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"
Spike Lee's powerful, gritty film set in Brooklyn's Bedford Stuyvesant community. Danny Aiello stars as the pizza parlour owner, Spike Lee himself as... Read more
James Woods and Sean Young star in this tale about a hot-shot salesman and his wife whose fresh new start in L.A. becomes a cocaine nightmare. Read more
An electrifying movie about two couples who live together and travel around robbing hospitals and pharmacies, grabbing fistfuls of pills and capsules.... Read more
Glenn Close and James Woods are an upper-middle class couple with one thing missing from their lives: a baby. They decide to adopt the child of a youn... Read more
When an elderly Hungarian emigre is charged with being a Nazi criminal, he chooses his lawyer daughter to defend him in court. As the trial proceeds,... Read more
Jane Fonda, Gregory Peck and Jimmy Smits star in this period romance set against the backdrop of Pancho Villa's Mexican uprising in 1913. Read more
Set in the sultry splendour of Rio de Janeiro, Wild Orchid stars Mickey Rourke, Jacqueline Bisset and supermodel Carre Otis in a torrid adventure of t... Read more
Ernest Hemingway's celebrated story receives a stirring translation as Anthony Quinn plays Santiago, an old Cuban fisherman who takes to the sea in de... Read more
Paul Newman pulls out all the stops in his energetic performance as Earl K. Long, the wily Louisiana governor whose whirlwind romance with stripper Bl... Read more
Based on a true story, this searing historical drama well written by Robert Crais is about the rise and fall of David Stephenson, the frighteningly c... Read more