Best Drama movies of 1980s

Actors : Dilip Kumar, Anil Kapoor, Rati Agnihotri, Waheeda Rehman,
Directors : Yash Chopra,

A chain of events changes Raja's life - from black marketer to journalist to an underworld Don and a Racketeer in order to combat Vardhan.

Actors : Rey Malonzo, Darby Hinton, Ken Metcalfe, Jillian Kesner,
Directors : Cirio H. Santiago,

Femme fatale martial arts expert teaches the mafia a lesson.

Actors : Grant Heslov, Loryn Locklin, Matt Lattanzi, Billy Morrissette,
Directors : Stephen Sommers,

A hotshot car racer persuades the class president of a small Minnesota high school to gamble on illegal car races to raise money for their school facing closure.

Actors : Alexandra Johnes, Kaiulani Lee, Glynis Johns, Isabella Rossellini,
Directors : Tina Rathborne,

A young orphan who lives with her grandmother in a large Virginian home infatuates herself with the voices of Joan d'Arc. Her nanny seeks out the help of a rich suitor (David Lynch's first ...

Actors : Sverre Anker Ousdal, Max von Sydow, Eva von Hanno, Göran Stangertz,
Directors : Jan Troell,

The Swedish 19th century engineer S. A. Andrée sets out to become the first man on the north pole. His idea is to launch a polar expedition using a hydrogen balloon, together with two ...

Actors : Antonis Antoniou, Antonis Kafetzopoulos, Sofia Roubou, Katerina Gogou,
Directors : Pavlos Tasios,

The real story of Nikos Koemtzis, who one night knifed a company of men in a tavern, just because they wanted to dance on the song he had "ordered" from the musicians.

Actors : Peter Fonda, James Woods, Karen Allen, Michael O'Keefe,
Directors : Ted Kotcheff,

Young man is sucked into an unnamed religious cult by beautiful girl and gets increasingly under the mind control of the cult leader. After his parents fail in their efforts to talk him out...

Actors : Keith Carradine, Andréa Ferréol, Bill Duke, Valentina Vargas,
Directors : Samuel Fuller,

A rock star-turned-bum, his vocal chords severed at the height of his career for the love of a woman, reclaims his forgotten past after viewing a music video and seeks revenge against the mobster who maimed him.

Actors : Halil Demirler, Damla Coskunoglu, Müjde Ar, Savas Basar,
Directors : Kartal Tibet,

The revenge of a cheated girl.

Actors : María Sorté, Cantinflas, Ursula Prats, Luz Elena Silva,
Directors : Miguel M. Delgado,

A humble street sweeper is the sole witness of a crime committed by art thieves.

Actors : Ina Cissé, Rasmané Ouédraogo, Roukietou Barry, Assane Ouedraogo,
Directors : Idrissa Ouedraogo,

Set in a pre-colonial African past, Tilai is about an illicit love affair and its consequences. Saga returns to his village after an extended absence to discover that his father has taken ...

Actors : Harriet Walter, Anthony Hopkins, Jim Broadbent, Frances Viner,
Directors : Mike Newell,

Bill is a man who's very bitter about his divorce and losing custody of his son. So, when one of his friends is being sued for divorce by his wife, so that she can enter into a lesbian ...

Actors : Lino Troisi, Lino Ventura, Arnoldo Foà, Giuliana de Sio,
Directors : Giuseppe Ferrara,

In the late 1970s and early 80s, assassinations in Sicily get the attention of Communist deputy, Pio La Torre, who appeals to General Carlo Alberto Dalla Chiesa to become prefect in Palermo...

Actors : Esa Niemelä, Kati Outinen, Tony Holmström, Risto Piskunen,
Directors : Tapio Suominen,

In the punk rock era of the late 1970s three restless teenagers, two boys and a girl, spend their time in and out of a special class for problem kids. Jussi seldom sees his parents at home,...

Actors : Ritchie Singer, Celine O'Leary, Steven Vidler, Vincent Gil,
Directors : Rolf de Heer,

Ex-con Eddie Cleary gets a job working on his older brother's isolated farm. It's not long before bizarre things start happening--dead birds falling out of the sky, family pets attacking ...

Actors : Marco Messeri, Jo Champa, Massimo Troisi, Massimo Bonetti,
Directors : Massimo Troisi,

Set during the '20s, a barber is in a wheelchair because of a psychosomatic illness after he lost the woman he loves.

Actors : Mustafa Nadarevic, Tonko Lonza, Ena Begovic, Bernarda Oman,
Directors : Antun Vrdoljak,

Glembays of Zagreb are the rich family cursed with tragedies and haunted by sinister past. Leone Glembay, rebellious son of family patriarch, is disgusted with hypocrisy, perversion and crime that runs in the family.

Actors : Burt Lancaster, Scott Glenn, Diane Lane, Amanda Plummer,
Directors : Lamont Johnson,

In 19th century Oklahoma two teen girls, fans of stories about outlaws, are on a quest to meet and join up with them. They find a shadow of a former gang and although disappointed still try to help them escape from a vigorous marshal.

Actors : Mohnish Bahl, Puneet Issar, Arti Gupta, Sadashiv Amrapurkar,

After a rich young girl has suddenly known about a demon and it's terrible curse brought by her family for generations, she decides to go to her paternal village with her lover and his friend to find out the truth.

Actors : John Hurt, Marika Rivera, Gabriella Trsek,
Directors : Paul Cox,

This documentary, on the life of artist Vincent Van Gogh, is told through his letters to his brother Theo, from 1872 until his tragic death. We gain first hand insight into the man, his motivations, and his humanity.