Best Drama Films of 1992
Damage
Adapted from Josephine Hart's ... release, the original, uncut version is available on video and DVD. Richardson received an Oscar nomination for her work. [ best drama films - 1992 ]
Of Mice and Men
Gary Sinese directed this ... wife, but Lennie follows her to a barn where a tragedy occurs and George and Lennie's dreams are shattered. [ best drama films - 1992 ]
Hoffa
Danny DeVito tries hard ... fact that David Mamet's screenplay doesn't detail Hoffa's public life; fortunately, Nicholson's stunning performance brings depth to the movie. [ best drama films - 1992 ]
Chaplin
Partly based on Charlie ... also explores the circumstances surrounding Chaplin's exile from America and his eventual return to receive an honorary Academy Award. [ best drama films - 1992 ]
The Power of One
John G. Avildsen, director ... struggle. But things get confusing when P.K. falls in love with the daughter (Fay Masterson) of an apartheid leader. [ best drama films - 1992 ]
Teamster Boss: The Jackie Presser Story
Teamster Boss: The Jackie ... to power, as well as all the trials and tribulations that arose while he was president of the Teamsters. [ best drama films - 1992 ]
Scent of a Woman
Driven by an extravagant, ... won his first Academy Award. Scent of a Woman is based on the 1975 Italian film Profumo Di Donna. [ best drama films - 1992 ]
Howards End
One of the best ... film took home awards for Thompson as Best Actress, Ruth Prawer Jhabvala's adapted screenplay, and Luciana Arrighi's art direction. [ best drama films - 1992 ]
Storyville
Mark Frost, the writer ... who knows all the family's secrets. The supporting cast includes Piper Laurie, Michael Parks, Chuck McCann, and Woody Strode. [ best drama films - 1992 ]
Afterburn
This riveting, fact-based made-for-cable ... the determined widow continues fighting until she finds herself facing down a major military contractor, General Dynamics, in court. [ best drama films - 1992 ]
Citizen Cohn
Frank Pierson's made-for-cable adaptation ... as J. Edgar Hoover (Pat Hingle), Dashiell Hammett (Frederic Forrest), Cardinal Spellman (Daniel Benzali), and Walter Winchell (Joseph Bologna). [ best drama films - 1992 ]
A River Runs Through It
Robert Redford's lyrical direction ... including a young Indian woman Paul decides to date and the defiant Jessie (Emily Lloyd), whom Norman later marries. [ best drama films - 1992 ]
Live Wire
Pierce Brosnan stars as ... O'Neill, an FBI explosives expert on the trail of a mad bomber in this made-for-cable thriller. [ best drama films - 1992 ]
The Babe
John Goodman is cast ... PG; had this been the whole truth and nothing but, and R rating would probably have been in order. [ best drama films - 1992 ]
Ethan Frome
Ethan Frome is an ... to act as housekeeper. Produced on behalf of PBS' American Playhouse, Ethan Frome was released theatrically in late 1992. [ best drama films - 1992 ]
Malcolm X
Writer-director Spike Lee's epic ... races and cultures. During a 1965 speech, Malcolm X is shot and killed, reportedly by Nation of Islam members. [ best drama films - 1992 ]
Gladiator
Gladiator is the kind ... way out of poverty. Inevitably, Horn arranges for the two friends to duke it out in the ring together. [ best drama films - 1992 ]
The Last of His Tribe
Graham Greene stars as ... Yahi Indian tribe, who is discovered and cared for by anthropologist Albert Kroeber (Jon Voight) in this made-for-cable docudrama. [ best drama films - 1992 ]
Light Sleeper
Paul Schrader's brilliant study ... him, and the strain upon his life and his hopes for the future become harder and harder to bear. [ best drama films - 1992 ]
Waterland
Based on the novel ... of his students by relating stories of his troubled childhood in the English Fens (a marshy region in Britain). [ best drama films - 1992 ]
Lorenzo's Oil
Susan Sarandon and Nick ... hands and start their own investigation of the disease. Using rapeseed oil, they find their own treatment for ALD. [ best drama films - 1992 ]
The Playboys
Gillies MacKinnon directed this ... throws him in jail. But Hagerty is a walking time bomb and finally his rage erupts with violent force. [ best drama films - 1992 ]
Radio Flyer
Two brothers are the ... deals in an almost make-believe manner with the serious issue of child abuse. It is narrated by Tom Hanks. [ best drama films - 1992 ]
Un, Deux, Trois Soleil
This experimental drama is ... there is one theme for the movie beyond Victorine's odd life, it is that everyone needs affection and support. [ best drama films - 1992 ]
Crisscross
Goldie Hawn makes a ... dangerous decision to steal the drugs and sell them himself. The supporting cast features Arliss Howard and Steve Buscemi. [ best drama films - 1992 ]
Double Edge
An ambitious female reporter ... she read leaders to believe, the inexperienced reporter finds that she has unexpectedly gotten in far over her head. [ best drama films - 1992 ]
Poison Ivy
The always challenging transition ... cable television inspired a pair of sequels, Poison Ivy 2: Lily (1996) and Poison Ivy: The New Seduction (1997). [ best drama films - 1992 ]
Un Coeur en Hiver
Daniel Auteuil and Emmanuelle ... and lives -- with a fragile sense of security and no idea when to stop manipulating life for effect. [ best drama films - 1992 ]
Something to Live For: The Alison Gertz Story
Something to Live For: ... speaking fluent pop profundities, Something to Live For might have been one of the truly important made-for-TV AIDS sagas. [ best drama films - 1992 ]
Bonds of Love
The Bonds of Love ... Bonds of Love is set in Kansas (though it was lensed in Ontario). The film premiered January 24, 1973. [ best drama films - 1992 ]
Love Field
Jonathan Kaplan directs this ... and race northward with the police in pursuit, Lureen hoping to make to Washington in time for Kennedy's funeral. [ best drama films - 1992 ]
Ruby
Here's a fictionalized account ... FBI conspiracy as the force behind the Kennedy assassination. The film includes some actual footage from Ruby's Oswald shooting. [ best drama films - 1992 ]
Orlando
Independent filmmaker Sally Potter's ... a handsome American (Billy Zane). Now in the 20th century, Orlando gives birth to his child and continues on. [ best drama films - 1992 ]
School Ties
An assemblage of young ... was loosely based on the real-life experiences of producer Dick Wolf, creator of TV's popular series Law & Order. [ best drama films - 1992 ]
Wuthering Heights
Peter Kosminksy directed this ... a number a years but then returns, revenge and hatred for Cathy's family the only thing on his mind. [ best drama films - 1992 ]
The Mambo Kings
New York art dealer ... Songs of Love." Cesar is glorying in his success, but Nestor is disappointed and longs to return to Cuba. [ best drama films - 1992 ]
The Gospel According to Harry
As directed by Polish ... Harry, a tax collector who looks on as a distant observer but seems powerless to intervene on any level. [ best drama films - 1992 ]
Golem, The Spirit of the Exile
In modern-day Paris, a ... her husband and sons die, and she and her daughter-in-law must find some means for surviving their difficult situation. [ best drama films - 1992 ]
Guncrazy
Not so much a ... Davis, Guncrazy was originally shown on cable television, but received enough critical acclaim to merit a later theatrical release. [ best drama films - 1992 ]
Where the Day Takes You
Marc Rocco's gritty drama ... soon-to-be-famous names as Will Smith and Ricki Lake, and the already established Kyle MacLachlan, Christian Slater, and Alyssa Milano. [ best drama films - 1992 ]
City of Joy
In this drama, a ... he finds that the experience changes his life. City of Joy was based on a novel by Dominique Lapierre. [ best drama films - 1992 ]
Gas Food Lodging
Based on a novel ... Humphrey (David Lansbury). Features a cameo appearance from Dinosaur Jr. frontman J. Mascis, who also wrote the original music. [ best drama films - 1992 ]
Till Murder Do Us Part
A raging ex-wife exacts ... the crazed ex-wife. This installment was followed by another TV-movie entry, Her Final Fury: Betty Broderick, The Final Chapter. [ best drama films - 1992 ]
American Me
Edward J. Olmos made ... to the fact that Olmos shot his Folsom sequences on location, using actual prisoners as extras and bit players. [ best drama films - 1992 ]
Mac
Actor John Turturro spent ... irreparable schism in their relationship. Co-starring in Mac as John Turturro's wife is the real-life Mrs. Turturro, Katherine Borowitz. [ best drama films - 1992 ]
A Private Matter
When Sherri Finkbine (Sissy ... abort the fetus, setting in motion the media controversy that is the subject of Joan Micklin Silver's made-for-cable drama. [ best drama films - 1992 ]
To Be the Best
Lindsay Wagner stars as ... which covered Paula's life before she took over the family business; Diane Baker played Paula in the earlier series. [ best drama films - 1992 ]
The Lost Language of Cranes
Adaptation of the David ... also gay and is about to come out of the closet in a way that will destroy his marriage. [ best drama films - 1992 ]
Medicine Man
The Amazon rain forest ... mild "honeymooners in the jungle" quality. Filmed in the Mexican rain forest, the canopy is captured in breathtaking cinematography. [ best drama films - 1992 ]
Doing Time on Maple Drive
In this made-for-TV drama, ... Besch in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan and Sikking in Star Trek III: The Search for Spock. [ best drama films - 1992 ]
Aventis
In the year of ... his relationship to events from the doctor and nurse's childhoods. Victoria Abril (Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!) co-stars. [ best drama films - 1992 ]
Where the Red Fern Grows 2
This sequel to the ... raise a litter of puppies, and reconnect with the things in life that he fought so hard to save. [ best drama films - 1992 ]
Lady Chatterley
Another of writer/director Ken ... TV run, Lady Chatterley was edited down from 220 to 110 minutes and released theatrically in the United States. [ best drama films - 1992 ]
The Perfect Husband
This international co-production is ... girl dies from a grave illness, Milan challenges Franz, but the latter refuses to shoot him at the duel. [ best drama films - 1992 ]
Falling From Grace
Rocker John Mellencamp both ... a better feel for the locations; songwriter and Mellencamp collaborator John Prine also appears and contributes to the soundtrack. [ best drama films - 1992 ]
Final Shot: The Hank Gathers Story
Donny B. Lord and ... priest. Made for television, Final Shot was first seen in syndication during the week of March 29-April 4, 1992. [ best drama films - 1992 ]
Killer Image
When a photographer is ... when the negatives end up in the hands of the deceased's brother, the killer is soon after another victim. [ best drama films - 1992 ]
Pure Country
The big-screen debut of ... Lula has secretly replaced him onstage with her boyfriend (Kyle Chandler), he stages a showdown that wins Harley's affections. [ best drama films - 1992 ]
Wild Orchid 2: Two Shades of Blue
All poor Blue really ... her. To break them up, she show's the young football captain the politician's video-tape of his girlfriend in action. [ best drama films - 1992 ]
Ned Blessing
Set in the 19th ... his professions as both upholder of the law and criminal. As he speaks, his adventures unfurl upon the screen. [ best drama films - 1992 ]
Beverly Hills 90210: Season 03
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Shattering the Silence
When post-partum depression causes ... her father, an angry young mother takes her tormentor to court and in so doing nearly destroys her family. [ best drama films - 1992 ]
Edward II
Two years before director ... Cole Porter's "Every Time We Say Goodbye".) A striking film, and a high point of Jarman's career. [ best drama films - 1992 ]
Betty
Adapted from a novel ... tale of a irredeemable ne'er-do-well is fleshed out by a flashback-flashforward technique that some observers found confusing and distracting. [ best drama films - 1992 ]
Sarafina!
Whoopi Goldberg stars in ... quell the civil unrest. The sober subject matter is leavened by Ngema's jubilant songs and Michael Peters' electric choreography. [ best drama films - 1992 ]
Who Shot Pat?
Who Shot Patakango? is ... '50s. It's an entertaining, if slight, film that features a fine performance by David Knight as the film's narrator. [ best drama films - 1992 ]
The Jacksons: An American Dream
A two-part made for ... interesting pictorial history of the exceptional musical family. If nothing else, worth watching for the incredible music and choreography. [ best drama films - 1992 ]
Baby Snatcher
Veronica Hamel, who'd previously ... down the clever but unhinged Hamel. Amazingly based on a true story, Baby Snatcher debuted on May 3, 1992. [ best drama films - 1992 ]
Switching Parents
In this drama, 12-year-old ... living with his foster parents and so launches his own custody battle to get away from his birth parents. [ best drama films - 1992 ]
The Winter Stallion
Saving the homestead is ... this Christmas movie in which a Welsh teenager fights a land developer who wants her dead grandfather's horse ranch. [ best drama films - 1992 ]
Zebrahead
An interracial romance sparks ... Wright. Indie fans will notice Kevin Corrigan in an elliptical subplot involving the industrial disintegration of the Motor City. [ best drama films - 1992 ]
The Lover
The Lover is director ... family, since in order to inherit his father's wealth, he must not break from a traditional Chinese arranged marriage. [ best drama films - 1992 ]
The Hours and Times
The relationship between John ... the film, would soon afterwards reprise the role -- with intriguing, subtle variation -- in the 1994 feature Backbeat. [ best drama films - 1992 ]
Zwolnieni Z Zycia
In this at times ... the life he once had has vanished for good. This story is reportedly a political allegory about modern Poland. [ best drama films - 1992 ]
Adam Bede
Written by George Eliot ... its BBC debut in 1991, then aired as part of the PBS anthology Masterpiece Theatre on March 1, 1992. [ best drama films - 1992 ]
Young Soul Rebels
This largely character-driven thriller-drama ... there. Still, the two try to somehow prepare to co-host a concert protesting the upcoming Queen's Silver Jubilee celebration. [ best drama films - 1992 ]
Charles and Diana: Unhappily Ever After?
Since two TV movies ... is. Later retitled Charles and Diana: A Palace Divided, this gloriously trashy endeavor was first telecast December 13, 1992. [ best drama films - 1992 ]
A Woman, Her Men and Her Futon
In this drama, Helen ... series of unsubstantial relationships; she then uses her brief flings as material for the film script she is writing. [ best drama films - 1992 ]
The Flight of the Innocent
Originally titled La Corsa ... set right the vicious actions of his family. This marvelously multitextured film represented the directorial debut of Carlo Carlei. [ best drama films - 1992 ]
South Central
Glenn Plummer delivers a ... Bobbie must find a way to save his child from the violent and doomed future of a gang member. [ best drama films - 1992 ]
Claire of the Moon
A free-spirited satirist and ... film centers on their increasingly intimate philosophical discussions and debates held in the cabin of their Pacific Northwest retreat. [ best drama films - 1992 ]
Daughters of the Dust
At the turn of ... who appears sometimes as a rambunctious little girl. A photographer accompanies the group to capture the events on film. [ best drama films - 1992 ]
Interceptor
A Stealth Bomber is ... over by hijackers, and only one man -- a pilot -- may be able to get it back. [ best drama films - 1992 ]
Lake Consequence
This erotic drama stars ... desires. Lake Consequence (1992) was created by the soft-core drama duo of director Rafael Eisenman and writer/producer Zalman King. [ best drama films - 1992 ]
The Living End
A gentle film critic ... Paul Bartel, Warhol associate Mary Woronov, and Peter Grame, star of the obscure European film Das Gluck Beim Haendewaschen. [ best drama films - 1992 ]
Sinatra
Developed by Tina Sinatra ... of a couple of early songs, all the music in the movie is taken from the original Sinatra recordings. [ best drama films - 1992 ]
Street Crimes
In this police drama, ... get them off the street. Things work out well until a powerful local drug dealer tries to ruin things. [ best drama films - 1992 ]
You Must Remember This
A highly principled African-American ... of working on a team. The video comes with a handy viewer's guide to promote discussion after the film. [ best drama films - 1992 ]
Calendar Girl, Cop, Killer? The Bambi Bembenek Story
This fact-based drama follows ... her husband's ex-wife. Hoping to have a chance for a re-trial she escapes from prison and heads for Canada. [ best drama films - 1992 ]
In Sickness and in Health
When a single mother ... care of a man's ill wife, he becomes interested in her for more than the care she is rendering. [ best drama films - 1992 ]
Last Wish
Based on an autobiography ... woman with cancer seeking the assistance of her daughter in fulfilling her last wish--a wish to die with dignity. [ best drama films - 1992 ]
Murder Without Motive: The Edmund Perry Story
Adapted from Robert Sam ... victim to their fatal meeting in the spring of 1985. This made-for-TV film was first shown January 6, 1992. [ best drama films - 1992 ]
Anoche Sone Contigo
Toto's cousin Azucena has ... a brief sexual liaison (his first) in this male coming-of-age story which is, oddly enough, directed by a woman. [ best drama films - 1992 ]
Angel de Fuego
Those who enjoy religious ... characters in the movie embody the essence of their names; Alma = soul, Refugio = refuge, Sacramento = sacrament. [ best drama films - 1992 ]
Benny's Video
For 14-year-old Benny, anything ... film to demonstrate, makes it clear that his own psychopathology has a long background in that of his parents. [ best drama films - 1992 ]
Rebels of the Neon God
Hsiao Kang is a ... is favored by teen rebels is well-screened in this action drama, and might almost qualify as a fifth character. [ best drama films - 1992 ]
Hyenas
This Senegalese film is ... betrayed her decades earlier. The film holds a sharply critical view of capitalism and its effect on traditional values. [ best drama films - 1992 ]
Lolo
The generally hopeless lot ... family, his situation goes from bad to worse, and one day he loses his temper in a disastrous way. [ best drama films - 1992 ]
Playa Azul
Every time the government ... and he not only winds up in prison but has alienated everyone he might have come back to afterwards. [ best drama films - 1992 ]
My American Grandson
Ku's children have moved ... returns, and before long he is teaching the neighborhood kids how to play basketball and conduct an aerobic workout. [ best drama films - 1992 ]
The Company: Inigo and His Jesuits
Produced and directed by ... Berry: Dreamer of the Universe, a conversation with eco-theologian Father Thomas Berry, who wrote The Dream of the Earth. [ best drama films - 1992 ]
My Wife's Lover
In this erotic drama ... -- with the same woman. My Wife's Lover stars Tung Ling, Ching Siu Yue, Vincent Lam, and Noel Chick. [ best drama films - 1992 ]
El Bulto
In the late 1960s ... all these years. Needless to say, his old-line attitudes set him up for a rocky re-entry into his life. [ best drama films - 1992 ]
Vintage Model
Years before, Carmen had ... her out to some of the more exciting salsa clubs, and they dance and party into the wee hours. [ best drama films - 1992 ]
The Setting Sun
Directed by Akira Tomono, ... (played by Hong Kong martial arts icon Yuen Biao). Donald Sutherland also appears as a rapacious Hong Kong bureaucrat. [ best drama films - 1992 ]
Barrio De Cholos
In this cautionary tale ... own after an argument with his father, only to find himself spiraling ever deeper into a life of crime. [ best drama films - 1992 ]
Hollywood Beach Murders
A police detective (David ... things keep up, the train reach its destination empty, with only the killer left to know the brutal story. [ best drama films - 1992 ]
House of Eliott: Series 02
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Al Caer la Noche
The Spanish language revenge ... la Noche tells the tale of a mother who sets out to destroy drug dealers who killed her son. [ best drama films - 1992 ]
The Camomile Lawn
Good Neighbors co-stars Felicity ... and share stories of how their lives were forever changed in the dark days following that one, unforgettable summer. [ best drama films - 1992 ]
Dinampot Ka Lang Sa Putik
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Passport to Murder
While vacationing in Paris, ... US-Hungarian coproduction, the lighthearted TV-movie thriller Passport to Murder made its first appearance over NBC on March 7, 1993. [ best drama films - 1992 ]
Saatwan Aasman
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Melrose Place: Season 01
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Lakki... the Boy Who Could Fly
A fourteen year-old boy ... inexplicably begin sprouting out of Lakki's back, the miraculous event compels the frightened youngster to fight for his life. [ best drama films - 1992 ]Supplemental Navigation
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