison.

Actors : Ahn Sung-ki, Joong-Hoon Park, Chong-ok Bae,
Directors : Kwang-su Park,

A painter quits his job and looks to an old acquaintance for work and a place to stay.

Actors : Andrea Occhipinti, Burt Lancaster, Daniel Olbrychski, Ben Cross,
Directors : Michael Anderson,

Based on a play by Pope John Paul II about couples who have reached either the hight or a crisis in their relationships. Their stories are connected by the local jeweler's shop.

Actors : Dusica Zegarac, Neda Arneric, Stevo Zigon, Ranko Zidaric,
Directors : Lordan Zafranovic,

A married couple from Germany, middle-aged Manfred and his much younger wife Meyra, who are originally from Zagreb, spend their vacation on the island Hvar. They are staying at Ms. Marija's...

Actors : Melanie Doane, Lionel Doucette, Marja Kok, Joop Admiraal,
Directors : Heddy Honigmann,

Actors : Kevin Bacon, Lindsay Crouse, Kyra Sedgwick, Tom Atkins,
Directors : Jan Egleson,

An out of high school teen from the midwest moves to San Diego, California in the 1950s to live with his estranged father and new family. Escaping his past may not be as easy as he had hoped...or is it all a dream?

Actors : Miyuki Nakano, Eri Fukatsu, Eri Miyajima, Tomoko Ôtakara,
Directors : Shûsuke Kaneko,

Summer vacation has emptied a Japanese boys' school of all but three boys: the junior Norio & the seniors Kazuhiko & Naoto. They have no families to return to for the summer, so they spend ...

Actors : Stefania Sandrelli, Céline Beauvallet, Jean-Pierre Duriez, Leonardo Ruta,
Directors : Francesca Archibugi,

Actors : Silvia Seidel, Patrick Bach, Günther Maria Halmer, Jon Peterson,
Directors : Frank Strecker,

The story of young ballerina Anna, as she becomes a professional dancer and is ready to leave Munich and move across the Atlantic to New York.