Best Drama movies of 1980s

Actors : Stacy Keach, Ed Flanders, Jason Miller, Scott Wilson,
Directors : William Peter Blatty,

A new commanding officer arrives at a remote castle serving as an insane asylum for crazy and AWOL U.S.M.C. soldiers where he attempts to rehabilitate them by allowing them to live out ...

Actors : Isabelle Adjani, Madeleine Robinson, Laurent Grévill, Gérard Depardieu,
Directors : Bruno Nuytten,

Biography of Camille Claudel. Sister of writer Paul Claudel, her enthusiasm impresses already-famous sculptor Auguste Rodin. He hires her as an assistant, but soon Camille begins to sculpt ...

Actors : Jacqueline Bisset, Albert Finney, Anthony Andrews, Ignacio López Tarso,
Directors : John Huston,

The last 24 hours in the life of Geoffrey Firmin, a lonely, depressed English consul who retreats to alcohol for solace.

Actors : Sener Sen, Füsun Demirel, Erdal Özyagcilar, Nilgün Nazli,
Directors : Nesli Çölgeçen,

The landowner (Agha) of the Haraptar village marries off his old father with the young and beautiful Kiraz. But on the nuptial night, his father dies and everthing starts to go bad for the ...

Actors : Lisa Jane Persky, Ron Thompson, Jerry Holland, Mews Small,
Directors : Ralph Bakshi,

The story of four generations of a Russian Jewish immigrant family of musicians whose careers parallel the history of American popular music in the 20th century.

Actors : André Wilms, Luc Thuillier, Sandrine Bonnaire, Michel Blanc,
Directors : Patrice Leconte,

A recluse is accused of murdering a young woman simply because his neighbors think he is strange.

Actors : Kevin Anderson, Bruce Willis, Emily Lloyd, Joan Allen,
Directors : Norman Jewison,

Samantha Hughes, a teenaged Kentucky girl, never knew her father, who died in Vietnam before her birth. Samantha lives with her Uncle Emmett, who also served in Vietnam. Emmett hangs around...

Actors : Ray Monge, Nyla McCarthy, Tim Streeter, Doug Cooeyate,
Directors : Gus Van Sant,

A story of amour fou. Walt is madly in love/lust with a young illegal Mexican immigrant. However, the object of his unrequited affection doesn't even speak any English and finds Walt really...

Actors : Brad Davis, Jeanne Moreau, Franco Nero, Laurent Malet,
Directors : Rainer Werner Fassbinder,

French sailor Querelle arrives in Brest and starts frequenting a strange whorehouse. He discovers that his brother Robert is the lover of the lady owner, Lysiane. Here, you can play dice ...

Actors : Jay Brazeau, Matt Clark, Charlie Sheen, Martin Sheen,
Directors : Martin Sheen,

Charlie Sheen plays a rebellious inmate in an Army stockade.

Actors : Pamela Reed, Thomas G. Waites, Daryl Hannah, James Remar,
Directors : Michael Chapman,

A young Cro-Magnon woman is raised by Neanderthals.

Actors : Natasha Richardson, Helen Mirren, Rupert Everett, Christopher Walken,
Directors : Paul Schrader,

An English couple holiday in Venice to sort out their relationship. There is some friction and distance between them, and we also sense they are being watched. One evening, they lose their ...

Actors : Scott Glenn, Patrice Donnelly, Kenny Moore, Mariel Hemingway,
Directors : Robert Towne,

The intertwined lives and loves of three highly-ranked athletes striving for the national team; Chris bounces between the beds of male coach Terry and her female friend, competitor, and role model Tory.

Actors : Anjelica Huston, D.B. Sweeney, James Earl Jones, James Caan,
Directors : Francis Ford Coppola,

A sergeant must deal with his desires to save the lives of young soldiers being sent to Vietnam. Continuously denied the chance to teach the soldiers about his experiences, he settles for trying to help the son of an old army buddy.

Actors : Paul Reiser, Daryl Hannah, J.T. Walsh, Dudley Moore,

A bitter ad executive who has reached his breaking point, finds himself in a mental institution where his career actually begins to thrive with the help of the hospital's patients.

Actors : Paul Newman, Edward Asner, Ken Wahl, Danny Aiello,
Directors : Daniel Petrie,

In New York, South Bronx's main police precinct is nicknamed Fort Apache by its employees who feel like troopers surrounded by hostiles in a wild west isolated outpost.

Actors : Andréa Ferréol, Jean Poiret, Gérard Depardieu, Catherine Deneuve,
Directors : François Truffaut,

In occupied Paris, an actress married to a Jewish theater owner must keep him hidden from the Nazis while doing both of their jobs.

Actors : Elizabeth Peña, Jamie Lee Curtis, Ron Silver, Clancy Brown,
Directors : Kathryn Bigelow,

A female rookie in the police force engages in a cat and mouse game with a pistol wielding psychopath who becomes obsessed with her.

Actors : Eric Roberts, Phillip Rhee, James Earl Jones, Sally Kirkland,
Directors : Robert Radler,

A team from the United States is going to compete against Korea in a Tae Kwon Do tournament. The team consists of fighters from all over the country--can they overcome their rivalry and work together to win?

Actors : Marie-Christine Descouard, Jean Desailly, Cyrielle Clair, Jean-Paul Belmondo,
Directors : Georges Lautner,

Victim of a plot which has resulted in his imprisonment in a Central African jail for two years, a French secret agent arrives in Paris to settle accounts.