Best Drama movies of 1987

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 : 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 ...

Actors : Michelle Holmes, Siobhan Finneran, George Costigan, Lesley Sharp,
Directors : Alan Clarke,

Realistic story of working class Yorkshire life. Two schoolgirls have a sexual fling with a married man. Serious and light-hearted by turns.

Actors : Ann-Marie MacDonald, Paule Baillargeon, Richard Monette, Sheila McCarthy,
Directors : Patricia Rozema,

Scatterbrained Polly gets a job as a secretary in Gabrielle's art gallery. Polly aspires to be a professional photographer, and idolizes Gabrielle for her artistic ability. When Gabrielle ...

Actors : Anne Pitoniak, Andrea Burchill, Sara Walker, Christine Lahti,
Directors : Bill Forsyth,

In the Pacific Northwest in 1955, two young sisters, abandoned by their mother, wind up living with their Aunt Sylvie, whose views of the world and its conventions don't quite live up to ...

Actors : Heidi Lenhart, David Thomas, Mitsuki Yayoi, Leo Morimoto,
Directors : Hiroyuki Yamaga,

In an alternative Earth, a young astronaut participates in a controversial fledgling space program.

Actors : Issiaka Kane, Balla Moussa Keita, Aoua Sangare, Niamanto Sanogo,
Directors : Souleymane Cissé,

A young man with magical powers journeys to his uncle to request help in fighting his sorcerer father.

Actors : Lara Harris, D.B. Sweeney, Charlie Sheen, Randy Quaid,
Directors : Peter Werner,

A rookie cop goes undercover and infiltrates a car thief ring.

Actors : Kaoru Yachigusa, Tatsuya Nakadai, Toshinori Omi, Toshirô Yanagiba,
Directors : Seijirô Kôyama,

The true story about a dog's loyalty to its master, even after his death.

Actors : Shashi Kapoor, Frances Barber, Ayub Khan-Din, Claire Bloom,
Directors : Stephen Frears,

Sammy and Rosie are an unconventional middle-class London married couple. They live in the midst of inner-city chaos, surround themselves with intellectual street people, and sleep with ...

Actors : Ellen Barkin, Julian Sands, Gabriel Byrne, Isabella Rossellini,
Directors : Mary Lambert,

Claire (an American) wakes up in a terrible state at the end of a runway in Spain. As she tries to account for her state (blood-soaked and bruised), she has flashbacks from the past few ...

Actors : Jason Robards, Winona Ryder, Rob Lowe, Jane Alexander,
Directors : Daniel Petrie,

Gemma is 13 years old lives with her grandpa in the country, she has for many years. One day her mother shows up, and wants to take Gemma to the city. Her mother is married now, and can ...

Actors : Cynthia Gibb, Burt Reynolds, Kenneth McMillan, Cliff Robertson,
Directors : Harley Cokeliss,

Ex-CIA hit-man running from his past (Malone) finds just how difficult it is to retire when he runs accross a small town controlled by mercenaries and a family that's resisting their ...

Actors : Victor Rebengiuc, Luminita Gheorghiu, Dorel Visan, Gina Patrichi,
Directors : Stere Gulea,

Story of a family. Problems, marriage, taxes, revenge, friendship, army, life and much more...

Actors : Tracy Pollan, Kiefer Sutherland, Jason Gedrick, Meg Ryan,
Directors : Michael Hoffman,

This gritty drama follows two high school acquaintances, Hancock, a basketball star, and Danny, a geek turned drifter, after they graduate. The first film commissioned by the Sundance Film ...

Actors : Sophie Renoir, Eric Viellard, Anne-Laure Meury, Emmanuelle Chaulet,
Directors : Éric Rohmer,

In Paris outskirts Blanche, a young clerk, befriends Lea, a girl livelier than she is. Lea is going steady with Fabien who is a friend to Alexandre who is going steady with Adrienne but is ...

Actors : Gregory Peck, Jamie Lee Curtis, Dean Alexander, Jim Allen,
Directors : Mike Newell,

A little league player named Chuck refuses to ever pitch again until nuclear weapons are disarmed. Basketball star "Amazing Grace" Smith follows the boy's example, and starts a trend.

Actors : Guzin Coragan, Sener Sen, Ali Uyandiran, Üstün Asutay,
Directors : Nesli Çölgeçen,

Selamsiz (wich means 'no greeting') is a small town in Anatolia. The town has a lot of problems but noone from governments come and see the town. One day the mayor learns that the prime ...

Actors : Jan Rubes, Roddy McDowall, William Russ, Mary Steenburgen,
Directors : Arthur Penn,

A fledgling actress is lured to a remote mansion for a screen-test, soon discovering she is actually a prisoner in the middle of a blackmail plot.