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"
Freedom (1981)
8.5/10
Director: Scott Hicks
Starring: Jon Blake, Candy Raymond, Jad Capelja, Charles Tingwell, Max Cullen, Chris Haywo...
The first film from Australian director Scott Hicks ('Shine') is the tale of a no-hoper with a big dream - driving down the road in a Porsche, with a... Read more
Freedom Writers (2007)
7.5/10
Director: Richard LaGravenese
Starring: Hilary Swank, Patrick Dempsey, Scott Glenn, Imelda Staunton, April Lee Hernandez...
Hilary Swank plays teacher Erin Gruwell who enlists some unorthodox methods to teach her students at a gang-infested school in Long Beach, California.... Read more
Freeheld (2015)
6.5/10
Director: Peter Sollett
Starring: Julianne Moore, Michael Shannon, Steve Carell, Ellen Page
The true love story of Laurel Hester and Stacie Andree and their fight for justice. A decorated New Jersey police detective, Laurel is diagnosed with... Read more
French Exit (2020)
6/10
Director: Azazel Jacobs
Starring: Michelle Pfeiffer, Lucas Hedges, Tracy Letts, Imogen Poots, Isaach De Bankole
"My plan was to die before the money ran out," says 60-year-old penniless Manhattan socialite Frances Price, but things didn't go as planned. Her husb... Read more
Fresh (1994)
7.6/10
Director: Boaz Yakin
Starring: Sean Nelson, Giancarlo Esposito, Samuel L Jackson
This harrowing urban drama about survival and redemption in inner-city America plays like a coiled spring that could snap at any moment. Sean Nelson p... Read more
Friday Night Lights (2004)
7.3/10
Director: Peter Berg
Starring: Billy Bob Thornton, Derek Luke, Jay Hernandez, Lucas Black, Garrett Hedlund, Tim...
Based on a true story, this riveting drama from H.G. Bissinger's book stars Billy Bob Thornton as the coach of the Permian High School Panthers, Texas... Read more
Fried Green Tomatoes ( at the Whistle Stop Cafe ) (1991)
7.7/10
Director: Jon Avnet
Starring: Jessica Tandy, Kathy Bates, Mary Stuart Masterson, Mary-Louise Parker
An appealing, heartwarming, comedy-drama based on Fannie Flagg's 'Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe' about rural Alabama past and present... Read more
Friends (1971)
6.7/10
Director: Lewis Gilbert
Starring: Ronald Lewis, Pascale Roberts, Joan Hickson, Sean Bury, Sady Rebbot
A young English boy, suffering from neglect at home, runs away and becomes friends with a French girl in the same plight. Together, they go to an idyl... Read more
Friends and Crocodiles (2005)
Director: Stephen Poliakoff
Starring: Damian Lewis, Jodhi May, Robert Lindsay
From the birth of the Thatcher era through to the early 21st century, this insightful drama chronicles the complex relationship between a maverick Bri... Read more
Friends from France ( Les interdits ) (2013)
6/10
Director: Anne Weil, Philippe Kotlarski
Starring: Soko , Jeremie Lippmann
Summer 1982, Leningrad. Jerome and Carole are waiting in line to go through the customs service in order to enter the USSR. They are cousins and both... Read more