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"
21 Grams (2003)
7.7/10
Director: Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu
Starring: Sean Penn, Benicio Del Toro, Naomi Watts, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Melissa Leo
Director Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu's ("Amores Perros") intricate, non-linear drama centers on three ostensibly disparate individuals whose lives con... Read more
25th Hour (2002)
7.7/10
Director: Spike Lee
Starring: Edward Norton, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Barry Pepper, Rosario Dawson, Anna Paquin...
The clock is ticking on Monty Brogan's (Edward Norton) freedom - in 24 short hours, he goes to prison for seven long years. Once a king of Manhattan,... Read more
28 Days (2000)
6/10
Director: Betty Thomas
Starring: Sandra Bullock, Viggo Mortensen, Elizabeth Perkins, Diane Ladd, Steve Buscemi
Sandra Bullock is a newspaper reporter who, while intoxicated, crashes a limousine on the day of sister Elizabeth Perkins' wedding. Bullock enters a r... Read more
28 Years Later (2025)
6.7/10
Director: Danny Boyle
Starring: Jodie Comer, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Ralph Fiennes, Jack O'Connell
It's been almost three decades since the rage virus escaped from a biological weapons laboratory. Still living in a ruthlessly enforced quarantine, so... Read more
2:37 (2006)
6.9/10
Director: Murali K Thalluri
Starring: Teresa Palmer, Frank Sweet, Sam Harris, Charles Baird, Joel Mackenzie, Marni Spi...
Australian newcomer, 19-year-old Murali K Thalluri, directs this teen ensemble drama about a group of high school students facing problems that range... Read more
3 Faces (2018)
7.1/10
Director: Jafar Panahi
Starring: Behnaz Jafari, Jafar Panahi
Three actresses at different stages of their career. One from before the 1979 Islamic Revolution, one popular star of today known throughout the count... Read more
3 Needles (2005)
6.6/10
Director: Thom Fitzgerald
Starring: Lucy Liu, Shawn Ashmore, Stockard Channing, Chloe Sevigny, Olympia Dukakis, Sand...
Director Thom Fitzgerald takes a sobering look into the worldwide AIDS epidemic, from a rural farming village in China to the sets of Canadian porn fi... Read more
3 Women (Blu-ray) (1977)
7.8/10
Director: Robert Altman
Starring: Janice Rule, Shelley Duvall, Sissy Spacek
In a dusty, underpopulated California resort town, Pinky Rose (Sissy Spacek), a naive and impressionable Southern waif from Texas, begins her life as... Read more
3-Iron (2004)
8.1/10
Director: Kim Ki-duk
Starring: Lee Seung-yeon, Jae Hee, Kwon Hyuk-ho
Breaking into mansions while the homeowners are away, an enigmatic drifter repays his hosts' unwitting hospitality by performing small chores in the r... Read more
300: Rise of an Empire (2014)
6.2/10
Director: Noam Murro
Starring: Hans Matheson, Lena Headey, Rodrigo Santoro, Eva Green, Sullivan Stapleton
This new chapter of the epic saga "300", told in the breathtaking visual style that defined the original blockbuster, brings the fight for glory to a... Read more