Best Drama movies of 1980s

Actors : Sissy Spacek, Melanie Mayron, Jack Lemmon, John Shea,
Directors : Costa-Gavras,

When an idealistic American writer disappears during the Chilean coup d'état in September 1973, his wife and father try to find him.

Actors : Paul McCrane, Jodie Foster, Rob Lowe, Beau Bridges,
Directors : Tony Richardson,

The film talks about a family that weathers all sorts of disasters and keeps going in spite of it all. It is noted for its wonderful assortment of oddball characters.

Actors : Krzysztof Globisz, Jan Tesarz, Zbigniew Zapasiewicz, Miroslaw Baka,
Directors : Krzysztof Kieslowski,

The plot couldn't be simpler or its attack on capital punishment (and the act of killing in general) more direct - a senseless, violent, almost botched murder is followed by a cold, ...

Actors : James Russell, John Mills, Robin Houston, Peggy Ashcroft,
Directors : Jimmy T. Murakami,

A naive elderly British rural couple survive the initial onslaught of a nuclear war.

Actors : Brian Cousins, Bruce Davison, Patrick Cassidy, Stephen Caffrey,
Directors : Norman René,

The emergence and devastation of the AIDS epidemic is chronicled in the lives of several gay men living during the 1980s.

Actors : Diane Franklin, Lawrence Monoson, Steve Antin, Joe Rubbo,
Directors : Boaz Davidson,

The friendship of a group of young friends struggling with teen sex, drugs, and work is jeopardized by a romantic interest which may turn pals into bitter rivals.

Actors : Christopher Lambert, Terence Stamp, Joss Ackland, John Turturro,
Directors : Michael Cimino,

Egocentric bandit Salvatore Giuliano fights the Church, the Mafia, and the landed gentry while leading a populist movement for Sicilian independence.

Actors : John Heard, Jeff Bridges, Ann Dusenberry, Lisa Eichhorn,
Directors : Ivan Passer,

Richard spots a man dumping a body, and decides to expose the man he thinks is the culprit with his friend Alex Cutter.

Actors : Kristy Swanson, Michael Sharrett, Anne Twomey, Matthew Labyorteaux,
Directors : Wes Craven,

After his friend is killed by her abusive father, the new kid in town attempts to save her by implanting robotic microchips into her brain.

Actors : Leon Isaac Kennedy, David Carradine, Barbara Carrera, Chuck Norris,
Directors : Steve Carver,

The archetypical renegade Texas Ranger wages war against a drug kingpin with automatic weapons, his wits and martial arts after a gun battle leaves his partner dead. All of this inevitably ...

Actors : Stephen Lang, Burt Young, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Peter Dobson,
Directors : Uli Edel,

Set in Brooklyn during the 1950s against a backdrop of union corruption and violence. A prostitute falls in love with one of her customers. Also a disturbed man discovers that he is homosexual.

Actors : Madeleine Stowe, Tomas Milian, Anthony Quinn, Kevin Costner,
Directors : Tony Scott,

Michael "Jay" Cochran has just left the Navy after 12 years. He's not quite sure what he's going to do, except that he knows he wants a holiday. He decides to visit Tiburon Mendez, a ...

Actors : Terence Donovan, Tommy Dysart, Tom Burlinson, Kirk Douglas,
Directors : George Miller,

In 1880s Australia when young Jim Craig's father dies Jim takes a job at the Harrison cattle ranch and he is forced to become a man.

Actors : Michael Wright, Louis Gossett Jr., James Belushi, Rae Dawn Chong,
Directors : Christopher Cain,

A teacher is assigned to be the principal of a violent and crime-ridden high school.

Actors : Sheila Moore, Viggo Mortensen, Jeremy Cooper, Lindsay Duncan,
Directors : Philip Ridley,

In the 1950's, a young boy living with his troublesome family in rural USA fantasizes that a neighboring widow is actually a vampire, responsible for a number of disappearances in the area.

Actors : Jessica Lange, John Goodman, Timothy Hutton, Dennis Quaid,
Directors : Taylor Hackford,

A Louisiana football legend struggles to deal with life's complexities after his college career is over.

Actors : Tom Burlinson, Jack Thompson, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Rutger Hauer,
Directors : Paul Verhoeven,

A band of medieval mercenaries take revenge on a noble lord who decides not to pay them by kidnapping the betrothed of the noble's son. As the plague and warfare cut a swathe of destruction...

Actors : Carroll Baker, Eric Roberts, Cliff Robertson, Mariel Hemingway,
Directors : Bob Fosse,

A successful young model finds trouble when her obsessive manager-turned-husband becomes dangerously jealous. Based on the true story of 1980 Playmate of the Year Dorothy Stratten.

Actors : Hector Elizondo, Martha Gehman, Matt Dillon, Molly McCarthy,
Directors : Garry Marshall,

Set in Brooklyn, 1963, Jeffrey Willis has just finished high school and isn't quite sure what the future holds. His parents expect him to go to college but he is starting to find his ...

Actors : Morgan Freeman, Michael Keaton, Tate Donovan, Kathy Baker,
Directors : Glenn Gordon Caron,

A hustling drug addict checks himself into rehab to escape trouble with the law, and realizes that it's exactly what he needs.