Aro Favourite: Drama
97 Drama Films have attained the hallowed status of Aro Favourite
Dean Spanley (2008)
- This Kiwi–British production cross–breed is a charmingly eccentric, surprisingly moving 'drawing room' drama set in Edwardian Britain in…
- DVD
$25 $18.75
La Vie en Rose (2007)
- Marion Cotillard excels (and deservingly won a Best Actress Oscar) in this stunning new biopic of the life and times of French singer Edith…
- DVD
$20 $15
Savages, The (2007)
- Phillip Seymour Hoffman and Laura Linney make for convincing, disenchanted siblings in this acute observation of a family crisis surrounding their…
- DVD
$20 $15
Queen, The (2006)
- A regal Helen Mirren brings command and pathos to the screen as Queen Elizabeth II, an iconic yet closely–guarded world figure whose retreat in…
- DVD $14.95
Ten Canoes (2006)
- Beguiling Aboriginal parable from Rolf de Heer is an evocative time–warp of Australia’s rich ancestry, told through the campfire narration of…
- Blu-Ray $19.95
River Queen (2005)
- Both underrated and overblown, dir. Vincent Ward's (VIGIL) ambitious historical drama depicts the journey across heart, soul and land–scapes of…
- DVD $25
World's Fastest Indian, The (2005)
- Feelgood drama with a core of goodhearted Kiwi common sense and realism, this relates the true story of Invercargill legend Burt Munro (Hopkins), who…
- DVD
$20 $15
Me and You and Everyone We Know (2004)
- An intriguing, fine–quality drama from the boundary of art and indie filmmaking, in which two struggling characters – a performance…
- DVD
$20 $15
Vera Drake (2004)
- An impeccable period drama from Mike Leigh that ranks alongside the director's best work, this is the moving story of a middle aged woman who was…
- DVD
$20 $15
Mother, The (2003)
- An unforgettable British drama about an aging widow, alienated from her ambitious son and neurotic daughter, who confronts the vacuum of her life…
- DVD $20