Best Drama movies of 1984

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

Elisabeth and Simon have been deeply in love for two months when Simon momentarily dies, but comes back to life. Simon does not want any further medical tests, but the couple are forced to ...

Actors : Pierre Mondy, Patrick Fierry, Gérard Jugnot, Fanny Bastien,
Directors : Gérard Jugnot,

First film (as director) of , this movie is a simple and tender story of a little policemen... See full synopsis »

Actors : Bernard Giraudeau, Caroline Cellier, Jacques Perrin, Valérie Kaprisky,
Directors : Christopher Frank,

Chris, a sexy teenager who appears mostly bare-breasted on the French Riviera, has a crush on Romain, her mother's lover. In reaction to her inability to attract his attention, she experiments with other risque affairs.

Actors : Michael Sopkiw, George Eastman, Valentina Forte, Stefano Mingardo,
Directors : Lamberto Bava,

A former policeman sets out to unleash violent vengeance upon deer poachers when they rape and kill his long lost daughter.

Actors : Wendy Hughes, John Hargreaves, David Cameron, Lucy Angwin,
Directors : Paul Cox,

The film follows the dissolution of John and Helen's marriage and the aftermath.

Actors : Nancy Allen, Susan Sarandon, Richard Dreyfuss, Jean Stapleton,
Directors : Glenn Jordan,

A quiet school truant officer, Joe, uncovers a young boy's attempt to fake a residential address, and subsequently gets involved romantically with the boy's mother. The truant officer ...

Actors : Kiefer Sutherland, Liv Ullmann, Alan Scarfe, Peter Donat,
Directors : Daniel Petrie,

A teenage boy living in a Cape Breton coal mining community during the 1930's finds himself contemplating life and is haunted by a murder he witnessed in town.

Actors : Martha Plimpton, Tommy Lee Jones, Brian Dennehy, Shawn Smith,
Directors : Thomas Rickman,

After serving time for a theft he didn't commit, all Billy wants to do is to reconnect with his daughter. However, some loose ends, like the whereabouts of the stolen loot, just won't let him go.

Actors : Gérard Darmon, Geneviève Fontanel, Nathalie Baye, Alain Delon,
Directors : Bertrand Blier,

A desperate alcoholic reaches a turning-point in his life when he meets a strange woman in a railway carriage: they make love, but then she leaves. Chasing after the girl, he clings to her as if she were his final chance.

Actors : Davoud Rashidi, Ali Nassirian, Ezzatolah Entezami, Jamshid Mashayekhi,
Directors : Ali Hatami,

The movie chronicles the life of the famous painter Kamololmolk, and his relationship with various kings.

Actors : Richard Rebiere, Laura Henry, Cynthia Dale, Walter George Alton,
Directors : Lawrence Dane,

A small "Dance-ercize" studio fights for its existence against the unscrupulous owner of a rival club. The conflict boils down to a "Dance Marathon" to settle the score.

Actors : Sophie Marceau, Philippe Noiret, Gérard Depardieu, Catherine Deneuve,
Directors : Alain Corneau,

French civilization in the desert. Saganne is of peasant stock, with courage and a forceful will. In 1911, he volunteers and is posted to the Sahara under the aristocratic Colonel Dubreuilh...

Actors : Tim Elliott, Bruno Lawrence, Anzac Wallace, Kelly Johnson,
Directors : Geoff Murphy,

In New Zealand in the 1860s the native Maori people fought the British colonials to keep the land guaranteed to them by treaty. The warrior Te Wheke fights for the British until betrayal ...

Actors : Berj Fazlian, Sirvart Fazlian, Patrick Tierney, Arsinée Khanjian,
Directors : Atom Egoyan,

Twenty-three-year old Peter Foster is an only child who lives at home, where he constantly hears his parents arguing. Because Peter does nothing all day, the family goes to a clinic where a...

Actors : Ewa Dalkowska, Scott Wilson, Hanna Skarzanka, Maja Komorowska,
Directors : Krzysztof Zanussi,

Shortly after WWII an American soldier (Norman) and a Polish refugee (Emilia) fall in deep love. Eventually he will return to USA and both expect that she will soon follow him. Emilia's ...

Actors : Katsuya Kobayashi, Mitsuko Baishô, Yoshiki Arizono, Yûki Kudô,
Directors : Gakuryû Ishii,

The Kobayashi family finally get the chance to move out of their tiny, cramped Tokyo apartment in favour of the suburban house of their dreams. But all is not well: the house is infested by...

Actors : Mark Keyloun, Debra Winger, Darrell Larson, Brooke Alderson,
Directors : James Bridges,

Betty has a crush on her tennis coach Mike. He keeps on promising to call, but never does - she doesn't know that he's a little dealer. After a failed deal in someone else's district he has...

Actors : Hanna Bieniuszewicz, Krzysztof Kolberger, Bo F. Munthe, Curt Broberg,
Directors : Mats Helge Olsson,

Swedish scientist named Karl Markov is taken hostage by the KGB. After his daughter Nadia is also kidnapped and brought deep into the heart of Russia, a group of highly trained ninjas, led ...

Actors : Carole Bouquet, Bernard Fresson, Nathalie Baye, Gérard Depardieu,
Directors : Philippe Labro,

Actors : Paco Hernández, Enrique Goicoechea, José María Asín, Patxi Bisquert,
Directors : Montxo Armendáriz,

The childhood, love adventures, and ordinary life of Tasio, a coal maker in rural Navarre.