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 Voyage (1974)
6/10
Director: Vittorio De Sica
Starring: Ian Bannen, Richard Burton, Sophia Loren
In turn-of-the-century Sicily, aristocratic scions Adriana (Sophia Loren) and Cesar (Richard Burton) have loved one another for years, but Adriana acc... Read more
The Wackness (2008)
7/10
Director: Jonathan Levine
Starring: Ben Kingsley, Josh Peck, Famke Janssen, Olivia Thirlby, Mary-Kate Olsen, Jane Ad...
Set on the streets of '90s New York, Luke Shapiro (Josh Peck) is in the sweet limbo between high school and college - chasing girls and trading pot fo... Read more
The Wait (2015)
4.7/10
Director: Piero Messina
Starring: Juliette Binoche, Lou de Laage
Academy-Award winner Juliette Binoche gives one of the finest performances of her career in this dazzling and emotionally rich debut feature from Ital... Read more
The Waiting City (2009)
6.2/10
Director: Claire McCarthy
Starring: Radha Mitchell, Joel Edgerton, Samrat Chakrabarti, Isabel Lucas
Directed by Australian rising talent Claire McCarthy, 'The Waiting City' tells the story of an outwardly happy Australian couple who journey to India... Read more
The Waiting Room (2007)
6.5/10
Director: Roger Goldby
Starring: Anne-Marie Duff, Ralf Little, Rupert Graves, Zoe Telford, Frank Finlay, Phyllida...
A deft drama about love and loneliness in London with Anne-Marie Duff as Anna, a single mum who has a chance encounter with Stephen (Ralf Little) in a... Read more
The Walk (2015)
7.3/10
Director: Robert Zemeckis
Starring: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Ben Kingsley, Charlotte Le Bon, James Badge Dale
Twelve people have walked on the moon, but only one man - Philippe Petit (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) - has ever, or will ever, walk in the immense void bet... Read more
The Walker (2007)
5.9/10
Director: Paul Schrader
Starring: Woody Harrelson, Kristin Scott Thomas, Lauren Bacall, Ned Beatty, Moritz Bleibtr...
Woody Harrelson is Carter Page, a popular and overtly gay socialite who mingles with the wives of America's most powerful men. When his good friend Ly... Read more
The Wall (2017)
6.2/10
Director: Doug Liman
Starring: Aaron Taylor-Johnson, John Cena
U.S. soldiers Allan "Ize" Isaac and Shane Matthews answer a distress call in the desert of postwar Iraq. Suddenly, gunshots erupt, leaving Shane badly... Read more
The Wanderers (1979)
7.4/10
Director: Philip Kaufman
Starring: Ken Wahl, John Friedrich, Karen Allen, Linda Manz
'The Wanderers' are a gang of Italian-American youths who have banded together for safety and good times. While they are not trouble-makers, life in t... Read more
The War (1994)
6.7/10
Director: Jon Avnet
Starring: Kevin Costner, Elijah Wood, Mare Winningham
A Vietnam vet tortured by war memories has as much trouble keeping his son out of fistfights in a rural Mississippi town as he does keeping a job. Thi... Read more