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"
Essex Boys (1999)
6.1/10
Director: Terry Winsor
Starring: Sean Bean, Alex Kingston, Charlie Creed-Miles, Tom Wilkinson
This gritty crime thriller is loosely based on the Rettendon murders of 1995, where three men where found shot dead in a Range Rover on the outskirts... Read more
Ethel & Ernest (2016)
7.8/10
Director: Roger Mainwood
Starring: Simon Day, Peter Wight, Luke Treadaway, Roger Allam, Brenda Blethyn, Jim Broadbe...
The true story of British author and illustrator Raymond Briggs's parents, Ethel and Ernest, two ordinary Londoners living through a period of extraor... Read more
Europa Europa (1990)
7.6/10
Director: Agnieszka Holland
Starring: Julie Delpy, Marco Hofschneider
A riveting and moving fact-based WWII Holocaust drama about a German-Jewish teenage boy who flees the Nazis and conceals his identity - only to find h... Read more
Eva (1948)
6.6/10
Starring: Birger Malmsten, Eva Dahlbeck
During WW2 in neutral Sweden, young sailor Bo, son of a railway stationmaster, comes home from the Navy and reminisces a childhood accident. At age tw... Read more
Eva (2011)
6.7/10
Director: Kike Maillo
Starring: Daniel Bruhl, Lluis Homar, Anne Canovas, Marta Etura, Alberto Ammann, Claudia Ve...
2041. Alex Garel is a well-known robot programmer who, after 10 years, returns to his home town to work in his old university, when his friend Julia b... Read more
Eva (2009)
4.7/10
Director: Adrian Popovici
Starring: Michael Ironside, Patrick Bergin, Amy Hayes, Vincent Regan
On the eve of World War II, young Eva (Amy Hayes) meets and falls in love with the enigmatic, older Tudor (Vincent Regan), who vanishes as quickly as... Read more
Eve's Bayou (1997)
7.3/10
Director: Kasi Lemmons
Starring: Samuel L Jackson, Lynn Whitfield, Jurnee Smollett
A richly textured gothic family drama set in Louisiana in 1962. Samuel L. Jackson is a loving but philandering doctor whose adulterous ways lead Eve,... Read more
Evelyn (2002)
7/10
Director: Bruce Beresford
Starring: Pierce Brosnan, Aidan Quinn, Julianna Margulies, Stephen Rea, John Lynch, Sophie...
Compassionate drama set in 1950s Dublin, and based on a true story, stars Pierce Brosnan as Desmond Doyle, an unemployed house painter whose wife walk... Read more
Even Money (2006)
5.9/10
Director: Mark Rydell
Starring: Kim Basinger, Nick Cannon, Danny DeVito, Kelsey Grammer, Carla Gugino, Ray Liott...
Oscar winners Kim Basinger and Forest Whitaker join an impressive ensemble cast for the story of nine individuals as their fates become entwined in a... Read more
Evening (2007)
6.5/10
Director: Lajos Koltai
Starring: Claire Danes, Meryl Streep, Natasha Richardson, Toni Collette, Vanessa Redgrave,...
Hollywood's finest female stars feature in this poignant film about family and once-in-a-lifetime love. Toni Collette and Natasha Richardson visit at... Read more