Recommended: Drama
257 Drama Films we think you’ll enjoy
Ngati (1988)
- A moving and powerful drama about an Australian immigrant who encounters the spiritual home of the local 'Ngati' or tribe, which triggers his own…
- DVD
$30 $22.50
Wonder Years, The (TV Series) (1988-1993)
- One of the more endearing US TV series of the period, depicts the 'growing up' of its adolescent protagonists with humour and empathy. This disc…
- DVD $24.95, $34.95, $34.95, $34.95
Drowning by Numbers (1987)
- Blackly comic tale of three women who each drown their husbands. Peppered with references to game–playing, you can take part by counting to…
- Poster (VG) $12.95
Last Emperor, The (1987)
- Grand scale interpretation of the true life of Pu Yi (John Lone), the last emperor of China, who ascended the throne at three years–old to live…
- DVD
$25 $18.75
Insurance Man, The (1986)
- A fascinating BBC production of Alan Bennett's screenplay about the one–and–only Franz Kafka, who is trapped in his own infernal…
- DVD $24.95
Round Midnight (1986)
- In 1950s Paris, a decadent American saxophonist develops a friendship with an appreciative French fan who shows him the virtues of clean living. A…
- DVD
$20 $15
Ran (1985)
- The title translates to 'chaos'; it is Kurosawa's vast and bloody interpretation of Shakespeare's King Lear. Grandiose in every sense – a…
- DVD
$25 $18.75
Passage to India, A (1984)
- Judy Davis leads a troupe of perenial British actors in this, the legendary director's final film – an immaculate production of E.M. Forster's…
- DVD
$20 $15
Local Hero (1983)
- Peter Riegert plays an American oil executive assigned to buy out a small Scottish community where, of course, not everyone takes the bait. Burt…
- DVD
$20 $15
Terms of Endearment (1983)
- Classic family saga of loss and reconciliation with Shirley Maclaine and Jack Nicholson, who both won Oscars, as did the film.
- DVD
$19.95 $14.95