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"
Real Time (2008)
6.8/10
Director: Randall Cole
Starring: Randy Quaid, Jay Baruchel
Randy Quaid plays a seasoned hitman on a job to off a young gambler (Jay Baruchel) who has acquired one debt too many. But when Quaid decides to give... Read more
Real Women Have Curves (2002)
7/10
Director: Patricia Cardoso
Starring: America Ferrera, Lupe Ontiveros, George Lopez
Should she leave home, go to college and experience life? Or stay home, get married, and keep working in her sister's struggling garment factory? It m... Read more
Reap the Wild Wind (1942)
6.8/10
Director: Cecil B DeMille
Starring: John Wayne, Susan Hayward, Ray Milland, Paulette Goddard, Raymond Massey, Robert...
In this turbulent swashbuckler, Cecil B. DeMille presents a tale of daring piracy and hot-blooded love. 1840s Key West is filled with salvage business... Read more
Rear Window (1954)
8.5/10
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Starring: Grace Kelly, James Stewart, Raymond Burr, Thelma Ritter, Wendell Corey
An injured magazine photographer, confined to his apartment because of a broken leg, suspects a murder has been committed in a neighbouring flat. Conf... Read more
Rear Window ( Blu-ray ) (1954)
8.5/10
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Starring: Grace Kelly, James Stewart, Raymond Burr, Thelma Ritter, Wendell Corey
An injured magazine photographer, confined to his apartment because of a broken leg, suspects a murder has been committed in a neighbouring flat. Conf... Read more
Rebel Without a Cause (1955)
7.8/10
Director: Nicholas Ray
Starring: Sal Mineo, Natalie Wood, James Dean, Dennis Hopper
In one of moviedom's most influential roles, James Dean plays Jim Stark, the new kid in town. Stark's loneliness, frustration and anger mirrored those... Read more
Rebellion (2011)
7/10
Director: Mathieu Kassovitz
Starring: Mathieu Kassovitz, Iabe Lapacas, Malik Zidi, Alexandre Steiger
A man struggles to defuse an explosive situation with tragic results in this riveting drama based on actual events. In 1988, France was wracked with p... Read more
Red (2008)
7/10
Director: Lucky McKee
Starring: Amanda Plummer, Brian Cox, Robert Englund, Tom Sizemore
Brian Cox delivers a powerful performance as a reclusive widower seeking revenge after a trio of kids rob him at gunpoint. When an attempt to appeal t... Read more
Red Angel (Blu-ray) (1966)
7.8/10
Starring: Ayako Wakao
During the Sino-Japanese War, a young army nurse gives sympathy to her patients and falls in love with an impotent doctor who's addicted to morphine. Read more
Red Desert ( Il Deserto Rosso ) (1964)
7.7/10
Director: Michelangelo Antonioni
Starring: Monica Vitti, Richard Harris, Rita Renoir
Michelangelo Antonioni's first colour film is an intriguing study of alienation. Against the backdrop of a sterilized, impersonal industrial landscape... Read more