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"
Joshua: The Devil's Child (2007)
5.9/10
Director: George Ratliff
Starring: Sam Rockwell, Vera Farmiga, Jacob Kogan
Joshua is an exceptionally polite, highly intelligent 9-year-old piano prodigy. He also has the icy stare of a child possessed. When his mother gives... Read more
Journey Among Women (1977)
6/10
Director: Tom Cowan
Starring: Lisa Peers, Ralph Cotterill, Tim Elliott, Nell Campbell, Jude Kuring
In 1977, Australian cinemas were rocked by Tom Cowan's beautiful but brutal depiction of the lives of ten female convicts. Mainstream cinemas across t... Read more
Journey from the Fall (2006)
7.3/10
Director: Ham Tran
Starring: Kieu Chinh, Diem Lien, Long Nguyen, Nguyen Thai Nguyen, Khanh Doan
A poignant and realistic drama, set after the Americans left war-torn Saigon, depicting a side of the Vietnam War seldom seen - the affect on the Viet... Read more
Journey in Italy (1954)
Director: Roberto Rossellini
Starring: Ingrid Bergman, George Sanders, Maria Mauban, Paul Muller
A graceful depiction of an eroding marriage that reaches its crisis as the couple holiday in Southern Italy. Roberto Rossellini directed his then-wif... Read more
Journey's End (2017)
6.6/10
Director: Saul Dibb
Starring: Asa Butterfield, Sam Claflin, Paul Bettany, Tom Sturridge, Toby Jones, Stephen G...
Led by young officer Stanhope, whose mental health is rapidly disintegrating, a group of British soldiers await their fate in an Aisne dugout during t... Read more
Joy Division (2006)
6.3/10
Director: Reg Traviss
Starring: Ed Stoppard, Bernard Hill, Bernadette Heerwagen
As a teenager, Thomas is forced into a deadly battle against the advancing Red Army and subsequently captured. He disappears behind the Iron Curtain f... Read more
JT LeRoy (2018)
5.4/10
Director: Justin Kelly
Starring: Kristen Stewart, Laura Dern, Jim Sturgess
A young woman named Savannah Knoop spends six years pretending to be the celebrated author JT LeRoy, the made-up literary persona of her sister-in-law... Read more
Judas and the Black Messiah (2021)
7.5/10
Starring: Daniel Kaluuya, Lakeith Stanfield, Jesse Plemons, Ashton Sanders, Algee Smith
Offered a plea deal by the FBI, William O'Neal infiltrates the Illinois chapter of the Black Panther Party to gather intelligence on Chairman Fred Ham... Read more
Judex (DVD & Blu-ray Zone A) (1963)
7.1/10
Director: Georges Franju
Starring: Edith Scob, Sylva Koscina
Favraux, an unscrupulous banker, receives a threatening note, signed by "Judex", demanding that he pay back the people he has swindled. He refuses, an... Read more
Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)
8.2/10
Director: Stanley Kramer
Starring: Spencer Tracy, Burt Lancaster, Richard Widmark, Marlene Dietrich
In 1948 the trials of Germans for crimes against humanity where drawing to a close and this film examines one of the lesser trials, in which four judg... Read more