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"
Sinking of Japan (2006)
Director: Shinji Higuchi
Starring: Tsuyoshi Kusanagi, Kou Shibasaki, Etsushi Toyokawa, Mao Daichi, Mitsuhiro Oikawa...
In the wake of a massive earthquake it is feared Japan will sink beneath the sea; estimates are it could happen within 40 years, but one scientist bel... Read more
Sister (2012)
7.1/10
Director: Ursula Meier
Starring: Gillian Anderson, Martin Compston, Lea Seydoux, Kacey Mottet Klein
Simon (Kacey Mottet Klein) lives with his older sister, Louise (Lea Seydoux), in a housing complex below a luxury Swiss ski resort. With his sister dr... Read more
Six Minutes To Midnight (2020)
5.7/10
Director: Andy Goddard
Starring: Nigel Lindsay, Judi Dench, Eddie Izzard, Jim Broadbent
UK, Aug. 15, 1939: 17 days before WWII, an English teacher and his camera disappear on a coastal boarding school with 20 German teen girls. Miller get... Read more
Skate Kitchen (2018)
6.8/10
Director: Crystal Moselle
A teenaged skateboarder makes friends with a bunch of other skateboarding girls in New York City. Read more
Skies Of Lebanon (2020)
6.7/10
Starring: Alba Rohrwacher
In the 1950s, Alice leaves her Swiss homeland for Lebanon, a sunny and exuberant country where she enjoys the best years of her life. In the 1970s, ci... Read more
Skin (2018)
7.4/10
Director: Guy Nattiv
Starring: Jamie Bell, Daniel Henshall, Bill Camp, Louisa Krause, Vera Farmiga
A young man makes the dangerous choice to leave the white supremacist gang he joined as a teenager. With his former friends against him, he is determi... Read more
Skin (2008)
6.9/10
Director: Anthony Fabian
Starring: Alice Krige, Sam Neill, Sophie Okonedo, Ella Ramangwane, Tony Kgoroge
'Skin' is one of the most bizarre and moving true stories to emerge from apartheid South Africa: Sandra Laing was a black child born in the 1950s to t... Read more
Skins (2002)
7.2/10
Director: Chris Eyre
Starring: Eric Schweig, Graham Greene, Gary Farmer, Noah Watts, Lois Red Elk, Michelle Thr...
A dire, though poignantly humourous, tale of two Native American brothers, living on one of the poorest reservations in the country. Rudy (Eric Schwe... Read more
Sky (2015)
5.9/10
Director: Fabienne Berthaud
Starring: Joshua Jackson, Lou Diamond Phillips, Norman Reedus, Diane Kruger, Q'orianka Kil...
Romy (Diane Kruger) is on holiday in the USA with her French husband, Richard (Gilles Lellouche). But the journey quickly turns into a settling of old... Read more
Slaves in Bondage (1937)
4.6/10
Director: Elmer Clifton
Starring: Lorna Andre, Donald Reed
An exploitation classic about the perils of prostitution. Young, innocent, and demure "girls from good families" are lured into the big city and recru... Read more