Aro Favourite: Drama
91 Drama Films have attained the hallowed status of Aro Favourite
Balibo (2009)
- Searing political thriller based on the death of five Australian–based journalists (one, a Kiwi) who, upon covering the occupation of East…
- DVD $19.95
Nine (2009)
- A stonkingly glamorous screen musical based on FELLINI'S 8 1/2, with famous film auteur Guido Contini struggling to realize his cinematic masterpiece…
- DVD
$20 $15
I've Loved You So Long (Il y a longtemps que je t'aime) (2008)
- Gratifying, melancholy French drama featuring a career–best performance by Kristen Scott–Thomas as an enigmatic woman struggling to fit…
- 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
$30 $22.50
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
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
$25 $18.75
Whale Rider (2003)
- A stirring, widely–acclaimed adaptation of Witi Ihimaera’s novel about a young girl’s struggle to win the approval of her patriarchal…
- DVD
$24.95 $18.70