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"
A United Kingdom (2016)
6.8/10
Director: Amma Asante
Starring: Tom Felton, Nicholas Lyndhurst, Rosamund Pike, Jack Davenport, David Oyelowo
From the grey drizzly streets of postwar London to the red clay roads and grand vistas of what is now Botswana, then Bechuanaland, the poorest country... Read more
A Very Peculiar Practice (1986)
8.6/10
Starring: Peter Davison, Graham Crowden, Barbara Flynn, David Troughton
A Very Peculiar Practice is a surreal black-comedy drama set in the health centre of a British university, produced by the BBC, which ran for two seri... Read more
A Vigilante (2018)
5.6/10
Director: Sarah Daggar-Nickson
Starring: Olivia Wilde
After escaping her violent husband, Sadie makes it her life's mission to help free others in danger. After months of rigorous training in survival ski... Read more
A Vigilante (Blu-ray) (2018)
5.6/10
Director: Sarah Daggar-Nickson
Starring: Olivia Wilde
After escaping her violent husband, Sadie makes it her life's mission to help free others in danger. After months of rigorous training in survival ski... Read more
A War (2015)
7.1/10
Director: Tobias Lindholm
Starring: Tuva Novotny, Charlotte Munck, Soren Malling, Pilou Asbaek
A tense, measured investigation of the moral ambiguity of combat, Tobias Lindholms rattling new military drama has already proven its international r... Read more
A Way of Life (2004)
6.7/10
Director: Amma Asante
Starring: Stephanie James, Gary Sheppeard, Nathan Jones, Dean Wong, Oliver Haden, Brenda B...
A moving and unavoidably grim look at the life of a teen mother and her friends who can see no way out of the poverty cycle they are in, though they l... Read more
A Woman Called Golda (1982)
7.9/10
Director: Alan Gibson
Starring: Anne Jackson, Ingrid Bergman, Jack Thompson, Judy Davis, Leonard Nimoy, Ned Beat...
Originally conceived as a mini-series, this film is the story of the Russian-born, Wisconsin-raised woman who rose to become Israel's prime minister i... Read more
A Woman's Life (2016)
6.5/10
Director: Stephane Brize
Starring: Judith Chemla, Jean-Pierre Darroussin, Yolande Moreau
A fragmented account of the life of Jeanne as she sets out on the path of adult life and gradually experiences the harsh realities of a woman's life i... Read more
A Woman, a Gun and a Noodle Shop (2009)
5.7/10
Director: Zhang Yimou
Starring: Sun Honglei, Zhao Benshan, Dahong Ni, Xiao Shen-Yang, Yan Ni
It looks like a perfect plan: the affair will come to a cruel but satisfying end when a Chinese noodle shop owner plots to execute his unfaithful wife... Read more
A World Without Thieves (2004)
7.3/10
Director: Feng Xiaogang
Starring: Andy Lau, Rene Liu, Ge You, Baoqiang Wang, Bingbing Li
Bo (Andy Lau) and Li (Rene Liu) play a pair of expert grifters who have just amassed a large wad of cash, prompting Li to say she wants out of the biz... Read more