Best Drama movies of 1980s

Actors : Bob Balaban, William Forsythe, Don Johnson, Penelope Ann Miller,
Directors : John Frankenheimer,

A cop is gunned down on Xmas eve. Jerry Beck, the homicide cop given the job of hunting the killer, investigates some leads which bring him into contact with a group of white supremacy ...

Actors : Matt Dillon, Armand Assante, Kristy McNichol, Tatum O'Neal,
Directors : Ron Maxwell,

Two fifteen year-old girls from different sides of the tracks compete to see who will be first to lose their virginity while at camp.

Actors : Ed Harris, Richard Masur, Keith Szarabajka, Rene Auberjonois,
Directors : Alex Cox,

An unconventional retelling of the life of William Walker, a 19th century American mercenary leader who became the president of Nicaragua.

Actors : Judd Nelson, Sam Robards, Chuck Bush, Kevin Costner,
Directors : Kevin Reynolds,

Five college buddies from the University of Texas circa 1971 embark on a final road trip odyssey across the Mexican border before facing up to uncertain futures, in Vietnam and otherwise.

Actors : Matthew Modine, Daphne Zuniga, Todd Field, Christine Lahti,
Directors : Thom Eberhardt,

A smart first-year med student takes nothing seriously, except the pursuit of his Gross Anatomy (human dissection) lab partner. It's up to her and their teacher to find a way to convince ...

Actors : Lee Van Cleef, Chuck Norris, Art Hindle, Karen Carlson,
Directors : Eric Karson,

A martial artist must defeat a plan by ninjas to create a worldwide training camp for terrorists.

Actors : Robert Guillaume, Gene Simmons, Rutger Hauer, Mel Harris,
Directors : Gary Sherman,

This movie features a character who is a descendant of the character played by Steve McQueen in the television series of the same name. And like McQueen's Josh Randall, Hauer's Nick Randall...

Actors : Leila Gastil, Richard Boes, Chris Parker, John Lurie,
Directors : Jim Jarmusch,

A young man wanders New York City searching for some meaning in life and encounters many idiosyncratic characters.

Actors : Sam Neill, André Maranne, Meryl Streep, Charles Dance,
Directors : Fred Schepisi,

A young Englishwoman spends twenty years to make whatever kind of life for herself, at the expense of others around her, in post-World War II England.

Actors : DeVaughn Nixon, Paul Butler, Mary Alice, Danny Glover,
Directors : Charles Burnett,

Harry Mention, an enigmatic drifter from the South, comes to visit an old acquaintance named Gideon, who now lives in South-Central Los Angeles. Harry's charming, down-home manner hides a ...

Actors : Paul Hogan, Linda Kozlowski, Elias Koteas, Doreen Lang,
Directors : John Cornell,

A small-time crook becomes convinced he has become an angel after a traumatic incident and resolves to perform the work of one.

Actors : John Karlen, Elizabeth McGovern, Nicolas Cage, Sean Penn,
Directors : Richard Benjamin,

In 1942 California, two young men await induction into the U.S. Marines and say goodbye to their girlfriends.

Actors : Ji Liu, Li Gong, Rujun Ten, Wen Jiang,
Directors : Yimou Zhang,

In 1930s China a young woman is sent by her father to marry the leprous owner of a winery. In the nearby red sorghum fields she falls for one of his servants. When the master dies she finds...

Actors : Mithun Chakraborty, Neelam Kothari, Amitabh Bachchan, Madhavi,
Directors : Mukul Anand,

A young boy's quest for revenge leads him to become a gangster as an adult, and with each day he becomes more and more like his enemies. Can he find vengeance and redemption?

Actors : Michael Jenn, Robert Addie, Rupert Everett, Colin Firth,
Directors : Marek Kanievska,

Based on the life of the young Guy Burgess, who would become better known as one of the Cambridge Spies.

Actors : Margaret Welsh, Laura Dern, Treat Williams, Mary Kay Place,
Directors : Joyce Chopra,

A free-spirited 15-year-old girl flirts with a dangerous stranger in the Northern California suburbs and must prepare herself for the frightening and traumatic consequences.

Actors : Geraldine Page, John Heard, Carlin Glynn, Richard Bradford,
Directors : Peter Masterson,

In 1940s Texas, an elderly woman is determined to visit her childhood home for one last time.

Actors : Billy Green Bush, Steve McQueen, Linda Evans, Richard Farnsworth,
Directors : William Wiard,

A renowned former army scout is hired by ranchers to hunt down rustlers but finds himself on trial for the murder of a boy when he carries out his job too well. Tom Horn finds that the ...

Actors : Honey, Adele Bertei, Jean Satterfield, Florynce Kennedy,
Directors : Lizzie Borden,

Set ten years after the most peaceful revolution in United States history, a revolution in which a socialist government gains power, this films presents a dystopia in which the issues of ...

Actors : Mimi Rogers, Mickey Rourke, Anthony Hopkins, Lindsay Crouse,
Directors : Michael Cimino,

An escaped con, on the run from the law, moves into a married couple's house and takes over their lives.