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 Eagle Hunter's Son (2009)
Director: Rene Bo Hansen
Starring: Bazarbai Matei, Mardan Matei, Asilbek Badelkhan, Serikbai Khulan
Twelve-year-old nomad Bazarbai lives in the Altai mountains on the border between Mongolia and Kazakhstan. He is reluctant to follow the family line o... Read more
The Eclipse (2009)
6.2/10
Director: Conor McPherson
Starring: Aidan Quinn, Ciaran Hinds, Iben Hjejle
Two years after his wife died, teacher and loving father of two Michael begins seeing and hearing strange things at night. While volunteering at a lit... Read more
The Eddy Duchin Story (1956)
6.9/10
Director: George Sidney
Starring: Tyrone Power, Kim Novak, Victoria Shaw
The life story of the famous pianist and band-leader of the 1930s and 1940s. Read more
The Edge (1997)
6.9/10
Director: Lee Tamahori
Starring: Anthony Hopkins, Alec Baldwin, Elle Macpherson, Harold Perrineau
A plane crash in the freezing Alaskan wilderness pits intellectual billionaire Charles Morse (Anthony Hopkins) against self-satisfied fashion photogra... Read more
The Edge of Heaven (2007)
7.8/10
Director: Fatih Akin
Starring: Nurgul Yesilcay, Baki Davrak, Tuncel Kurtiz, Hanna Schygulla, Patrycia Ziolkowsk...
Turkish/German director Fatih Akin ('Head-On') brings together a deeply humanistic amd multi-layered drama as he follows the stories of six people cau... Read more
The Edge of Seventeen (2016)
7.4/10
Director: Kelly Fremon Craig
Starring: Kyra Sedgwick, Woody Harrelson, Hailee Steinfeld, Haley Lu Richardson
Nadine (Hailee Steinfeld) has never had it easy, finding it impossible to fit in at school due to her awkward ways, finding a more fulfilling friendsh... Read more
The Education of Charlie Banks (2007)
6.5/10
Starring: Jesse Eisenberg, Jason Ritter, Eva Amurri, Sebastian Stan
College student Charlie Banks has to face old problems when the bully he had an unpleasant encounter with back in high school shows up on his campus. Read more
The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds (Blu-ray) (1972)
7.4/10
Director: Paul Newman
Starring: Joanne Woodward, Roberta Wallach, Richard Venture
A middle-aged misfit struggles to raise her daughters, one popular and the other a promising science student. Read more
The Eight Hundred (2020)
7/10
From the acclaimed filmmaker behind Mr. Six comes a riveting war epic. In 1937, eight hundred Chinese soldiers fight under siege from a warehouse in t... Read more
The Electrical Life Of Louis Wain (2021)
6.8/10
Starring: Benedict Cumberbatch, Claire Foy, Andrea Riseborough, Toby Jones, Hayley Squires...
English artist Louis Wain rises to prominence at the end of the 19th century for his surreal cat paintings that seemed to reflect his declining sanity... Read more