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 Man with the Golden Arm (1955)
7.5/10
Director: Otto Preminger
Starring: Frank Sinatra, Eleanor Parker, Kim Novak
Frank Sinatra is unforgettable as Frankie Machine, a jazz drummer and "golden-armed" poker dealer trying to break his heroin addiction, in this ground... Read more
The Man Without a Face (1993)
6.7/10
Director: Mel Gibson
Starring: Gaby Hoffmann, Geoffrey Lewis, Margaret Whitton, Mel Gibson, Nick Stahl, Richard...
Justin McLeod has been an outsider since he arrived in Cranesport, Maine. There he lives with the solitude his tragic past and disfigurement have forc... Read more
The Mango Tree (1977)
7.1/10
Director: Kevin James Dobson
Starring: Geraldine Fitzgerald, Gloria Dawn, Robert Helpmann, Carol Burns, Gerard Kennedy,...
Jamie Carr (Christopher Pate) is a young man growing up in Bundaberg, Northern Queensland during the closing years of World War I. Jamie, who is in hi... Read more
The Many Saints Of Newark (2021)
6.3/10
Director: Alan Taylor
Starring: Alessandro Nivola, Vera Farmiga, Jon Bernthal, Corey Stoll, Ray Liotta
Witness the making of Tony Soprano. The story that reveals the humanity behind Tony's struggles and the influence his family - especially his uncle, D... Read more
The Many Saints Of Newark (Blu-ray) (2021)
6.3/10
Director: Alan Taylor
Starring: Alessandro Nivola, Vera Farmiga, Jon Bernthal, Corey Stoll, Ray Liotta
Witness the making of Tony Soprano. The story that reveals the humanity behind Tony's struggles and the influence his family - especially his uncle, D... Read more
The Map Reader (2008)
5.5/10
Director: Harold Brodie
Starring: Rebecca Gibney, Jordan Selwyn, Mikaila Hutchinson, Bonnie Soper, Rachel Nash, Mi...
In a small New Zealand town, 16-year-old Michael leads a lonely, introverted existence with his single mum, Amelia (Rebecca Gibney), whose guilt and a... Read more
The Mark of Zorro (1940)
7.6/10
Director: Rouben Mamoulian
Starring: Tyrone Power, Basil Rathbone, Linda Darnell
This classic romantic swashbuckler stars dashing Tyrone Power as the son of a powerful nobleman in 1820s California who returns home from Europe to fi... Read more
The Marksman (2021)
5.6/10
Director: Robert Lorenz
Starring: Liam Neeson
A rancher on the Arizona border becomes the unlikely defender of a young Mexican boy desperately fleeing the cartel assassins who've pursued him into... Read more
The Marksman (Blu-ray) (2021)
5.6/10
Director: Robert Lorenz
Starring: Liam Neeson
A rancher on the Arizona border becomes the unlikely defender of a young Mexican boy desperately fleeing the cartel assassins who've pursued him into... Read more
The Marriage of Maria Braun (1978)
7.9/10
Director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Starring: Hanna Schygulla, Klaus Lowitsch, Ivan Desny
Hanna Schygulla shines in her role as a penniless soldier's wife who builds an industrial empire after the end of WW II. The first of Fassbinder's thr... Read more