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"
Nomadland (Blu-ray) (2020)
7.5/10
Director: Chloe Zhao
Starring: Frances McDormand, David Strathairn
Following the economic collapse of a company town in rural Nevada, Fern (Frances McDormand) packs her van and sets off on the road exploring a life ou... Read more
Non Fiction (2018)
6.5/10
Director: Olivier Assayas
Starring: Guillaume Canet, Juliette Binoche, Vincent Macaigne
Set in the Parisian publishing world, an editor and an author find themselves in over their heads, as they cope with a middle-age crisis, the changing... Read more
Noodle (2007)
7.4/10
Director: Ayelet Menahemi
Starring: Mili Avital, BaoQi Chen
Miri is a flight attendant for Israel's El Al airlines. Beautiful yet plagued with sadness - the result of losing two husbands to Israel's wars - Miri... Read more
Normal People (2020)
8.4/10
Director: Lenny Abrahamson
Starring: Paul Mescal, Daisy Edgar-Jones, Sarah Greene
In a school in a small-town west of Ireland, Connell (Paul Mescal) is a well-liked, good looking and athletic football player. Marianne (Daisy Edgar-J... Read more
Norman (2010)
6.4/10
Starring: Dan Byrd, Emily VanCamp, Richard Jenkins, Adam Goldberg
A troubled high-school kid pretending to be dying of cancer confronts problems with his new girlfriend and terminally ill father as he struggles with... Read more
Norman (2016)
6.2/10
Director: Joseph Cedar
Starring: Charlotte Gainsbourg, Hank Azaria, Josh Charles, Richard Gere, Steve Buscemi, Li...
Norman (Richard Gere), a New York fixer, knows the right people and can get things done. When an Israeli dignitary named Eshel (Lior Ashkenazi) comes... Read more
Normandy Nude (2018)
Director: Philippe Le Guay
Starring: Francois Cluzet, Francois-Xavier Demaison, Julie-Anne Roth
A French mayor has to convince his villagers to pose naked for an American photographer. Read more
North Country (2005)
7.3/10
Director: Niki Caro
Starring: Charlize Theron, Frances McDormand, Sean Bean, Richard Jenkins, Jeremy Renner, M...
Acclaimed kiwi helmer Niki Caro went to Minnesota for this fictionalised account of the most famous sexual harrassment case in history. Charlize Ther... Read more
North Face (2008)
7.4/10
Director: Philipp Stolzl
Starring: Benno Furmann, Florian Lukas, Johanna Wokalek, Georg Friedrich, Simon Schwarz, U...
In 1936, Nazi Germany is looking to build up their international reputation, so when a pair of German climbers die in an effort to climb the treachero... Read more
North West Mounted Police (1940)
6.5/10
Director: Cecil B DeMille
Starring: Gary Cooper, Madeleine Carroll, Paulette Goddard, Preston Foster, Robert Preston...
In 1885, a Texas Ranger travels to Canada to arrest a trapper who's wanted for murder and who's stirring up the Natives in a rebellion against the Can... Read more