Best Drama movies of 1980s

Actors : Jack Weston, Wilford Brimley, Bess Armstrong, Tom Selleck,
Directors : Brian G. Hutton,

During WW1, an alcoholic American biplane pilot is hired by the spoiled daughter of an industrialist to find her father who disappeared in Asia.

Actors : John Heard, Tom Berenger, Debra Winger, Betsy Blair,
Directors : Costa-Gavras,

An FBI agent posing as a combine driver becomes romantically involved with a Midwest farmer who lives a double life as a white supremacist.

Actors : Art Evans, Debbie Allen, Fay Hauser, Richard Pryor,
Directors : Richard Pryor,

After severely burning himself in a drug incident, a comedian has a near death experience in which he reviews his life.

Actors : Bob Balaban, Richard Dreyfuss, John Cassavetes, Christine Lahti,
Directors : John Badham,

Ken Harrison is an artist who makes sculptures. One day he is involved in a car accident, and is paralyzed from his neck down. All he can do is talk, and he wants to die. In hospital he ...

Actors : Rip Torn, Kris Kristofferson, Kevin Conway, Treat Williams,
Directors : William Tannen,

Two Texas border guards find a jeep buried for 20 years in the desert, with a skeleton, a scoped rifle, and a box with $800,000 in cash. They decide to keep the money, but quietly check up ...

Actors : Féodor Atkine, Béatrice Romand, André Dussollier, Arielle Dombasle,
Directors : Éric Rohmer,

Sabine vows to give up married lovers, and is determined to find a good husband. Her best friend Clarisse introduces her to her cousin Edmond, a busy lawyer from Paris. Sabine pursues ...

Actors : Richard Ganoung, John Bolger, Steve Buscemi, Adam Nathan,
Directors : Bill Sherwood,

As Michael and Robert, a gay couple in New York, prepare for Robert's departure for a two-year work assignment in Africa, Michael must face Robert's true motives for leaving while dealing ...

Actors : Pamela Gidley, Alan Boyce, Michael Elgart, Keanu Reeves,
Directors : Marisa Silver,

When David Sinclair, a popular and talented high school student commits suicide, his best friend Chris takes over many of his responsibilities; from the school production of "H.M.S. ...

Actors : Chelsea Field, Lane Smith, Viggo Mortensen, Lincoln Kilpatrick,
Directors : Renny Harlin,

The spirit of a long-dead prisoner returns for revenge, haunting the prison's new governor.

Actors : Edward Woodward, Denis Quilley, Alice Krige, Richard Gere,
Directors : Bruce Beresford,

This is a movie about the life of Israel's king David.

Actors : Jack Davidson, Joanna Merlin, Vincent Spano, Rosanna Arquette,
Directors : John Sayles,

In a 1966 New Jersey high school, Jill and new student Sheik from the other side of the tracks make their way in a first love romance.

Actors : Corey Haim, Teri Garr, Christopher Collet, Peter Weller,
Directors : Michael Apted,

A teen must protect his family, when his mother's sinister new boyfriend begins exerting his authority in their house.

Actors : Todd Graff, Tim Robbins, John Turturro, Jodie Foster,
Directors : Tony Bill,

A psychotic young man returns to his old neighborhood after release from prison. He seeks out the woman he previously tried to rape and the man who protected her, with twisted ideas of love for her and hate for him.

Actors : Sarah Miles, Greta Scacchi, Joss Ackland, Charles Dance,
Directors : Michael Radford,

A millionaire past his prime, and his young wife, arrive in Kenya circa 1940 to find that the other affluent British expatriates are living large, as the homefront gears up for war. They ...

Actors : Andrea Occhipinti, Ana Obregón, George Kennedy, Bo Derek,
Directors : John Derek,

A 1920s English heiress seeks ecstasy with a sheik in Morocco and a bullfighter in Spain.

Actors : Shô Kosugi, Christopher George, Franco Nero, Susan George,
Directors : Menahem Golan,

After just completing his training at a ninja school, an army vet travels to the Phillippines and finds himself battling a land grabber who wants his war-buddy's property. He must also ...

Actors : Josef Sommer, Lindsay Crouse, John Lone, Timothy Hutton,
Directors : Fred Schepisi,

A prehistoric Neanderthal man found frozen in ice is revived by an arctic exploration team, who then attempt to use him for their own scientific means.

Actors : Cher, Sudie Bond, Sandy Dennis, Karen Black,
Directors : Robert Altman,

The Disciples of James Dean meet up on the anniversary of his death and mull over their lives in the present and in flashback, revealing the truth behind their complicated lives. Who is the...

Actors : Jean-Pierre Léaud, Kenneth Colley, Margi Clarke, T.R. Bowen,
Directors : Aki Kaurismäki,

After fifteen years' service, Henri Boulanger is made redundant from his job. Shocked, he attempts suicide, but can't go through with it, so he hires a contract killer in a seedy bar to ...

Actors : Mikkel Gaup, Ingvald Guttorm, Henrik H. Buljo, Nils Utsi,
Directors : Nils Gaup,

Around the year 1000 AD warlike people, the so-called "tjudes," roam in northern Scandinavia. As they brutally kill a family in a remote area, including the parents and their little ...