Best Drama movies of 1980s

Actors : Christian Patey, Vincent Risterucci, Sylvie Van den Elsen, Michel Briguet,
Directors : Robert Bresson,

A forged 500-franc note is passed from person to person until carelessness leads to tragedy.

Actors : Rosanna Arquette, Madonna, Mark Blum, Aidan Quinn,
Directors : Susan Seidelman,

A bored suburban housewife, seeking escape from her life, suffers amnesia after an accident, wakes up, and is mistaken for a free-spirited New York City drifter named Susan.

Actors : Kiefer Sutherland, Lou Diamond Phillips, Charlie Sheen, Emilio Estevez,
Directors : Christopher Cain,

A group of young gunmen, led by Billy the Kid, become deputies to avenge the murder of the rancher who became their benefactor. But when Billy takes their authority too far, they become the hunted.

Actors : Patrick Swayze, C. Thomas Howell, Matt Dillon, Ralph Macchio,
Directors : Francis Ford Coppola,

The rivalry between two gangs, the poor Greasers and the rich Socs, only heats up when one gang member kills a member of the other.

Actors : Dianne Wiest, Kevin Bacon, Lori Singer, John Lithgow,
Directors : Herbert Ross,

A city teenager moves to a small town where rock music and dancing have been banned, and his rebellious spirit shakes up the populace.

Actors : John Goodman, Ned Beatty, Dennis Quaid, Ellen Barkin,
Directors : Jim McBride,

Set in New Orleans. Remy McSwain, lieutenant in Homicide finds that he has two problems, the first of a series of gang killings and Ann Osborne, a beautiful attorney from the D.A.'s police ...

Actors : Mary Stuart Masterson, Lea Thompson, Eric Stoltz, Craig Sheffer,
Directors : Howard Deutch,

When Keith goes out with Amanda, the girl of his dreams, Amanda's ex-boyfriend plans to get back at Keith. Meanwhile, Keith's best friend, tomboy Watts, realizes she has feelings for Keith.

Actors : Philippe Noiret, Enzo Cannavale, Isa Danieli, Antonella Attili,
Directors : Giuseppe Tornatore,

A filmmaker recalls his childhood when falling in love with the pictures at the cinema of his home village and forms a deep friendship with the cinema's projectionist.

Actors : John Glover, Bill Murray, John Forsythe, Karen Allen,
Directors : Richard Donner,

A selfish, cynical T.V. executive is haunted by three spirits bearing lessons on Christmas Eve.

Actors : Linda Hunt, Mel Gibson, Bembol Roco, Sigourney Weaver,
Directors : Peter Weir,

A young Australian reporter tries to navigate the political turmoil of Indonesia during the rule of President Sukarno with the help of a diminutive photographer.

Actors : Michael Nouri, Lilia Skala, Jennifer Beals, Sunny Johnson,
Directors : Adrian Lyne,

A Pittsburgh woman with two jobs as a welder and an exotic dancer wants to get into ballet school.

Actors : Lea Thompson, Charlie Sheen, Patrick Swayze, C. Thomas Howell,
Directors : John Milius,

It is the dawn of World War III. In mid-western America, a group of teenagers bands together to defend their town, and their country, from invading Soviet forces.

Actors : Geena Davis, John Getz, Joy Boushel, Jeff Goldblum,
Directors : David Cronenberg,

A brilliant but eccentric scientist begins to transform into a giant man/fly hybrid after one of his experiments goes horribly wrong.

Actors : Hugh Grant, Rupert Graves, James Wilby, Denholm Elliott,
Directors : James Ivory,

After his lover rejects him, a young man trapped by the oppressiveness of Edwardian society tries to come to terms with and accept his sexuality.

Actors : Dennis Quaid, Shirley MacLaine, Gene Hackman, Meryl Streep,
Directors : Mike Nichols,

A substance-addicted actress tries to look on the bright side even as she is forced to move back in with her mother to avoid unemployment.

Actors : Chris Eigeman, Taylor Nichols, Carolyn Farina, Edward Clements,
Directors : Whit Stillman,

A group of young upper-class Manhattanites are blithely passing through the gala debutante season, when an unusual outsider joins them and stirs them up.

Actors : Kurt Russell, Cher, Meryl Streep, Craig T. Nelson,
Directors : Mike Nichols,

A worker at a plutonium processing plant is purposefully contaminated, psychologically tortured and possibly murdered to prevent her from exposing worker safety violations at the plant.

Actors : Julia Roberts, Annabeth Gish, Lili Taylor, Vincent D'Onofrio,
Directors : Donald Petrie,

Three teenage girls come of age while working at a pizza parlor in the Connecticut town of Mystic.

Actors : Julie Kavner, Ruth Nelson, Robin Williams, Robert De Niro,
Directors : Penny Marshall,

The victims of an encephalitis epidemic many years ago have been catatonic ever since, but now a new drug offers the prospect of reviving them.

Actors : Mel Gibson, Alan Bates, Paul Scofield, Glenn Close,
Directors : Franco Zeffirelli,

Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, finds out that his uncle Claudius killed his father to obtain the throne, and plans revenge.