Classic Cinema
The Young Savages (1961)
6.9/10
Director: John Frankenheimer
Starring: Burt Lancaster, Dina Merrill, Shelley Winters, Edward Andrews
Burt Lancaster gives a forceful performance as a prosecutor whose search for the truth puts his career in jeopardy in this tough, hard-hitting expose... Read more
Them! (1954)
7.3/10
Director: Gordon Douglas
Starring: Edmund Gwenn, Joan Weldon, James Whitmore, James Arness
Classic 50's creature feature about giant ants discovered in New Mexico that lead the authorities into final battle in the storm drains under Los Ange... Read more
There's Always Tomorrow (1956)
7.7/10
Director: Douglas Sirk
Starring: Barbara Stanwyck, Fred MacMurray, Joan Bennett, Gigi Perreau, William Reynolds
Toy manufacturer Clifford Groves (Fred MacMurray) is in full control at the factory, but feels left out and taken for granted by his wife and children... Read more
There's No Business Like Show Business (1954)
6.5/10
Director: Walter Lang
Starring: Ethel Merman, Dan Dailey, Donald O'Connor, Marilyn Monroe, Johnnie Ray, Mitzi Ga...
Dan Dailey and Ethel Merman head a performing family that includes Marilyn Monroe, Donald O'Connor, Mitzi Gaynor and Johnny Ray. They all like to sin... Read more
They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969)
7.9/10
Director: Sydney Pollack
Starring: Jane Fonda, Michael Sarrazin, Susannah York, Gig Young, Bonnie Bedelia, Red Butt...
The desperation and hopelessness of the Great Depression are graphically shown in this powerful drama, through a pitiful collection of marathon dancer... Read more
Thieves' Highway (1949)
7.7/10
Director: Jules Dassin
Starring: Richard Conte, Valentina Cortese, Lee J Cobb, Barbara Lawrence, Jack Oakie, Mill...
Richard Conte is a G.I. returning from WWII with plans to marry his sweetheart; instead he finds his trucker father has been crippled by a rival compa... Read more
Things To Come (1936)
6.7/10
Director: William Cameron Menzies
Starring: Cedric Hardwicke, Raymond Massey, Ralph Richardson
A sci-fi classic, based on the novel by H G Wells. World civilisation is on the brink of collapse, in the grasp of an evil dictatorship. Raymond Masse... Read more
This Happy Breed (1944)
7.3/10
Director: David Lean
Starring: Robert Newton, Celia Johnson, John Mills, Kay Walsh
This fine understated drama looks at a typical British household and how it is affected by the events of those years between World Wars I and II. Base... Read more
This Island Earth (1955)
5.9/10
Director: Joseph M Newman
Starring: Jeff Morrow, Faith Domergue, Rex Reason
Prepare to blast off from planet Earth in one of the most popular classic sci-fi films of all time! When atomic scientist Dr. Meacham (Rex Reason) is... Read more
This Sporting Life (1963)
7.8/10
Director: Lindsay Anderson
Starring: Richard Harris, Rachel Roberts, Alan Badel
Powerful British "class drama" marked Lindsay Anderson's feature directorial debut. Richard Harris is a coal miner who finds success as a violent rugb... Read more