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"
You'll Like My Mother (1972)
6.6/10
Director: Lamont Johnson
Starring: Patty Duke, Rosemary Murphy, Richard Thomas
Francesca Kinsolving, a very pregnant widow whose husband was recently killed in action in Vietnam, travels to visit her late husband's mother in a sn... Read more
You're Not You (2014)
7.4/10
Director: George C Wolfe
Starring: Hilary Swank, Emmy Rossum, Josh Duhamel
Kate is a classical pianist just diagnosed with ALS. Bec is a brash college student and would-be rock singer who can barely keep her wildly chaotic af... Read more
You, The Living (2007)
7.5/10
Director: Roy Andersson
Starring: Jessika Lundberg, Elisabeth Helander, Bjorn Englund, Leif Larsson
A tragi-comic panorama of the human condition, Swedish director Roy Andersson ('Songs from the Second Floor') has stitiched together 50 short scenes o... Read more
Young Adam (2003)
6.5/10
Director: David Mackenzie
Starring: Ewan McGregor, Tilda Swinton, Peter Mullan, Emily Mortimer, Jack McElhone
British Beat writer Alexander Trocchi's first novel is adapted for the screen by David Mackenzie. Two barge workers, Joe (Ewan McGregor) and Leslie (P... Read more
Young Adult (2011)
6.3/10
Director: Jason Reitman
Starring: Charlize Theron, Elizabeth Reaser, Patton Oswalt, Patrick Wilson
"Juno" director Jason Reitman and writer Diablo Cody team up again to tell the darkly comic story of a divorced, alcoholic writer (Charlize Theron) in... Read more
Young Adult (Blu-ray) (2011)
6.2/10
Director: Jason Reitman
Starring: Charlize Theron, Elizabeth Reaser, Patton Oswalt, Patrick Wilson
"Juno" director Jason Reitman and writer Diablo Cody team up again to tell the darkly comic story of a divorced, alcoholic writer (Charlize Theron) in... Read more
Young Man With A Horn (1950)
7.2/10
Director: Michael Curtiz
Starring: Kirk Douglas, Lauren Bacall, Doris Day, Hoagy Carmichael, Juano Hernandez
Based on the life of jazz trumpeter Bix Biederbecke and adapted from the novel by Dorothy Baker, Kirk Douglas is the Bix character, Rick Martin, one o... Read more
Young Mr Lincoln (1939)
7.6/10
Director: John Ford
Starring: Alice Brady, Henry Fonda, Ward Bond, Marjorie Weaver
Few historical figures are as revered as Abraham Lincoln, and few director-star pairings embody classic American cinema as perfectly as that of John F... Read more
Young Ones (2014)
5.9/10
Director: Jake Paltrow
Starring: Michael Shannon, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Nicholas Hoult, Elle Fanning
Set in the future when water is hard to find, a teenage boy sets out to protect his family and survive. Read more
Young Ones (Blu-ray) (2014)
5.9/10
Director: Jake Paltrow
Starring: Michael Shannon, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Nicholas Hoult, Elle Fanning
Set in the future when water is hard to find, a teenage boy sets out to protect his family and survive. Read more