Best Drama movies of 1980s

Actors : Nell Schofield, Jad Capelja, Geoff Rhoe, Tony Hughes,
Directors : Bruce Beresford,

The mating rituals of two teenage surf chicks from the southern suburbs of Sydney.

Actors : Ellen Barber, Kevin Dillon, Edward Albert, Christine Harnos,
Directors : Ferdinand Fairfax,

A group of kids venture into enemy territory in an ambitious attempt to rescue their Navy Seal fathers who were captured during a failed mission in North Korea.

Actors : Josef Sommer, Tony Azito, Jennifer Grey, Madonna,
Directors : Howard Brookner,

This musical is based on four short stories by Damon Runyon. In one tale, gambler Feet Samuels sells his body to science just as he realizes that Hortense loves him and that he would rather...

Actors : Bertice Reading, Nastassja Kinski, Victoria Abril, Gérard Depardieu,
Directors : Jean-Jacques Beineix,

He is a revenge-obssessed stevedore whose sister was brutally raped and murdered. She is a wealthy, elusive woman. They try hard to get together... or do they?

Actors : Sarah Walker, Chris Haywood, Alyson Best, Norman Kaye,
Directors : Paul Cox,

An eccentric elderly man tries to enjoy the three things in life that he considers real beauty: collecting art, collecting flowers, and watching pretty women undress.

Actors : Stellan Skarsgård, Miklós B. Székely, Károly Eperjes, Katharina Thalbach,
Directors : Kjell Grede,

Swedish national Raoul Wallenberg, newcomer to politics and international machinations, travels to German-occupied Budapest during WWII in order to effectively intervene in the fate of ...

Actors : Qingfu Pan, Hangcheng Dong, Mark Salzman, Xihong Jiang,
Directors : Shirley Sun,

Mark Salzman always was interested in Kung-Fu and the Chinese culture, claims to have seen every Kung-Fu movie. 1982, with a degree in Chinese literature, he visits a province university in...

Actors : Powers Boothe, Donald Pleasence, Rutger Hauer, Kathleen Turner,
Directors : Philippe Mora,

A conservationist and a widow meet a mountain climber hired to steal bald-eagle eggs.

Actors : Ekta Sohini, Dev Anand, Aamir Khan, Aditya Pancholi,
Directors : Dev Anand,

The DGP of Police discovers a terrorist plot hatched by a sacked cricketer to blow up the stadium where an important cricket match is in progress.

Actors : Laura del Sol, Leo Gullotta, Ben Gazzara, Marzio Honorato,
Directors : Giuseppe Tornatore,

Vaguely inspired to the real story of boss of the Camorra's bosses Raffaele Cutolo, this is the story of the criminal career of "Il professore" (the professor). He is in prison, and by ...

Actors : Shashi Kapoor, Hema Malini, Parveen Babi, Amitabh Bachchan,
Directors : Rakesh Kumar,

Two rival burglars end up at the same school with the intent of abducting a rich man's son for a large ransom.

Actors : Hiroyuki Sanada, Michelle Yeoh, Ying Bai, Michael Wong,
Directors : David Chung,

Michelle Yip of the Hong Kong police is a mild-mannered Kung Fu expert; Michael Wong from air security is happy-go-lucky, stuck on himself, constantly talking, and smitten by her; Yamamoto ...

Actors : Marin Kanter, Willem Dafoe, Robert Gordon, J. Don Ferguson,

Trouble ensues when a motorcycle gang stops in a small southern town while heading to the races at Daytona.

Actors : Alisa Freyndlikh, Anatoliy Romashin, Velta Line, Aleksey Petrenko,
Directors : Elem Klimov,

Details the life of the Russian monk Rasputin. The film shows his rise to power and how it corrupted him. His sexual perversions and madness ultimatly leads to his gruesome assasination.

Actors : Laura del Sol, José Sacristán, María Luisa Ponte, Juan Diego,
Directors : Fernando Fernán Gómez,

The movie tells the story of a family of comedians that work in the towns of Spain during the 40's and 50's. Life gets very tough for them since they cannot compete any longer with cinema. ...

Actors : Josef Sommer, Charles Durning, Belinda Bauer, Donald Sutherland,
Directors : Fred Walton,

A priest is put in a dilemma when the serial killer who has been murdering priests and nuns confesses to him.

Actors : Anuradha Patel, Rekha, Naseeruddin Shah, Ram Mohan,
Directors : Gulzar,

Mahendra is in love with Maya and would like to marry her. But Maya is a woman of the 20th century, who does not believe in marriage, but would like to continue having a relationship. ...

Actors : Hsiu-Ling Lin, Mei-Feng, Chi-Kuang Wang, Shu-Chen Li,
Directors : Hsiao-Hsien Hou,

A coming-of-age story about a young brother and sister whom spend a pivotal summer in the country with their grandparents.

Actors : Alan Ruck, Kerri Green, Charlie Sheen, Sally Kellerman,
Directors : Bill Norton,

A crafty political aide and his soft-spoken pal are assigned the job of delivering a senator's out-of-control teenage daughter to an institution.

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 ...