Best Drama movies of 1980s

Actors : Lyudmila Zaytseva, Natalya Negoda, Yuriy Nazarov, Andrey Sokolov,
Directors : Vasili Pichul,

A story about a young woman, Vera, who is somebody, living the life of a troubled teenager in the time right before the end of the Soviet Union. She lives in a very small Russian apartment ...

Actors : Dilip Kumar, Rakhee Gulzar, Amitabh Bachchan, Smita Patil,
Directors : Ramesh Sippy,

A scrupulously honest cop refuses kidnappers' demands at grave risk to the life of his son. The son is rescued but lives forever scarred by his father's willingness to sacrifice his own son...

Actors : Silk Smitha, Poornam Vishwanathan, Kamal Haasan, Sridevi,
Directors : Balu Mahendra,

A young woman regresses to childhood after suffering a head injury in a car crash. Lost, she ends up trapped at a brothel before being rescued by a lonely school teacher who falls in love with her.

Actors : Linda Griffiths, Jo Henderson, Jane Hallaren, Jon DeVries,
Directors : John Sayles,

A happily married woman comes to realize herself of being a repressed lesbian after she has an affair with a female college professor, and then tries to come to terms with her newfound lifestyle.

Actors : Louise Lasser, Lorraine Bracco, Peter Dobson, Jessica Steen,
Directors : Richard Baskin,

A teen film about an Italian punk forced to work with an innocent Jewish girl.

Actors : A Martinez, Gary Farmer, Amanda Wyss, Joanelle Romero,
Directors : Jonathan Wacks,

Depicts the struggles of reservation-dwelling Native Americans in the North Central United States. The main character is an introspective and lovable person in a process of seeking pride ...

Actors : Robby Benson, Maximilian Schell, Barry Miller, Rod Steiger,
Directors : Jeremy Kagan,

In 1944, in Brooklyn, two Jewish kids become friends. One is from a very conservative family, and the other is more liberal. The issues of importance of tradition, parental expectations and the formation of Israel cause constant friction.

Actors : Jim Mapp, James Belushi, Robert Glaudini, John Waters,
Directors : Andrey Konchalovskiy,

A mentally disabled man gets help from a sociopath when he tries to reunite with his dying father, who years earlier disowned him.

Actors : John Kellogg, Sissy Spacek, Bonnie Bedelia, Kevin Kline,
Directors : Jack Fisk,

Young love may endure in your heart and one day re-ignite, but reality may soon dowse the flames.

Actors : Courtney Thorne-Smith, C. Thomas Howell, Peter Horton, Harley Jane Kozak,
Directors : Peter Israelson,

A law student comes to California for the summer and ends up playing professional volleyball.

Actors : Alejo García Pintos, Vita Escardó, Leonardo Sbaraglia, Pablo Novak,
Directors : Héctor Olivera,

This films tells the true story of seven teenagers who agitated for reduced student bus fares under two different regimes in Argentina, with tragic results. At first succeeding under the ...

Actors : Nick Nolte, Rita Taggart, Ernie Hudson, Mark Rolston,
Directors : John D. Hancock,

A San Quentin inmate, sentenced to life without parole, writes a play that catches the interest of a reporter.

Actors : Lauren Bacall, Maureen Stapleton, Michael Biehn, James Garner,
Directors : Ed Bianchi,

Douglas, a record salesman, is an obsessive fan of actress Sally Ross. When his letters are rejected, he strikes out at her and her loved ones.

Actors : Berna Laçin, Kemal Sunal, Gökhan Mete, Sema Çeyrekbasi,
Directors : Kartal Tibet,

Political satire comedy featuring the memories of a red leather chair. He is aware that no matter who the next governor will be, more corrupted will the system get. But only until the last governor who decides to set him on fire.

Actors : Andrew McCarthy, Molly Ringwald, Patti D'Arbanville, Ben Stiller,
Directors : David Anspaugh,

A Cincinnati college student breaks off his engagement to his wealthy fiancée after he falls in love with a backwoods Kentucky girl he meets at a party. She claims to be 20 years old, but ...

Actors : Keith Aberdein, Bruno Lawrence, Anna Maria Monticelli, Greer Robson-Kirk,
Directors : Roger Donaldson,

Al Shaw's life revolves around motor racing and his back country junkyard, the "Smash Palace". His French wife, Jacqui, doesn't appreciate the lack of attention due to Al's obsession with ...

Actors : Rick Rossovich, Tim Daly, Audra Lindley, Kelly Preston,
Directors : Janet Greek,

A young lawyer, after falling in love with a beautiful young woman, finds that she has an extremely mysterious past.

Actors : Rebecca De Mornay, Frank Langella, Vincent Spano, Donovan Leitch Jr.,
Directors : Roger Vadim,

In this variation on director Vadim's own, more acclaimed Et Dieu Créa La Femme (1956, the same title in French), the vamp Robin Shea marries charming carpenter Billy Moran, only to get out...

Actors : Reha Yurdakul, Kemal Sunal, Serpil Çakmakli, Hüseyin Kutman,
Directors : Memduh Ün,

Indirect satire dramatization on the differences between social classes features a lazy but handsome underdog and a high-class society girl who falls in love with him just because he looks like "Jean-Paul Belmondo" in her starry dreams.

Actors : Meng Lo, Tien Hsiang Lung, Wai-Man Chan, Tien-Chi Cheng,
Directors : Cheh Chang,

A young martial artist seeks revenge on the Ninja who kills his martial arts brothers and teacher. He finds help in the form of a new teacher (who knows Ninjitsu) and new brothers. Together...