Best Drama movies of 1981

Actors : William T. Hicks, Deborah Bloodworth, Susan Bloodworth, Harris Bloodworth,
Directors : Christopher Reynolds,

In the 1920s, a man in black rides into a small Southern town to visit retribution upon the citizens who have strayed from the path of righteousness and religion. He does this, of course, by killing them in various bloody ways.

Actors : Jenny Agutter, Barry Newman, Chris Robinson, Kathleen Nolan,
Directors : Vincent McEveety,

A woman leaves her husband after the death of her child to teach deaf children how to speak. Her own child was deaf and although she has no formal training she successfully teaches one boy.

Actors : Yuet Sang Chin, Meng Lo, Pan Pan Yeung, Yue Wong,

The traditional lion dance never looked so good as in Lion vs. Lion which captures the most impressive sequences of lion dancing on film. Lo Mang teams up with Wong Yu, as they ...

Actors : Roger Ward, Chard Hayward, Louise Howitt, Deborah Coulls,
Directors : Terry Bourke,

A Young woman is looking after her sister's house, unaware that her sister and neighbor have been murdered by their handyman who also happens to be a serial killer.

Actors : Judy Davis, Bryan Brown, Cathy Downes, Baz Luhrmann,
Directors : John Duigan,

When a womanizing bookshop owner hears about the suicide of his former girlfriend, he tries to find out more and meets her friend, a prostitute. They hook up, but when she finds her friends...

Actors : Martyn Sanderson, Tony Barry, John Hargreaves, David Hemmings,
Directors : John Laing,

A docu-drama covering one of the most famous murder cases in New Zealand history. Did Arthur Thomas kill Jeannette and Harvey Crewe at their Pukekawa farm house? Arthur was sure that ...

Actors : Nina Knapskog, Kenneth Johansen, Vibeke Løkkeberg, Helge Jordal,
Directors : Vibeke Løkkeberg,

A young girl growing up in Bergen, Norway just after the 2nd world war, is trying to deal with the father's adultery and mother's deep depression, as she befriends a boy. This endangers her.

Actors : Adam Hanuszkiewicz, Tadeusz Lomnicki, Jerzy Skolimowski, Joanna Szczerbic,
Directors : Jerzy Skolimowski,

Censored by the Polish authorities, this film was reedited and new footage added. It begins with a sci-fi motif: abstract images and electronic music take the viewer from ruins of Lebanon ...

Actors : Mihai Mereuta, Marioara Sterian, Stela Furcovici, Adrian Pintea,
Directors : Dinu Cocea,

Actors : Lucinda Dooling, John Randolph, Marie Windsor, Mel Novak,
Directors : David Sheldon,

A cheerleader goes undercover to fight drug dealers because her brother OD'd and her fellow cheerleaders are hooked.

Actors : Izzet Günay, Fikret Hakan, Cüneyt Arkin, Ekrem Bora,
Directors : Remzi Jöntürk,

Actors : Ninetto Davoli, Franco Citti, Daria Nicolodi, Roberto Benigni,
Directors : Sergio Citti,

Rome,1960.Four different people meet each other on Olympic games.They follow games and become friends talking about their sad lifes.

Actors : Adel Imam, Sa'eed Saleh, Soad Hosny, Farouk Al-Fishawy,
Directors : Samir Seif,

The film tells the story of an ex-burglar who is struggling to lead a normal life with his wife and little son. His elder brother pressures him to return to burglary.

Actors : Perry Lang, Nikki Swasey Seaton, Leon Isaac Kennedy, Jayne Kennedy,
Directors : George Bowers,

A young man struggles to become a boxing champ, but success blinds him. It is only through the love of his girlfriend that he is brought back to reality.

Actors : Philippe Noiret, Lisa Kreuzer, Bernard Le Coq, Jean Rochefort,
Directors : Laurent Heynemann,

"Hangar" is a new agency whose purpose is to carry out missions even too sensitive for the police or intelligence services. In this film, the agency must eliminate a German female terrorist...

Actors : Setsuko Karasuma, Chieko Baishô, Ken Takakura, Ayumi Ishida,
Directors : Yasuo Furuhata,

Constantly put to the test and faced with tragedy wherever he turns, can a man finally find solace and a modicum of love or rest with what is left of his hometown, his family, love or himself?

Actors : Massimo Boldi, Renato Pozzetto, Felice Andreasi, Ornella Muti,
Directors : Pasquale Festa Campanile,

Guerrino, a prematurely widowed businessman, falls in love with Chantal, a former paratrooper in the German army who changed sex a few years earlier.

Actors : Tim Beekman, Huib Broos, Eric Clerckx, Kitty Courbois,
Directors : Otto Jongerius,

At the deathbed of his used-to-be militant mother an older man looks back at his childhood, when he was in love with his sensual aunt Coleta.

Actors : Mahmut Cevher, Talat Bulut, Aliye Rona, Türkan Soray,
Directors : Türkan Soray,

Actors : Bulle Ogier, Yann Andréa,
Directors : Marguerite Duras,

A dialogue-driven drama about a woman and her brother who meet at a deserted seaside hotel to deal with their passionate incestuous feelings for each other and reminisce about their happy childhood.