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"
20th Century Women (2016)
7.4/10
Director: Mike Mills
Starring: Annette Bening, Billy Crudup, Elle Fanning, Greta Gerwig
In 1979 Santa Barbara, Calif., Dorothea Fields is a determined single mother in her mid-50s who is raising her adolescent son, Jamie, at a moment brim... Read more
21 (2008)
6.8/10
Director: Robert Luketic
Starring: Jim Sturgess, Kevin Spacey, Kate Bosworth, Aaron Yoo, Jacob Pitts, Liza Lapira,...
Director Robert Luketic adapts Ben Mezrich's best-seller 'Bringing Down the House: The Inside Story of Six M.I.T. Students Who Took Vegas for Millions... Read more
21 ( Blu-ray ) (2008)
6.8/10
Director: Robert Luketic
Starring: Jim Sturgess, Kate Bosworth, Laurence Fishburne, Kevin Spacey
Director Robert Luketic adapts Ben Mezrich's best-seller 'Bringing Down the House: The Inside Story of Six M.I.T. Students Who Took Vegas for Millions... Read more
21 Bridges (2019)
6.6/10
Director: Brian Kirk
Starring: Chadwick Boseman, Sienna Miller, J K Simmons
After uncovering a massive conspiracy, an embattled NYPD detective joins a citywide manhunt for two young cop killers. As the night unfolds, he soon b... Read more
21 Bridges (Blu-Ray) (2019)
6.6/10
Director: Brian Kirk
Starring: Chadwick Boseman, Sienna Miller, J K Simmons
After uncovering a massive conspiracy, an embattled NYPD detective joins a citywide manhunt for two young cop killers. As the night unfolds, he soon b... Read more
21 Grams (2003)
7.7/10
Director: Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu
Starring: Sean Penn, Benicio Del Toro, Naomi Watts, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Melissa Leo
Director Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu's ("Amores Perros") intricate, non-linear drama centers on three ostensibly disparate individuals whose lives con... Read more
25th Hour (2002)
7.7/10
Director: Spike Lee
Starring: Edward Norton, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Barry Pepper, Rosario Dawson, Anna Paquin...
The clock is ticking on Monty Brogan's (Edward Norton) freedom - in 24 short hours, he goes to prison for seven long years. Once a king of Manhattan,... Read more
28 Days (2000)
6/10
Director: Betty Thomas
Starring: Sandra Bullock, Viggo Mortensen, Elizabeth Perkins, Diane Ladd, Steve Buscemi
Sandra Bullock is a newspaper reporter who, while intoxicated, crashes a limousine on the day of sister Elizabeth Perkins' wedding. Bullock enters a r... Read more
2:37 (2006)
6.9/10
Director: Murali K Thalluri
Starring: Teresa Palmer, Frank Sweet, Sam Harris, Charles Baird, Joel Mackenzie, Marni Spi...
Australian newcomer, 19-year-old Murali K Thalluri, directs this teen ensemble drama about a group of high school students facing problems that range... Read more
3 Needles (2005)
6.6/10
Director: Thom Fitzgerald
Starring: Lucy Liu, Shawn Ashmore, Stockard Channing, Chloe Sevigny, Olympia Dukakis, Sand...
Director Thom Fitzgerald takes a sobering look into the worldwide AIDS epidemic, from a rural farming village in China to the sets of Canadian porn fi... Read more