Best Drama movies of 1980s

Actors : Vincent Perez, Anne Brochet, Jacques Weber, Gérard Depardieu,
Directors : Jean-Paul Rappeneau,

Embarrassed by his large nose, a romantic poet/soldier romances his cousin by proxy.

Actors : Ljubica Adzovic, Husnija Hasimovic, Davor Dujmovic, Bora Todorovic,
Directors : Emir Kusturica,

In this luminous tale set in the area around Sarajevo and in Italy, Perhan, an engaging young Romany (gypsy) with telekinetic powers, is seduced by the quick-cash world of petty crime, which threatens to destroy him and those he loves.

Actors : Dee Hepburn, John Gordon Sinclair, Jake D'Arcy, Clare Grogan,
Directors : Bill Forsyth,

Gregory is a normal teen who is infatuated with a classmate. He must work to win her affection.

Actors : Edward Fox, Laurence Olivier, Mel Gibson, Anthony Hopkins,
Directors : Roger Donaldson,

Fed up with their Captain's harsh discipline, a sailing ship's crew decides to take action.

Actors : Bruce Davison, Gordon Hunt, Anthony Perkins, Kathleen Turner,
Directors : Ken Russell,

A mysterious woman, fashion designer by day, prostitute by night, and accused of murder, is hounded by two men: a married father of two, and a sexually repressed preacher.

Actors : John Hurt, Ian McKellen, Joanne Whalley, Bridget Fonda,
Directors : Michael Caton-Jones,

Based on the Profumo Scandal of 1963, an affair between an exotic dancer and the Minister of War shakes up the British government.

Actors : Harvey Keitel, Jack Nicholson, Valerie Perrine, Warren Oates,
Directors : Tony Richardson,

A corrupted border agent decides to clean up his act when an impoverished woman's baby is put up for sale on the black market.

Actors : Ed Flanders, Jason Miller, George C. Scott, Brad Dourif,
Directors : William Peter Blatty,

A police lieutenant uncovers more than he bargained for as his investigation of a series of murders, which have all the hallmarks of the deceased 'Gemini' serial killer, lead him to question the patients of a psychiatric ward.

Actors : Amira Chemakhi, Sylvie Richez, Vincent Gauthier, Marie Rivière,
Directors : Éric Rohmer,

It's July, and Delphine has nowhere to go for the summer. She feels very bored and "empty", but this won't last; one day she accidently meets someone who seems to be totally made for her...

Actors : Mieko Harada, Mitsuko Baishô, Akira Terao, Toshie Negishi,

A collection of tales based upon the actual dreams of director Akira Kurosawa.

Actors : Nick Nolte, Ed Harris, Gene Hackman, Joanna Cassidy,
Directors : Roger Spottiswoode,

Three journalists in a romantic triangle are involved in political intrigue during the last days of the corrupt Somozoa regime in Nicaragua before it falls to a popular revolution in 1979.

Actors : Brian Kerwin, Anne Bancroft, Matthew Broderick, Harvey Fierstein,
Directors : Paul Bogart,

Tony Award-winning actor and playwright Harvey Fierstein re-creates his role as the unsinkable Arnold Beckoff in this film adaptation of the smash Broadway play TORCH SONG TRILOGY. A very ...

Actors : Louis Gossett Jr., Kim Miyori, Dolph Lundgren, Jeroen Krabbé,
Directors : Mark Goldblatt,

When Frank Castle's family is murdered by criminals, he wages war on crime as a vigilante assassin known only as the Punisher.

Actors : Colin Blakely, Tom Berenger, Hugh Millais, Christopher Walken,
Directors : John Irvin,

Mercenary James Shannon, on a reconnaissance job to the African nation of Zangaro, is tortured and deported. He returns to lead a coup.

Actors : Marisa Berenson, Julie Andrews, William Holden, Larry Hagman,
Directors : Blake Edwards,

A movie producer who made a huge flop tries to salvage his career by revamping his film as an erotic production, where its family-friendly star takes her top off.

Actors : Martin Kemp, Gary Kemp, Tom Bell, Billie Whitelaw,
Directors : Peter Medak,

This fact-based movie follows the life of the twin crime-lords in London's '60s underworld.

Actors : Linda Fiorentino, Ronny Cox, Michael Schoeffling, Matthew Modine,
Directors : Harold Becker,

A high school wrestler in Spokane, Washington has trouble focusing on his training regimen when a beautiful young drifter takes up temporary residence at his home.

Actors : Daniel Auteuil, Emmanuelle Béart, Hippolyte Girardot, Yves Montand,
Directors : Claude Berri,

A beautiful but shy shepherdess plots vengeance on the men whose greedy conspiracy to acquire her father's land caused his death years earlier.

Actors : John Colicos, Jessica Lange, Michael Lerner, Jack Nicholson,
Directors : Bob Rafelson,

The sensuous wife of a lunch wagon proprietor and a rootless drifter begin a sordidly steamy affair and conspire to murder her Greek husband.

Actors : Ron Perlman, Everett McGill, Rae Dawn Chong, Nicholas Kadi,
Directors : Jean-Jacques Annaud,

This story takes place in prehistoric time when three tribesmen search for a new fire source.