Classic Drama
Classic Drama is where you will find most of those great films you either grew up with or have heard of but never got round to seeing. Generally dramatic productions made between 1928 and 1965 fill this section. "Silents" and contempory "Drama" (post 1965) can be found under their respective headings..
Right: Charlton Heston and Stephen Boyd gaze into one another's eyes in "Ben Hur"
The Servant (1963)
7.9/10
Director: Joseph Losey
Starring: Dirk Bogarde, James Fox, Sarah Miles, Wendy Craig
Joseph Losey directs a Harold Pinter screenplay, a tale of decadence and debauchery unravelling the relationship between the servant (Dirk Bogarde) an... Read more
The Servant (Blu-ray) (1963)
7.9/10
Director: Joseph Losey
Starring: Dirk Bogarde, James Fox, Sarah Miles, Wendy Craig
Joseph Losey directs a Harold Pinter screenplay, a tale of decadence and debauchery unravelling the relationship between the servant (Dirk Bogarde) an... Read more
The Shoes of the Fisherman (1968)
7.2/10
Director: Michael Anderson
Starring: Anthony Quinn, Oskar Werner, David Janssen, Vittorio De Sica, Leo McKern, John G...
From Morris L. West's bestseller, this is both an urgent tale of geopolitical intrigue and a fascinating look at Vatican procedure. Anthony Quinn play... Read more
The Silent Films of Alfred Hitchcock: The Manxman / The Ring (1927)
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Starring: Anny Ondra, Lillian Hall-Davis, Carl Brisson, Malcolm Keen
"The Ring" (1927) One of Hitchcock's best silent films, about boxer "Round One" Stander, a circus attraction who fights all comers. When he marries th... Read more
The Silver Chalice (1954)
4.6/10
Director: Victor Saville
Starring: Jack Palance, Paul Newman, Pier Angeli, Virginia Mayo
In his film debut, Paul Newman portrays Basil the Defender, a 1st-century Greek artisan sold into slavery by his evil uncle. When his gifts as a sculp... Read more
The Skin Game (1931)
5.8/10
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Starring: Helen Haye, C V France, Edmund Gwenn, John Longden
Early Hitchcock drama, based on John Galsworthy's popular stage play, that was decidedly atypical of the Master's subsequent suspensers. The aristocra... Read more
The Snake Pit (1948)
7.7/10
Director: Anatole Litvak
Starring: Olivia de Havilland, Mark Stevens, Leo Genn, Celeste Holm, Glenn Langan
Based on Mary Jane Ward's best-selling novel, the film "The Snake Pit", which follows the story of a woman grappling with mental illness, broke cinema... Read more
The Snows of Kilimanjaro (1952)
6.2/10
Director: Henry King
Starring: Gregory Peck, Susan Hayward, Ava Gardner
Based on Ernest Hemingway's short story about a renowned writer who reflects on his life and loves while lying wounded on the slopes of the East Afric... Read more
The Son of Monte Cristo (1940)
6.3/10
Director: Rowland V Lee
Starring: Louis Hayward, Joan Bennett, George Sanders, Lionel Royce, Florence Bates
Louis Hayward stars as the sword-slinging hero, Edmond Dantes Jr., in this swashbuckling adventure from director Rowland V Lee. Masquerading as a fopp... Read more
The Song of Bernadette (1943)
7.7/10
Director: Henry King
Starring: Jennifer Jones, William Eythe, Charles Bickford, Vincent Price, Lee J Cobb, Glad...
This excellent story of the 19th-century French peasant girl who saw a vision of the Virgin Mary and found herself at the centre of a worldwide contro... Read more