Best Drama movies of 1980s

Actors : John Hurt, Roy Hyatt, Stephanie Lane, Theresa Russell,

Ten short pieces directed by ten different directors, including Ken Russell, Jean-Luc Godard, Robert Altman, Bruce Beresford, and Nicolas Roeg. Each short uses an aria as soundtrack/sound (...

Actors : Al Pacino, Joan Plowright, Nastassja Kinski, Donald Sutherland,
Directors : Hugh Hudson,

New York trapper Tom Dobb becomes an unwilling participant in the American Revolution after his son Ned is drafted into the Army by the villainous Sergeant Major Peasy. Tom attempts to find...

Actors : Margaret Welsh, Laura Dern, Treat Williams, Mary Kay Place,
Directors : Joyce Chopra,

A free-spirited 15-year-old girl flirts with a dangerous stranger in the Northern California suburbs and must prepare herself for the frightening and traumatic consequences.

Actors : Jason Robards, Anne Archer, David Selby, Richard Jordan,
Directors : Jerry Jameson,

To obtain a supply of a rare mineral, a ship raising operation is conducted for the only known source, the Titanic.

Actors : Michael J. Fox, Gena Rowlands, Michael McKean, Joan Jett,
Directors : Paul Schrader,

The siblings Patty and Joe Rasnick live in an industrial suburb in Cleveland, Ohio. While Patty is focused on their rock band, The Barbusters, Joe also cares for the family and the ...

Actors : Boguslawa Pawelec, Boguslaw Linda, Zbigniew Zapasiewicz, Tadeusz Lomnicki,
Directors : Krzysztof Kieslowski,

Witek runs after a train. Three variations follow on how such a seemingly banal incident could influence the rest of Witek's life.

Actors : Hugo Arana, Héctor Alterio, Norma Aleandro, Chunchuna Villafañe,
Directors : Luis Puenzo,

After the end of the Dirty War, a high school teacher sets out to find out who the mother of her adopted daughter is.

Actors : Geraldine Page, Richard Bradford, John Heard, Carlin Glynn,
Directors : Peter Masterson,

In 1940s Texas, an elderly woman is determined to visit her childhood home for one last time.

Actors : Steve McQueen, Billy Green Bush, Richard Farnsworth, Linda Evans,
Directors : William Wiard,

A renowned former army scout is hired by ranchers to hunt down rustlers but finds himself on trial for the murder of a boy when he carries out his job too well. Tom Horn finds that the ...

Actors : Peter Gallagher, Daryl Hannah, Valérie Quennessen, Barbara Rush,
Directors : Randal Kleiser,

A young American couple and a French woman engage in a threesome in the Greek Islands.

Actors : Linda Fiorentino, Keith Carradine, Wallace Shawn, Geneviève Bujold,
Directors : Alan Rudolph,

Nick Hart is a struggling American artist who lives amongst the expatriate community in 1920s Paris. He spends most of his time drinking and socializing in local cafés and pestering gallery...

Actors : Honey, Adele Bertei, Jean Satterfield, Florynce Kennedy,
Directors : Lizzie Borden,

Set ten years after the most peaceful revolution in United States history, a revolution in which a socialist government gains power, this films presents a dystopia in which the issues of ...

Actors : Richard Herd, Christian Slater, Steven Bauer, Le Tuan,
Directors : Graeme Clifford,

Brian's adopted brother is killed when he discovers that the shop he works in sends weapons to Vietnam instead of medications. To the police it looks like suicide, but Brian knows better so...

Actors : Alfre Woodard, James Russo, Diana Scarwid, Farrah Fawcett,
Directors : Robert M. Young,

A woman takes revenge on the man who invades her home and tries to rape her.

Actors : Joe Cortese, Clint Howard, Claude Earl Jones, R.G. Armstrong,
Directors : Eric Weston,

An outcast military cadet taps into a way to summon demons and cast spells on his tormentors through his computer.

Actors : Mimi Rogers, Mickey Rourke, Anthony Hopkins, Lindsay Crouse,
Directors : Michael Cimino,

An escaped con, on the run from the law, moves into a married couple's house and takes over their lives.

Actors : Michèle Baumgartner, Henri Garcin, Fanny Ardant, Gérard Depardieu,
Directors : François Truffaut,

Two ex-lovers wind up living next door to each other with their respective spouses. Forbidden passions ensue.

Actors : Michael Jenn, Robert Addie, Rupert Everett, Colin Firth,
Directors : Marek Kanievska,

Based on the life of the young Guy Burgess, who would become better known as one of the Cambridge Spies.

Actors : Doran Clark, Shô Kosugi, Bruce French, Jean-Claude Van Damme,
Directors : Eric Karson,

One of the US Air Force's most modern tactical aircraft, an F-111 Aardvark with a new laser guidance system, crashes into the sea near Malta - a region where the Soviet forces are highly ...

Actors : Karen Fergusson, Iris Churn, Kerry Fox, Alexia Keogh,
Directors : Jane Campion,

In 1920s and 1930s New Zealand, Janet Frame grows up in a poor family with lots of brothers and sisters. Already at an early age she is different from the other kids. She gets an education ...