Best Drama movies of 1980s

Actors : Mary McDonnell, Lee Richardson, Piper Laurie, Patrick Swayze,
Directors : Amin Q. Chaudhri,

Chuck brought sorrow to his family when he shot his father who is now a semi-invalid. After 15 years of self destruction, he returns home to seek forgiveness

Actors : Martha Plimpton, Tommy Lee Jones, Brian Dennehy, Shawn Smith,
Directors : Thomas Rickman,

After serving time for a theft he didn't commit, all Billy wants to do is to reconnect with his daughter. However, some loose ends, like the whereabouts of the stolen loot, just won't let him go.

Actors : A.K. Hangal, Amol Palekar, Swaroop Sampat, Utpal Dutt,
Directors : Hrishikesh Mukherjee,

An impoverished employee tries to prevent his superiors and employers from marrying his sweetheart.

Actors : Wendy Hughes, John Hargreaves, Robyn Nevin, Nicholas Gledhill,
Directors : Carl Schultz,

His mother dead, PS lives in Sydney with working-class Aunt Lila and Uncle George. When he's six or eight, his posh Aunt Vanessa descends from England. Named a co-guardian by PS's feckless,...

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 : Jeremy Pattnosh, Madonna, Charles Kurtz, Kate Magill,
Directors : Stephen Jon Lewicki,

A street-wise teen gets herself in a series of circumstances and mishaps in her meaningless existence.

Actors : Tony King, Tisa Farrow, David Warbeck, Bobby Rhodes,
Directors : Antonio Margheriti,

During the Vietnam war, an American soldier gets trapped behind enemy lines. A squad of his buddies sets out to rescue him.

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 : Fernanda Montenegro, Bete Mendes, Gianfrancesco Guarnieri, Carlos Alberto Riccelli,
Directors : Leon Hirszman,

Union leader's son doesn't want to engage in a strike, because his wife is pregnant, thus disregarding his father's tradition of political activism.

Actors : Lou Doillon, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Mathieu Demy, Jane Birkin,
Directors : Agnès Varda,

Mary-Jane asks, "Do all women fall in love with a boy, or just those without sons?" She's divorced with two daughters, Lucy and Loulou. Lucy has a party where Mary-Jane notices Julien, 14, ...

Actors : Anupam Kher, Raj Kiran, Dimple Kapadia, Sunny Deol,
Directors : Rahul Rawail,

Arjun Malvankar after his graduation thrives to get job. The corruption and injustice taking place in his community frustrates him to the extent of revolting with the help of some of his ...

Actors : Raj Babbar, Farooq Shaikh, Rekha, Naseeruddin Shah,
Directors : Muzaffar Ali,

In Faizabad, British India, Daroga Dilawar is sentenced to several years in prison after Amiran's dad testifies against him. After his discharge around 1840, he extracts his vengeance by ...

Actors : Dar Robinson, Heather Thomas, Ashley Ferrare, Jeffrey Combs,
Directors : Fred Olen Ray,

Rick has developed the ultimate motorcycle, the Cyclone. It is a $5 million bike equipped with rocket launchers and laser guns. Rick meets his fate and it is up to his girlfriend Teri to ...

Actors : Bernard Giraudeau, Caroline Cellier, Valérie Kaprisky, Jacques Perrin,
Directors : Christopher Frank,

Chris, a sexy teenager who appears mostly bare-breasted on the French Riviera, has a crush on Romain, her mother's lover. In reaction to her inability to attract his attention, she experiments with other risque affairs.

Actors : John Bach, Bryan Brown, Terry O'Quinn, George Takei,
Directors : Stephen Wallace,

The island of Ambon in Indonesia, 1945. During the War, the number of Australian POWs on the island had dropped from 1100 to less than 300 due to abuses by their Japanese captors. Capt. ...

Actors : Victor Rebengiuc, Petrica Gheorghiu, Mariana Mihut, Tora Vasilescu,
Directors : Lucian Pintilie,

A small world of bourgeois intrigues and frivolities lived with intensity by its own protagonists: Pampon's lover, Didina is in love with the barber Nae, who is Mitza's lover, while she is ...

Actors : Pierre Mondy, Patrick Fierry, Fanny Bastien, Gérard Jugnot,
Directors : Gérard Jugnot,

First film (as director) of , this movie is a simple and tender story of a little policemen... See full synopsis »

Actors : Lino Ventura, Bruno Cremer, Bernard Fresson, Michel Piccoli,
Directors : Yves Boisset,

Sébastien Grenier,a secret agent eliminates all his rivals in order to decipher who has killed some of his associates.

Actors : Fabrizio Bentivoglio, Laura Morante, Luigi Montini, Diego Abatantuono,
Directors : Gabriele Salvatores,

Two actors leave on a theatrical tour, but there is a matter to be settled: one has become the lover of the other's girl-friend and since they are very good friends, cannot bring himself to...

Actors : Brigitte Fossey, Patrick Dewaere, Yves Robert, Jacques Dufilho,
Directors : Claude Sautet,

Bruno is released from prison. He looks for a job and tries to start a new life. His first stop is at his father's apartment.