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"
Touchez Pas au Grisbi ( Hands Off the Loot ) (1954)
7.9/10
Director: Jacques Becker
Starring: Jean Gabin, Jeanne Moreau, Paul Frankeur, Lino Ventura, Rene Dary
Jean Gabin is at his most wearily romantic as aging gangster Max le Menteur in this gem from director Jacques Becker ('Le trou'). Having pulled off th... Read more
Tower of London (1962)
6.4/10
Director: Roger Corman
Starring: Joan Freeman, Vincent Price, Robert Brown, Michael Pate
Horror superstar Vincent Price and schlock-master Roger Corman come together on this pseudo-Shakespearean tale, and make it their own! Price plays the... Read more
Town Without Pity (1961)
7.3/10
Director: Gottfried Reinhardt
Starring: Kirk Douglas, E G Marshall, Robert Blake, Christine Kaufmann
In a small German town after World War II, four American soldiers stationed there are charged with raping a local teenage girl. Army attorney Kirk Dou... Read more
Toys in the Attic (1963)
6.9/10
Director: George Roy Hill
Starring: Dean Martin, Gene Tierney, Geraldine Page, Wendy Hiller, Yvette Mimieux
Sisters Carrie and Anna Berniers have been supporting their ne'er-do-well brother Julian through various failed businesses; now, he returns home with... Read more
Trapeze (1956)
6.9/10
Director: Carol Reed
Starring: Burt Lancaster, Tony Curtis, Gina Lollobrigida
This dazzling circus drama stars Burt Lancaster as a former ace trapeze artist who becomes a mentor to would-be star Tony Curtis. Gina Lollobrigida pl... Read more
Ulysses (1967)
6.6/10
Director: Joseph Strick
Starring: Barbara Jefford, Milo O'Shea, Maurice Roeves, T P McKenna
Joseph Strick directed this daring stream-of-consciousness adaptation of James Joyce's great novel, which follows Leopold Bloom through the streets an... Read more
Unconquered (1947)
7.1/10
Director: Cecil B DeMille
Starring: Boris Karloff, Cecil Kellaway, Gary Cooper, Paulette Goddard, Ward Bond
On the American frontier of the mid-1700s, Virginia militia leader Gary Cooper has his hands full defending Fort Pitt from marauding Indians (led by c... Read more
Under Capricorn (1949)
6.2/10
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Starring: Ingrid Bergman, Joseph Cotten, Michael Wilding
Alfred Hitchcock's chilling suspenser stars Joseph Cotten as a convicted killer banished to Australia with wife Ingrid Bergman, who is also his victim... Read more
Une Femme Mariee ( A Married Woman ) (1964)
7.4/10
Director: Jean-Luc Godard
Starring: Macha Meril, Bernard Noel, Philippe Leroy
New Wave master Jean-Luc Godard focuses on a day in the life of a wife who is forced to decide between her pilot husband and her actor lover. Subtitle... Read more
Une Femme Mariee ( A Married Woman ) (Blu-ray) (1964)
7.6/10
Director: Jean-Luc Godard
Starring: Macha Meril, Bernard Noel, Philippe Leroy
New Wave master Jean-Luc Godard focuses on a day in the life of a wife who is forced to decide between her pilot husband and her actor lover. Subtitle... Read more