Best Drama movies of 1980s

Actors : Linda Denise Martin, Michele Palermo, Rusty Cooper, Jim Fitzpatrick,
Directors : David Klass,

Four friends wrestle with moving out the town they were born and raised in, when they suddenly find themselves out of work because the towns only factory has been shut down.

Actors : Joe Melia, Michael Elphick, John Standing, Patrick Pearson,
Directors : Michael Blakemore,

The members of SADUSEA (Song And Dance Unit South East Asia) fall in and out of love while trying to dodge Malayan Communist bullets in the late 1940s. Not only that, they have to contend ...

Actors : Jackie Shroff, Meenakshi Sheshadri, Shammi Kapoor, Sanjeev Kumar,
Directors : Subhash Ghai,

Notorious criminal Pasha has been imprisoned by the former Inspector General of Police, Shrikant Mathur. To get out of the situation, he writes to his best man, Jackie. Jackie goes to ...

Actors : Burt Young, Giancarlo Giannini, Dennis Hopper, Eric Roberts,
Directors : Peter Masterson,

The history of a Sicilian family who emigrated to America years ago and now lives in California cultivating vine. The problems start when they have to confront themselves with a powerful ...

Actors : Pavel Nazarov, Dinara Drukarova, Elena Popova, Valeriy Ivchenko,
Directors : Vitali Kanevsky,

Two children living in a remote mining town in the distant wastes of Siberia in 1947, survive poverty and hardship through the warmth of their friendship and a shared sense of humour.

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 : Paul L. Smith, Rick Hearst, Jon Stafford, Vernon Wells,
Directors : Gary Graver,

A rich kid, with a fondness for fast bikes, is blamed when a motorcycle accident puts his best friend in a coma.

Actors : Oliver Tobias, Sylvia Kristel, Christopher Cazenove, Gaye Brown,
Directors : Curtis Harrington,

Mata Hari is a beautiful Dutch-born dancer, working in Paris. It is August 1914 and war between France and Germany seems imminent. However, she accepts an invitation to travel to Berlin as ...

Actors : Liv Ullmann, Amanda Redman, Tim Pigott-Smith, Elizabeth Spriggs,
Directors : Anthony Harvey,

Following her husband's death, a wife discovers and confronts her husband's lover. Their mutual pain, love, envy and jealousy bring them together in an unexpected emotional and physical ...

Actors : Martin Hewitt, Dennis Christopher, Luis Prendes, Lynn-Holly Johnson,
Directors : Deran Sarafian,

Three friends encounter a malevolent alien.

Actors : Kemal Sunal, Tayfun Coragan, Dilek Damlacik, Perin Aytaç,
Directors : Serif Gören,

Actors : Sunny Johnson, Mark Hamill, Dennis Quaid, Kristy McNichol,
Directors : Ron Maxwell,

A small town stud wants to go to Nashville and be a big country star. His ambitious kid sister works as his manager. When they cross paths with a small town sheriff, their dream comes in jeopardy.

Actors : Arliss Howard, Klaus Maria Brandauer, Robert Duvall, Tim Phillips,
Directors : Jerzy Skolimowski,

A trio of robbers, two brothers and their twisted genius leader, invade a lightship, but don't reckon on the crew fighting back.

Actors : Junko Miyashita, Kiwako Taichi, Norihei Miki, Kin'ya Kitaôji,
Directors : Mitsuo Yanagimachi,

The villagers in a beautiful remote area of Japan are divided into the woodsmen, who worship the mountain goddess, and the fishermen, who worship the goddess of the sea. These traditions ...

Actors : Anthony Zerbe, Richard Roundtree, Tom Skerritt, Lisa Eichhorn,
Directors : Eric Karson,

The commander of an Air Force camp simulates prisoner-of-war conditions for realistic training goes too far, creating all too real torture situations. He preys on the only woman in the experiment.

Actors : Jason Miller, Fernando Rey, Geneviève Bujold, Christopher Reeve,
Directors : Frank Perry,

An ambitious priest seduces a nun and leads the Vatican into shady business during and after World War II.

Actors : Hédi Temessy, György Cserhalmi, Maria Gladkowska, Zita Perczel,
Directors : Ferenc András,

Two old women who happen to be pickpockets stole money from Simon, the taxi driver. The police are unable to find the thieves, so Simon decides to find them himself.

Actors : Judith Henry, Marie Bunel, Fabrice Luchini, Maurice Garrel,
Directors : Christian Vincent,

There is an author who has been dumped by his girlfriend and has no inspiration for a next novel. In an attempt to find a solution to both crises, he, along with his publisher friend, ...

Actors : Semka Sokolovic-Bertok, Bogdan Diklic, Predrag Lakovic, Snezana Niksic,
Directors : Goran Markovic,

The staff of elementary school prepare the retirement party for their cleaning woman. The complicated relations within the school will emerge to the surface on the same night.

Actors : Kumar Gaurav, Poonam Dhillon, Sanjay Dutt, Nutan,
Directors : Mahesh Bhatt,

Janki lives a poor middle class life with her two sons Ravi and Vicky while Ravi works for a abusive boss Mr Ghanshyam,Vicky is jobless and always takes law in his hands and dreams of going...