Best Drama movies of 1980s

Actors : Antonio Banderas, Nacho Martínez, Assumpta Serna, Eva Cobo,
Directors : Pedro Almodóvar,

An ex-bullfighter who gets turned on by killing, a lady lawyer with the same fetish and a young man driven insane by his religious upbringing - these are the main characters in this stylish...

Actors : Cynthia Rhodes, Steve Inwood, Finola Hughes, John Travolta,
Directors : Sylvester Stallone,

It's five years later and Tony Manero's Saturday Night Fever is still burning. Now he's strutting toward his biggest challenge yet - succeeding as a dancer on the Broadway stage.

Actors : Chris Cooper, Will Oldham, Mary McDonnell, James Earl Jones,
Directors : John Sayles,

A labor union organizer comes to an embattled mining community brutally and violently dominated and harassed by the mining company.

Actors : Mickey Rourke, John Lone, Leonard Termo, Ariane,
Directors : Michael Cimino,

A police detective cracks down on organized crime in Chinatown after the murders of Triad and Mafia leaders.

Actors : Richard Pryor, Angel Ramirez Jr., Jimmy Hughes, Cicely Tyson,

Joe Braxton is an ex-con who has been given a second chance to freedom after violating his probation. He has been hired by a school teacher named Vivian Perry to repair and drive an old ...

Actors : Martin Balsam, Joey Bishop, Chuck Norris, Lee Marvin,
Directors : Menahem Golan,

After a plane is hijacked by terrorists, The Delta Force are sent in to resolve the crisis.

Actors : John Wesley Shipp, Kenny Morrison, Jonathan Brandis, Clarissa Burt,
Directors : George Miller,

A young boy with a distant father enters a world of make-believe and magic through a portal within an antique book.

Actors : Anne-Louise Lambert, Hugh Fraser, Janet Suzman, Anthony Higgins,
Directors : Peter Greenaway,

A young artist is commissioned by the wife of a wealthy landowner to make a series of drawings of the estate while her husband is away.

Actors : Abigail Clayton, Kelly Piper, Joe Spinell, Caroline Munro,
Directors : William Lustig,

A psychopath, troubled by his childhood abuse, loose in New York City, kills young women and takes their scalps as his trophies. Will he find the perfect woman in a photographer, and end his killing spree?

Actors : Martin Balsam, Charles Bronson, Deborah Raffin, Ed Lauter,
Directors : Michael Winner,

Architect/vigilante Paul Kersey arrives back in New York City and is forcibly recruited by a crooked police chief to fight street crime caused by a large gang terrorizing the neighborhoods.

Actors : Rossie Harris, Roxana Zal, Jane Alexander, William Devane,
Directors : Lynne Littman,

The life of a suburban American family is scarred after a nuclear attack.

Actors : Sally Yeh, Kong Chu, Yun-Fat Chow, Danny Lee,
Directors : John Woo,

A disillusioned assassin accepts one last hit in hopes of using his earnings to restore vision to a singer he accidentally blinded, only to be double-crossed by his boss.

Actors : Pelé, Bobby Moore, Sylvester Stallone, Michael Caine,
Directors : John Huston,

As allied POWs prepare for a soccer game against the German National Team to be played in Nazi-occupied Paris, the French Resistance and British officers are making plans for the team's escape.

Actors : Stacey Pickren, Carmen Argenziano, Michelle Pfeiffer, Jeff Goldblum,
Directors : John Landis,

Ed Okin's life is somewhat out of control. He can't sleep, his wife betrays him, and his job is dull. One night, he starts to drive through Los Angeles, and he finally ends in the parking ...

Actors : John Agar, Mare Winningham, Lou Hancock, Anthony Edwards,
Directors : Steve De Jarnatt,

A young man hears a chance phone call telling him that a nuclear war has started and missiles will hit his city in 70 minutes.

Actors : Charles Bronson, J.D. Cannon, Vincent Gardenia, Jill Ireland,
Directors : Michael Winner,

Architect Paul Kersey once again becomes a vigilante when he tries to find the five street punks who murdered his daughter and housekeeper, this time on the dark streets of Los Angeles.

Actors : Steve Guttenberg, Nancy Travis, Tom Selleck, Ted Danson,
Directors : Leonard Nimoy,

Three bachelors find themselves forced to take care of a baby left by one of the guys' girlfriends.

Actors : Rosanna DeSoto, Sean Connery, Matthew Broderick, Dustin Hoffman,
Directors : Sidney Lumet,

Jessie is an aging career criminal who has been in more jails, fights, schemes, and lineups than just about anyone else. His son Vito, while currently on the straight and narrow, has had a ...

Actors : Robert Grubb, Judy Morris, Tom Burlinson, Richard Morgan,
Directors : Simon Wincer,

The true story of a Australian racehorse that becomes a champion with the help of a local stableboy.

Actors : Harry Dean Stanton, Dylan McDermott, Suzy Amis, Crispin Glover,
Directors : Michael Almereyda,

Delusional and spoiled Maureen and her eccentric brother Howdy decide to track down and meet their estranged mother, all while the drama of dysfunctional relationships, disastrous weather conditions and a dark family secret ensue.