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 Nun's Story (1959)
7.6/10
Director: Fred Zinnemann
Starring: Audrey Hepburn, Peter Finch, Peggy Ashcroft
Adaptation of the book by Kathryn Hulmes, 'The Nun's Story' is an unforgettable revelation of the seldom-seen world behind convent walls. A radiant Au... Read more
The Prime Of Miss Jean Brodie (1968)
7.6/10
Director: Ronald Neame
Starring: Maggie Smith, Robert Stephens, Gordon Jackson
Maggie Smith, in her Oscar-winning performance, is superb as the unconventional, eccentric teacher in an all-girls school in Edinburgh. Set during th... Read more
Solomon and Sheba (1959)
6.2/10
Director: King Vidor
Starring: Yul Brynner, Gina Lollobrigida, George Sanders
This grand biblical epic recreates the story of history's greatest temptress and the mighty King of Israel and stars Yul Brynner and Gina Lollobrigida... Read more
The Ten Commandments (1956)
7.9/10
Director: Cecil B DeMille
Starring: Charlton Heston, Yul Brynner, Anne Baxter, Edward G Robinson, Yvonne De Carlo, D...
For sheer pageantry and spectacle, few motion pictures can claim to equal the splendor of Cecil B. DeMille's 1956 remake of his epic "The Ten Commandm... Read more
Mutiny on the Bounty (1962)
7.3/10
Director: Lewis Milestone
Starring: Marlon Brando, Trevor Howard, Richard Harris, Hugh Griffith, Richard Haydn, Tar...
Marlon Brando is the conscientious Fletcher Christian and Trevor Howard is the tyrannical skipper Captain Bligh in this lavish remake of the 1935 clas... Read more
10:30pm Summer (1966)
6.7/10
Director: Jules Dassin
Starring: Melina Mercouri, Peter Finch, Romy Schneider
Director Jules Dassin collaborated with author Marguerite Duras for this haunting adaptation of her novel. Peter Finch and Melina Mercouri are an unha... Read more
The Chase (1966)
7.3/10
Director: Arthur Penn
Starring: Marlon Brando, Jane Fonda, Robert Redford, Angie Dickinson, Robert Duvall
A prisoner (Robert Redford) escapes and is rumored to be back in his hometown, setting everyone on edge. Marlon Brando is the sheriff who must make th... Read more
Reach for the Sky (1956)
7.3/10
Director: Lewis Gilbert
Starring: Kenneth More, Muriel Pavlow, Alexander Knox
A well told account of British pilot Douglas Bader (Kenneth More) who overcame the loss of both legs, to become one of the most remarkable fighter ace... Read more
Edge of the City (1957)
7.2/10
Director: Martin Ritt
Starring: Jack Warden, John Cassavetes, Kathleen Maguire, Ruby Dee, Sidney Poitier
Aka 'A Man is Ten Feet Tall'. Two labourers (Sidney Poitier and John Cassavetes) face corruption on the New York waterfront and share a bond cutting a... Read more
Expresso Bongo (1959)
6.3/10
Director: Val Guest
Starring: Cliff Richard, Laurence Harvey, Sylvia Syms, The Shadows
Fast-talking promoter Laurence Harvey thinks he's found the next teen singing sensation when he spies bongo-playing troubadour Cliff Richard (in a ro... Read more