Best Drama movies of 1988

Actors : Inna Churikova, Anna Kamenkova, Georgiy Burkov, Ivan Burlyaev,
Directors : Ideya Garanina,

A wise house cat tells a story about how humanity came to be. Long ago, helped by the Singing Magic, Man came to dominion over nature, domesticating wild animals who were once foes. And ...

Actors : Michel Voïta, Jean-François Pichette, Matthias Habich, Johanne-Marie Tremblay,
Directors : Léa Pool,

A war photographer returns home to Montréal to discover that his two partners have left him to be together. Alone in the city, he photographs what he sees, trying to heal both his war memories and a broken heart.

Actors : Julianne Phillips, Ron Leibman, Beau Bridges, Tiny Ron,
Directors : Beau Bridges,

A distraught husband kidnaps the judge who freed his wife's killers on insufficient evidence. He gives him seven hours to find evidence that will put them away, or he'll kill his wife.

Actors : Janet Pawlak, David Lord, Carrie Armstrong, Craig Boyett,
Directors : Karl Armstrong,

After he witnesses the death of a black law student, Chris, an American ninja, decides to clean little redneck town from the Ku Klux Klan.

Actors : Rajinikanth, Nassar, Kushboo, Prabhu,
Directors : S.P. Muthuraman,

Actors : Joan Plowright, Jane Horrocks, Pete Postlethwaite, Billie Whitelaw,
Directors : Jim O'Brien,

In England during World War II, a repressed dressmaker and her sister struggle looking after their 17-year-old niece, who is having a delusional affair with an American soldier.

Actors : Roshni, Raj Kiran, Kimi Katkar, Govinda,
Directors : K. Ravi Shankar,

Chided by his family for being the absolute miser, wealthy industrialist Dhaniram (Kader Khan) loves his money as a mother loves a child. This does not auger well with his two sons, Ajay ...

Actors : Christine Hakim, Rudy Wowor, Slamet Rahardjo, Piet Burnama,
Directors : Eros Djarot,

Set in 1896, Tjoet Nja Dhien celebrates one of Indonesia's great heroes who fought for independence from the Dutch. The pious Muslim people of Aceh, a city that had flourished since ancient...

Actors : Suzanne Flon, François Dunoyer, Nathalie Baye, Michel Serrault,
Directors : Alain Jessua,

Paul kills his daughter in law Catherine to protect family honor.

Actors : Everett McGill, Michael Bradford, Roger Kendall, Robert Case,
Directors : Monte Hellman,

A grotesquely disfigured harpooner called Iguana is severely mistreated by his fellow sailors on a whaling ship in the 19th century. One night he escapes and takes up residence on a remote ...

Actors : Erik Wedersøe, Börje Ahlstedt, Søren Østergaard, Line Kruse,
Directors : Søren Kragh-Jacobsen,

Emma (Line Kruse) is an eleven-year-old only child from a wealthy Danish family. Emma's parents seem more interested in their own interests than in her. One evening when Emma overhears her ...

Actors : Camilla Søeberg, Simon Callow, Eric Stoltz, Alfred Molina,
Directors : Dusan Makavejev,

In a small European country, the king is scheduled to visit a small, quiet and "safe" village. It turns out that while the village may indeed be small, it's neither as quiet nor as safe as it's expected to be.

Actors : Etienne Chicot, Martin Lamotte, André Dussollier, Catherine Deneuve,
Directors : Élisabeth Rappeneau,

Jeanne Quester is a psychologist-on-the-airwaves in a radio station.She got a raw deal when she was a child.

Actors : Gregory Fortescue, Paul Silverman, Stevie Lee, Steve Dixon,
Directors : Nathan J. White,

The main character is stricken with a horrible disease, but it doesn't affect him. It spreads to every inamimate object that he touches, and then if another person touches the object, they ...

Actors : C. Thomas Howell, Sophie Ward, John Rhys-Davies, Elizabeth Taylor,
Directors : Franco Zeffirelli,

A fanciful biopic of legendary conductor Arturo Toscanini as a very young man.

Actors : Nick Mather, Ramya Krishnan, Monisha, Mohanlal,
Directors : Priyadarshan,

Dispossessed Brahmin Mohanlal priest moves to Bombay where he finds a new calling in the hitman business.

Actors : Andy Bumatai, Yuji Okumoto, Chris Makepeace, Don Michael Paul,
Directors : Tommy Lee Wallace,

It's the 60s and a bunch of crazy teenagers meet in the beautiful island of Hawaii during their summer holidays. Although they come from different backgrounds, they hang out together and ...

Actors : Jan Rubes, Noam Zylberman, Aaron Schwartz, Saul Rubinek,
Directors : Allan A. Goldstein,

A young Jewish adolescent from an overbearing family likes a Christian girl and is helped by a fun-loving rabbi.

Actors : Cengiz Sezici, Osman Cavci, Hülya Avsar, Hüseyin Kutman,
Directors : Ibrahim Tatlises,

Actors : Fernando Rey, Jane Seymour, Manuel de Blas, Peter Weller,
Directors : Antonio Drove,

A painter becomes obsessed and begins an affair with a mysterious woman who was touched deeply by one of his works.