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 Namesake (2006)
7.6/10
Director: Mira Nair
Starring: Irfan Khan, Kal Penn, Tabu , Jacinda Barrett, Zuleikha Robinson
Spanning two generations of an Indian immigrant family in New York, Mira Nair's culture clash drama begins as Ashoke (Irfan Khan) and his arranged bri... Read more
The Nasty Girl (1990)
7.4/10
Director: Michael Verhoeven
Starring: Lena Stolze, Monica Baumgartner, Michael Gahr
Lena Stolze stars as Sonja, a young Bavarian woman whose submission to an essay contest explores her hometown's affiliation with the Third Reich. As s... Read more
The Nativity Story (2006)
6.8/10
Director: Catherine Hardwicke
Starring: Keisha Castle-Hughes, Oscar Isaac, Hiam Abbass, Shaun Toub, Ciaran Hinds, Shohre...
Director of 'Thirteen', Catherine Hardwicke, uses her empathy for pregnant teens to good effect in telling the story that ends with the birth of baby... Read more
The Natural (1984)
7.5/10
Director: Barry Levinson
Starring: Barbara Hershey, Glenn Close, Kim Basinger, Richard Farnsworth, Robert Duvall, R...
Astonishing cinematography highlights this affecting fantasy drama with Robert Redford as a mystical 1930s ballplayer; his career is cut short in his... Read more
The Natural (Blu-ray) (1984)
7.5/10
Director: Barry Levinson
Starring: Barbara Hershey, Glenn Close, Kim Basinger, Richard Farnsworth, Robert Duvall, R...
Astonishing cinematography highlights this affecting fantasy drama with Robert Redford as a mystical 1930s ballplayer; his career is cut short in his... Read more
The Navigators (2001)
7/10
Director: Ken Loach
"The Navigators" dramatises the events of 1995 in South Yorkshire, when the lives of a tight-knit group of railway workers were thrown into chaos when... Read more
The Necessary Death of Charlie Countryman (2013)
7.3/10
Director: Fredrik Bond
Starring: Melissa Leo, Vincent D'Onofrio, Til Schweiger, Rupert Grint, Evan Rachel Wood, M...
When his late mother appears in a vision and tells him to go to Bucharest, Charlie (Shia LaBeouf) immediately boards a plane across the Atlantic. A ch... Read more
The Necessities of Life (2008)
7.5/10
Director: Benoit Pilon
Starring: Eveline Gelinas, Natar Ungalaaq, Paul-Andre Brasseur
The 1950s-era tuberculosis epidemic in the Far North forced many Inuit to go to various Canadian cities for treatment. Tivii (Natar Ungalaaq) is taken... Read more
The Nelson Affair (Blu-ray) (1973)
6.4/10
Director: James Cellan Jones
Starring: Glenda Jackson, Peter Finch, Michael Jayston, Anthony Quayle, Margaret Leighton,...
Young George Matcham visits his uncle Lord Nelson and the vulgar Lady Hamilton. With the clear eyes of youth, he measures Nelson's stature and notes h... Read more
The New Boy (2023)
5.6/10
Director: Warwick Thornton
Starring: Cate Blanchett
A nine-year-old Aboriginal Australian orphan boy arrives in the dead of night at a remote monastery run by a renegade nun. Read more