Best Drama movies of 1980s

Actors : Stephen Lang, John Cameron Mitchell, Michael Carmine, Lauren Holly,
Directors : Paul Michael Glaser,

Juvenile lost causes are reformed by a war veteran using survival tactics.

Actors : Donna Kei Benz, Scott Glenn, Atsuo Nakamura, Toshirô Mifune,
Directors : John Frankenheimer,

A down-and-out American boxer becomes involved in a feud between two Japanese brothers.

Actors : John Heard, Tom Berenger, Debra Winger, Betsy Blair,
Directors : Costa-Gavras,

An FBI agent posing as a combine driver becomes romantically involved with a Midwest farmer who lives a double life as a white supremacist.

Actors : Cher, Sudie Bond, Sandy Dennis, Karen Black,
Directors : Robert Altman,

The Disciples of James Dean meet up on the anniversary of his death and mull over their lives in the present and in flashback, revealing the truth behind their complicated lives. Who is the...

Actors : Omero Antonutti, Sonsoles Aranguren, Lola Cardona, Icíar Bollaín,
Directors : Víctor Erice,

The movie tells a melancholic story of a little girl who is living in a city in the north of Spain. She is fascinated by the secrets of the south which seem to be hidden in the personality ...

Actors : Pamela Gidley, Alan Boyce, Michael Elgart, Keanu Reeves,
Directors : Marisa Silver,

When David Sinclair, a popular and talented high school student commits suicide, his best friend Chris takes over many of his responsibilities; from the school production of "H.M.S. ...

Actors : James Fox, Patsy Kensit, David Bowie, Eddie O'Connell,
Directors : Julien Temple,

In 1958 London a young photographer seeks media stardom to keep the love of a beautiful, aspiring fashion designer.

Actors : Richard Ganoung, John Bolger, Steve Buscemi, Adam Nathan,
Directors : Bill Sherwood,

As Michael and Robert, a gay couple in New York, prepare for Robert's departure for a two-year work assignment in Africa, Michael must face Robert's true motives for leaving while dealing ...

Actors : Marin Kanter, Peter Donat, Laura Dern, Diane Lane,
Directors : Lou Adler,

After her mother's death, teenager Corinne Burns forms a punk band with her sister and cousin, despite their lack of musical experience and talent.

Actors : Bill Murray, Catherine Hicks, Denholm Elliott, Theresa Russell,
Directors : John Byrum,

He had everything and wanted nothing. He learned that he had nothing and wanted everything. He saved the world and then it shattered. The path to enlightenment is as sharp and narrow as a razor's edge.

Actors : Shirley MacLaine, Twiggy, Peggy Ashcroft, Navin Chowdhry,
Directors : John Schlesinger,

Renowned Russian piano teacher Irina Sousatzka gets a new student - Bengali piano prodigy Manek. They are both immigrants in the UK and bond quickly. When Manek's single mother's business fails, he must make a career decision.

Actors : Cristina Scaramuzza, Lorenzo Quinteros, Hugo Soto, Inés Vernengo,
Directors : Eliseo Subiela,

A patient in a mental hospital claims to be an extraterrestial. Could he be right?

Actors : Sener Sen, Aysen Gruda, Adile Nasit, Erdal Özyagcilar,
Directors : Ertem Egilmez,

When an incorruptible government pay clerk, who isn't taken seriously by anyone including his family, get robbed while carrying huge amount of work money, he becomes popular because people believe he faked the robbery and kept the money.

Actors : Marshall Napier, Chris Haywood, Hamish McFarlane, Bruce Lyons,
Directors : Vincent Ward,

Men seeking relief from the Black Death, guided by a boy's vision, dig a tunnel from 14th century England to 20th century New Zealand.

Actors : Viggo Mortensen, Lane Smith, Chelsea Field, Lincoln Kilpatrick,
Directors : Renny Harlin,

The spirit of a long-dead prisoner returns for revenge, haunting the prison's new governor.

Actors : Edward Woodward, Denis Quilley, Alice Krige, Richard Gere,
Directors : Bruce Beresford,

This is a movie about the life of Israel's king David.

Actors : Matthew Carroll, Ian Holm, Miranda Richardson, Rupert Everett,
Directors : Mike Newell,

A stormy relationship, complicated by the strictures of 1950s social class and gender roles, ends in death. Based on the life of Ruth Ellis, the last woman hanged in Britain.

Actors : Jon Cryer, Oliver Cotton, Annabeth Gish, Keith Coogan,
Directors : Bob Giraldi,

A stockbroker on the run from the mob decides to hide out from them by enrolling as a student in high school.

Actors : Frank Ripploh, Bernd Broaderup, Peter Fahrni, Orpha Termin,
Directors : Frank Ripploh,

Frank Ripploh is a bit of a rascal: he's a bearded and shaggy-haired teacher, and he's gay with a very active sex life and an interest in making films. He keeps his personal life and ...

Actors : Burl Ives, Richard Tyson, Louise Fletcher, Sherilyn Fenn,
Directors : Zalman King,

A young Southern débutante temporarily abandons her posh lifestyle and upcoming, semi-arranged marriage to have a lustful and erotic fling with a rugged drifter who works at a local carnival.