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 Big Town (1987)
5.9/10
Director: Ben Bolt, Harold Becker
Starring: Matt Dillon, Tommy Lee Jones, Diane Lane, Bruce Dern, Lee Grant, Tom Skerritt, S...
A dice roller falls in love with a talented dancer who happens to be the wife to a gangster. Read more
The Big Trees (1952)
5.8/10
Director: Felix Feist
Starring: Kirk Douglas, Edgar Buchanan, Eve Miller
Tough lumber baron Jim Fallon (Kirk Douglas) wants to take control of a verdant forest valley, where a colony of Quakers have taken up residence. A ba... Read more
The Big Ugly (2020)
6/10
Director: Scott Wiper
Starring: Vinnie Jones, Malcolm McDowell, Ron Perlman
Anglo-American relations go bad when London mob bosses invest in a West Virginia oil deal in hopes of laundering dirty money. Read more
The Bigamist (1953)
6.8/10
Director: Ida Lupino
Starring: Edmond O'Brien, Joan Fontaine, Ida Lupino
Edmond O'Brien plays a travelling salesman who gets horny in Los Angeles and picks up lonely cook Ida Lupino (in the only film she ever directed herse... Read more
The Bikeriders (2024)
6.7/10
Director: Jeff Nichols
Starring: Austin Butler, Tom Hardy, Jodie Comer, Mike Faist, Michael Shannon, Norman Reedu...
Over the course of a decade, a Midwestern motorcycle club evolves from a gathering place for local outsiders to a sinister gang, threatening the origi... Read more
The Bird Can't Fly (2007)
7/10
Director: Threes Anna
Starring: Barbara Hershey, John Kani, Tony Kgoroge, Yusuf Davids
Barbara Hershey plays a woman grieving the death of her estranged daughter in this affecting drama. Returning to her desolate mining community hometow... Read more
The Bird People In China (1998)
7.6/10
Director: Takashi Miike
Starring: Mako , Renji Ishibashi, Masahiro Motoki
Set in the beautiful Yunnan Province of China, a comically lyrical story of a Tokyo salaryman and a Yakuza debt collector on the trail of a lucrative... Read more
The Birth of a Nation (2016)
6.4/10
Director: Nate Parker
Starring: Penelope Ann Miller, Mark Boone Junior, Dwight Henry, Jackie Earle Haley, Aunjan...
As a young slave in the American south, Nat Turner (Nate Parker) showed an ability to read that shocked his owners, soon guided by the white mistress... Read more
The Bitter Tea of General Yen (1933)
7.1/10
Director: Frank Capra
Starring: Barbara Stanwyck, Nils Asther
This exotic melodrama may be Frank Capra's finest achievement. Barbara Stanwyck, subtly radiant, is the American missionary in Shanghai who is abducte... Read more
The Black Balloon (2007)
7.3/10
Director: Elissa Down
Starring: Toni Collette, Luke Ford, Rhys Wakefield, Erik Thomson, Gemma Ward
Toni Collette stars in this gentle yet unflinching look at a family strained by the pressures of caring for an autistic teenager. Told with humour and... Read more