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"
Intersection (1994)
5.3/10
Director: Mark Rydell
Starring: Richard Gere, Sharon Stone, Lolita Davidovich
Richard Gere is a successful architect whose personal life is on shaky ground. Between his beautiful but aloof wife, played by Sharon Stone, and his s... Read more
Little Women (1994)
7.3/10
Director: Gillian Armstrong
Starring: Gabriel Byrne, Winona Ryder, Susan Sarandon, Trini Alvarado, Samantha Mathis, Ki...
An exquisite rendering of Louisa May Alcott's Civil War-era classic about four devoted sisters who eventually have to leave their New England nest. Fi... Read more
A Man Of No Importance (1994)
6.9/10
Director: Suri Krishnamma
Starring: Albert Finney, Brenda Fricker, Michael Gambon
While staging Oscar Wilde's controversial 'Salome' at his local Dublin Church, a theatre-loving bus conductor examines his repressed sexual feelings -... Read more
Of Love And Shadows (1994)
5.1/10
Director: Betty Kaplan
Starring: Antonio Banderas, Jennifer Connelly
Set against the backdrop of a Chilean military dictatorship in 1973, this romantic drama stars Antonio Banderas as a photographer hired by magazine wr... Read more
The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
9.3/10
Director: Frank Darabont
Starring: Morgan Freeman, Bob Gunton, Tim Robbins, William Sadler, Clancy Brown, Gil Bello...
Director Frank Darabont's powerful adaptation of the novella by Stephen King stars Tim Robbins as a man serving two life sentences in New England's Sh... Read more
A Simple Twist Of Fate (1994)
6.3/10
Director: Gillies MacKinnon
Starring: Gabriel Byrne, Steve Martin, Catherine O'Hara, Stephen Baldwin
Circumstances drive a man to become a recluse and a miser, until an orphaned toddler wanders into his life. Steve Martin produced, wrote and starred i... Read more
Spider and Rose (1994)
Director: Bill Bennett
Starring: Ruth Cracknell, Simon Bossell, Max Cullen
Spider McCall (Simon Bossell) is an ambulance driver with 'attitude'. His final day on the job lands him the assignment of driving a feisty 70-year-ol... 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
Three Colours: Red (1994)
8/10
Director: Krzysztof Kieslowski
Starring: Jean-Louis Trintignant, Irene Jacob
Fashion model Irene Jacob meets an embittered retired judge (Jean-Louis Trintignant) by accident, then develops a relationship with him and enters his... Read more
Roswell (1994)
6.4/10
Director: Jeremy Kagan
Starring: Dwight Yoakam, Kim Greist, Kyle MacLachlan, Martin Sheen
Aka "Incident at Roswell", "Roswell: The UFO Cover-Up". 'Something' crashed in the desert outside Roswell, New Mexico in the summer of 1947. This made... Read more