Drama Movies

Filmed in beautiful monochrome and starring Julie Christie, this is Sally Potter’s examination of the relationship between women and money in society. The film’s mind-bending second act surely inspired David Lynch’s Inland Empire.

Drawing inspiration from his own childhood in Liverpool, director Terence Davies made his debut with this critically-lauded portrait of a working class family ruled over by a domineering, volatile father (Pete Postlethwaite).

 It’s the summer of 1977 and two young pirate radio DJs are trying to make their mark playing a new funk sound. But a murder in the local park sets off a sub-cultural clash between the soul boys, skinheads and punks.

A conflicted Jewish yuppie learns that, courtesy of an artificial insemination blunder, his real father is a Yorkshire pig farmer. He journeys north on a mission of self-discovery, in this acclaimed culture clash comedy.

A mockumentary focusing on a year in the life of fictitious mid-1990s hip-hip outfit NWH, with groupies, gunshots and inter-band rivalries galore. Fear of a Black Hat does for rap what Spinal Tap did for stadium rock.

Philip returns home to his small town after an attempt at making it as an actor. Despite his failure at becoming famous in Hollywood he is seen as a celebrity back home and he uses it to impress his school crush, Dorothy.

Raoul Ruiz’s enthralling thriller is made up of four intertwining stories of bizarre occurrences in Paris featuring a man who was stolen away by fairies, a professor who becomes a tramp, the lovers who inherit a chateau – and the last tale that connects all that has gone before.

Under the pretext of writing for a fake magazine, The Next Big Thing, Simon Geist wages war against upcoming actors, models, comics and rock bands. But as his confrontations escalate, he finds himself becoming the very thing he is railing against.

In the Nottingham suburb of Sneinton, Malc is torn between partner Kate and his wannabe gangster friends, led by the infantile Jumbo. And when Jumbo plots a major heist (by his standards), Malc is finally forced to choose. An early crime caper from director Shane Meadows.

Inspired by Daniel Defoe, the eccentric, unseen Robinson and his researcher companion set off on a tour of England, encompassing the nation's cultural and industrial history.

Shepard is a disillusioned cop struggling with his new found hero status after killing a notorious drug dealer in a shoot out. Rex, a trigger happy out law with a rising body count of cops in his wake wants to use Shepard to boost his status. But when quick-drawing Rex finally comes face to face with Shepard in a tense showdown, will he hold his nerve?

Acclaimed horror director Dario Argento’s gory adaptation of the classic Gaston Leroux tale. Abandoned as a baby and brought up by rats, the Phantom lives beneath the Opera house and falls for singer Christine Daaé, sparking a dangerous love triangle.

Four young friends, who spend their nights shooting the breeze in a Copenhagen takeaway joint, find themselves landed with a whole heap of trouble when they come into possession of some stolen hash.

Alone in the world, alcoholic Kaj (Jesper Christensen) is content to drink what is left of his life away. That is, until a face from his past rolls into town.

 A mathematically-inclined teenage girl (Elisha Cuthbert) discovers a talent for gambling and gets caught up in a spiral of debt and danger.

Alone in Glasgow, with a baby on the way, Marie hides out with three mechanics. But they are eager to part her from her money, with the help of an American imposter.

When a priest commits suicide and two trainees are expelled from a seminary, a journalist starts to investigate the Vatican’s silence on broken vows of celibacy. A thriller examining the internal conflicts in the modern Catholic church.

When straight-laced Jefferson finds out his drug-dealing brother is dead, he returns to São Paulo with his childhood friend to identify the body. The journey raises memories of their shared childhood and poses a choice for their future. 

 When obnoxious, single mother Kimberly accuses respectable Dr Darian of rape, no one believes her, and it's not surprising when DNA tests continue to fail. But something is not right and Kimberly continues to fight her case. Based on a true story.

Adrian Grenier and Paz de la Huerta lead a talented young cast in the story of a group of boarding school students negotiating love, sex, drugs and disaster in their final month together.