Best Drama movies of 1989

Actors : Vincent D'Onofrio, Kevin J. O'Connor, Arthur Kennedy, Beau Bridges,
Directors : John David Coles,

A touching story of life in rural Maine, and the changes brought about by the closing of a town's small boat-building company -- on which many of the residents depended upon for a living.

Actors : Predrag 'Miki' Manojlovic, Danilo 'Bata' Stojkovic, Dragan Maksimovic, Mirjana Karanovic,
Directors : Goran Paskaljevic,

September 1945. The village school was burned down in a fire and the new communist authorities get into the church, hanging the flag of the Communist Party and overpaint frescoes. But, frescoes each time miraculously returned.

Actors : Maury Chaykin, Nathaniel Moreau, Ian Bannen, Sheila McCarthy,
Directors : Paul Donovan,

This is a tale about two children who are put in a foster home, and then on Halloween they breakout and are rescued by their eccentric grandfather who is in a Halloween costume of an ...

Actors : Carl Ridders, Jan Decleir, Hugo Van Den Berghe, Ann Petersen,
Directors : Hugo Claus,

The Heylen family's annual get-together to commemorate their mother derails completely.

Actors : Emma Suárez, Antonio Banderas, Francisco Rabal, Mercedes Sampietro,
Directors : Juan Miñón,

The story unfolds in Bilbao. Rocío (Emma Suárez), is in love with Mario (Antonio Banderas), a free rider with a lot of face that, to top it all, is partner of the business of her father, ...

Actors : Anju Ghosh, Farjana Bobi, Mithun, Ilias Kanchan,
Directors : Tojammel Haque Bokul,

A love story between a gypsy girl and a prince.

Actors : JoBeth Williams, Kris Kristofferson, Sam Waterston, Brian Keith,
Directors : Franklin J. Schaffner,

Jake died in Vietnam; his family mourned him, then moved on. When he reappears, quite alive, the question is, what must he do and how will his family respond to him?

Actors : Svetlana Gaytan, Vladimir Kosyrev, Kseniya Nazarova, Aleksandr Bureyev,
Directors : Sergei Bodrov,

Young Sasha is brought into a state-run children's home because his mother died early and his father spends most of his life in prison. The conditions are like in a penal institution. Sasha...

Actors : Michael Pas, Frank Aendenboom, Babette van Veen, Hilde Heijnen,
Directors : Robbe De Hert,

A group of teenagers, unprepared for their final exams due to their indulgence in more pleasurable pursuits, barricade themselves in their school and challenge their despised and sadistic ...

Actors : Setsuko Karasuma, Eri Watanabe, Kaoru Kobayashi, Kanako Fujiwara,
Directors : Hiroaki Yoshida,

A colony of cockroaches lives peacefully in a messy bachelor's apartment until his new girlfriend moves in.

Actors : Sharon Farrell, Charles Napier, Ronny Cox, John Matuszak,
Directors : Dale Trevillion,

In this action packed film, an L.A. cop speeds off to get revenge upon the dirty drug-dealing dogs who killed his partner

Actors : Martha Plimpton, George Peppard, Jami Gertz, Bruce Payne,
Directors : Carl Schenkel,

A ballet dancer is affected with cancer.

Actors : Erika Bodnár, Gábor Máté, Erzsi Máthé, Róbert Csontos,
Directors : Péter Tímár,

How far can one person go when love becomes obsession?

Actors : Najid Jadali, Fred Williamson, Nicholas Hammond, Emma Hoagland,
Directors : Edoardo Margheriti,

Chicago cop Robert Malone (Fred Williamson) finds himself in The Philippines, ostensibly to learn the techniques of Interpol. Before he exits the Manila airport, his wallet is stolen by a ...

Actors : Nancy Mulford, Frank Zagarino, Jeff Celentano, Oliver Reed,
Directors : Cedric Sundstrom,

Mike Teller, with the help of Harry Crawford, must retrieve Mike's wife, Lisa from the clutches of Jack Fisher over a matter of $500,000.

Actors : Yury Belyayev, Irina Rozanova, Oleg Borisov, Aleksey Petrenko,
Directors : Vadim Abdrashitov,

Actors : Antonio Banderas, Javier Gurruchaga, Victoria Abril, Jorge Sanz,
Directors : Vicente Aranda,

In the post Spanish civil war years, Catalan kids would sit in circles among the ruins and tell stories, known as "aventis" (the film's original title in Catalan, its original language). ...

Actors : Jagathi Sreekumar, Jayaram, Philomina, Parvathi,
Directors : Kamal,

After arriving in a remote village called 'Peruvannapuram' a newly appointed college clerk gets in a feud with a wealthy family. Soon he makes a challenge which would shook the entire village.

Actors : Julian Sands, Ned Beatty, Stacey Dash, Ed Lauter,
Directors : Nicolas Gessner,

A British attorney on vacation in Tennessee is blamed for a local murder.

Actors : Rebecca De Mornay, Paul McGann, John Castle, Derrick O'Connor,
Directors : Colin Bucksey,

The London branch of Whitney Paine, a major American investment bank, is in the midst of a crisis; after the loss of $100 million, one of their leading traders, Tony Eisner commits suicide ...