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"
Unknown Heart (Rosamunde Pilcher) (2014)
6.6/10
Director: Giles Foster
Starring: James Fox, Jane Seymour, Greg Wise, Gedeon Burkhard
A fatal accident changes the destiny of two families when Elizabeth Lancaster's wish comes true and she receives the heart transplant she desperately... Read more
Unmade Beds (2009)
6.6/10
Director: Alexis Dos Santos
Starring: Fernando Tielve, Deborah Francois, Iddo Goldberg
Alexis Dos Santos' vivid and seductive feature is a lyrical tale of two solitary expats crossing paths in the cosmopolitan art-rock milieu of a sprawl... Read more
Until the End of the World (1991)
6.8/10
Director: Wim Wenders
Starring: Ernie Dingo, Jeanne Moreau, Max von Sydow, Rudiger Vogler, Sam Neill, Solveig Do...
One of cinema's most audacious directors, Wim Wenders, the visionary creator of 'Paris, Texas' and 'Wing Of Desire', brings us the ultimate road movie... Read more
Up in the Air (2009)
7.4/10
Director: Jason Reitman
Starring: George Clooney, Melanie Lynskey, Vera Farmiga, Danny McBride, J K Simmons, Jason...
George Clooney is a downsizing consultant who has spent his entire life in airport hotels, collecting air miles and browsing the departure lounge reta... Read more
Up in the Air ( Blu-ray ) (2009)
7.4/10
Director: Jason Reitman
Starring: George Clooney, Melanie Lynskey, Vera Farmiga, Danny McBride, J K Simmons, Jason...
George Clooney is a downsizing consultant who has spent his entire life in airport hotels, collecting air miles and browsing the departure lounge reta... Read more
Upstream Color (2013)
6.7/10
Director: Shane Carruth
Starring: Shane Carruth, Amy Seimetz, Andrew Sensenig, Thiago Martins
Director Shane Carruth ("Primer") returns with this strange, unconventional and abstract sci-fi mystery. Amy Seimetz stars as a woman whose life is sh... Read more
Urban Cowboy (1980)
6.3/10
Director: James Bridges
Starring: John Travolta, Debra Winger
Moving from his rural Texas home to take an oil refinery job near Houston, young hardhat John Travolta begins hanging out at famed honky tonk nightclu... Read more
Ushpizin (2005)
7.4/10
Director: Gidi Dar
Starring: Shuli Rand, Michal Bat Sheva Rand, Shaul Mizrahi, Ilan Ganani
Devout Orthodox Jews Moshe and Mali (played by scriptwriter and devout Orthodox Jew Shuli Rand and his real-life wife) are celebrating Sukkot, a time... Read more
Utu (1983)
7.1/10
Director: Geoff Murphy
Starring: Anzac Wallace, Bruno Lawrence, Tim Elliott
Visually beautiful film set in 1870's New Zealand. After the family and village of a Maori tribesman is wiped out in a senseless raid, the tribesman,... Read more
Utu Redux (1983)
Director: Geoff Murphy
Starring: Anzac Wallace, Bruno Lawrence, Wi Kuki Kaa, Kelly Johnson, Tim Elliott, Tania Br...
In 1870s New Zealand, Te Wheke (Anzac Wallace), a Maori scout for the colonial troops, finds his tribe massacred by the army he is working for. Anguis... Read more