Best Drama movies of 1980s

Actors : Alan Bates, Alan Badel, George De La Pena, Leslie Browne,
Directors : Herbert Ross,

Set in the early 1910s at a time of passionate artistic experimentalism, and based on biographical fact, this is the story of Vaslav Nijinsky, the young and brilliant but headstrong premier...

Actors : Jay O. Sanders, David Patrick Kelly, Bruce Davison, D.W. Moffett,
Directors : Gordon Hessler,

War story of the 27th Panzers, Hitler's heavy-duty combat regiment composed of prisoners. In 1943, this motley tank crew is sent on a suicide mission behind enemy lines to destroy a Soviet train that's carrying fuel for the Red Army.

Actors : Vijayakumar, Girija Shettar, Nagarjuna Akkineni, Radhabai,
Directors : Mani Ratnam,

Gitanjali and Prakash, two terminally ill people with six months of life left, fall in love.

Actors : Sevket Altug, Ekrem Dümer, Altan Erkekli, Ahmet Açan,
Directors : Atif Yilmaz,

The tragicomic story of an honest public officer in a corrupt world.

Actors : Mike Bishop, David Field, Chris DeRose, Kevin Mackey,
Directors : John Hillcoat,

Prison gangs clash in a high-tech security jail where there are no rules.

Actors : Manos Katrakis, Dora Volanaki, Mairi Hronopoulou, Dionysis Papagiannopoulos,
Directors : Theodoros Angelopoulos,

An old communist returns to Greece after 32 years in the Soviet Union. However, things aren't the way he had hoped for.

Actors : Frederic Forrest, Kelly McGillis, Charles Durning, Peter Weller,
Directors : Abel Ferrara,

A Miami hotel owner finds danger when he becomes romantically involved with the wife of a deposed general from the Dominican Republic where he fought many years back.

Actors : Jacques Spiesser, Jeanne Moreau, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Isabelle Huppert,
Directors : Joseph Losey,

Frederique (Huppert) leaves her family's small-town trout farm to embark on an journey taking her to Japan and into the arms of a man. Irritations concerning her actions and present state ...

Actors : Carol Kane, Elliott Gould, Diane Keaton, Kathryn Grody,
Directors : Joyce Chopra,

Three life-long friends work the bars in 1980's Atlantic City performing the songs of the 60's girl groups in this self-indulgent comedy.

Actors : Markku Toikka, Esko Nikkari, Aino Seppo, Hannu Lauri,
Directors : Aki Kaurismäki,

An adaptation of Dostoyevsky's novel, set in modern Helsinki. Slaughterhouse worker Rahikainen murders a man, and is forced to live with the consequences of his actions.

Actors : Vincent Price, Harry Caesar, Clu Gulager, Terry Kiser,
Directors : Jeff Burr,

In a small Tennessee town, an historian relates four horror stories to a reporter.

Actors : Steve Durham, Thalmus Rasulala, David Coburn, Mike Norris,
Directors : Renny Harlin,

Three American students vacationing in Finland, cross the border into Russia for fun of it. When they are spotted by the Russian soldiers who are shooting to kill, it's not fun anymore. ...

Actors : Rishi Kapoor, Rati Agnihotri, Waheeda Rehman, Amitabh Bachchan,

A wealthy, but evil man named Zafar Khan, has fallen in love a girl named Salma and wants to marry her, but she and her father do not let him. Zafar is arrested for various crimes and is ...

Actors : Burt Lancaster, Frances Conroy, Patricia Clarkson, Suzy Amis,
Directors : Daniel Petrie,

An old patriarch unites for his birthday all members of his family. But the group of people is full of personal and social problems.

Actors : Bruce Dern, Tommy Lee Jones, Diane Lane, Matt Dillon,

It is 1957. J.C. Cullen is a young man from a small town, with a talent for winning at craps, who leaves for the big city to work as a professional gambler. While there, he breaks the bank ...

Actors : Anupam Kher, Anil Kapoor, Madhuri Dixit, Chunky Pandey,
Directors : N. Chandra,

A college student, who has decided to serve for his country, turns a criminal.

Actors : Dusica Zegarac, Varja Djukic, Rade Serbedzija, Erland Josephson,
Directors : Goran Markovic,

This is a true story of the famous Variola epidemic outbreak in Belgrade.

Actors : Kristin Scott Thomas, James Wilby, Richard Beale, Jackson Kyle,
Directors : Charles Sturridge,

The wife's affair and a death in the family hasten the demise of an upper-class English marriage.

Actors : François Négret, Bruno Cremer, Ludmila Mikaël, Vanessa Paradis,
Directors : Jean-Claude Brisseau,

A teacher of philosophy encounters a complicated pupil; a seventeen year old girl who possesses quite a cynical view of the world. He attempts to help her focus on her studies, but soon ...

Actors : Tomasz Stockinger, Bernard Ladysz, Anna Dymna, Jerzy Binczycki,
Directors : Jerzy Hoffman,

Abandoned by his wife and daughter, a famous surgeon starts drinking, hurts his head and loses his memory. His medical knowledge gradually resurfaces and he becomes a village healer.