Best Drama movies of 1988

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 : Klaus Maria Brandauer, Ildikó Bánsági, Walter Schmidinger, Erland Josephson,
Directors : István Szabó,

A man's story parallels Hitler's rise. Austrian Klaus Schneider, wounded in World War I, recovers in the care of Dr. Emil Bettleheim. Bettleheim discovers that Schneider possesses powers of...

Actors : Ernest Borgnine, Sasha Mitchell, Anne De Salvo, Sylvia Miles,
Directors : Paul Morrissey,

Spike Fumo is an Italian kid apsiring to be a boxer. He falls in love with a rich girl, who turns out to be the daughter of a Mafia boss. Spike is threatened to leave Bensonhurst by the mob...

Actors : Robert F. Lyons, Tony Pierce, Michael Dudikoff, Michael DeLorenzo,
Directors : Aaron Norris,

A young officer, just out of West Point is sent to Vietnam, where the men don't respect him until he gets wounded and returns to be a wiser soldier and a better commander

Actors : Nicholas Kilbertus, Meredith Salenger, Mimi Kuzyk, Joanna Pacula,
Directors : Pen Densham,

When Felice and Hillary were children, they were separated to live with other people. Felice went off with a relative who possessed an unusual bloodline which was passed on to Felice via a ...

Actors : Ismaila Cissé, Ababacar Sy Cissé, Sidiki Bakaba, Hamed Camara,

In this semi-autobiographical film, black soldiers help to defend France, but are detained in prison camp before being repatriated home.

Actors : Tôru Furuya, Hirotaka Suzuoki, Shûichi Ikeda, Maria Kawamura,
Directors : Yoshiyuki Tomino,

Amuro Ray and Char Aznable settle their rivalry once and for all during the Second Neo Zeon War.

Actors : Anthony Quayle, Sandrine Dumas, Dominique Pinon, Rutger Hauer,
Directors : Ermanno Olmi,

An alcoholic man wants to return the money he has borrowed.

Actors : Ellen Barber, Edward Albert, Kevin Dillon, Christine Harnos,
Directors : Ferdinand Fairfax,

A group of kids venture into enemy territory in an ambitious attempt to rescue their Navy Seal fathers who were captured during a failed mission in North Korea.

Actors : Nurinisa Yildirim, Yesim Tozan, Münir Özkul, Gülsen Tuncer,
Directors : Reha Erdem,

Story of a little girl with pigeon and her grand dad, missing her mother.

Actors : Janet McTeer, Anthony Edwards, Camille Coduri, Timothy Dalton,
Directors : Robert Ellis Miller,

Two terminally ill patients in a hospital yearn for relief from their predicament. With little or no friends, they form an uneasy alliance and plot an escape for one last wild time.

Actors : Zarko Lausevic, Mira Furlan, Slavko Stimac, Sonja Savic,
Directors : Zdravko Sotra,

This story about two maternal half-brothers, a Croat and a Serb. Although they never met, and both lose their loved ones in ethnic clashes, there is a bond between them. Filmed in 1988, "...

Actors : Jack Hallett, Brenda Vaccaro, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Nicholas Love,
Directors : Matthew Chapman,

Carol inherits a night club from her weird uncle. She moves into the place, only to find out just how weird her uncle really was. She begins to remember more about her very special ...

Actors : Tom Berenger, Chick Vennera, Anne Twomey, Daphne Zuniga,
Directors : Donald P. Bellisario,

Angela, the beautiful Mexican mistress of a NY mobster, asks virginal Father Michael for protection after Zena, the mobster's wife, kills her cheating husband. Michael becomes torn between his vows, Angela and his sister - Zena.

Actors : Vijayakumar, Prabhu, Amala Akkineni, Karthik,
Directors : Mani Ratnam,

Entrusted with the task of chairing an inquiry commission involving an influential politician, alcoholic Vishwanath must attempt to deal with issues that he has with in personal life. ...

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 : Daniel Auteuil, Dominique Lavanant, Sandrine Bonnaire, Jean-Pierre Marielle,
Directors : Claude Sautet,

Martial's mother owns a chain of supermarkets. He had spent some years in a mental hospital because of pervasive indolence. Hoping that an active task may improve his condition, he is sent ...

Actors : Mary McDonnell, Lee Richardson, Patrick Swayze, Piper Laurie,
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 : Susú Pecoraro, Philippe Léotard, Miguel Ángel Solá, Lito Cruz,
Directors : Fernando E. Solanas,

The movie starts while Floreal, the main protagonist, was being released from the prison when the military coup ended in 1983. He is estranged to his former life because of his last few ...

Actors : Reb Brown, John Lithgow, Ralph Macchio, Kerrie Keane,
Directors : Rick Rosenthal,

A troubled Vietnam war vet deserts his wife and child shortly after he returns from the war. He returns after 10 years, where he's been living like an animal in the forest. He finds himself...