Best Drama movies of 1981

Actors : Stoyko Peev, Vania Tzvetkova, Antony Genov, Vassil Mihajlov,
Directors : Ludmil Staikov,

This is an epic screen presentation showing the creation, the consolidation and the power of First Bulgarian Kingdom and the first Bulgarian ruler Khan Asparuh.

Actors : Dragan Nikolic, Franco Nero, Sanja Vejnovic, Rade Serbedzija,
Directors : Vatroslav Mimica,

In late 14th century medieval Serbia becomes the target of Ottoman invaders. One of their renegade gangs burns the castle and takes young wife of Banovic Strahinja, respected Serbian noble....

Actors : Nikos Kalogeropoulos, Christos Kalavrouzos, Vasilis Diamantopoulos, Anna Matzourani,
Directors : Thodoros Maragos,

In a small Greek village, short time after the collapse of the Junta regime, a memorial of those who died in the German occupation of Greece brings in the surface the political differences of a conservative teacher and his two sons.

Actors : Loes Luca, Peter Tuinman, Renée Soutendijk, Johan Leysen,
Directors : Ben Verbong,

The story of Hannie Schaft, Dutch Resistance, told in flashback as they try to bring collaborators and criminals to justice in 1945.

Actors : Berta Socuéllamos, José María Hervás Roldán, Jose Antonio Valdelomar González, Jesús Arias,
Directors : Carlos Saura,

Angela begins to hang around with Pablo and his gang of young robbers.

Actors : Raj Babbar, Rekha, Shashi Kapoor, Kulbhushan Kharbanda,
Directors : Shyam Benegal,

This movie tells story of fierce and total competition of two related business families in the days of license raaj India.The overall plot is based on Mahabharat.This movie shows that how ...

Actors : Murray Ord, Sheri McFadden, Riva Spier, Georgie Collins,
Directors : Jim Makichuk,

A group of three friends on a snowmobiling trip find themselves stranded at an abandoned lodge isolated in the mountains. They discover that an old woman resides in the hotel, along with an evil entity that she is keeping in the basement.

Actors : Jean-Pierre Kalfon, Gérard Lanvin, Nathalie Baye, Michel Piccoli,
Directors : Pierre Granier-Deferre,

Louis Coline assists the head of advertising of a department store in decline. He has little to do, but seems content with his marriage to Nina, his visits to his mother and grandmother, ...

Actors : Athina Tsilyra, Yorgos Rigas, Panos Mihalopoulos, Stamatis Gardelis,
Directors : Giannis Dalianidis,

George is a young and handsome man who only cares about motorcycles, discos, girls. When he realizes that he cannot go on living in poverty, he decides to rob his own father (Spiros ...

Actors : Anneline Kriel, James Ryan, Michael Mayer, Marloe Scott Wilson,
Directors : Ivan Hall,

Dr. Horatio Kane has been kidnapped, and is being forced to create an army of martial artists who will help take over the world. His daughter, Kandy Kane, enlists the help of Steve Chase (...

Actors : Tomislav Gotovac, Fabijan Sovagovic, Bozidarka Frajt, Ivica Vidovic,
Directors : Zoran Tadic,

A single teacher allows a stranger to share his home with him before it is to be torn down by developers. The stranger has a fascination with statistics, and claims he can predict crimes ...

Actors : Jean-Louis Trintignant, Éric Frey, Sandrine Kljajic, Isabelle Huppert,
Directors : Michel Deville,

Melanie enjoys flirting and having little affairs. Her husband Victor seems to bear her antics with utmost calm and nonchalance. This impression turns out to be wrong, very wrong indeed.

Actors : Jacqueline Bisset, Laurence Olivier, Toshirô Mifune, Ben Gazzara,
Directors : Terence Young,

During the Korean War, General Douglas MacArthur masterminds the amphibious invasion of Inchon in September 1950.

Actors : Nobutaka Asahara, Mariko Kaga, Makiko Shibata, Takahiro Tamura,
Directors : Kôhei Oguri,

In post-War Japan, a boy from a noodle store-owning family befriends a neighboring boy living in poverty.

Actors : Fabrizio Bentivoglio, Isabelle Huppert, Gian Maria Volontè, Bruno Ganz,
Directors : Mauro Bolognini,

A young girl from the provinces, comes to Paris with one goal: to become a part of the rich bourgeoisie. To achieve this she will use her unique beauty and charm.

Actors : Shigeru Izumiya, Kaori Momoi, Ken Ogata, Masao Kusakari,
Directors : Shôhei Imamura,

Near the turbulent end of the Edo era, a man returning to Japan after exile in America searches for his wife and becomes swept up in the current of revolution in this incisive period drama from the great Shohei Imamura.

Actors : Albert Salmi, Cassie Yates, Art Carney, David Huffman,
Directors : Ernest Pintoff,

Dramatization of the 1980 eruption of Mt. St. Helens. The movie begins with the volcano's awakening on March 20 and ends with its eruption on May 18, 1980.

Actors : Martin Walz, Tina Engel, Hans Diehl, Curt Bois,
Directors : Markus Imhoof,

During World War II, Switzerland severely limited refugees: "Our boat is full." A train from Germany halts briefly in an isolated corner of Switzerland. Six people jump off seeking asylum: ...

Actors : Bernice Stegers, Henri Virlojeux, Trevor Howard, Mick Ford,
Directors : Alain Tanner,

A young drifter meets up with a strange old man who claims that he has been taught to fly by birds.

Actors : Gailard Sartain, Michael Parks, Kim Basinger, Jan-Michael Vincent,
Directors : David Greene,

Ambitious young Jodie wants more out of life than the small Texas country town she lives in has to offer. Jodie realizes that in order to pursue her dreams she will have to leave Texas and ...