Best Drama movies of 1984

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 : Bernard Giraudeau, Caroline Cellier, Valérie Kaprisky, Jacques Perrin,
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 : Alicia Hermida, Victoria Abril, Amparo Soler Leal, Agustín González,
Directors : Jaime Chávarri,

The story of a boy and his family during the Spanish Civil War.

Actors : Kiefer Sutherland, Liv Ullmann, Peter Donat, Alan Scarfe,
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 : 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 : 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 : 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 : 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 : Davoud Rashidi, Ezzatolah Entezami, Ali Nassirian, Jamshid Mashayekhi,
Directors : Ali Hatami,

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

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 : 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 : 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 : 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 : 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 : 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 : 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 : Jean Carmet, Victor Lanoux, Lee Marvin, Miou-Miou,
Directors : Yves Boisset,

A fugitive on the run from the law and carrying several million dollars hides out in the house of a farm family. The tables turn when the family turns out to be even more criminally ...

Actors : Lino Troisi, Lino Ventura, Arnoldo Foà, Giuliana de Sio,
Directors : Giuseppe Ferrara,

In the late 1970s and early 80s, assassinations in Sicily get the attention of Communist deputy, Pio La Torre, who appeals to General Carlo Alberto Dalla Chiesa to become prefect in Palermo...

Actors : Mohnish Bahl, Puneet Issar, Arti Gupta, Sadashiv Amrapurkar,

After a rich young girl has suddenly known about a demon and it's terrible curse brought by her family for generations, she decides to go to her paternal village with her lover and his friend to find out the truth.