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"
Loro (2018)
6.8/10
Director: Paolo Sorrentino
Starring: Toni Servillo, Elena Sofia Ricci, Riccardo Scamarcio, Kasia Smutniak, Fabrizio B...
A wheeler-dealer weasels his way into the inner circle of Silvio Berlusconi, a wealthy and controversial Italian politician. Read more
Losing Isaiah (1995)
6.4/10
Director: Stephen Gyllenhaal
Starring: Jessica Lange, Halle Berry, Cuba Gooding Jr
A dedicated white Chicago social worker (Jessica Lange) adopts a black infant who's been thrown away (literally) by his crack-addicted black mother; s... Read more
Lost Horizon (1937)
7.8/10
Director: Frank Capra
Starring: Ronald Colman, Jane Wyatt, John Howard
Frank Capra's hypnotic and perversely appealing adaptation of James Hilton's novel is a work of lost innocence and spiritual redemption. A plane fleei... Read more
Lost Illusions (2021)
7.4/10
Director: Xavier Giannoli
Starring: Cecile De France, Vincent Lacoste, Xavier Dolan, Jeanne Balibar, Andre Marcon, L...
Story of the rise and the fall of a young man in Paris who dreamed to be a writer and became a journalist. Read more
Lost in the Stars (1973)
6.6/10
Director: Daniel Mann
Starring: Brock Peters, Clifton Davis, Melba Moore, Raymond St Jacques
Kurt Weill and Maxwell Anderson's musical "Lost in the Stars" is based on Alan Paton's classic novel "Cry, The Beloved Country". This film, like the s... Read more
Lost River (2013)
5.8/10
Director: Ryan Gosling
Starring: Ben Mendelsohn, Eva Mendes, Matt Smith, Saoirse Ronan, Iain De Caestecker, Chris...
A single mother is swept into a dark underworld while her son discovers an underwater town. Read more
Lost Times (2009)
7.1/10
Starring: Csaba Czene
1997. Young car mechanic Iván lives in a godforsaken village in eastern Hungary. He looks after his mentally disabled sister Eszter and earns extra mo... Read more
Louder Than Bombs (2016)
6.6/10
Director: Joachim Trier
Starring: David Strathairn, Gabriel Byrne, Isabelle Huppert, Jesse Eisenberg, Amy Ryan
Isabelle Reed is a war photographer who has gone to the most dangerous places in the world. It is therefore tragic (and ironic) when she dies accident... Read more
Louis Malle: Youth and Conflict ( Lacombe Lucien; Au Revoir, Les Enfants ) (1987)
8.3/10
Director: Louis Malle
Starring: Daniel Gelin, Francine Racette, Gaspard Manesse, Raphael Fejto, Pierre Blaise, A...
Louis Malle remains one of the most well-loved, and well-regarded French film makers from the 1960s right through to the 1990s. This double-pack compi... Read more
Lourdes (2009)
6.9/10
Director: Jessica Hausner
Starring: Elina Lowensohn, Bruno Todeschini, Lea Seydoux, Sylvie Testud
This subtly satiric, yet sometimes touching, examination of faith, desire, and religion stars Sylvie Testud as Christine, a woman suffering from multi... Read more