Best Drama movies of 1985

Actors : Yue Wong, Wai-Man Chan, Lung Ti, Sibelle Hu,
Directors : Chung Sun,

A famous weapons instructor goes on a killing spree, packed with martial arts, after his son is kidnapped and castrated.

Actors : Ping-nan Hsieh, Lin-Lin Chou, Hsiao-Fen Lu, Wei Chang,
Directors : Chu-Chin Wang,

A couple flee from famine, and the husband gets wounded by others on the way. So the wife sells herself to save the husband.

Actors : Aco Jovanovski, Petre Arsovski, Lazar Ristovski, Kostadinka Velkovska,
Directors : Kiril Cenevski,

The story takes place in March of 1943 during transportations of Jews from Skopje. Nikola is a surgeon who was taken his working license away, and spends evening hours at the local bar ...

Actors : Deborah Sun, Vivian Velez, Lito Lapid, Suzanne Gonzales,
Directors : Diego Cagahastian,

A stuntman who dabbles as a petty thief for corrupt policemen decides to quit. His bosses do not let him go but, instead, he is tortured. His consistent brushes with the law earn him a prize on his head and attention from a daily.

Actors : James Eckhouse, Marion Guyot, Leslie Denniston, Kim Guenther,
Directors : Kathleen Dowdey,

Screenings at Mannheim Film Week, FILMEX (predecessor to American Cinematheque, Los Angeles), Women Make Movies (American Film Institute).

Actors : Christine Schorn, Peter Zimmermann, Joachim Lätsch, Kathrin Waligura,
Directors : Rainer Simon,

Karl and Richard, two German soldiers captured by the Russians in World War I, become very close friends-so close that Richard shares intimate stories about his wife, Anna. Through these ...

Actors : Neda Arneric, Milena Dravic, Etta Bortolazzi, Miranda Caharija,
Directors : Vladimir Fulgosi,

An insight into multi-layered relations between natives and newcomers in the town of Pula following WWII and departure of Angloamerican forces.

Actors : Thalia Argyriou, Pantelis Antonas, Ilias Aletras, Costas Tymvios,
Directors : Andreas Pantzis,

The story of the Cyprus' turbulent recent history using the device of a desperate man, Evagoras (Costas Timvios), who returns to the island after years of absence to look for his wife and ...

Actors : Tenoch Ramos, Annette Fradera, Lucy Reina, Gerardo de la Peña,
Directors : Gerardo Pardo,

Teen angst in Mexico City is made all the worse by a young provincial woman's infatuation for a ghost, in this effective drama about disturbed youth. Aida arrives in Mexico City and is ...

Actors : Yu Liu, Dan Wu, Xiaolei Zhang, Chao Zhang,
Directors : Kena Dong,

A small inn is in disordered management and bad service. The authority appoints new manager to reform the management and improve service.

Actors : Hee-ra Kim, Mu-song Jeon, Mi-kyeong Won, Jeong-ja Park,
Directors : Jin-woo Jeong,

The matriarch of a highly respected family orders one of her daughter-in-laws to kill herself unless she can produce a child within a year.

Actors : Terence Knox, Jamie Rose, Thom Gossom Jr., Charles Hill,
Directors : Milton Bagby,

During the American Civil War, a lonely Indiana farm widow finds love when she takes in an injured traveling salesman, only to learn he is a Confederate spy on the run from Yankee patrols.

Actors : Hugo Carvana, Jurandir de Oliveira, Jayme del Cueto, Aribeti Ayres,
Directors : Zelito Viana,

Little Indian boy survives his tribe massacre, growing up together with his wish for revenge and his quest for his own identity. Based on a true story.

Actors : Antzela Metaxa, Giorgos Kyriakidis, Hristos Kaloou, Apostolos Souglakos,

An ex-wrestler becomes a junkie. When his cousin dies from heroin-use, he wants to take revenge and goes after the big boss.

Actors : Asami Ogawa, Hiroko Fuji, Kumiko Itô, Megumi Kiyosato,
Directors : Atsushi Fujiura,

A ruthless real-estate tycoon sets his sights on a small fishing village, which he believes he can buy cheaply and turn into a profitable tourist destination. He hires a handsome young ...

Actors : Louis Rolston, Joe McPartland, Mark Mulholland, John Hewitt,
Directors : Jimmy Murphy,

The elderly apostle John lives as a prisoner in the penal colony on the island of Patmos, where he gets inspiration to write the Book of Revelation.

Actors : Melinda McDowell, Jerry Terranova, Marion Eaton, Peter Paskos,
Directors : Curt McDowell,

A brother and sister who run a bordello worry that their conservative mother will find out what they do for a living. But all of their worlds are rocked when a mysterious magic man unexpectedly arrives at their mother's door.

Actors : Fakhri Khorvash, Behzad Javanbakhsh, Rasoul Tavakolli, Jamshid Hashempur,
Directors : Iraj Ghaderi,

Zeinal Bandari (Jamshid Hashempur) is an opium dealer with a past criminal record. He is nabbed in a series of arrests on drug traffickers by Iranian DEA. He then In court is convicted of ...

Actors : Mohsen Mossavi, Fatemeh Naghavi, Mehdi Asadi, Maryam Ashrafi,
Directors : Abolfazl Jalili,

During Iran-Iraqi war Hamed who has missed his parents in an air raid on his city Bostan is taken to the north to a war refugee's camp. An old man who his work is guarding the jungle take ...

Actors : Marta Becket, Pirjo Bergström, Virginia Capers, Atso Almila,

A story of a famous young violinist, loosely based on the life of Heimo Haitto.