Best drama from the 80s
The catalogue's drama films from 1980–1989, ranked by audience score. We bias against the cinephile-canonical picks (Letterboxd top-250) — if you've already seen the obvious entries, scroll past the first row.
Twin Peaks
dreadparanoidsurreal
Grave of the Fireflies
foreign gembittersweetgut punch
Cinema Paradiso
foreign gembittersweetcozy
Once Upon a Time in America
bittersweetepicslow burn
Dead Poets Society
bittersweettenderuplifting
Tomorrow's Joe The Movie
foreign gembittersweettender
Come and See
foreign gemdreadgut punch
Scarface
gut punchneon soakedpitch black
Full Metal Jacket
paranoidrawslow burn
Paris, Texas
bittersweetslow burntender
Decalogue I
foreign gemdreadslow burn
Anne of Green Gables
bittersweetcozytender
Das Boot
foreign gemdreadraw
Space Runaway Ideon: Be Invoked
foreign gemdreadepic
The Elephant Man
bittersweetgut punchslow burn
Amadeus
bittersweettender
Ran
foreign gemdreadepic
The Man Who Planted Trees
foreign gembittersweetcozy
Pink Floyd: The Wall
dreadsurreal
Heart of a Dog
foreign gemoutsidersurreal
Where Is The Friend's House?
foreign gemslow burntender
Raging Bull
body horrorgut punchparanoid
The Plague Dogs
dreadgut punchoutsider
Stand by Me
bittersweettender
His Motorbike, Her Island
foreign gembittersweettender
Kagemusha
foreign gembittersweetepic
Fanny and Alexander
foreign gembittersweetepic
Nostalgia
foreign gembittersweetcerebral
Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters
foreign gembittersweetcerebral
The King of Comedy
paranoid