Best Drama movies of 1989

Actors : A Martinez, Gary Farmer, Amanda Wyss, Joanelle Romero,
Directors : Jonathan Wacks,

Depicts the struggles of reservation-dwelling Native Americans in the North Central United States. The main character is an introspective and lovable person in a process of seeking pride ...

Actors : Louise Lasser, Lorraine Bracco, Peter Dobson, Jessica Steen,
Directors : Richard Baskin,

A teen film about an Italian punk forced to work with an innocent Jewish girl.

Actors : Karen Austin, Richard Masur, Drew Barrymore, Matt Frewer,
Directors : Meiert Avis,

A teenage girl and her father driving cross-country become stranded when their car runs out of gas in a remote Nevada desert town and they're forced to stay in a dilapidated trailer park where a serial killer lurks.

Actors : Bruno Cremer, François Négret, Ludmila Mikaël, Vanessa Paradis,
Directors : Jean-Claude Brisseau,

A teacher of philosophy encounters a complicated pupil; a seventeen year old girl who possesses quite a cynical view of the world. He attempts to help her focus on her studies, but soon ...

Actors : Don Bloomfield, Amy Locane, Adam Horovitz, Donald Sutherland,
Directors : Hugh Hudson,

A troubled youth from a split Los Angeles family is sent to a private psychiatric hospital after a violent scrape with the police. In the hospital, he makes a connection with one of the doctors who has his own problems.

Actors : Carol Kane, Elliott Gould, Kathryn Grody, Diane Keaton,
Directors : Joyce Chopra,

Three life-long friends work the bars in 1980's Atlantic City performing the songs of the 60's girl groups in this self-indulgent comedy.

Actors : Vijayakumar, Girija Shettar, Nagarjuna Akkineni, Radhabai,
Directors : Mani Ratnam,

Gitanjali and Prakash, two terminally ill people with six months of life left, fall in love.

Actors : Frederic Forrest, Kelly McGillis, Charles Durning, Peter Weller,
Directors : Abel Ferrara,

A Miami hotel owner finds danger when he becomes romantically involved with the wife of a deposed general from the Dominican Republic where he fought many years back.

Actors : Jackie Shroff, Madhuri Dixit, Naseeruddin Shah, Sunny Deol,
Directors : Rajiv Rai,

A honest but disgraced Police Inspector's attempts to clear his name pits him against terrorists and the brother of his sweetheart.

Actors : Jim Mapp, James Belushi, Robert Glaudini, John Waters,
Directors : Andrey Konchalovskiy,

A mentally disabled man gets help from a sociopath when he tries to reunite with his dying father, who years earlier disowned him.

Actors : Jane Horrocks, Helena Bonham Carter, Pat Heywood, Jesse Birdsall,
Directors : Randal Kleiser,

Gavin is 31 years old and still lives with his parents. He is awfully shy but before he knows it there are three women interested in him. Lady Minerva Munday has a casual way of life and ...

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 : 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 : Evgeniy Leonov, Aleksandr Abdulov, Vyacheslav Tikhonov, Oleg Yankovskiy,
Directors : Mark Zakharov,

Dragon, a bloody dictator, is challenged by Lancelot, who comes to save the girl, and to liberate the people.

Actors : Nikolaus Dutsch, Mickey Rourke, Andréa Ferréol, Helena Bonham Carter,
Directors : Liliana Cavani,

Docudrama about the life of St-Francis of Assisi

Actors : Stockard Channing, Sean Astin, Jim Haynie, Melinda Dillon,
Directors : Lee Grant,

The complacent life of three small town brothers is shattered when their father sells the family business from under them.

Actors : Rishi Kapoor, Vinod Khanna, Sridevi, Waheeda Rehman,
Directors : Yash Chopra,

Fate leaves Chandni shattered as her love Rohit disappears from her life. She meets Lalit and they befriend each other until Rohit knocks on her door.

Actors : Ryûtarô Gan, Kanako Higuchi, Shintarô Katsu, Takanori Jinnai,
Directors : Shintarô Katsu,

Nearing the village of his sensei, Zatoichi decides to pay the teacher a visit, only to learn that he has been murdered and his daughter forced into prostitution. Ichi's investigation into ...

Actors : Sophie Marceau, Valérie Lagrange, Jacques Dutronc, Myriam Mézières,
Directors : Andrzej Zulawski,

Lucas has invented a new computer language but at the same time he has been informed about his strange terminal illness during which he has been gradually losing his memory. Shortly after ...

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

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