THEME EXPLORATION

1980s drama

23 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Giovanna d’Arco
Giovanna d’Arco
1989 · Werner Herzog
Has Anybody Seen My Gal?
Has Anybody Seen My Gal?
1951 · Douglas Sirk
Memories of Murder
Memories of Murder
2003 · Bong Joon-ho
Day for Night
Day for Night
1973 · François Truffaut
2019
2019
2019 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Grand Prix
Grand Prix
1966 · John Frankenheimer
The Boy Friend
The Boy Friend
1971 · Ken Russell
Roosevelt
Roosevelt
2019 · Martin Scorsese
Les Destinées sentimentales
Les Destinées sentimentales
2000 · Olivier Assayas
A Woman’s Story
A Woman’s Story
1963 · Mikio Naruse
Bride of the Wind
Bride of the Wind
2001 · Bruce Beresford
C’era una volta
C’era una volta
1967 · Francesco Rosi
Days in the Trees
Days in the Trees
1967 · John Schlesinger
Foggy Harbour
Foggy Harbour
1923 · Kenji Mizoguchi
Geu-hu
Geu-hu
2017 · Hong Sang-soo
La Signora senza camelie
La Signora senza camelie
1953 · Michelangelo Antonioni
My Brother Talks to Horses
My Brother Talks to Horses
1947 · Fred Zinnemann
The Dead Father
The Dead Father
1986 · Guy Maddin
Meet the Feebles
Meet the Feebles
1989 · Peter Jackson
Australian Made
Australian Made
1987 · Richard Lowenstein
And at Last
And at Last
1963 · Mrinal Sen
Camelia
Camelia
1953 · Roberto Gavaldón
Belgian French Radio Young Jury Award for Best Picture, Brussels International Film Festival
Belgian French Radio Young Jury Award for Best Picture, Brussels International Film Festival
1989 · Zhang Yimou
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Rainer Werner Fassbinder Germany

His intense psychological dramas exploring human relationships and social alienation defined 1980s cinema with works like 'Querelle' and 'Lola'.

 Krzysztof Kieślowski Poland

His morally complex narratives and humanistic approach to drama, particularly in 'Dekalog', captured the spiritual and ethical tensions of the 1980s.

 Leigh Whannell United Kingdom

His improvisation-based character studies of working-class life created deeply authentic social dramas throughout the 1980s with films like 'Naked' and 'High Hopes'.