Drama
The denotative aspects of drama from Aristotle's "Poetics" include a story development with a beginning, middle and an end. In the more conventional sense, dramatic presentations include the portrayal of characters, settings, life situations and stories in the course of a theatrical performance. In theatre, drama usually takes on the scope of dealing with matters of a serious nature.
Drama is Alice's largest section and a treasure trove of great drama catering for every taste. The bulk of the "Drama" section (generally made since 1965 and include psychological dramas) is listed below, however you may also choose from the "Classic Drama" sub-section (generally made before 1965), in blue on left. Also helpful may be "Alices Playhouse", "True Stories" and "Shakespeare" features.
Right: Scene from Kubrick's beautifully mounted "Barry Lyndon"
Hustlers (2019)
6.5/10
Director: Lorene Scafaria
Starring: Constance Wu, Jennifer Lopez, Julia Stiles, Keke Palmer, Cardi B
Working as a stripper to make ends meet, Destiny's life changes forever when she becomes friends with Ramona -- the club's top money earner. Ramona so... Read more
Hyde Park on Hudson (2012)
5.9/10
Director: Roger Michell
Starring: Bill Murray, Elizabeth Wilson, Laura Linney, Olivia Williams, Samuel West, Olivi...
June, 1939. As Great Britain faces an imminent war with Germany, U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt (Bill Murray) and his wife, Eleanor (Olivia Will... Read more
Hyena (2014)
6.1/10
Director: Gerard Johnson
Starring: Neil Maskell, MyAnna Buring, Stephen Graham, Elisa Lasowski, Peter Ferdinando, R...
Michael (Peter Ferdinando) is a ruthless undercover cop targeting London's most violent drug traffickers. He and his team aren't above taking their cu... Read more
Hyena (Blu-ray) (2014)
6.2/10
Director: Gerard Johnson
Starring: Neil Maskell, MyAnna Buring, Stephen Graham, Elisa Lasowski, Peter Ferdinando, R...
Michael (Peter Ferdinando) is a ruthless undercover cop targeting London's most violent drug traffickers. He and his team aren't above taking their cu... Read more
Hysteria (2011)
6.7/10
Director: Tanya Wexler
Starring: Jonathan Pryce, Rupert Everett, Hugh Dancy, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Felicity Jones
Romantic comedy starring Hugh Dancy and Maggie Gyllenhaal, based loosely on the life of Joseph Mortimer Granville, the inventor of a novel device for... Read more
Hysteria ( Blu-ray ) (2011)
6.7/10
Director: Tanya Wexler
Starring: Jonathan Pryce, Rupert Everett, Hugh Dancy, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Felicity Jones
Romantic comedy starring Hugh Dancy and Maggie Gyllenhaal, based loosely on the life of Joseph Mortimer Granville, the inventor of a novel device for... Read more
Hysterical Blindness (2002)
6.5/10
Director: Mira Nair
Starring: Uma Thurman, Gena Rowlands, Juliette Lewis, Justin Chambers, Ben Gazzara
It's 1987 in Bayonne, New Jersey. The bars are full and smoky, and two old friends, Debby and Beth, are out looking for a good time. With her hair tea... Read more
I Am A Camera (1955)
6.7/10
Director: Henry Cornelius
Starring: Laurence Harvey, Julie Harris, Ron Randell, Shelley Winters, Anton Diffring, Mal...
Henry Cornelius's adaptation of the play which was later more famously filmed as the musical 'Cabaret'. It's Berlin in the 1930s, and a young writer b... Read more
I Am A Fugitive From A Chain Gang (1932)
8.1/10
Director: Mervyn LeRoy
Starring: Glenda Farrell, Preston Foster, Paul Muni, Helen Vinson
Mervyn LeRoy's searing adaptation of Robert E. Burns' autobiography stars Paul Muni as a drifter unfairly sentenced to 10 years' hard labour on a Geor... Read more
I Am David (2003)
7.3/10
Director: Paul Feig
Starring: Jim Caviezel, Joan Plowright, Ben Tibber
A brave 12-year-old boy escapes from a Communist concentration camp in Bulgaria, making his way across Europe in order to deliver an important letter... Read more