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"
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A 17-year-old trains to become a nun as the Roman Catholic Church undergoes radical changes in the early 1960s Read more
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Artist-turned-director Sam Taylor-Wood makes her feature debut with this biopic of John Lennon's troubled childhood and difficult relationship with hi... Read more
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Extraordinary true story of a Jewish family who flees the Nazi regime in 1938 for a remote farm in Kenya. Abandoning their once comfortable existence... Read more
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An escaped convict, Sam Gillen (Jean-Claude Van Damme) travels to a farm to search for money from an earlier heist. While out on the property, he meet... Read more
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Hudson (Matthew Perry) is a successful writer who one day suddenly and inexplicably sinks into a strange funk and feels removed from the world around... Read more
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In the immediate aftermath of the Second World War, as the world grapples with the unveiled horrors of the Holocaust, U.S. Army physchiatrist Lt. Col.... Read more
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Barbra Streisand is a high priced prostitute arrested for murder. Richard Dreyfuss is the lawyer appointed to defend her. Her wealthy parents, Karl Ma... Read more
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Volume 1: A man named Seligman finds a fainted wounded woman in an alley and he brings her home. Joe tells her life and sexual experiences with hundre... Read more
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A man named Seligman finds a fainted wounded woman in an alley and he brings her home. Joe tells her life and sexual experiences with hundreds of men... Read more
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The continuation of Joe's sexually dictated life delves into the darker aspects of her adulthood, obsessions and what led to her being in Seligman's c... Read more