Best Drama movies of 1981

Actors : Victor Rebengiuc, Florin Zamfirescu, Gheorghe Cozorici, Mariana Mihut,
Directors : Nicu Stan,

An episode of courage and devotion on a romanian commercial vessel during 80's. The master of the ship sacrifice itself on a rough sea time in order to avoid an eventual disaster.

Actors : Rekha, Shashi Kapoor, Poonam Dhillon, Rakhee Gulzar,
Directors : Ramesh Talwar,

Sharda and her sister Poornima alias Nima live with their widowed father. Since both have come of age, he first arranges Sharda's marriage with a businessman named Balraj Kohli. ...

Actors : Dante Varona, Charo Santos-Concio, Vivian Velez, Roland Dantes,
Directors : Carlo J. Caparas,

Dante Varona was tagged as hermit on this film. His bad fate and past drove him to find another life in the mountain. He obtained his power from an old hermit who gave him his magic cane ...

Actors : Michael Falkenhagen, Nina Staritz, Axel Linder, Jacqueline Ody,
Directors : Helmut Dziuba,

A boy and a gypsy girl become friends and face prejudice in Berlin in the twenties.

Actors : Sauncy LeSueur, Max von Sydow, Kyra Nijinsky, Patrick Dupond,
Directors : Robert Dornhelm,

A drama documentary about the daughter of the Russian dancer Nijinsky. Along the way it sheds light on the woman, then 60 years old, who had tried to pursue her own career as a dancer, with...

Actors : Deepak Parashar, Rakhee Gulzar, Madhu Kapoor, Suresh Oberoi,
Directors : Anil Sharma,

Shraddha lives in Mahim, Bombay, with her widowed dad, younger school-going brother, Bittu; a step-brother and his wife, Rani. When her dad passes away, he leaves all the property in ...

Actors : Eli Skorcheva, Kameliya Todorova, Stefan Danailov, Nevena Kokanova,
Directors : Yanko Yankov,

The action takes place at the beginning of the 20th century in the provincial Bulgarian town, Turnovo. A rich young doctor suffers because of his love to his housemaid. Meanwhile the First World War is beginning.

Actors : Ruimin Tong, Jicheng Lou, Hong Pan, Yaqin Jin,
Directors : Mao Zhou,

The story of a courtesan in Ming dynasty Beijing.

Actors : Milan Strljic, Bozidarka Frajt, Ljubisa Samardzic, Vanja Drach,
Directors : Veljko Bulajic,

After WW II many young people arrive to Zagreb, among them a young worker Sonja Kacar. She is supposed to participate in the construction of the first generator in the Rade Koncar factory. ...

Actors : Natasha Parry, Michel Piccoli, Jane Birkin, Eva Renzi,
Directors : Jacques Doillon,

A young woman in a deep depression leaves her husband and returns to her parents. She discovers her father is having an affair, becomes jealous of his mistress and tries to turn his feelings in her direction.

Actors : Jean Yanne, Philippe Ogouz, Carole Laure, Jean-Pierre Marielle,
Directors : Denis Amar,

Heavy traffic in the summer. Bad luck for Juliet, Albert, Jaeger and Arthur who does not reach their destination. Involved in a terrible accident that will change their lives forever.

Actors : Sok-Yang Choo, Bong Chu, Yong-nam Ji, Ho-won Bae,
Directors : Yeong-hyo Kim,

Mi-ryeong marries Ji-kwang and takes him to live at her mansion. He soon seems to fall ill and he requests that his friend, Yeo-ok be hired on to nurse him. However, Yeo-ok and Ji-kwang are...

Actors : Bjørn Skagestad, Erik Mørk, Lil Terselius, Anita Björk,
Directors : Anja Breien,

The year is 1630. A young woman in Laupstad comes to a small mountain village. She witnesses a woman being hunted and captured.

Actors : Mithun Chakraborty, Rati Agnihotri, Bindiya Goswami, Jagdeep,
Directors : Rajashekhar,

A vendetta rages between two families. Neither ghosts nor snakes nor humans can escape the carnage.

Actors : Shuqin Wang, Yumei Wang, Yujuan Wen, Shaokang Yu,
Directors : Huanzhang Zhao,

In a north China village, Renwu Chen gets married to Shuilian Xu. She presents quite a contrast to his elder brothers wife Wang Qiangying... See full synopsis »

Actors : Luís Santos, João Guedes, José Fonseca e Costa, Luísa Neto,
Directors : Monique Rutler,

Old people tend to be kept apart, even humiliated by the new generations. The stories and different destinies of three old persons are linked together, and the realism of it imposes itself on us.

Actors : Vinod Khanna, Pran, Tina Ambani, Ajit,
Directors : Lekh Tandon,

Ranvir Singh is in the employ of Raiszada Hukamchand, who is involved in criminal activities. One day Raiszada kills a man named Victor, and asks Ranvir to take the blame for this crime, ...

Actors : Fatou Ouatara, Joachim Ouatara,
Directors : Fadika Kramo-Lanciné,

Kramoko Kouyate, son of a griot, cannot marry Fanta who is of noble blood. In flashback, the film explains the origin of the problem and shows their attempts to get around it.

Actors : John Stanton, Mary Ann Severne, Simone Buchanan, Henri Szeps,
Directors : Peter Maxwell,

Simone Buchanan plays a young camera fanatic who is marooned on a desert island. Here she is threatened by a refugee from South America (Henri Szeps) who isn't keen on having his ...

Actors : Geoffrey Bowes, Tom Do-Trong Chau,
Directors : Ian McLeod,

This story of a fictional north Vietnamese and American soldier as they went through the Vietnam war is told from the point of view of each soldier, using documentary footage and scripted ...