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"
Burn! (1969)
7.4/10
Director: Gillo Pontecorvo
Starring: Renato Salvatori, Marlon Brando, Evaristo Marquez
An engrossing drama based on a true incident and starring Marlon Brando as a British agent sent to a 19th Century Caribbean island to investigate a re... Read more
Burnt (2015)
6.6/10
Director: John Wells
Starring: Bradley Cooper, Sienna Miller, Omar Sy, Daniel Bruhl, Matthew Rhys, Uma Thurman,...
Chef Adam Jones (Bradley Cooper) had it all and lost it. A two-star Michelin rockstar with the bad habits to match, the former enfant terrible of th... Read more
Burnt by the Sun (1994)
8/10
Director: Nikita Mikhalkov
Starring: Oleg Menshikov, Nikita Mikhalkov, Ingeborga Dapkunaite
One of the first Russian films to deal openly with the Stalin purges, and a mesmerisingly beautiful chronicle of love, family, and the intrusion of po... Read more
Burt Lancaster: Local Hero / The Flame and the Arrow / Executive Action / Seven Days in May (1950)
5.5/10
Director: Bill Forsyth, David Miller, Jacques Tourneur, John Frankenheimer
Starring: Burt Lancaster, Fredric March, Kirk Douglas, Peter Riegert, Robert Ryan, Virgini...
Burt Lancaster Box Set. 'Local Hero' (1983) - Burt Lancaster and Peter Riegert star in the wonderfully whimsical comedy of an oil company's planned bu... Read more
Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee (2007)
7.1/10
Director: Yves Simoneau
Starring: Aidan Quinn, August Schellenberg, Anna Paquin, Colm Feore
A historic chronicle based on the book by Dee Brown explains how Native Americans were displaced as the United States expanded west. Read more
Bus Stop (1956)
6.7/10
Director: Joshua Logan
Starring: Marilyn Monroe, Don Murray
Marilyn Monroe is Cherie in this adaptation of the William Inge play, that features Don Murray as Bo Decker, the young rodeo star who tries to abduct... Read more
Butterflies are Free (1972)
7.2/10
Director: Milton Katselas
Starring: Goldie Hawn, Eileen Heckart, Edward Albert
A sensitive, touching comedy about a blind young man (Edward Albert) who is determined to make a life for himself despite his handicap. Good performan... Read more
Butterfly on a Wheel (2007)
Director: Mike Barker
Starring: Callum Keith Rennie, Maria Bello, Pierce Brosnan, Gerard Butler
Neil and Abby have a worry-free life until their young daughter goes missing and a gunman named Ryan shows up at the house. Ryan insists the couple pe... Read more
Bye Bye Morons (2020)
6.8/10
Director: Albert Dupontel
Starring: Virginie Efira, Albert Dupontel, Nicolas Marie, Jackie Berroyer
A seriously-ill woman tries to find her long-lost child with the help of a man in the middle of a burnout and a blind archivist. Read more
C'est La Vie (Le sens de la fête) (2017)
6.9/10
Director: Eric Toledano, Olivier Nakache
Starring: Jean-Pierre Bacri, Jean-Paul Rouve, Suzanne Clement, Gilles Lellouche, Judith Ch...
When a luxury wedding celebration in a 17th-century French castle gets terribly out of control, waiters and photographers witness a monstrosity. Read more