Best Drama movies of 1988

Actors : Sofiko Chiaureli, Ramaz Chkhikvadze, Yuri Mgoyan, Konstantin Stepankov,

Wandering minstrel Ashik Kerib falls in love with a rich merchant's daughter, but is spurned by her father and forced to roam the world for a thousand and one nights - but not before he's ...

Actors : Sam Wanamaker, Jürgen Heinrich, Max Gail, Martin Sheen,
Directors : Leo Penn,

American judge in Germany must decide if the hijacking of an East German plane into West Berlin was justified.

Actors : Kenneth Colley, James Wilby, Imogen Stubbs, Susannah York,
Directors : Piers Haggard,

England, 1904. A young lawyer from London, Mr. Ashton (James Wilby) and his best friend are hiking across Dartmoor. As he twisted his ankle, Ashton is forced to seek help at a nearby ...

Actors : Nicholas Le Prevost, Elspet Gray, Meg Tilly, Rupert Frazer,
Directors : Gordon Hessler,

A London art broker goes to Copenhagen where he requires the services of a secretary fluent in Danish, English, and German. He falls deeply in love with the woman, despite the fact that he ...

Actors : Vladimir Menshov, Leonid Filatov, Oleg Basilashvili, Armen Dzhigarkhanyan,
Directors : Karen Shakhnazarov,

An engineer in charge of the production line of a factory in Moscow is sent to a small town to try to specify the distributor the new dimensions of a mechanic part they need. But in this ...

Actors : Jack Hallett, Brenda Vaccaro, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Nicholas Love,
Directors : Matthew Chapman,

Carol inherits a night club from her weird uncle. She moves into the place, only to find out just how weird her uncle really was. She begins to remember more about her very special ...

Actors : Zarko Lausevic, Mira Furlan, Slavko Stimac, Sonja Savic,
Directors : Zdravko Sotra,

This story about two maternal half-brothers, a Croat and a Serb. Although they never met, and both lose their loved ones in ethnic clashes, there is a bond between them. Filmed in 1988, "...

Actors : Ismaila Cissé, Ababacar Sy Cissé, Sidiki Bakaba, Hamed Camara,

In this semi-autobiographical film, black soldiers help to defend France, but are detained in prison camp before being repatriated home.

Actors : Vijayakumar, Prabhu, Amala Akkineni, Karthik,
Directors : Mani Ratnam,

Entrusted with the task of chairing an inquiry commission involving an influential politician, alcoholic Vishwanath must attempt to deal with issues that he has with in personal life. ...

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 : Tôru Furuya, Hirotaka Suzuoki, Shûichi Ikeda, Maria Kawamura,
Directors : Yoshiyuki Tomino,

Amuro Ray and Char Aznable settle their rivalry once and for all during the Second Neo Zeon War.

Actors : Anthony Quayle, Sandrine Dumas, Dominique Pinon, Rutger Hauer,
Directors : Ermanno Olmi,

An alcoholic man wants to return the money he has borrowed.

Actors : Janet McTeer, Anthony Edwards, Camille Coduri, Timothy Dalton,
Directors : Robert Ellis Miller,

Two terminally ill patients in a hospital yearn for relief from their predicament. With little or no friends, they form an uneasy alliance and plot an escape for one last wild time.

Actors : Tom Berenger, Chick Vennera, Anne Twomey, Daphne Zuniga,
Directors : Donald P. Bellisario,

Angela, the beautiful Mexican mistress of a NY mobster, asks virginal Father Michael for protection after Zena, the mobster's wife, kills her cheating husband. Michael becomes torn between his vows, Angela and his sister - Zena.

Actors : Nurinisa Yildirim, Münir Özkul, Yesim Tozan, Gülsen Tuncer,
Directors : Reha Erdem,

Story of a little girl with pigeon and her grand dad, missing her mother.

Actors : Richard Linklater, Linda Finney, James Goodwin, Dan Kratochvil,
Directors : Richard Linklater,

A nameless young character goes into travels to the country, meeting some acquaintances and strangers as well, having banal conversations, dedicating his existence into daily mundane ...

Actors : Enikõ Eszenyi, Barnabás Tóth, Károly Eperjes, Judit Pogány,
Directors : Géza Bereményi,

Actors : Jennifer Runyon, Joe Pantoliano, Donovan Leitch Jr., Bruce Kirby,
Directors : Mark Rosenthal,

A young man of the rock and roll generation is in his senior year of high school. When one day he successfully gets on a popular teen dance television show he becomes a star. The plot ...

Actors : Reb Brown, John Lithgow, Ralph Macchio, Kerrie Keane,
Directors : Rick Rosenthal,

A troubled Vietnam war vet deserts his wife and child shortly after he returns from the war. He returns after 10 years, where he's been living like an animal in the forest. He finds himself...

Actors : Farooq Shaikh, Rekha, Bindu, Asrani,
Directors : J.K. Bihari,

With a bull-whip and the lash of her tongue, Mrs Bhandari rules her household through intimidation and fear. She treats her husband and eldest son, Suraj, as imbeciles and her adopted ...