Best Drama movies of 1988

Actors : Silvia Seidel, Günther Maria Halmer, Patrick Bach, Jon Peterson,
Directors : Frank Strecker,

The story of young ballerina Anna, as she becomes a professional dancer and is ready to leave Munich and move across the Atlantic to New York.

Actors : Ellen Burstyn, Donald Pleasence, Maruschka Detmers, Anthony Andrews,
Directors : Menahem Golan,

During WW2 Hanna Szenes, a Hungarian Jew living in British Palestine, volunteers to go behind enemy lines to rescue Jews from deportation to death camps.

Actors : Marko Ratic, Milena Dravic, Aleksandar Bercek, Slobodan Negic,
Directors : Milos 'Misa' Radivojevic,

Story about friendship between two boys coming from different social backgrounds, but with the equally bitter family experiences.

Actors : Jeff Osterhage, Lisa Blount, Joe Estevez, Lewis Van Bergen,
Directors : Mark Rezyka,

In a drab desert town, some 200 miles south of Reno, an indecisive man with an unfaithful wife dreams of someday, someday, taking charge of his drifting life.

Actors : Jason Mizell, Joseph Simmons, Darryl McDaniels, Daniel Simmons,
Directors : Rick Rubin,

Legendary hip-hop group Run-D.M.C. stars in this cross between a blaxploitation film and a spaghetti western. They must find and punish the evil drug lord-record company executive who ...

Actors : Arthur Dignam, Drew Norman, Mark Lee, Dennis Miller,
Directors : Michael Thornhill,

A beautiful, if ambitious and amoral, youth is tapped to become the lover of a powerful senator. The young man quickly realizes that he can hold this place, with all its perks, only as long...

Actors : Stefania Sandrelli, Céline Beauvallet, Jean-Pierre Duriez, Leonardo Ruta,
Directors : Francesca Archibugi,

Actors : Adrienne Pierce, Tanya Roberts, Hal Orlandini, Julie Pop,
Directors : Ami Artzi,

Two Peace Corps volunteers in Africa are framed and put into an oppressive women's prison.

Actors : Lance Henriksen, James Ryan, John Fujioka, Arabella Holzbog,
Directors : Paul Mayersberg,

The quest for spiritual fulfilment be a Japanese businessman who comes to Africa following the trail of his samurai ancestor. Despite the title this is not a martial arts film.

Actors : Miyuki Nakano, Eri Fukatsu, Eri Miyajima, Tomoko Ôtakara,
Directors : Shûsuke Kaneko,

Summer vacation has emptied a Japanese boys' school of all but three boys: the junior Norio & the seniors Kazuhiko & Naoto. They have no families to return to for the summer, so they spend ...

Actors : Francisco Rabal, Melissa Leo, Timothy Hutton, William Hurt,
Directors : Gregory Nava,

A modernized version of the story which inspired Verdi's opera, "La Forza del Destino".

Actors : Ahn Sung-ki, Joong-Hoon Park, Chong-ok Bae,
Directors : Kwang-su Park,

A painter quits his job and looks to an old acquaintance for work and a place to stay.

Actors : Philippe Brigaud, Jean-Marc Bory, Sydney Penny, Jean-Marie Bernicat,
Directors : Jean Delannoy,

In 1857, an unemployed miller moves his family into grim lodgings; his wife takes in laundry. In February of 1858, at the Massabielle grotto, their 14-year old asthmatic, illiterate ...

Actors : Susan Anspach, Art Hindle, Olivia d'Abo, Lee Montgomery,
Directors : Graeme Campbell,

A waitress tries to seduce a guy and convince him to kill a person she hates, since their death would bring her a lot of money. He's not into the idea but the girl has a backup plan.

Actors : Melanie Doane, Lionel Doucette, Marja Kok, Joop Admiraal,
Directors : Heddy Honigmann,

Actors : Dusica Zegarac, Neda Arneric, Stevo Zigon, Ranko Zidaric,
Directors : Lordan Zafranovic,

A married couple from Germany, middle-aged Manfred and his much younger wife Meyra, who are originally from Zagreb, spend their vacation on the island Hvar. They are staying at Ms. Marija's...

Actors : Mark Asquith, Sherry Baines, Ben Kingsley, Magdalen Asquith,
Directors : Tony Palmer,

The story of the great Soviet composer Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975) and his life and career during the rule of Stalin.

Actors : Ángel Pardo, Pastora Vega, Imanol Arias, Jorge Sanz,
Directors : Vicente Aranda,

Actors : John Hurt, Hugh Grant, Shabana Azmi, Supriya Pathak,
Directors : Nicolas Klotz,

Hugh Grant stars as a British engineer who becomes entangled in a forbidden romance with his Indian employer's eldest daughter. As their passion ignites, the East-meets-West clash of ...

Actors : Andrea Occhipinti, Burt Lancaster, Daniel Olbrychski, Ben Cross,
Directors : Michael Anderson,

Based on a play by Pope John Paul II about couples who have reached either the hight or a crisis in their relationships. Their stories are connected by the local jeweler's shop.