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"
Backtrack (2015)
5.9/10
Director: Michael Petroni
Starring: Adrien Brody, Sam Neill, Jenni Baird, Bruce Spence, Anna Lise Phillips
A psychotherapist has nightmares and sinister visions. Ghosts? Is it more than his daughter's death causing this? He returns to his childhood home and... Read more
Bad Blood (1981)
6.6/10
Director: Mike Newell
Starring: Carol Burns, Dennis Lill, Jack Thompson, Donna Akersten, Martyn Sanderson, Marsh...
Jack Thompson gives a heartfelt and extraordinarily compelling performance as Stan Graham, a tragic and notorious West Coast figure who was pushed ove... Read more
Bad Boy Bubby (1993)
7.4/10
Director: Rolf de Heer
Starring: Claire Benito, Nicholas Hope, Ralph Cotterill, Carmel Johnson
Locked in his room for 35 years (no TV or Radio here) as not much more than a sex slave, Bubby's perception of the universe is not extensive. Through... Read more
Bad Boy Bubby ( Blu-ray ) (1993)
7.4/10
Director: Rolf de Heer
Starring: Claire Benito, Nicholas Hope, Ralph Cotterill, Carmel Johnson
Locked in his room for 35 years (no TV or Radio here) as not much more than a sex slave, Bubby's perception of the universe is not extensive. Through... Read more
Bad Day at Black Rock (1954)
7.8/10
Director: John Sturges
Starring: Anne Francis, Dean Jagger, Ernest Borgnine, John Ericson, Lee Marvin, Robert Rya...
Spencer Tracy gives one of his greatest performances in this suspenseful, action-packed drama as one-armed war vet John J. McCreedy who stirs up troub... Read more
Bad Education (2004)
7.5/10
Director: Pedro Almodovar
Starring: Daniel Gimenez Cacho, Fele Martinez, Gael Garcia Bernal, Javier Camara, Lluis Ho...
From acclaimed director Pedro Almodovar ("Talk to Her") comes an outrageous tale of desire, revenge and murder. Filmmaker Enrique (Fele Martinez) gets... Read more
Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans (2009)
6.6/10
Director: Werner Herzog
Starring: Brad Dourif, Fairuza Balk, Nicolas Cage, Val Kilmer, Eva Mendes, Alvin 'Xzibit'...
Neither a strict remake of nor a sequel to Abel Ferrara's lurid 1992 crime drama, Werner Herzog's outrageous, blackly comic procedural is its own odd... Read more
Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans ( Blu-ray ) (2009)
6.6/10
Director: Werner Herzog
Starring: Brad Dourif, Fairuza Balk, Nicolas Cage, Val Kilmer, Eva Mendes, Alvin 'Xzibit'...
Neither a strict remake of nor a sequel to Abel Ferrara's lurid 1992 crime drama, Werner Herzog's outrageous, blackly comic procedural is its own odd... Read more
Bad Timing: A Sensual Obsession (1980)
7.1/10
Director: Nicolas Roeg
Starring: Art Garfunkel, Theresa Russell, Harvey Keitel
Amid the decaying elegance of cold-war Vienna, psychoanalyst Dr. Alex Linden (Art Garfunkel) becomes mired in an erotically charged affair with the el... Read more
Bad Turn Worse (2013)
5.5/10
Director: Zeke Hawkins, Simon Hawkins
Starring: Mackenzie Davis, Logan Huffman, Jeremy Allen White, William Devane, Jon Gries, M...
With only weeks left until his girlfriend Sue and best friend Bobby leave their dead-end hometown for college, B.J. robs his workplace safe of all its... Read more