Best Drama movies of 1980s

Actors : Dee Hepburn, John Gordon Sinclair, Jake D'Arcy, Clare Grogan,
Directors : Bill Forsyth,

Gregory is a normal teen who is infatuated with a classmate. He must work to win her affection.

Actors : Bruce Davison, Gordon Hunt, Anthony Perkins, Kathleen Turner,
Directors : Ken Russell,

A mysterious woman, fashion designer by day, prostitute by night, and accused of murder, is hounded by two men: a married father of two, and a sexually repressed preacher.

Actors : Ed Flanders, Jason Miller, George C. Scott, Brad Dourif,
Directors : William Peter Blatty,

A police lieutenant uncovers more than he bargained for as his investigation of a series of murders, which have all the hallmarks of the deceased 'Gemini' serial killer, lead him to question the patients of a psychiatric ward.

Actors : Amira Chemakhi, Sylvie Richez, Vincent Gauthier, Marie Rivière,
Directors : Éric Rohmer,

It's July, and Delphine has nowhere to go for the summer. She feels very bored and "empty", but this won't last; one day she accidently meets someone who seems to be totally made for her...

Actors : Jacques Weber, Gérard Depardieu, Vincent Perez, Anne Brochet,
Directors : Jean-Paul Rappeneau,

Embarrassed by his large nose, a romantic poet/soldier romances his cousin by proxy.

Actors : John Hurt, Ian McKellen, Joanne Whalley, Bridget Fonda,
Directors : Michael Caton-Jones,

Based on the Profumo Scandal of 1963, an affair between an exotic dancer and the Minister of War shakes up the British government.

Actors : Ljubica Adzovic, Husnija Hasimovic, Davor Dujmovic, Bora Todorovic,
Directors : Emir Kusturica,

In this luminous tale set in the area around Sarajevo and in Italy, Perhan, an engaging young Romany (gypsy) with telekinetic powers, is seduced by the quick-cash world of petty crime, which threatens to destroy him and those he loves.

Actors : Harvey Keitel, Jack Nicholson, Valerie Perrine, Warren Oates,
Directors : Tony Richardson,

A corrupted border agent decides to clean up his act when an impoverished woman's baby is put up for sale on the black market.

Actors : Edward Fox, Laurence Olivier, Mel Gibson, Anthony Hopkins,
Directors : Roger Donaldson,

Fed up with their Captain's harsh discipline, a sailing ship's crew decides to take action.

Actors : Cinqué Lee, Masatoshi Nagase, Screamin' Jay Hawkins, Yûki Kudô,
Directors : Jim Jarmusch,

Three stories are connected by a Memphis hotel and the spirit of Elvis Presley.

Actors : Marisa Berenson, Julie Andrews, William Holden, Larry Hagman,
Directors : Blake Edwards,

A movie producer who made a huge flop tries to salvage his career by revamping his film as an erotic production, where its family-friendly star takes her top off.

Actors : Allan Edwall, Susan Fleetwood, Guðrún Gísladóttir, Erland Josephson,
Directors : Andrei Tarkovsky,

At the dawn of World War III, a man searches for a way to restore peace to the world and finds he must give something in return.

Actors : Zachary Ittimangnaq, Samson Jorah, Brian Dennehy, Charles Martin Smith,
Directors : Carroll Ballard,

A government researcher, sent to research the "menace" of wolves in the north, learns about the true beneficial and positive nature of the species.

Actors : Colin Blakely, Tom Berenger, Hugh Millais, Christopher Walken,
Directors : John Irvin,

Mercenary James Shannon, on a reconnaissance job to the African nation of Zangaro, is tortured and deported. He returns to lead a coup.

Actors : Gary Kemp, Martin Kemp, Tom Bell, Billie Whitelaw,
Directors : Peter Medak,

This fact-based movie follows the life of the twin crime-lords in London's '60s underworld.

Actors : Louis Gossett Jr., Kim Miyori, Jeroen Krabbé, Dolph Lundgren,
Directors : Mark Goldblatt,

When Frank Castle's family is murdered by criminals, he wages war on crime as a vigilante assassin known only as the Punisher.

Actors : Linda Fiorentino, Ronny Cox, Matthew Modine, Michael Schoeffling,
Directors : Harold Becker,

A high school wrestler in Spokane, Washington has trouble focusing on his training regimen when a beautiful young drifter takes up temporary residence at his home.

Actors : Ron Perlman, Everett McGill, Rae Dawn Chong, Nicholas Kadi,
Directors : Jean-Jacques Annaud,

This story takes place in prehistoric time when three tribesmen search for a new fire source.

Actors : Daniel Auteuil, Emmanuelle Béart, Hippolyte Girardot, Yves Montand,
Directors : Claude Berri,

A beautiful but shy shepherdess plots vengeance on the men whose greedy conspiracy to acquire her father's land caused his death years earlier.

Actors : John Colicos, Jessica Lange, Michael Lerner, Jack Nicholson,
Directors : Bob Rafelson,

The sensuous wife of a lunch wagon proprietor and a rootless drifter begin a sordidly steamy affair and conspire to murder her Greek husband.