Best Drama movies of 1981

Actors : Wei Li, Zongxiang Guan, Xiuming Li, Fengxu Li,
Directors : Yan Wang,

Set in the end of cultural revolution period, story of love and affection in a family with nine daughters.

Actors : Shimon Finkel, Nitza Shaul, Shraga Harpaz, Hanna Maron,
Directors : Yaky Yosha,

Boaz, a reserve soldier returns from the battlefield and becomes involved in editing a memorial album dedicated to a friend who was killed before his eyes. He becomes increasingly involved ...

Actors : John Kani, John Thaw, Patrick Mynhardt, Karen Black,
Directors : Michael Raeburn,

A city-woman moves to a foreign country with her future husband, giving up all the comforts of cosmopolitan life. Life in the countryside finally takes its toll on her, and she finds ...

Actors : Judy Donovan, Davy Spillane, Alan Devlin, Johnny Choil Mhaidhc,
Directors : Joe Comerford,

Road movie telling the story of a newly wed couple of Irish travellers who set out on a smuggling trip to Northern Ireland.

Actors : Dana Kimmell, Jeff Chamberlain, Philip Brown, Stewart Petersen,
Directors : Lyman Dayton,

After the death of his father, Adam moves (with his family) from their sheep farm in Wyoming to Los Angeles. Soon after arriving, Adam gets mixed up with Clyde, a mannerless bully who ...

Actors : Zhongxi Chen, Xu Chengxian, Qimin Wei, Yanfang Lu,

Set in the early stage after liberation of Shanghai, Chen Yi is delegated to be mayor and deals with a lot of economic and social issues.

Actors : Rakesh Roshan, Rajesh Khanna, Reena Roy, Om Prakash,
Directors : Surendra Mohan,

Vijay Kumar Saxena is a rich playboy who cares about nothing he falls in love with Asha Nath who she ignore as she is in love with Anil due to an accident committed by Anil Vijay lost his ...

Actors : Cristina Marcos, Francisco Merino, Fernando Fernán Gómez, Enrique San Francisco,
Directors : Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón,

Maravillas, a teenager of fifteen, lives with her father, an old unemployed photographer who steals money from his daughter for his little erotic vices. But Maravillas has the protection of...

Actors : Fernando Cabral Martins, André Gomes, Jorge Silva Melo, Juliet Berto,
Directors : João Botelho,

The film was to be a documentary, but evolved during production to a fictional film. It nevertheless adheres strictly to the poems and letters exchanged by two of the most outstanding names...

Actors : Adam Ferency, Wojciech Alaborski, Zbigniew Buczkowski, Andrzej Grabarczyk,
Directors : Janusz Zaorski,

A story of an architectural student asking questions on problems during a housing project development. Arrested for parading with a sign asking for a difficult and responsible job, he tells...

Actors : George Estregan, Mark Gil, Tetchie Agbayani, Rudy Fernandez,
Directors : Romy Suzara,

The feud between the Medranos (poor but respected in the society) and the Sablantes (wealthy and corrupt) dates back to World War II where Joaquin Sablante was a Japanese collaborator while...

Actors : Nikos Apergis, Giannis Voglis, Nelli Gini, Mairi Hronopoulou,
Directors : Dimis Dadiras,

This movie could be described as Greece's answer to "Death Wish". Also has shades of "Taxi Driver"! Voglis plays a father who takes revenge for the death of his 14-year old son. He starts ...

Actors : Master Amit, Asha Chandra, Master Chaitanya, Kanhaiyalal Chaturvedi,
Directors : Khalid Sami,

Sharda lives a wealthy lifestyle along with her widower dad, Thakur Ranvir Singh, in Bombay, India. She incurs her dad's displeasure when she gets elopes and gets married to Jaichand ...

Actors : Elisabeth Epp, Christoph Waltz, Ingrid Burkhard, Pavel Landovský,
Directors : Ernst Josef Lauscher,

Christoph Waltz plays the role of Markus Dorn, a young man clearly unhappy in his home life. His mother has a boyfriend he does not like, and she has chosen her paramour over her son's ...

Actors : Samantha Eggar, Lloyd Bochner, Marie-France Pisier, Wayne Rogers,
Directors : Roger Vadim,

A master art forger and his partner in crime, an art expert who can vouch for the authenticity of the forgeries, are making a bundle. An art dealer figures out their scheme but agrees to keep quiet if they forge some art lost in WWII.

Actors : Yanjin Yang, Yu Zhang, Kai Min Guo,
Directors : Yanjin Yang,

The film is a powerful condemnation of the political radicalism of the Cultural Revolution and shows how ordinary people were victimized during a decade of turmoil.

Actors : Maria Alves, Rodolfo Arena, Helena Ramos, Paulo Ramos,
Directors : Antônio Calmon,

Famous soap opera actress finds out her sexuality after breaking up with her former boyfriend, an important TV executive.

Actors : Marlène Jobert, Agnès Château, Victor Lanoux, Patrick Bouchitey,
Directors : Alain Bonnot,

Novak is a police inspector to whom any means is fair in getting evidence on criminals - especially drug dealers. He is after a drug ring that includes a city official and desperately needs...

Actors : Hiromi Kurita, Meiko Kaji, Fumie Kashiyama, Catharia,
Directors : Sadao Saito,

Weeks before the end of WW2, a boy finds an American girl hidden in the barn of his grandmother's house. The girl turns out to be his cousin, and they become friends. But the Japanese police is informed of the girl's presence.

Actors : Leonard Day, Jason Hill, Trevor Brown, Zanuck Lee,
Directors : Howard Donald,

1964 Vietnam, a South Korean tank group fights to save Saigon.