Best Drama movies of 1986

Actors : Laura del Sol, Leo Gullotta, Ben Gazzara, Marzio Honorato,
Directors : Giuseppe Tornatore,

Vaguely inspired to the real story of boss of the Camorra's bosses Raffaele Cutolo, this is the story of the criminal career of "Il professore" (the professor). He is in prison, and by ...

Actors : Jill Clayburgh, Harley Cross, Elisabeth Harnois, Max Gail,
Directors : Bruce Malmuth,

Two children are kidnapped and held for ransom by a madman. Soon, however, the children's father begins to suspect that their mother may possibly have had something to do with the crime.

Actors : Laura del Sol, José Sacristán, María Luisa Ponte, Juan Diego,
Directors : Fernando Fernán Gómez,

The movie tells the story of a family of comedians that work in the towns of Spain during the 40's and 50's. Life gets very tough for them since they cannot compete any longer with cinema. ...

Actors : Cynthia Dale, David Naughton, Christopher Plummer, Nicolas Cage,
Directors : Charles Jarrott,

Based on the life of Ned Hanlan, the late-19th century Canadian sculler and world champion. Hanlan was one of the first scullers to successfully utilize the "sliding seat."

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 : 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 : Hiroyuki Sanada, Michelle Yeoh, Ying Bai, Michael Wong,
Directors : David Chung,

Michelle Yip of the Hong Kong police is a mild-mannered Kung Fu expert; Michael Wong from air security is happy-go-lucky, stuck on himself, constantly talking, and smitten by her; Yamamoto ...

Actors : Michael Keaton, Ajay Naidu, John Reilly, Maria Conchita Alonso,
Directors : Robert Mandel,

An ice hockey star is accosted by a youth gang who attempt to rob him; after he chases them off he catches the youngest member and gives him a ride home, where he meets the boy's mother. A ...

Actors : Issei Miyazaki, Takami Aoyama, Masaki Kôda, Kei Nakamura,
Directors : Toshio Hirata,

Three years after the Hiroshima bombing, a teenager helps a group of orphans to survive and find their new life.

Actors : Keith Allen, Dave Atkins, Stephen Bateman, Katy Behean,
Directors : Bill Douglas,

The story of "The Tolpuddle Martyrs". A group of 19th century English farm labourers who formed one of the first trade unions and started a campaign to receive fair wages.

Actors : Sreenivasan, Thilakan, Karthika, Mohanlal,
Directors : Sathyan Anthikad,

The only way Gopalakrishnan can escape from certain bankruptcy is to sell the property he owns in the city and use the proceeds to settle his debts. To do that, he has to evict his tenants ...

Actors : Nedumudi Venu, Karthika, Mohanlal, M.G. Soman,
Directors : Priyadarshan,

Vinod/Vinu (played by Mohanlal) is mentally ill and is hospitalized in the institution run by Dr. Ravindran ( M G Soman). Story progresses as Vinod recovers with the help of Dr. Savithri, ...

Actors : Monica Maughan, Robert Menzies, Isabelle Huppert, Norman Kaye,
Directors : Paul Cox,

A woman who injured her eyes in car accident and a young blind man fall for each other. Is sight the only way to see the world?

Actors : Wadeck Stanczak, Nicolas Giraudi, Danielle Darrieux, Catherine Deneuve,
Directors : André Téchiné,

In the woods, a 13-year-old boy is grabbed by an escaped convict and told to bring money later that day. The boy does as he's told, only to be attacked by the convict's partner. A murder ...

Actors : Daiba, Jiji Dan, Drashi, Gaoba,

The story of Norbu, a horse thief, who is thrown out of his tribe in an effort to purge it of evil. Norbu repents after the birth of his son, but he is forced to steal again after the birth...

Actors : Sener Sen, Ali Erkazan, Orhan Çagman, Serap Aksoy,
Directors : Atif Yilmaz,

In the last years of the Ottoman Empire, a poor little Anatolian town named Saripinar is hit by a minor earthquake which has neither destroyed nor left it with many casualties. However, a ...

Actors : Kumar Gaurav, Poonam Dhillon, Sanjay Dutt, Nutan,
Directors : Mahesh Bhatt,

Janki lives a poor middle class life with her two sons Ravi and Vicky while Ravi works for a abusive boss Mr Ghanshyam,Vicky is jobless and always takes law in his hands and dreams of going...

Actors : Anthony Zerbe, Richard Roundtree, Tom Skerritt, Lisa Eichhorn,
Directors : Eric Karson,

The commander of an Air Force camp simulates prisoner-of-war conditions for realistic training goes too far, creating all too real torture situations. He preys on the only woman in the experiment.

Actors : Stéphane Excoffier, John Kraaykamp, Jim van der Woude, Josse De Pauw,
Directors : Jos Stelling,

A woman gets off a train by mistake and finds herself stranded alone with a peculiar man who doesn't even speak her language.

Actors : Aurore Prieto, Hélène Alexandridis, Clémence Massart-Weit, Catherine Mouchet,
Directors : Alain Cavalier,

The life of little St. Therese of Lisieux, depicted in minimalist vignettes. Therese and her sisters are all nuns in a Carmelite convent. Her devotion to Jesus and her concept of "the ...