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Films with the genre "Drama", sorted by revenue
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The Users (1978)
, 2h30Directed by Joseph Hardy
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Films about films, Films about writers, Films about sexuality, Films about television, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Jaclyn Smith, Tony Curtis, Red Buttons, Joan Fontaine, John Forsythe, George Hamilton
Elena Scheider (Smith) is a prostitute with class who is hired by film producer Adam Baker (Hamilton) to seduce Randy Brent (Curtis), an actor who is working in Phoenix on his latest film The Last Man. Since the death of his wife, who committed suicide by overdose seven years ago, Randy has retired from the screen and he is now seen as a has-been. The Last Man is his first venture since the tragedy, but he has trouble shooting the love scenes. Elena successfully seduces him and he soon falls in love with her. It does not take long before she moves in with him in his mansion in Hollywood.
The Awakening Land (1978)
, 7hDirected by Boris Sagal
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Historical
Actors Elizabeth Montgomery, Hal Holbrook, Jane Seymour, William H. Macy, Steven Keats, Bert Remsen
The storyline follows the struggle of Sayward Luckett (Montgomery) after she travels to the unsettled Ohio Valley frontier from post-revolutionary Pennsylvania. She and her family carve out a homestead in the forest, and a community with other settlers. The series follows Sayward from a young single woman, left with three sisters to raise after their mother dies and their father abandons the family, to a married woman who has her own family of seven. Her faithful devotion to her family is recounted against the day-to-day struggle for survival.
Betrayal (1978)
, 1h36Directed by Paul Wendkos
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Lesley Ann Warren, Rip Torn, Richard Masur, Ron Silver, Bibi Besch, John Hillerman
Julie Roy, a young woman, approaches a maverick attorney, claiming that her psychoanalyst has raped her, and over a period of time used her for sex before discarding her.
A Fire in the Sky (1978)
, 2h30Directed by Jerry Jameson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction
Themes Films about religion, Films set in the future, Political films, Dystopian films, Impact events in fiction, Disaster films
Actors Richard Crenna, Elizabeth Ashley, David Dukes, Joanna Miles, Lloyd Bochner, Andrew Duggan
While reviewing pictures of the planet Jupiter, astronomer Jennifer Dreiser (Joanna Miles) discovers a new comet streaking through space. The joy of finding the comet is short-lived, however, when it is determined that it may hit the Earth in just eight days. Dreiser is summoned to see the President (Andrew Duggan) at his vacation home, along with a number of other experts, to discuss the situation. Astronomer Jason Voight (Richard Crenna), a specialist in near-Earth objects, shocks the group by telling them that the comet will hit within 50 miles of Phoenix. Voight urges the President to order an evacuation of Phoenix and the surrounding area, but the President ultimately leaves that decision in the hands of Arizona's governor, Michael Ritchie (Nicolas Coster). The President does order the MIRV nosecone of a Minuteman ICBM be launched into space aboard a Titan-Centaur rocket, so that an attempt can be made at destroying the comet.
A Real American Hero (1978)
, 1h34Directed by Lou Antonio
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Biography, Action, Crime
Actors Brian Dennehy, Forrest Tucker, Ken Howard, Sheree North, Brian Kerwin
The movie, set in 1967, is about the real-life sheriff Buford Pusser, who goes after a criminal who has killed young people with his illegal moonshine. Brian Dennehy plays Pusser. The rest of the cast include Ken Howard, Sheree North, Forrest Tucker, and Brian Kerwin.
Ruby and Oswald (1978)
, 3hDirected by Mel Stuart
Genres Drama, Historical
Themes Films about families, Political films
Actors Michael Lerner, Frederic Forrest, Doris Roberts, Bruce French, Lanna Saunders, Brian Dennehy
The Corn Is Green (1979)
, 1h33Directed by George Cukor
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Films about education, Films based on plays
Actors Katharine Hepburn, Anna Massey, Bill Fraser, Patricia Hayes, Toyah Willcox
Middle-aged Lilly Moffatt (Katharine Hepburn) sets up a school in a Welsh coal mining town, despite the determined opposition of the local squire (Bill Fraser). Eventually, she considers giving up. Then she discovers a promising student Morgan Evans (Ian Saynor), a miner seemingly destined for a life of hard work and heavy drink. With renewed hope, she works hard to help him realise his potential.
Dead Mountaineer's Hotel (1979)
, 1h20Directed by Grigori Kromanov
Origin Estonie
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Thriller, Horror, Crime
Themes Films based on science fiction novels
Actors Jüri Järvet, Uldis Pūcītis, Mikk Mikiver, Kārlis Sebris
L’Inspecteur Glebsky est appelé en plein hiver dans un hôtel des Alpes, où des phénomènes étranges ne tardent pas à se manifester. L’hôtel se retrouve coupé du reste du monde par une avalanche et un huis-clos angoissant s’instaure, ponctué par des événements surnaturels…
Genealogy (1979)
, 1h50Directed by Im Kwon-taek
Origin Coree du sud
Genres Drama
Actors Hah Myung-joong, Han Hye-sook, Kim Ji-young
During the era of Japanese occupation, Sol Jin-young, a Korean patriarch refuses to obey the law to change the family's name to a Japanese name. Tani, a member of the Japanese occupation forces, is sent to persuade Sol to comply with the order. Tani is conflicted between his duty, his respect for Korean culture and his attraction to Sol's daughter.
Goldengirl (1979)
, 1h44Directed by Joseph Sargent
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction
Themes Sports films, Films based on science fiction novels, Films about the Olympic Games
Actors James Coburn, Leslie Caron, Susan Anton, Curd Jürgens, Nicolas Coster, Robert Culp
A scientist and neo-Nazi doctor named Serafin has developed a way to create a physically superior human being. He tests it out on his adopted daughter, Goldine.
Joni (1979)
Directed by James F. Collier
Genres Drama
Themes Films about religion
Actors Bert Remsen, Cooper Huckabee, John Milford, Ernie Hudson, Richard Lineback, Jeff Austin
Après un accident de plongée à l'âge de 17 ans, une jeune fille est devenue paralysée. Sa ferveur religieuse l'a alors aidé à surmonter la douleur physique et émotionnelle, mais également à reconstruire sa vie.
The Buddha Assassinator (1980)
Genres Drama, Martial arts, Action, Martial arts
Themes Sports films, Martial arts films, Kung fu films
Actors Hwang Jang-lee, Corey Yuen
Prince Tsoi (Hwang Jang Lee) is the cruel lord of the Ching regime. He has earned his high rank by using his Lohan Fist techniques to destroy the Ming rebels, who, in turn have targeted Prince Tsoi for assassination. Enter Shao Hai (Meng Hoi), a naive kung fu scholar who earns a living by acting as a janitor for the local Shaolin Temple. The monks here apparently don't take their positions too seriously, as they spend their days bullying Shao Hai instead of praying or practicing the martial arts. Shao Hai lives with his Aunt who adopted him, and learns the martial arts from his drunken master Uncle (Chien Yuet San, doing his best Sam the Seed routine), formerly a head monk of the local temple. The day Prince Tsoi comes to the temple, Shao Hai watches the arrival from the roofs above. He sees incognito rebel assassins about to attack Prince Tsoi, and yells out to the Prince to take cover. Upon hearing Shao Hoi's warning, the guards leap into action and chase off the rebel offenders. Prince Tsoi then shows his gratitude towards Shao Hai for potentially saving his life.
Charlie Muffin (1979)
Directed by Jack Gold
Genres Drama, Thriller
Themes Spy films, Political films
Actors David Hemmings, Jennie Linden, Sam Wanamaker, Ralph Richardson, Ian William Richardson, Pinkas Braun
The Cold War espionage thriller follows the moves of British anti-hero spy Charlie Muffin (Hemmings) who has fallen on hard times since the forced retirement of Sir Archibald Willoughby, his previous boss at the U.K. secret service (played by Sir Ralph Richardson). His new boss, Sir Henry Cuthbertson (Ian Richardson), who epitomizes the haughty upper class British imperialist, hardly attempts to conceal his disdain for the under-educated agent who quite obviously doesn't stem from the "right class". Right at the start of the film, we witness how Charlie has evidently been deemed expendable and accordingly gets set up to be caught or killed during a joint mission in East Germany — this despite Muffin essentially having been responsible for the mission's success. Cuthbertson's lap-dog agents Snare and Harrison — who are both totally lacking in experience and as arrogant as their boss — are shocked and embarrassed to see Muffin returning alive and well.
Life Gamble (1978)
, 1h35Directed by Chang Cheh
Genres Drama, Martial arts, Action, Martial arts
Themes Sports films, Martial arts films, Kung fu films
Actors Philip Kwok, Alexander Fu Sheng, Kara Hui, Lo Mang, Chiang Sheng, Dick Wei
A complex story, about a stolen piece of jade which falls into the hands of a habitual gambler (Wang Lung Wei) and his arrogant anti-hero body guard (Fu Sheng), a knife throwing expert. Various individuals want the jade from Lung Wei for their own purposes (to get rich or to return it to its owner), particularly a con-woman played by Shirley Yu and her hired help to get it played by Lo Mang who hide in a small hotel, Xiao Qiang (played by Lin Chen-Chi) and her hired help played by Chiang Sheng, and a handless off and on villain played by Lu Feng. Previously Xiao Qiang and Chiang Sheng offered a duel to Lu Feng to defeat his new sword technique and if he lost he would lose his hand. The sword was made by a blacksmith played by Kuo Chui who formerly made weapons for kung fu experts with his only payment being for the experts to teach him their kung fu style, therefore Kuo himself is an expert at various forms of kung fu. However, he retired from making weapons after Lu Feng used his new sword to try to kill Kuo.
Police Story (1979)
, 1h40Directed by Lee Doo-yong
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Yu Ji-in, Do Kum-bong
A melodrama about a man who chooses the career of a police officer in spite of his girlfriend's objection and social stigma. After he is injured in the line of duty, he and his girlfriend get married.