Best Drama movies of 1980s

Actors : Will Gonzales, Dick Campbell, Andrea Coppola, Elvire Audray,
Directors : Mario Gariazzo,

A young woman seeks vengeance and finds love when her parents are killed in the Amazon and she is taken prisoner by an indigenous tribe of headhunters.

Actors : Rakesh Roshan, Shashikala, Rekha, Ashok Kumar,
Directors : Hrishikesh Mukherjee,

Nirmala Gupta runs her household and family in a very strict and authoritarian manner. While most of her family resent this, they do obey her and carry out her instructions, so as to be on ...

Actors : Helle Beck Figenschow, Henning Syverud, Håvard Bakke, Tommy Karlsen,
Directors : Eva Isaksen,

A young boy named Pelle falls in love with the drug addict Lena. Then he and his friend Proffen tries to save her from the drugs.

Actors : Kevin J. O'Connor, Robert Joy, Eric Mitchell, Mary Joy,

A struggling musician sets out to find the legendary guitar maker Elmore Silk, with whom he hopes to strike a deal to make himself rich and famous.

Actors : Kenneth Colley, James Wilby, Imogen Stubbs, Susannah York,
Directors : Piers Haggard,

England, 1904. A young lawyer from London, Mr. Ashton (James Wilby) and his best friend are hiking across Dartmoor. As he twisted his ankle, Ashton is forced to seek help at a nearby ...

Actors : Petar Bozovic, Mira Furlan, Alain Noury, Milutin 'Mima' Karadzic,
Directors : Zivko Nikolic,

In the mountains of Montenegro people have lived by strict and Draconian laws for centuries, almost untouched by modern civilization. However, a young couple are going to seek their fortune...

Actors : Joan Plowright, Suzanna Hamilton, Sting, Denholm Elliott,
Directors : Richard Loncraine,

A strange young man has a sinister effect on the family of a middle-aged writer.

Actors : Charles Bronson, Bert Remsen, Michael Lerner, Bruno Kirby,
Directors : Jerrold Freedman,

On the U.S.-Mexican border, border cop Jeb Maynard is hunting for a human smuggler responsible for Jeb partner's murder.

Actors : Sam Wanamaker, Jürgen Heinrich, Martin Sheen, Max Gail,
Directors : Leo Penn,

American judge in Germany must decide if the hijacking of an East German plane into West Berlin was justified.

Actors : Plácido Domingo, Cornell MacNeil, Allan Monk, Teresa Stratas,
Directors : Franco Zeffirelli,

Violetta meets Alfredo and quickly falls for him. After the lovers run away together, they live in bliss for a short time. However, Alfredo's father, Giorgio, starts to interfere, concerned...

Actors : Katsuhide Uekusa, Yûko Mizutani, Ben Fairman, Anna Alba,
Directors : Yoshikazu Yasuhiko,

The new frontier of Venus has degenerated into a dystopia ravaged by the civil war between Ishtar and Aphrodia. Bubbly reporter Susan Sommers arrives in the capitol of Aphrodia just before ...

Actors : Jennifer Connelly, Maddie Corman, Alan Boyce, Byron Thames,
Directors : Linda Feferman,

When her father goes out of town, beautiful A-student Natalie lets best friends Jeff and Polly move in. Separately and together, the trio of young teens learn much about life, love, and growing up.

Actors : Johannes Brost, Reine Brynolfsson, Helena Bergström, Ing-Marie Carlsson,
Directors : Colin Nutley,

Kaj, Lennart and Robert are 30-somethings who goes out to dance every weekend. At one dance they meet Inger, whom Kaj falls in love with. Kaj has some friends who are playing in a band. The...

Actors : Philippe Noiret, Andréa Ferréol, Michele Placido, Vittorio Mezzogiorno,
Directors : Francesco Rosi,

Three men face their mother's death.

Actors : Patricia Hodge, Avril Elgar, Jeremy Irons, Ben Kingsley,
Directors : David Hugh Jones,

The reviewer above states that 'the entire story is told from the husband's point of view'. This is incorrect - the movie takes an objective point-of-view - the husband is not present in several of the segments.

Actors : Rahul Roy, Tom Alter, Avtar Gill, Anu Agrawal,
Directors : Mahesh Bhatt,

Rahul and Anu fall in love with each other, but before they unite, they have their own problems to deal with.

Actors : Kerem Yilmazer, Kemal Sunal, Yaman Okay, Sehnaz Dilan,
Directors : Zeki Ökten,

Yoksul is a well-meaning man who works in office block as a tea maker. The owner of tea house "Suleyman" takes advantage of his good intentions. At same office block a girl whom Yoksul love...

Actors : Enrica Maria Modugno, Marco Messeri, Nanni Moretti, Ferruccio De Ceresa,
Directors : Nanni Moretti,

Don Giulio, giovane prete romano, ritorna a casa dopo essere stato parroco in un'isola del Mar Tirreno ed è destinato ad una chiesa di periferia. A Roma egli ritrova i genitori, la sorella ...

Actors : David Morse, John Savage, Diana Scarwid, Amy Wright,
Directors : Richard Donner,

After a failed suicide attempt leaves him partially crippled, Roary begins spending a lot of time at a neighborhood bar full of interesting misfits. When Jerry the bartender suddenly finds ...

Actors : Laurent Terzieff, Jean-Pierre Léaud, Nathalie Baye, Aurelle Doazan,
Directors : Jean-Luc Godard,

In a palace of Paris. Two detectives are investigating a two-year-old murder. Emile and Francoise Chenal are putting pressure on Jim Fox Warner, a boxing manager, who owes them a huge ...