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 Treasure of the Sierra Madre ( Blu-ray ) (1947)
8.3/10
Director: John Huston
Starring: Bruce Bennett, Humphrey Bogart, Tim Holt, Walter Huston
Pauline Kael calls this 'one of the strongest of all American movies'. Three Americans strike it rich and greed takes over. With Bogart, Walter Huston... Read more
The Trial (1962)
7.8/10
Director: Orson Welles
Starring: Anthony Perkins, Jeanne Moreau, Romy Schneider, Orson Welles
An unnamed country. Joseph K. (Anthony Perkins) is awakened one morning by a man who tells him he is under arrest. Accused by everyone of a crime that... Read more
The True Story of Jesse James (Blu-ray) (1957)
6.2/10
Director: Nicholas Ray
Starring: Robert Wagner, Jeffrey Hunter, Hope Lange, Agnes Moorehead, Alan Hale Jr, John C...
Biopic loosely based on the last 18 years of Jesse James' life and focused on the relationship between brothers Jesse and Frank James. Read more
The Ugly American (1963)
6.8/10
Director: George Englund
Starring: Marlon Brando, Jocelyn Brando, Pat Hingle, Eiji Okuda, Arthur Hill, Sandra Churc...
Marlon Brando is magnificent as the American ambassador whose presence in a Southeast Asian nation stirs up conflict between democratic and communist... Read more
The Unguarded Moment (1956)
6.3/10
Director: Harry Keller
Starring: Esther Williams, George Nader, John Saxon, Edward Andrews, Les Tremayne, Jack Al...
A beautiful teacher is protective of a high school boy who sexually harassed her, and later he becomes a murder suspect. A woman has recently been... Read more
The Uninvited (1944)
7.4/10
Director: Lewis Allen
Starring: Donald Crisp, Ray Milland, Ruth Hussey
A pair of siblings from London (Ray Milland and Ruth Hussey) purchase a surprisingly affordable, lonely cliff-top house in Cornwall, only to discover... Read more
The Vanishing Legion (1931)
7.1/10
Director: Ford Beebe, B Reeves Eason
Starring: Harry Carey
A mysterious master criminal known as The Voice plots with his gang to sabotage the Milesburg Oil Company, but the rightful heir has a secret army of... Read more
The Vicious Circle (1957)
5.7/10
Director: Gerald Thomas
Starring: John Mills, Derek Farr, Wilfrid Hyde-White, Roland Culver, Mervyn Johns, Noelle...
John Mills plays a respected doctor who comes home one evening to find the body of a murdered actress of his acquaintance. The police are summoned, an... Read more
The Vikings (1958)
7.1/10
Director: Richard Fleischer
Starring: Ernest Borgnine, Janet Leigh, Kirk Douglas, Tony Curtis
Sweeping adventure saga of the Vikings' invasion of England centers on a Viking warrior prince (Kirk Douglas) and a former slave (Tony Curtis), bitter... Read more
The Virgin Queen (1955)
7/10
Director: Henry Koster
Starring: Joan Collins, Bette Davis, Richard Todd, Herbert Marshall, Dan O'Herlihy
Bette Davis reprises her role as Queen Elizabeth I, having previously portrayed her in 'The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex'. The fanciful story... Read more