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Drama

The rich human condition told with a straight face, this is the mother of all genres. So if it doesn't fit snugly anywhere else it's usually Drama...

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Pike River (2025)

Dir. Robert Sarkies
Feat. Robyn Malcolm, Melanie Lynskey, Lucy Lawless…

Three-time Emmy nominee Melanie Lynskey (Yellow Jackets, The Last of Us) and acclaimed NZ actress Robyn Malcolm (Top fo the Lake, After the Party) star as Anna Osborne and Sonya Rockhouse; two ordinary women who together stand up and take on the government, justice system and a company that will stop at…

Great Lillian Hall, The (2024)

Dir. Michael Cristofer
Feat. Jessica Lange, Kathy Bates, Pierce Brosnan…

A superb showcase for Jessica Lange as Lillian Hall, a grand dame of Broadway who has never missed a performance throughout her long, illustrious career, but whose ailing health presents her with her greatest challenge yet. It’s a literate, quality drama about theatre that does just about everything…

Salt Path, The (2024)

Dir. Marianne Elliott
Feat. Gillian Anderson, Jason Isaacs

Gillian Anderson and Jason Isaacs play down their seasoned star status as an ordinary long-married couple who cope with the trauma of losing their home by embarking on a year-long trek along the South West British coastline. Based on the best-selling memoir by Raynor Winn, her life-affirming story asserts…

Jane Eyre (2011)

Dir. Cary Joji Fukunaga
Feat. Mia Wasikowska, Michael Fassbender, Jamie Bell…

A delicate and atmospheric adaptation of the much-filmed Charlotte Bronte melodrama tragedy about a young governess who seals her tragic fate by falling deeply in love with her "unsuitable" employer. Some have found this version a little chilly but actor-of-the-moment Fassbender has the necessary charisma…

Bigger Splash, A (2015)

Dir. Luca Guadagnino
Feat. Tilda Swinton, Matthias Schoenaerts, Ralph Fiennes…

A sensuous, if overly-mannered comedy of manners from the director of I AM LOVE has the Sicilian vacation of a famous rock star and a filmmaker disrupted by the unexpected visit of a former boyfriend/record producer and his daughter. A loose remake of "La Piscine"(1969), this is indeed a throwback to…

Only Lovers Left Alive (2013)

Dir. Jim Jarmusch
Feat. Tilda Swinton, Tom Hiddleston, Anton Yelchin…

Tilda Swinton and Tom Hiddleston are sublimely cast as sophisticated vampire lovers who reunite after centuries in this stylish and imaginative new film from dir. Jim Jarmusch. While an elegant fantasy piece on the surface, Jarmusch has done his homework exploring how centuries-old hipsters might pass…

Belle (2013)

Dir. Amma Asante
Feat. Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Matthew Goode, Tom Wilkinson…

Exemplary costume piece about the true story of a mixed race daughter of a Royal Navy Admiral who is raised by her aristocratic great-uncle in 18th century England.