Best Drama movies of 1981

Actors : Sümer Tilmaç, Ferdi Tayfur, Banu Alkan, Esra Yildiz,
Directors : Nazmi Özer,

Actors : Feng Ku, Sheng Fu, Lung Ti, Li Ching,
Directors : Yuen Chor,

Many feel that this, one of the Shaw Studio's biggest moneymakers, is one of those rare sequels which superior to its original. In any case, the charming title hero is back in action, ...

Actors : Rajesh Khanna, Hema Malini, Raaj Kumar, Vinod Khanna,
Directors : Chetan Anand,

The setting is in scenic Simla, summer capital of the British Raj in the 1970's. Chandramukhi from Bombay is on holiday with her parents and so is Naresh, a US educated medical professional...

Actors : Aris Retsos, Betty Livanou, Giorgos Siskos, Dora Volanaki,
Directors : Giorgos Panousopoulos,

From the opposite apartment, a young man observes the daily life of an unsuspected woman. Will she ever know his existence?

Actors : Timothy Patrick Murphy, Richard Boone, Toshirô Mifune, Mike Starr,
Directors : Tsugunobu Kotani,

A steel samurai blade that was to be given to the American ambassador by the Emperor of Japan is stolen. American sailors and Japanese samurai are sent to find it.

Actors : Valentina Berezutskaya, Anatoliy Kuznetsov, Boris Galkin, Vadim Spiridonov,
Directors : Mikhail Tumanishvili,

Sequel of "In the Zone of Special Attention" about military training of Soviet paratroopers and marines.

Actors : Kiril Variyski, Anani Anev, Viktor Chouchkov, Iliya Penev,
Directors : Zako Heskiya,

This is a sensitive film about human solidarity filled with humor and poetry.

Actors : Annie Potts, Margot Kidder, Winston Rekert, Robert Carradine,
Directors : Donald Shebib,

A young wife becomes pregnant, but the child's father is not her husband. Afraid to tell him, she leaves home, and meets an outgoing, free-spirited woman on a bus. Although the two are ...

Actors : Ellen Burstyn, Gordon Pinsent, Tom Skerritt, Jennifer McKinney,
Directors : Allan King,

Based on the biography of Olive Fredrickson, It tells of her life as a girl, then a trapper's wife and later a widow with three small children surviving under rugged pioneer conditions in ...

Actors : Diogo Dória, Teresa Menezes, Mário Barroso, Francisco Brás,
Directors : Manoel de Oliveira,

The life of a young man, son of an English officer who lets himself become a prisoner of love resulting in fatalism and disgrace.

Actors : Mira Banjac, Velimir 'Bata' Zivojinovic, Dragomir Felba, Nada Vojinovic,
Directors : Vlastimir Radovanovic,

Residents of a shanty town are facing with its destruction. With the help of the local trickster, Paja "the Bighead" moves with his family to an empty flat in New Belgrade blocks. ...

Actors : Claude Brasseur, Bruno Cremer, Jacques Perrin, Annie Girardot,
Directors : José Giovanni,

Actors : Rajesh, Bhagyaraj, Goundamani, Ambika,
Directors : Bhagyaraj,

A poor musician enters the city dreaming to become a music director finds his lady- love as the wife of his producer.

Actors : Anna Alexiadis, Bo Derek, Peter Hooten, Faidon Georgitsis,
Directors : John Derek,

16-year old Anastasia and her adopted brother Damir live on a Greek island with their pervy grandfather. She dreams about having a large antique bathtub and he dreams about running a sea-side resort. They begin to fall for each other.

Actors : Victor French, Lelia Goldoni, Paul Carafotes, Val Avery,
Directors : Silvio Narizzano,

Partially deaf teenager Carafotes becomes alienated when prevented from playing football because of his handicap. He must deal with his parents, coach, teammates, his new girlfried and a ...

Actors : Paul Hébert, R.H. Thomson, Julie Vincent, Monique Spaziani,
Directors : Francis Mankiewicz,

A woman attempts to resume her place in the family that she abandoned years earlier.

Actors : Aliki Vougiouklaki, Danis Katranidis, Kaiti Lambropoulou, Faidon Georgitsis,
Directors : Takis Vougiouklakis,

Actors : Lisa Blok-Linson, Tina Odom, Sabine Mamou, Mathieu Demy,
Directors : Agnès Varda,

A young French woman, separated from her lover, tries to find a lodging in L.A. for herself and her son.

Actors : Metin Akpinar, Süleyman Turan, Zeki Alasya, Serpil Çakmakli,
Directors : Osman F. Seden,

A rascal womanizer helps out his libertine friend in every cunning way possible to get him win his dream date over. When she finally comes to her senses they find out that he has a brain tumor with two weeks of biological lifeline left.

Actors : Hussein Fahmy, Khairy Beshara, Zouzou Mady, Bachir El Dik,
Directors : Mohamed Khan,

Maowid ala Ashaa is a 1981 Egyptian romance film, starring Soad Hosni and Ahmed Zaki. The life story of a beautiful and pure woman, interested of the very little things with a great sensibility.