# The best dramas of the 1980s

Full Metal Jacket, Scarface, Once Upon a Time in America, Das Boot, Platoon, Grave of the Fireflies and Dead Poets Society: the 1980s dramas rated highest on Filmstarts.

- 22 votes · 15 items
- Apr 25, 2022 · Fabienne Müller
- https://even.best/en/l/4753/the-best-dramas-of-the-1980s

## Top 15

1. **Full Metal Jacket (1987)** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — Stanley Kubrick.
2. **Platoon (1986)** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — Oliver Stone.
3. **Once Upon a Time in America (1984)** (1 · ▲2 ▼1) — Sergio Leone.
4. **Dead Poets Society (1989)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Peter Weir.
5. **Raging Bull (1980)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Martin Scorsese.
6. **Gandhi (1982)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Richard Attenborough.
7. **Blue Velvet (1986)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — David Lynch.
8. **The Elephant Man (1980)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — David Lynch.
9. **Akira (1988)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Katsuhiro Ōtomo.
10. **Scarface (1983)** (0 · ▲1 ▼1) — Brian De Palma.
11. **Grave of the Fireflies (1988)** (0 · ▲1 ▼1) — Isao Takahata.
12. **Mississippi Burning (1988)** (0 · ▲1 ▼1) — Alan Parker.
13. **Stand by Me (1986)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Rob Reiner.
14. **First Blood (1982)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Ted Kotcheff.
15. **Das Boot (1981)** (-1 · ▲0 ▼1) — Wolfgang Petersen.

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