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
devastatingcultdread
Grave of the Fireflies
foreign gemdevastatingcozy
Cinema Paradiso
foreign gemcultdevastating
Once Upon a Time in America
devastatingslow burnneon soaked
Dead Poets Society
cozydevastating
Tomorrow's Joe The Movie
foreign gemcultslow burn
Come and See
surrealweirdforeign gem
Scarface
devastatingautumnalslow burn
Full Metal Jacket
devastating
Paris, Texas
cultslow burndevastating
Decalogue I
foreign gemcultdevastating
Anne of Green Gables
cultslow burncozy
Das Boot
foreign gemdevastatingcult
Space Runaway Ideon: Be Invoked
foreign gemdevastatingcult
The Elephant Man
dreadcozydevastating
Amadeus
cultslow burndevastating
Ran
foreign gemcultslow burn
The Man Who Planted Trees
foreign gemcultatmospheric
Pink Floyd: The Wall
dreadcultdevastating
Heart of a Dog
foreign gemcultneon soaked
Where Is The Friend's House?
foreign gemcultdevastating
Raging Bull
dreadcultdevastating
The Plague Dogs
cultcozydevastating
Stand by Me
cozydevastatingneon soaked
His Motorbike, Her Island
foreign gemcultdevastating
Kagemusha
foreign gemdevastatingcult
Fanny and Alexander
devastatingforeign gemcult
Nostalgia
foreign gemcultdevastating
Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters
foreign gemcultdevastating
The King of Comedy
cozycultdevastating