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"
White Material (2009)
7/10
Director: Claire Denis
Starring: Christopher Lambert, Isabelle Huppert, Michel Subor, Isaach De Bankole
Isabelle Huppert delivers an intense performance in this gripping drama about a French woman who refuses to abandon her family's African coffee planta... Read more
White Mischief (1987)
6.3/10
Director: Michael Radford
Starring: Charles Dance, Geraldine Chaplin, Greta Scacchi, Hugh Grant, John Hurt, Joss Ack...
Based on the scandalous true story of a murder mystery in colonial Kenya that shocked the world, White Mischief is a compelling drama where the heady... Read more
White Nights (1985)
6.6/10
Director: Taylor Hackford
Starring: Mikhail Baryshnikov, Gregory Hines, Helen Mirren
Mikhail Baryshnikov stars as a Russian defector whose downed plane lands him back in the USSR. Gregory Hines is an American defector who befriends him... Read more
White Oleander (2002)
7.2/10
Director: Peter Kosminsky
Starring: Alison Lohman, Robin Wright, Michelle Pfeiffer, Renee Zellweger, Billy Connolly,...
When her mother, charismatic and sociopathic poet Michelle Pfeiffer, is sent to jail for killing her lover in a fit of rage, teenager Alison Lohman pa... Read more
White Vengeance (2011)
6.3/10
Director: Daniel Lee
Starring: Leon Lai, Yifei Liu, Zhang Hanyu, Shaofeng Feng
In a time of tyranny and oppression, deception is everywhere. Insurgency swells among the people as two friends battle for supremacy - and the love of... Read more
Who Loves the Sun (2006)
6.1/10
Director: Matt Bissonnette
Starring: Lukas Haas, Molly Parker, Adam Scott, R H Thomson, Wendy Crewson
A simmering and often humourous tale of lost friendship with Adam Scott as Daniel, a successful writer who hasn't seen his best friend Will (Lukas Haa... Read more
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)
8.1/10
Director: Mike Nichols
Starring: Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, George Segal, Sandy Dennis
Based on Edward Albee's smash hit play; Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton star in the story of the love-hate relationship between a middle-aged prof... Read more
Who's That Knocking at My Door (1968)
6.7/10
Director: Martin Scorsese
Starring: Harvey Keitel, Zina Bethune
For the movie world, a major talent was knocking: New York University graduate film student Martin Scorsese. Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times proc... Read more
Whore ( aka The Life ) (2003)
5.6/10
Director: Luna
Starring: Denise Richards, Daryl Hannah, Joaquim de Almeida
Directed in a surreal documentary style, filmed viginettes spoken directly to the camera by prostitutes, porn stars and pimps are interlaced with a fi... Read more
Whose Life Is It Anyway? (1981)
7.4/10
Director: John Badham
Starring: Richard Dreyfuss, John Cassavetes, Christine Lahti
Richard Dreyfuss is phenomenal as a sculptor who is left a quadriplegic after a car accident and decides that he wants to be allowed to die, a choice... Read more