Best Drama movies of 1980s

Actors : Anne Bancroft, Sissy Spacek, Ed Berke, Carol Robbins,
Directors : Tom Moore,

What would you do if someone you loved sat down with you one night and calmly told you that they were going to end their life before morning? This is Thelma Cates' dilemma. Her daughter, ...

Actors : John Phillip Law, Sam Neill, Mel Gibson, Chris Haywood,
Directors : Tim Burstall,

A group of Australian commandos launch a secret mission against Japanese forces in World War II.

Actors : Nadia Ottaviani, Paolo Villaggio, Marisa Tomasi, Roberto Benigni,
Directors : Federico Fellini,

The amusing and entertaining adventures of a recently released mental patient and his band of misfits, discover conspiracies to concur while looking for love.

Actors : Birgitte Raaberg, Holger Boland, Kim Larsen, Erik Clausen,
Directors : Erik Balling,

Benny (Kim Larsen) and Arnold (Erik Clausen) are homeless and along with others living on Nørrebro in Copenhagen. The police is set to clear the building they liv in, but while cleaning the...

Actors : Alice Diabo, Catherine Roche, Constance Garneau, Beth Webber,
Directors : Cynthia Scott,

A busload of women become stranded in an isolated part of the Canadian countryside. As they await rescue, they reflect on their lives through a mostly ad-libbed script.

Actors : Hanna Schygulla, Jerzy Radziwilowicz, Michel Piccoli, Isabelle Huppert,
Directors : Jean-Luc Godard,

On a movie set, in a factory, and at a hotel, Godard explores the nature of work, love and film making. While Solidarity takes on the Polish government, a Polish film director, Jerzy, is ...

Actors : Eva-Maria Kurz, Hermann Kopp, Heinrich Ebber, Michael Krause,
Directors : Jörg Buttgereit,

Seven episodes, each taking place on a different day of the week, on the theme of suicide and violent death.

Actors : Antonella Ponziani, Sergio Rubini, Maurizio Mein, Paola Liguori,
Directors : Federico Fellini,

Cinecitta, the huge movie studio outside Rome, is 50 years old and Fellini is interviewed by a Japanese TV crew about the films he has made there over the years as he begins production on ...

Actors : Reha Yurdakul, Kemal Sunal, Yavuzer Çetinkaya, Müge Akyamaç,
Directors : Kartal Tibet,

A man goes to Germany to work there and falls for a Turkish girl who like him came to work in Germany too.

Actors : Bogdan Diklic, Dragan Nikolic, Rade Markovic, Olivera Markovic,
Directors : Goran Markovic,

During the excavation of ancient Roman ruins, an old archaeology professor accidentally opens the gate between our world and the world of the dead.

Actors : Roy Cheung, Ka-Kui Ho, Yun-Fat Chow, Tony Ka Fai Leung,
Directors : Ringo Lam,

Inside a Chinese prison two inmates form a friendship and face the difficulty of life on the inside.

Actors : Harry Dean Stanton, Harvey Keitel, Thérèse Liotard, Romy Schneider,
Directors : Bertrand Tavernier,

Roddy has a camera implanted in his brain. He is then hired by a television producer to film a documentary of terminally ill Katherine, without her knowledge. His footage will then be run ...

Actors : Zarko Lausevic, Milos Zutic, Vojislav 'Voja' Brajovic, Gorica Popovic,
Directors : Zdravko Sotra,

On June 28th 1389, at Kosovo Polje, an army of the Serbian Prince Lazar made a stand against the advancing Ottoman forces of Sultan Murad.

Actors : Andrés Pajares, Gabino Diego, Carmen Maura, Maurizio De Razza,
Directors : Carlos Saura,

Paulino and Carmela are husband and wife, troubadours touring the countryside during the Spanish Civil War. They are Republicans, and with their mute assistant, Gustavete, they journey into...

Actors : Rousy Chanev, Ivan Krystev, Max Freeman, Anya Pencheva,
Directors : Ludmil Staikov,

In the 17th century, a Bulgarian Christian region is selected by the Ottoman rulers to serve as an example of conversion to Islam. A Janissary who was kidnapped from the village as a boy is...

Actors : Velko Kynev, Pavel Popandov, Georgi Mamalev, Filip Trifonov,
Directors : Lyudmil Kirkov,

The misfortunes of a couple of guys who form a music group and think they can get rich and famous easy.

Actors : Julie Andrews, Marilu Henner, Kim Basinger, Burt Reynolds,
Directors : Blake Edwards,

Marianna, a Los Angeles based therapist, tells the story of one of her patients, middle aged David Fowler, a successful sculptor. He originally came to see her due to his sudden impotence ...

Actors : Tatyana Drubich, Aleksandr Kaydanovskiy, Aleksey Zharkov, Vladimir Zeldin,
Directors : Stanislav Govorukhin,

A psychological thriller based on the novel by Agatha Christie. Ten strangers are forced to come face to face with their dark pasts after receiving invitation to an isolated island off the coast of England.

Actors : Tsunehiko Watase, Shin'ichi Chiba, Masao Kusakari, Isao Natsuyagi,
Directors : Kinji Fukasaku,

After a virus devastates the global human population, survivors in Antarctica desperately try to find a cure and save the human race.

Actors : Patricia Arquette, Corey Haim, Christopher Collet, Julius Harris,
Directors : Rick King,

Set in an unspecified time in the future, USA has declined and become a country of violence and racial prejudice. Griffin earns his living delivering pizzas while he tries to take care of ...