Best Drama movies of 1980

Actors : Xun Bao, Tong Yang, Huiqu Cao, Lizhong Chen,
Directors : Shui Ai,

A police chief sends his son to prison for explosion of a bridge.

Actors : Jeremy Stephens, Sarah Peirse, Bruno Lawrence, Derek Hardwick,
Directors : David Blyth,

A young servant girl from England seeks a new life in 19th Century New Zealand.

Actors : Ronald Haines, Jim Dratfield, Patrick Dray, Bob Damon,
Directors : James W. Roberson,

Based on a true story of Colorado's only convicted killer/cannibal Alfred Packer.

Actors : Éva Vass, Ádám Szirtes, Ádám Kosztolányi, János Geiger,
Directors : László Ranódy,

The film consists of three short stories by Dezsö Kosztolányi.

Actors : Georgi Georgiev-Getz, Krystyna Janda, Nevena Kokanova, Stoycho Mazgalov,
Directors : Vladislav Ikonomov,

The construction worker Ivan Gyaurov believes that he has reached a state of happiness. However, his wife is cheating. She does not prefer the other man because he is younger, but because ...

Actors : Bhavana Bhatt, Motia Kapoor, Arpana Choudhary, Biswajeet,
Directors : Subhash C. Bhakri,

After his dad passes away, Suraj continues to live with his abusive step-mother and her son, Deepak. When Deepak gets married to Savitri, both he and his mom start abusing her for not ...

Actors : Claudine Auger, Lewis Furey, Carole Laure, Serge Reggiani,
Directors : Gilles Carle,

In this oddball mix of music and drama, an actress (Carole Laure) in a traveling musical revue is involved with the show's director until she meets and falls for an aging ecological ...

Actors : Stéphane Audran, Laurent Malet, Annie Girardot, Charles Denner,
Directors : Franck Apprederis,

Laure is a 40-year-old psychologist who doesn't know her son, Jean. But the latter comes back to Paris and finds a brand new woman when he sees his mother.

Actors : Witold Debicki, Jerzy Braszka, Róza Chrabelska, Halina Billing-Wohl,

A story of a female production manager in a garment factory discovering that an award is being given to the wrong person on purpose. She stands up the injustice. Her best friend backs her ...

Actors : Giorgos Foundas, Olga Karlatos, Gely Mavropoulou, Alberto Eskenazy,
Directors : Nikos Foskolos,

When Daisy saves the life of police officer Markos she is immediately promoted to the drug department of the police. Markos falls in love with her and they start going out until he asks her...

Actors : Kika Markham, Salmaan Peerzada, Durriya Kazi, Kabuli Baba,
Directors : Jamil Dehlavi,

A dramatic depiction of the life of Hussain, with allegorical references to the history of the Prophet Muhammad and his descendants. It is prophesied that Young Hussain will one day lead ...

Actors : Yip Tai Kong, Cheung Ling,

A fighter avenges his slain father and recovers stolen gold.

Actors : Hyeong-Kan Choi, Cheryl Meng, Hwang-ki Baek, Dragon Lee,
Directors : Godfrey Ho,

Lee Lung witnessed the murder of his parents by the ruthless bandit Shek King who in turn abducted Lee's infant sister. Lee wanders the land and learns martial arts from a drunken master. ...

Actors : Ibrahim Tatlises, Osman Ates, Perihan Savas, Sami Hazinses,
Directors : Remzi Jöntürk,

Story of a bus driver who had to deal with unexpected, pitiful events caused mainly by his rebellious little brother.

Actors : Sigrid Huun, Frøydis Armand, Nils Sletta, Helge Jordal,
Directors : Hans Lindgren,

Three people wake up in an apartment at broad daylight, after a heavy party the day before. Christian is a family man and a freelance photographer is waking up in his studio, and his friend Nils, an artist. But who is the girl?

Actors : Ryszard Filipski, Andrzej Hrydzewicz, Jerzy Sagan, Ignacy Gogolewski,
Directors : Ryszard Filipski,

Reconstruction of dramatic events in Poland between years 1926 and 1933, when Marshall Pilsudski took the reins of power into his own hands.

Actors : Ayako Yoshimura, Noboru Mitani, Minako Mizushima, Yûya Uchida,
Directors : Tatsumi Kumashiro,

Seventeen-year-old Saki has a low paying job and two boyfriends. Things get serious when she becomes pregnant and must decide if she wants to keep the baby.

Actors : Jaromíra Mílová, Jana Brezinová, Ivan Wiesner, Bronislav Poloczek,
Directors : Milan Muchna,

A slim and a bit childish Bláza Horesovská from a small spa town has definitely decided to loose her virginity.

Actors : Sigurður Sigurjónsson, Guðný Ragnarsdóttir, Jón Sigurbjörnsson, Jónas Tryggvason,
Directors : Ágúst Guðmundsson,

An Icelandic farmer's son has to move from his farm during the depression. He leaves everything to start a new life elsewhere. Set in the crisis years, it describes tension between the farms and cities.

Actors : Virgílio Massinge, José Gomes,
Directors : Fernando Matos Silva,

A dialogue between History and a Guerrilla Movement, interlaced with live footage taken in Portugal and Guinea-Bissau, when this country was the colony of the first.