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"
The Boy And The Heron (Blu-ray) (2023)
7.4/10
Director: Hayao Miyazaki
Starring: Ko Shibasaki, Christian Bale, Willem Dafoe, Mark Hamill, Robert Pattinson, Flore...
In the wake of his mother's death and his father's remarriage, a headstrong boy named Mahito ventures into a dreamlike world shared by both the living... Read more
The Boy in the Plastic Bubble (1976)
5.7/10
Director: Randal Kleiser
Starring: John Travolta, Robert Reed, Ralph Bellamy
John Travolta's first starring role was in this made-for-TV tear-jerker, based on the true story of a young man whose life is one of total isolation.... Read more
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas (2008)
Director: Mark Herman
Starring: Asa Butterfield, Jack Scanlon, Amber Beattie, David Thewlis, Vera Farmiga, Richa...
A wrenching and deeply moving holocaust story, based on the novel by John Boyne, about two boys living on opposite sides of a concentration camp fence... Read more
The Boys Are Back (2009)
6.9/10
Director: Scott Hicks
Starring: Chris Haywood, Clive Owen, Julia Blake, Laura Fraser, Erik Thomson, Emma Booth,...
"The Boys Are Back" is a confessional tale of fatherhood. It follows a witty, wisecracking, action-oriented sportswriter (Clive Owen) who, in the wake... Read more
The Boys in the Band (1970)
7.7/10
Director: William Friedkin
Starring: Cliff Gorman, Kenneth Nelson, Leonard Frey, Reuben Greene, Laurence Luckinbill,...
One of the first American films to openly deal with homosexuality. 'The Boys in the Band', based on Mart Crowley's enormously successful Broadway play... Read more
The Brave (1997)
6.4/10
Director: Johnny Depp
Starring: Johnny Depp, Marlon Brando, Marshall Bell
Raphael, a young Native American, is desperate to break the bleak cycle of an impoverished life. Morgantown, the make-shift village in which he lives,... Read more
The Brave One (2007)
6.8/10
Director: Neil Jordan
Starring: Jodie Foster, Terrence Howard, Nicky Katt, Naveen Andrews, Mary Steenburgen
Jodie Foster plays a woman plagued by fear and obsessed with revenge after she and her partner (Naveen Andrews) are attacked on the streets of New Yor... Read more
The Brave One (Blu-Ray) (2007)
6.8/10
Director: Neil Jordan
Starring: Jodie Foster, Mary Steenburgen, Naveen Andrews, Nicky Katt, Terrence Howard
Jodie Foster plays a woman plagued by fear and obsessed with revenge after she and her partner (Naveen Andrews) are attacked on the streets of New Yor... Read more
The BRD Trilogy ( The Marriage of Maria Braun / Lola / Veronika Voss ) (1979)
Director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Starring: Armin Mueller-Stahl, Barbara Sukowa, Gottfried John, Hanna Schygulla, Hilmar Tha...
RW Fassbinder's Bundesrepublik Deutschland trilogy comprises three of his most celebrated films which chart West Germany's post-war economic miracle t... Read more
The Bridge of San Luis Rey (2004)
5.1/10
Director: Mary Mcguckian
Starring: Robert De Niro, Kathy Bates, Gabriel Byrne, Harvey Keitel, F Murray Abraham, Ger...
Adapted from Thornton Wilder's Pulitzer-winning novel, and set in Peru in 1714 when the collapse of a rickety bridge kills five people. Brother Junip... Read more