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"
Gauguin: Voyage to Tahiti (2017)
6.5/10
Director: Edouard Deluc
Starring: Vincent Cassel, Malik Zidi, Tuhei Adams, Pernille Bergendorff
In 1891 Gauguin settles down in Tahiti, where he hopes to find inspiration for his work as an artist and live as a free man in the wild, far from all... Read more
Gemma Bovery (2014)
6.4/10
Director: Anne Fontaine
Starring: Gemma Arterton, Fabrice Luchini, Jason Flemyng
In this vibrant seriocomic re-imagining of Flaubert s literary classic Madame Bovary, life imitates art in uncanny ways when earthy British beauty Gem... Read more
Genius: Season 1 (2017)
7.6/10
Starring: Geoffrey Rush
The life stories of history's greatest minds. From their days as young adults to their final years we see their discoveries, loves, relationships, cau... Read more
Genova (2008)
Director: Michael Winterbottom
Starring: Catherine Keener, Colin Firth, Hope Davis, Perla Hanley-Jardine, Willa Holland
Acclaimed director Michael Winterbottom assembles a powerhouse cast in this haunting, suspenseful drama. After the sudden death of his wife (Hope Davi... Read more
Gentleman Jack (2019)
8.2/10
Starring: Suranne Jones, Sophie Rundle, Gemma Jones, Timothy West
A dramatization of the life of LGBTQ+ trailblazer, voracious learner and cryptic diarist Anne Lister, who returns to Halifax, West Yorkshire in 1832,... Read more
Gentleman's Agreement (1947)
7.4/10
Director: Elia Kazan
Starring: Garfield, Gregory Peck, Dorothy McGuire, John Garfield
Gregory Peck plays a magazine writer who masquerades as a Jew in order to report firsthand on high-society discrimination. Oscars for Best Picture, Di... Read more
George Washington (2000)
7.4/10
Director: David Gordon Green
Starring: Candace Evanofshi, Donald Holden, Curtis Cotton III, Damian Jewan Lee, Rachel Ha...
The impressive debut from filmmaker David Gordon Green ('Undertow') is a lyrical, highly-praised drama set in a small, rundown North Carolina town aro... Read more
Georgia (1995)
6.5/10
Director: Ulu Grosbard
Starring: Jennifer Jason Leigh, Ted Levine, Mare Winningham, Max Perlich, John Doe, John C...
A strung-out, self-destructive young woman lives in the shadow of her older sister, a popular singer, and wants more than anything else to be her; tho... Read more
Georgia Rule (2007)
5.9/10
Director: Garry Marshall
Starring: Jane Fonda, Felicity Huffman, Lindsay Lohan, Dermot Mulroney, Cary Elwes, Garret...
Lindsay Lohan probably had no problem relating to the out-of-control teen she plays next to alcoholic mother Felicty Huffman and stern family matriarc... Read more
Germinal (1993)
7.1/10
Director: Claude Berri
Starring: Anny Duperey, Bernard Fresson, Gerard Depardieu, Judith Henry, Laurent Terzieff,...
A sprawling adaptation of the classic 1884 Emile Zola novel, this manages to tell both the epic tale of a bleak rural community and the personal story... Read more