Best Drama Films of 1980

Pulse of Cinema lists 139 drama films released in 1980, ranked by the Pulse Score blended from IMDb, Letterboxd and TMDB. Standouts include The Shining, The Elephant Man, Who's Singin' Over There?.

8.2

The Shining

1980

8.0

The Elephant Man

1980

7.6

Who's Singin' Over There?

1980

8.1

The Kingdom of Diamonds

1980

7.9

Raging Bull

1980

7.8

Kagemusha

1980

7.9

Pixote

1980

7.6

Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears

1980

5.7

Sankarabharanam

1980

7.4

Ordinary People

1980

7.1

Breaker Morant

1980

7.2

The Long Good Friday

1980

7.0

My American Uncle

1980

6.9

Babylon

1980

7.9

Varumayin Niram Sivappu

1980

7.4

Little Lord Fauntleroy

1980

7.2

The Last Metro

1980

7.2

Coal Miner's Daughter

1980

6.8

Bye Bye Brazil

1980

7.6

Confidence

1980

7.6

Handymen, Handymen

1980

7.3

From the Life of the Marionettes

1980

7.2

The Terrace

1980

7.2

Bilo the Banker

1980

7.0

Bubble Bath

1980

6.9

Stardust Memories

1980

6.9

Gloria

1980

6.9

Alexander the Great

1980

6.8

Atlantic City

1980

6.3

Oblomov

1980

7.4

A Bad Son

1980

7.3

Aakrosh

1980

7.2

The Wrung-Out Man

1980

7.1

Brubaker

1980

6.8

Gregory's Girl

1980

6.7

The Big Red One

1980

6.7

Rapture

1980

6.6

Night of the Juggler

1980

5.3

Johnny

1980

7.5

Somewhere in Time

1980

7.5

Good Riddance

1980

7.3

Personal Problems

1980

7.2

Sparsh

1980

7.2

The Constant Factor

1980

7.2

Manila by Night

1980

7.2

Petria's Wreath

1980

7.2

Killer Constable

1980

7.0

Dressed to Kill

1980