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"
The Asphalt Jungle (1950)
7.9/10
Director: John Huston
Starring: Sterling Hayden, Louis Calhern, Marilyn Monroe
One of director Huston's most memorable efforts, this taut drama is a brilliantly stylized crime story about a group of hoods plotting a major heist.... Read more
The Assassin (2015)
6.3/10
Director: Hou Hsiao-Hsien
Starring: Chang Chen, Shu Qi, Zhou Yun, Tsumabuki Satoshi
Taiwanese director Hou Hsiao-hsien, the most visual a poet of human existence to have ever made movies, has been working for almost a decade to produc... Read more
The Assassin ( Blu-ray ) (2015)
6.3/10
Director: Hou Hsiao-Hsien
Starring: Chang Chen, Shu Qi
Taiwanese director Hou Hsiao-hsien, the most visual a poet of human existence to have ever made movies, has been working for almost a decade to produc... Read more
The Assassin Next Door (2009)
Starring: Olga Kurylenko, Liron Levo
A woman forced to work for the Russian Mafia as an assassin agrees to help her next-door neighbor kill her abusive husband. Read more
The Assassination of Richard Nixon (2004)
7/10
Director: Niels Mueller
Starring: Sean Penn, Don Cheadle, Naomi Watts, Jack Thompson, Michael Wincott, Mykelti Wil...
In 1974 Sam Bicke (Sean Penn) is an office supply salesman whose life is falling apart. His wife (Naomi Watts) has left and his job is going nowhere.... Read more
The Assassins (2012)
5.6/10
Director: Linshan Zhao
Starring: Chow Yun-Fat, Yifei Liu, Hiroshi Tamaki
During the tumultuous era of the Three Kingdoms, aging monarch and warrior Cao Cao (Chow Yun-Fat) edges closer to achieving supreme power as China's n... Read more
The Astronaut Farmer (2006)
6.3/10
Director: Michael Polish
Starring: Billy Bob Thornton, Virginia Madsen, Max Thieriot, Bruce Dern, Mark Polish, Jon...
A sweetly quirky drama about an aspiring astronaut (Billy Bob Thornton) who was forced to give up NASA and his dreams of space travel to save the fami... Read more
The Australian Dream (2019)
Director: Daniel Gordon
Starring: Adam Goodes
The Australian Dream is a theatrical feature documentary that uses the remarkable and inspirational story of AFL legend Adam Goodes as the prism throu... Read more
The Automatic Hate (2015)
6.3/10
Starring: Deborah Ann Woll, Joseph Cross, Adelaide Clemens, Richard Schiff, Ricky Jay, Cat...
Davis meets a cute young woman claiming to be his cousin. After confirming that his dad has a secret brother, he visits her and her two sisters. What... Read more
The Aviator (2004)
7.5/10
Director: Martin Scorsese
Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Cate Blanchett, Kate Beckinsale, John C Reilly, Alec Baldwin,...
One of the 20th century's most compelling figures, Howard Hughes was a wily industrialist, glamorous movie producer and unstoppable American innovator... Read more