Best Drama movies of 1980s

Actors : Sofiko Chiaureli, Ramaz Chkhikvadze, Yuri Mgoyan, Konstantin Stepankov,

Wandering minstrel Ashik Kerib falls in love with a rich merchant's daughter, but is spurned by her father and forced to roam the world for a thousand and one nights - but not before he's ...

Actors : Plácido Domingo, Cornell MacNeil, Allan Monk, Teresa Stratas,
Directors : Franco Zeffirelli,

Violetta meets Alfredo and quickly falls for him. After the lovers run away together, they live in bliss for a short time. However, Alfredo's father, Giorgio, starts to interfere, concerned...

Actors : Patricia Hodge, Avril Elgar, Jeremy Irons, Ben Kingsley,
Directors : David Hugh Jones,

The reviewer above states that 'the entire story is told from the husband's point of view'. This is incorrect - the movie takes an objective point-of-view - the husband is not present in several of the segments.

Actors : Erika Bodnár, Hédi Temessy, Pál Hetényi, Miklós B. Székely,
Directors : Béla Tarr,

A large, claustrophobic apartment is the setting for this intense chamber drama. In this dense setting, the inhabitants of the apartment reveal their darkest secrets, fears, obsessions and hostilities.

Actors : Kara Hui, Lung Wei Wang, Lieh Lo, Chia-Hui Liu,
Directors : Lieh Lo,

The monk Hung Wen-Ting fights against the evil priest White Lotus.

Actors : Jaya Prada, Sridevi, Amitabh Bachchan, Om Shivpuri,
Directors : Bhagyaraj,

David is an old prisoner, released after twenty-four years in a penitentiary for a crime he hasn't committed. The three men who framed him and sent him away, are now prominent citizens of ...

Actors : Leslie Caron, Liv Ullmann, Alexandre Arbatt, Michel Piccoli,
Directors : Richard Dembo,

Two masters of chess duel each other not only in their game but also in their different ideologies. The veteran Akiva is a Soviet Jew and ferocious Communist, master of his game but also ...

Actors : Sunil Thapa, Rati Agnihotri, Kamal Haasan, Madhavi,
Directors : K. Balachander,

Hindi-speaking collegian Sapna lives a wealthy lifestyle in Dona Paula, near Panaji, Goa, India, along with her Professor dad, Kundanlal, and mom. Their immediate neighbors are ...

Actors : Pankaj Kapur, Aamir Khan, Supriya Pathak, Jagdeep,
Directors : Aditya Bhattacharya,

A poor, young man teams up with a burnt out cop to avenge the humiliation of his former girlfriend by a gang of goons.

Actors : Ram Gopal Bajaj, Benjamin Gilani, Mohan Gokhale, Nina Kulkarni,
Directors : Ketan Mehta,

In colonial India, subedars (tax collectors) went from village to village with soldiers, often demanding more than taxes. A subedar commands Sonbai, a beautiful and confident woman whose ...

Actors : Alan Bates, John Gielgud, Faye Dunaway, Denholm Elliott,
Directors : Michael Winner,

Caroline is to be wed to Sir Ralph and invites her sister Barbara to be her bridesmaid. Barbara seduces Ralph, however, and she becomes the new Lady, but despite her new wealthy situation, ...

Actors : Helen Pearce, Paul Scofield, David Threlfall, Helen Mirren,
Directors : Clive Rees,

A pair of children befriend an accentric old man, who lives isolated on the far shore of their island home. But it turns out that the old man knows a terrible secret about the island and ...

Actors : Hazel O'Connor, Jonathan Pryce, Jon Finch, Phil Daniels,
Directors : Brian Gibson,

A rock singer is determined to rise to the top of the profession, letting nothing stand in the way of that goal.

Actors : Sreenivasan, Revathy, Murali, Mohanlal,
Directors : Sathyan Anthikad,

A man tries to do good for the community but is thwarted by the corruption of the local government.

Actors : Melora Hardin, Leticia Vasquez, Adolfo Quinones, J. Eddie Peck,
Directors : Joel Silberg,

Kevin Laird is a Beverly Hills school teacher by day and a mystery man by night. Using his lambada dance moves to first earn the kid's respect and acceptance, Kevin then teaches them ...

Actors : Deborah Rush, Robert Logan, Christopher Atkins, Lesley Ann Warren,
Directors : John G. Avildsen,

Faye Hanlon is a community-college professor with an emotionally depressed husband and an abundance of sexual frustration. Her sister drags her to a male strip-club for a girl's night out, ...

Actors : Katrine Boorman, Sophie Duez, Gérard Lanvin, Michel Blanc,
Directors : Michel Blanc,

Two friends, one a musician the other constantly depressed wander around Greece and France till they get to Paris without a penny to their name. Here they spend nights in the underground, ...

Actors : Sabine Azéma, Fanny Ardant, Pierre Arditi, André Dussollier,
Directors : Alain Resnais,

In Paris in the 1920s, a concert violinist meets and falls in love with a stylish young flapper who's the wife of an old friend. Romaine instigates the affair with Marcel, and carries it ...

Actors : Murali, Karamana Janardanan Nair, Rekha Mallick, Mohanlal,
Directors : Sibi Malayil,

Rajeev, an orphan eccentric millionaire, has his own strange taste towards everything. With less knowledge about family relationships, he struggles hard to achieve his aim to become a father without marrying.

Actors : Sylvia Kristel, Mia Nygren, Deborah Power, Patrick Bauchau,

In order to escape from her former lover Marc, Sylvia goes to Brazil where Dr. Santamo transforms her into the beautiful Emmanuelle. With this new identity comes a sexual awakening which is...