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"
Shortbus (2006)
6.5/10
Director: John Cameron Mitchell
Starring: Sook-Yin Lee, Paul Dawson, Lindsay Beamish, PJ DeBoy, Raphael Barker, Peter Stic...
From the writer and director of cult film 'Hedwig and the Angry Inch', this New York indie-style 'smart-porn' follows a group of largely non-actors, a... Read more
Shot Caller (2017)
7.3/10
Director: Ric Roman Waugh
Starring: Benjamin Bratt, Lake Bell, Jeffrey Donovan, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Jon Bernthal,...
Recently released from prison, a gang member finds himself forced by his leaders to orchestrate a major crime with a rival gang. Read more
Shotgun Stories (2007)
7.3/10
Director: Jeff Nichols
Starring: Michael Shannon, Douglas Ligon, Barlow Jacobs, Michael Abbott Jr, Natalie Canerd...
An intimate family drama and a tragedy of biblical proportions, this Southern gothic meditation on revenge and broken families is an understated stunn... Read more
Show of Hands (2008)
6.5/10
Director: Anthony McCarten
Starring: Melanie Lynskey, Craig Hall, Stephen Lovatt, Kyle Dyhrberg, Chelsie Preston Cray...
Melanie Lynskey came back to NZ to make this light-hearted romantic drama about a competition (famously held in Lower Hutt back in the '80s) where fol... Read more
Showboy (2002)
5.5/10
Director: Lindy Heyman, Christian Taylor
Starring: Christian Taylor, Lindy Heyman, Erich Miller, Joe Daly, Adrian Armas, Siegfried...
This clever mockumentary from 'Six Feet Under' writer Christian Taylor and filmmaker Lindy Heyman, follows Taylor's exile from L.A. (having been dumpe... Read more
Shrink (2009)
6.7/10
Director: Jonas Pate
Starring: Kevin Spacey, Saffron Burrows, Mark Webber, Jack Huston, Keke Palmer, Dallas Rob...
Literary success, a steady workload, and a marijuana habit do little to quell the demons raging inside celebrity psychiatrist Dr. Henry Carter (Kevin... Read more
Shutter Island (2010)
8.1/10
Director: Martin Scorsese
Starring: Ben Kingsley, Elias Koteas, Leonardo DiCaprio, Mark Ruffalo, Max von Sydow, Mich...
In 1954, US Marshall Teddy Daniels (Leonardo DiCaprio in superb form) has come to Shutter Island, home of Ashecliffe Hospital for the Criminally Insan... Read more
Shutter Island ( Blu-ray ) (2010)
8.1/10
Director: Martin Scorsese
Starring: Ben Kingsley, Elias Koteas, Leonardo DiCaprio, Mark Ruffalo, Max von Sydow, Mich...
In 1954, US Marshall Teddy Daniels (Leonardo DiCaprio in superb form) has come to Shutter Island, home of Ashecliffe Hospital for the Criminally Insan... Read more
Siberian Education (2013)
Director: Gabriele Salvatores
Starring: John Malkovich, Peter Stormare, Eleanor Tomlinson, Vilius Tumalavicius, Jonas Tr...
Based on the autobiographic novel with the same name written by Nicolai Lilin, Siberian Education (A.k.a. "Educazione siberiana", "Deadly Code".) is s... Read more
Sicario: Day of the Soldado (2018)
7.3/10
Director: Stefano Sollima
Starring: Benicio Del Toro, Bruno Bichir, Catherine Keener, Josh Brolin, Matthew Modine, S...
FBI agent Matt Graver calls on mysterious operative Alejandro Gillick when Mexican drug cartels start to smuggle terrorists across the U.S. border. Th... Read more