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 Lovely Bones ( Blu-ray ) (2009)
6.7/10
Director: Peter Jackson
Starring: Mark Wahlberg, Michael Imperioli, Rachel Weisz, Stanley Tucci, Susan Sarandon, S...
Peter Jackson's adaptation of Alice Sebold's bestseller set in 1970s New England is the extraordinary story about one girl's life, and everything that... Read more
The Lovers (2017)
6.1/10
Director: Azazel Jacobs
Starring: Debra Winger, Melora Walters, Aidan Gillen, Tracy Letts
A man and his wife, each embroiled in an extramarital affair, are sent reeling when they suddenly fall for the least likely person imaginable -- each... Read more
The Lower Depths (1957)
7.5/10
Director: Akira Kurosawa
Starring: Toshiro Mifune, Isuzu Yamada, Ganjiro Nakamada
Adapted from a play by Maxim Gorky and following the adventures of a boarding home's odd residents, especially the love triangle that develops between... Read more
The Lucky One (2012)
6.5/10
Director: Scott Hicks
Starring: Blythe Danner, Zac Efron, Jay R Ferguson, Taylor Schilling
U.S. Marine Sergeant Logan Thibault (Zac Efron) returns from his third tour of duty in Iraq, with the one thing he credits with keeping him alive - a... Read more
The Lucky Ones (2008)
7/10
Director: Neil Burger
Starring: Tim Robbins, Rachel McAdams, Michael Pena, Molly Hagan
Three soldiers meet up en route back to the States from the Iraq War; Fred Cheaver (Tim Robbins), out for good, and keen to reunite with his wife and... Read more
The Luminaries (2020)
6.4/10
Starring: Eve Hewson, Eva Green, Himesh Patel, Marton Csokas, Ewen Leslie, Erik Thomson, M...
Adventure mystery set in the midst of New Zealand's 1860's gold rush period. It has all the stuff that makes a good drama: murder, love and revenge, a... Read more
The Lure (Blu-ray) (2015)
6.3/10
Director: Agnieszka Smoczynska
In Warsaw, a pair of mermaid sisters are adopted into a cabaret. While one seeks love with humans the other hungers to dine on the human population of... Read more
The Luzhin Defence (2000)
6.9/10
Director: Marleen Gorris
Starring: John Turturro, Emily Watson, Geraldine James, Stuart Wilson
From a novel by Vladimir Nabokov comes this intriguing film that has John Turturro as a Russian chess master attending a world tournament in 1920's It... Read more
The Mafia Kills Only in Summer (2013)
7.1/10
Inspired by real events, this is a black comedy about 20 years of history of Sicily from 1970s to 1990s, mocking Mafia Bosses and restoring the genero... Read more
The Magdalene Sisters (2002)
7.8/10
Director: Peter Mullan
Starring: Geraldine McEwan, Anne-Marie Duff, Nora-Jane Noone, Dorothy Duffy
"The Magdalene Sisters" is based on a true story and charts several years in the young lives of three "fallen" women, who find themselves incarcerated... Read more