Best Drama movies of 1980s

Actors : Julie Andrews, Tony Curtis, Bob Newhart, Walter Matthau,
Directors : Walter Bernstein,

Sorrowful Jones is a cheap bookie in 1930's. When a gambler leaves his daughter as a marker for a bet, he gets stuck with her. His life will change a great deal with her arrival and his ...

Actors : Jessica Forde, Mr. Housseau, Joëlle Miquel, Mme. Housseau,
Directors : Éric Rohmer,

Reinette and Mirabelle are two young girls. Reinette lives in the countryside, Mirabelle in Paris. They meet during a holiday of Mirabelle in the country, when Reinette helps her to repair ...

Actors : Pete Lee-Wilson, Tilda Swinton, Johnny Mills, Philip MacDonald,
Directors : Derek Jarman,

A nearly wordless visual narrative intercuts two main stories and a couple of minor ones. A woman, perhaps the Madonna, brings forth her baby to a crowd of intrusive paparazzi; she tries to...

Actors : Marie-Christine Barrault, Richard Crenna, Millie Perkins, Jon Voight,
Directors : Robert Lieberman,

J. P. Tannen takes his three children for a vacation cruise. They usually live with their mother and step-father, but now J. P. feels capable of taking them. Emotional tragedy strikes, ...

Actors : Sabine Azéma, Philippe Noiret, Maurice Barrier, Pascale Vignal,
Directors : Bertrand Tavernier,

Intense character study of men and women driven by an overpowering obsession with the past.

Actors : J.J. Cohen, Jon Polito, Virginia Madsen, Craig Sheffer,
Directors : Duncan Gibbins,

A young woman from a Catholic school and a young man from a nearby prison camp fall in love and must run away together to escape the law, the church and their parents.

Actors : Frances Bergen, Lisa Blake Richards, Nelly Alard, Mary Crosby,
Directors : Henry Jaglom,

A group of young and middle-aged women gather for the birthday party of a friend and talk about their lives and food they cook for their husbands, boyfriends, or themselves.

Actors : Michel Galabru, Yves Montand, Gérard Depardieu, Catherine Deneuve,
Directors : Alain Corneau,

Two men break out of prison; a rival gang ambushes them. One is mortally wounded and tells the other, Mickey, to take him to the estate of a retired robber, Noel, who lives in comfort with ...

Actors : Peter Coyote, Nathalie Baye, Dieter Laser, Jürgen Prochnow,
Directors : Bobby Roth,

Gunter Wallraff is a journalist seeking to expose the unethical journalism practiced by The Standard, a very popular and powerful German newspaper. He goes undercover, using forged identity...

Actors : Abbas Nazeri, Madjid Niroumand, Musa Torkizadeh,
Directors : Amir Naderi,

Amiro is a young boy who has lost his home during the war. He spends his days by working odd jobs, until he realizes that the only way that he can realize his dreams is by enrolling in ...

Actors : Michael Pataki, Mitchell Gaylord, Janet Jones, Tiny Wells,
Directors : Albert Magnoli,

Steve is a talented gymnast who has given up competition and is working at his father's bike shop. Julie is the new girl at his old gym, who has moved to town to train with their powerful ...

Actors : Amrita Singh, Nirupa Roy, Dara Singh, Amitabh Bachchan,
Directors : Manmohan Desai,

British intelligence comes over to India and loot all its wealth and carry it over to there country. Once they were being challenge by a brave king name Raja Azaad Singh, one day he happen ...

Actors : Line Arlien-Søborg, Marian Wendelbo, Eva Gram Schjoldager, Jan Johansen,
Directors : Nils Malmros,

As a group of Danish children pass into adolescence, gradually the most popular girl becomes an outcast, for trivial reasons that she never understands.

Actors : Nicholas Le Prevost, Elspet Gray, Meg Tilly, Rupert Frazer,
Directors : Gordon Hessler,

A London art broker goes to Copenhagen where he requires the services of a secretary fluent in Danish, English, and German. He falls deeply in love with the woman, despite the fact that he ...

Actors : Akbar Abdi, Manouchehr Hamedi, Farimah Farjami, Ezzatolah Entezami,
Directors : Dariush Mehrjui,

Two brothers are involved in a dispute over a house in urban Tehran. It is only through a series of adventures with the tenants that they are able to settle their differences.

Actors : Jean-Pierre Bacri, Miou-Miou, Guy Marchand, Isabelle Huppert,
Directors : Diane Kurys,

In 1942 in occupied France, a Jewish refugee marries a soldier to escape deportation to Germany. Meanwhile a wealthy art student loses her first husband to a stray Resistance bullet; at the...

Actors : Dusica Zegarac, Aleksandar Bercek, Rade Markovic, Dara Dzokic,
Directors : Milos 'Misa' Radivojevic,

A normal boy receives a blow to the head which sets him off to do rebellious acts.

Actors : Chika Sakamoto, Ayumi Ishijo, Junko Hori, Mayumi Tanaka,

Two kittens go on a metaphysical journey on a magical railroad train.

Actors : Dagmar Manzel, Dirk Kummer, Michael Gwisdek, Matthias Freihof,
Directors : Heiner Carow,

A young teacher in East Berlin struggles with accepting his homosexuality.

Actors : Aidan Tierney, David Hemblen, Gabrielle Rose, Arsinée Khanjian,
Directors : Atom Egoyan,

Van's father, Stan, is fond of video, always taping scenes of daily family life. But he does not take care of Van's grandmother, Armen. Although he could afford having her at home, she is ...