Best Drama Films of 1984
The Vegas Strip War
In this drama, a ... across from theirs. Soon he has made it the grandest place in Las Vegas. This was Hudson's final film. [ best drama films - 1984 ]
Mrs. Soffel
Based on a true ... suggestion that she help him escape. Mrs. Soffel was the first American film from noted Australian filmmaker Gillian Armstrong. [ best drama films - 1984 ]
Places in the Heart
Of the three "mortgage ... have "died" in the course of the film. Places in the Heart won Sally Field her second Academy Award. [ best drama films - 1984 ]
The Shooting Party
This British Merchant-Ivory look-alike ... Shooting Party casts a jaundiced eye towards class consciousness--and ends with a sudden, senseless but not altogether unexpected tragedy. [ best drama films - 1984 ]
The Stone Boy
In this tightly-wound, perceptive ... escaping to the city of Reno, there is some hope that the boy will find a much-needed emotional release. [ best drama films - 1984 ]
Under the Volcano
A strange, hallucinatory adaptation ... Figueroa, screenwriter Guy Gallo, composer Alex North, and director Emilio Fernandez, cast in a significant cameo as a bartender. [ best drama films - 1984 ]
Footloose
In this lively adolescent-oriented ... leading the repressed teenagers into a rebellion against the town fathers who have outlawed rock & roll and dancing. [ best drama films - 1984 ]
Swann in Love
This ambitious attempt to ... Sven Nykvist, though many felt director Volker Schlondorff failed to capture the narrative depth and complexity of Proust's novel. [ best drama films - 1984 ]
The Bostonians
Adapted by Ruth Prawer ... her own political ideology. Lurking in the background is Verena's true love, poor-but-honest attorney Henry Burrage (John Van Ness). [ best drama films - 1984 ]
Burning Rage
When a rash of ... fires breaks out underground in Tennessee, the government sends a geologist to assist the small-town residents in preventing tragedy. [ best drama films - 1984 ]
Songwriter
A good ol' boy ... Another Pair of Aces, essentially playing the same kind of good ol' boy characters, though as detectives, not songwriters. [ best drama films - 1984 ]
The Cotton Club
Combining electric song and ... audience to justify its expense and controversy, becoming another mark against 1970s "auteur" cinema in increasingly blockbuster-driven 1980s Hollywood. [ best drama films - 1984 ]
Flashpoint
Bob Logan (Kris Kristofferson) ... common enemies, including a team of overzealous FBI agents. Flashpoint is based on a novel by George La Founteine. [ best drama films - 1984 ]
The Razor's Edge
In this Bill Murray-driven ... meaning of his life. Apparently Murray said he'd film Ghostbusters only if Columbia would let him do Razor's Edge. [ best drama films - 1984 ]
Dangerous Moves
Michel Piccoli plays Akiva ... ever publicly opposed the Soviet government. Dangerous Moves was the 1984 recipient of the Best Foreign-Language Picture Academy Award. [ best drama films - 1984 ]
Racing with the Moon
Sean Penn graduated to ... the stars, and by director Richard Benjamin's meticulous attention to period detail-especially in those peerless bowling-alley and skating-rink sequences. [ best drama films - 1984 ]
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Coproduced by Showtime and ... uncensored version of Williams' stage classic, which first aired on pay cable, then was telecast on PBS' American Playhouse. [ best drama films - 1984 ]
The River
This socially conscious family ... the third in a trio of dramas depicting the plight of the American family farmer released that same year. [ best drama films - 1984 ]
On the Line
Essentially a tale of ... enough, the vile Mitch gets into the act and quite clearly, both Chuck and Engracia are heading for trouble. [ best drama films - 1984 ]
The Pope of Greenwich Village
Set on the streets ... young gangster gets into deep trouble, the other must reevaluate his goals and his true feelings about his family. [ best drama films - 1984 ]
Streets of Fire
More like a series ... alleys, and the usual warehouses. Each thrust of the story has rock music that follows along with the narration. [ best drama films - 1984 ]
The Hit
In this offbeat crime ... both a compelling and suspenseful crime drama and also a deep and profound meditation on life, death and courage. [ best drama films - 1984 ]
Iceman
We first see Asian ... no place for "the Iceman" in modern society. Though the settings are convincingly arctic, Iceman was filmed in Manitoba. [ best drama films - 1984 ]
King Lear
Shakespeare's tragedy, made for ... tale of a king torn apart by the ambition and treachery within his family and by his own pride. [ best drama films - 1984 ]
Secret Honor
After resigning in disgrace, ... characterization is thoroughly convincing: love Nixon or hate him, Secret Honor will give you plenty of support either way. [ best drama films - 1984 ]
Secrets of a Married Man
Previously titled Trick Eyes ... murder charge. An Anglo-Italian production filmed in Vancouver, Secrets of a Married Man debuted September 24, 1984 on NBC. [ best drama films - 1984 ]
C.H.U.D.
People are disappearing all ... Heard would later appear together in the first two Home Alone pictures, while Curry would appear in the third. [ best drama films - 1984 ]
Country
Released in the mid-1980s, ... Wittliff's screenplay; Wittliff was also slated to direct, but shortly after shooting began he was replaced by Richard Pearce. [ best drama films - 1984 ]
Birdy
Director Alan Parker tackles ... Birdy is occasionally disjointed but enriched by strong performances from Modine and Cage and a number of hard-to-forget moments. [ best drama films - 1984 ]
L'Amour à Mort
Acclaimed French director Alain ... effort by Resnais with some of his earlier, best films, Amour à Mort is still a strong cinematic statement. [ best drama films - 1984 ]
A Soldier's Story
Inspired by the Herman ... Robert Townsend. The film was nominated for three Oscars: Best Picture, Best Supporting Actor (Caesar) and Best Adapted Screenplay. [ best drama films - 1984 ]
Champions
John Hurt plays the ... cut in places, it would create a better, trim and slim, fast-paced telling of an even more focused tale. [ best drama films - 1984 ]
Invitation to Hell
This minor made-for-TV effort ... of pure nonsense, but low production values and the constraints of TV censorship prevent it from being adequately explored. [ best drama films - 1984 ]
License to Kill
License to Kill is ... wives (Millie Perkins and Penny Fuller). Written by William A. Schwartz, License to Kill debuted on January 10, 1984. [ best drama films - 1984 ]
Dallas: Season 08
As season eight of ... the season ends with the hospitalized Bobby "flatlining" -- thereby setting the stage for the series' notorious "dream" season. [ best drama films - 1984 ]
Give My Regards to Broad Street
Having written the music ... lowlife Mr. Rath (John Bennett). McCartney performs three new songs, along with a number of classic Beatles' tunes. [ best drama films - 1984 ]
Bolero
In a semi-erotic film ... of Angel's profession are brought home when he is gored in a sensitive location -- the arena, of course. [ best drama films - 1984 ]
Alphabet City
This stylishly photographed drama ... with his boss who sends gangsters out to kill him. Of course, the gangsters have to catch Johnny first. [ best drama films - 1984 ]
Miami Vice: Season 01
Season one of Miami ... maiden season, word of mouth would elevate the show to ninth place in the overall ratings for season two. [ best drama films - 1984 ]
The Karate Kid
Newly arrived in California ... popular, The Karate Kid spawned three sequels of rapidly descending merit, as well as a Saturday morning cartoon series. [ best drama films - 1984 ]
The Baron and the Kid
The "Baron", played by ... project The Gambler. Costarring June Carter Cash and Tracy Pollan, The Baron and the Kid premiered November 21, 1984. [ best drama films - 1984 ]
Hong Kong 1941
This melodrama is one ... in this film reflects a deep resentment that parallels the representations of the German Nazis in Western film. [ best drama films - 1984 ]
Walking the Edge
In this action-crime drama, ... killer. Soon he finds himself hopelessly entangled in the mess and is pursued by both the police and crooks. [ best drama films - 1984 ]
Go Tell It on the Mountain
In this poignant adaptation ... desire to please his father is all the more touching when the impossibility of pleasing him is so obvious. [ best drama films - 1984 ]
Purple Rain
Purple Rain, the first ... 4 U, When Doves Cry and Let's Go Crazy; the score deservedly won an Academy Award and a Grammy. [ best drama films - 1984 ]
A Sunday in the Country
French stage actor Louis ... his current project, he considers whether to make a decision, one that may change nothing -- or perhaps everything. [ best drama films - 1984 ]
Les Tricheurs
Like a glossy wrapping ... it remains to be seen if the gambling bug has been exterminated or is just lying dormant for awhile. [ best drama films - 1984 ]
Future of Emily
In this excellent drama ... parents are angry about some aspects of Isabelle's career and/or life that she may not be able to change. [ best drama films - 1984 ]
Nadia
This made-for-television biopic tells ... was Nadia's lowest point and she was able to make a comeback in time to have a happy ending. [ best drama films - 1984 ]
The Seventeenth Bride
This WW II drama ... marriage, the racism, and the war itself builds up and begins to slowly erode the woman's will and mind. [ best drama films - 1984 ]
A Year of the Quiet Sun
The Polish Year of ... leave. More cerebral than carnal, Year of the Quiet Sun was originally release in Poland as Rok Spokojnego Slonca. [ best drama films - 1984 ]
They're Playing With Fire
In this deplorable Howard ... of characters, perhaps with the thought of putting this vapid movie out of its misery and going home early. [ best drama films - 1984 ]
El Sinverguenza
When a man's passion ... gambling becomes too extreme, he manages to lose all of his worldly possessions. [ best drama films - 1984 ]
Boy Meets Girl
A depressed aspiring filmmaker ... of their talking, the two find themselves unable to resist their mutual neediness and this leads them to tragedy. [ best drama films - 1984 ]
Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo
Breakdancing, hip-hop, rap, and ... some are also battling with restrictive parents or trying to ease into romantic liaisons that offer their own challenges. [ best drama films - 1984 ]
Children in the Crossfire
Children in the Crossfire ... twelve years earlier painted a bleaker portrait of Northern Ireland's sectarian conflict in the made-for-TV A War of Children. [ best drama films - 1984 ]
Come Along with Me
Actress Joanne Woodward made ... was based on an unpublished short story by Shirley Jackson; it debuted February 16, 1982, on PBS' American Playhouse. [ best drama films - 1984 ]
The Far Pavilions
The lavishly produced three-part ... up to 1984), The Far Pavilions originally aired over the HBO service on April 22, 23 and 24, 1984. [ best drama films - 1984 ]
Four Days in July
The setting of Mike ... the last film Leigh made for the BBC and one of the first films scored by composer Rachel Portman. [ best drama films - 1984 ]
Solomon Northup's Odyssey
Half Slave, Half Free ... favor of sentimentality. Under its original title, Half Slave, Half Free was originally telecast December 10, 1984, on PBS. [ best drama films - 1984 ]
I Believe in Santa Claus
In this standard children's ... values, this story might be all the more enchanting to an older and more discriminating set of little viewers. [ best drama films - 1984 ]
In Search of a Golden Sky
Three children, who fear ... put into a foster home after the death of their parents, take flight into the wilderness with their uncle. [ best drama films - 1984 ]
The Jesse Owens Story
Dorian Harewood stars as ... Olympics, where he won four gold medals--much to the dismay of Adolf Hitler and his squad of Aryan super-athletes. [ best drama films - 1984 ]
La Isla Encantada
Join Robinson Crusoe and ... Friday who are chased by beasts and cannibals while fighting off pirates in this adventure drama. [ best drama films - 1984 ]
Mary Stuart
The English National Opera ... this version of Donizetti's opera centered around Mary, Queen of Scots. [ best drama films - 1984 ]
New York Nights
New York Nights is ... La Ronde (based on a play by Arthur Schnitzler with much more success than this version by Simon Nuchtern. [ best drama films - 1984 ]
The Old Curiosity Shop
Charles Dickens' richly detailed ... grip of the venal moneylender Mr. Quilp, who has designs on the shop and an eye on Little Nell. [ best drama films - 1984 ]
Quilombo
Quilombo de Palmares was ... of self-righteous oratory, and serves as an excellent introduction to anyone intrigued by the political history of South America. [ best drama films - 1984 ]
Those Glory, Glory Days
This weak, self-conscious, made-for-TV ... teen years with her three friends and the difficulties, triumphs, and excitement they shared as soccer consumed their lives. [ best drama films - 1984 ]
Wo Die Grünen Ameisen Träumen
In a slightly padded ... and beliefs are very different than Western laws -- and how the issue will be resolved is sticky indeed. [ best drama films - 1984 ]
Öszi Almanach
Possibly inspired by the ... staying -- making a difficult two hours of misery for the average viewer to take on without a therapist. [ best drama films - 1984 ]
No End
The late, celebrated Polish ... union, Ula is still struggling with the loss of her husband -- and losing her battle to go on. [ best drama films - 1984 ]
The Parade
A small Kansas town's ... one of their husbands is released from a seven year sentence in prison and comes home looking for revenge. [ best drama films - 1984 ]
Vidas Errantes
Director Juan Antonio De ... his theater, he does not give up -- though it seems he will have to hit the road again. [ best drama films - 1984 ]
A Woman of Substance
The made-for-television adaptation of ... from maid to internationally feared and respected businesswoman. The all-star cast includes Liam Neeson, Deborah Kerr, and Barry Bostwick. [ best drama films - 1984 ]
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