Best Drama movies of 1980s

Actors : Hazel O'Connor, Jonathan Pryce, Jon Finch, Phil Daniels,
Directors : Brian Gibson,

A rock singer is determined to rise to the top of the profession, letting nothing stand in the way of that goal.

Actors : Guillermo Montesinos, Sharon Stone, Ana Torrent, Christopher Rydell,
Directors : Javier Elorrieta,

Juan is a young Spanish man whose dream is to become one of the famous toreros. When he was caught making an illegal (and in fact for the real torero life endangering) night bullfight with ...

Actors : Erika Bodnár, Hédi Temessy, Pál Hetényi, Miklós B. Székely,
Directors : Béla Tarr,

A large, claustrophobic apartment is the setting for this intense chamber drama. In this dense setting, the inhabitants of the apartment reveal their darkest secrets, fears, obsessions and hostilities.

Actors : Sreenivasan, Revathy, Murali, Mohanlal,
Directors : Sathyan Anthikad,

A man tries to do good for the community but is thwarted by the corruption of the local government.

Actors : Jaya Prada, Sridevi, Amitabh Bachchan, Om Shivpuri,
Directors : Bhagyaraj,

David is an old prisoner, released after twenty-four years in a penitentiary for a crime he hasn't committed. The three men who framed him and sent him away, are now prominent citizens of ...

Actors : Helen Pearce, Paul Scofield, David Threlfall, Helen Mirren,
Directors : Clive Rees,

A pair of children befriend an accentric old man, who lives isolated on the far shore of their island home. But it turns out that the old man knows a terrible secret about the island and ...

Actors : Alan Bates, John Gielgud, Faye Dunaway, Denholm Elliott,
Directors : Michael Winner,

Caroline is to be wed to Sir Ralph and invites her sister Barbara to be her bridesmaid. Barbara seduces Ralph, however, and she becomes the new Lady, but despite her new wealthy situation, ...

Actors : Leslie Caron, Liv Ullmann, Alexandre Arbatt, Michel Piccoli,
Directors : Richard Dembo,

Two masters of chess duel each other not only in their game but also in their different ideologies. The veteran Akiva is a Soviet Jew and ferocious Communist, master of his game but also ...

Actors : Jean-Pierre Malo, Pierre Vernier, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Michel Beaune,
Directors : Jacques Deray,

A cop is looking for the killer of his friend.

Actors : Ram Gopal Bajaj, Benjamin Gilani, Mohan Gokhale, Nina Kulkarni,
Directors : Ketan Mehta,

In colonial India, subedars (tax collectors) went from village to village with soldiers, often demanding more than taxes. A subedar commands Sonbai, a beautiful and confident woman whose ...

Actors : Katrine Boorman, Sophie Duez, Gérard Lanvin, Michel Blanc,
Directors : Michel Blanc,

Two friends, one a musician the other constantly depressed wander around Greece and France till they get to Paris without a penny to their name. Here they spend nights in the underground, ...

Actors : Lung Wei Wang, Kara Hui, Chia-Hui Liu, Lieh Lo,
Directors : Lieh Lo,

The monk Hung Wen-Ting fights against the evil priest White Lotus.

Actors : Pankaj Kapur, Aamir Khan, Supriya Pathak, Jagdeep,
Directors : Aditya Bhattacharya,

A poor, young man teams up with a burnt out cop to avenge the humiliation of his former girlfriend by a gang of goons.

Actors : Ornella Muti, Rupert Everett, Irene Papas, Gian Maria Volontè,
Directors : Francesco Rosi,

In a small village in Latin America, Santiago Nasar is killed in the morning, which surprises nobody. The Vicario brothers were openly declaring they would kill him to regain the lost honor...

Actors : Melora Hardin, Leticia Vasquez, Adolfo Quinones, J. Eddie Peck,
Directors : Joel Silberg,

Kevin Laird is a Beverly Hills school teacher by day and a mystery man by night. Using his lambada dance moves to first earn the kid's respect and acceptance, Kevin then teaches them ...

Actors : Doze Niu, Chun-Fang Chang, Shih Chang, Chao P'eng-chue,
Directors : Hsiao-Hsien Hou,

Ah-Ching and his friends have just finished school in their island fishing village, and now spend most of their time drinking and fighting. Three of them decide to go to the port city of ...

Actors : Deborah Rush, Robert Logan, Christopher Atkins, Lesley Ann Warren,
Directors : John G. Avildsen,

Faye Hanlon is a community-college professor with an emotionally depressed husband and an abundance of sexual frustration. Her sister drags her to a male strip-club for a girl's night out, ...

Actors : Murali, Karamana Janardanan Nair, Rekha Mallick, Mohanlal,
Directors : Sibi Malayil,

Rajeev, an orphan eccentric millionaire, has his own strange taste towards everything. With less knowledge about family relationships, he struggles hard to achieve his aim to become a father without marrying.

Actors : Sabine Azéma, Fanny Ardant, Pierre Arditi, André Dussollier,
Directors : Alain Resnais,

In Paris in the 1920s, a concert violinist meets and falls in love with a stylish young flapper who's the wife of an old friend. Romaine instigates the affair with Marcel, and carries it ...

Actors : Sylvia Kristel, Mia Nygren, Deborah Power, Patrick Bauchau,

In order to escape from her former lover Marc, Sylvia goes to Brazil where Dr. Santamo transforms her into the beautiful Emmanuelle. With this new identity comes a sexual awakening which is...