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"
Jamaica Inn (1983)
6.3/10
Director: Lawrence Gordon Clark
Starring: Patrick McGoohan, Jane Seymour, Trevor Eve, John McEnery, Billie Whitelaw, Vivia...
The respected squire of a quiet Cornish village is in reality the leader of a gang of murderous pirates who attack passing ships, kill their crews and... Read more
D H Lawrence Collection ( Sons and Lovers / Priest of Love / Kangaroo ) (1981)
Director: Christopher Miles, Jack Cardiff, Tim Burstall
Starring: Dean Stockwell, Trevor Howard, Wendy Hiller, Janet Suzman, Ava Gardner, Penelope...
A literary master of the 20th century, D.H. Lawrence's infamous and groundbreaking novels, from "Lady Chatterley's Lover" to "Women in Love" and "The... Read more
Brief Encounter (1974)
5.2/10
Director: Alan Bridges
Starring: Sophia Loren, Richard Burton, Rosemary Leach, Anne Firbank, Jack Kelly
This remake of the 1945 British masterpiece stars Sophia Loren as a bored married woman who embarks upon a brief romantic fling with an equally marrie... Read more
Charley Varrick (1973)
7.5/10
Director: Don Siegel
Starring: Felicia Farr, Joe Don Baker, John Vernon, Norman Fell, Sheree North, Walter Matt...
Don Siegel directed this offbeat crime thriller which stars Walter Matthau as the titular Charley Varrick. Varrick is a small-time stick-up man who, i... Read more
Sophia Loren Double: White Sister / The Key (1972)
Director: Carol Reed, Alberto Lattuada
Starring: Fernando Rey, Sophia Loren, Tina Aumont, Trevor Howard, William Holden, Adriano...
"White Sister" (1972) is a comic Italian melodrama recounting the story of a friendship which develops out of a romantic obsession between Sister Germ... Read more
David Copperfield / Jane Eyre (1970)
Director: Daniel Mann
Starring: Laurence Olivier, Michael Redgrave, Edith Evans, Ron Moody, Richard Attenborough...
'David Copperfield' (1970): Delbert Mann's adaptation of the Dickens classic stars much of the royalty of the British 20th Century stage. Framed in fl... Read more
Cromwell (1970)
6.9/10
Director: Ken Hughes
Starring: Richard Harris, Alec Guinness, Robert Morley
Richard Harris plays the fiery Oliver Cromwell in this Hollywood story of the 17th century Englishman determined to rid England of tyrannical rule. Al... Read more
The Secret of Santa Vittoria (1969)
7.5/10
Director: Stanley Kramer
Starring: Anna Magnani, Anthony Quinn, Hardy Kruger, Virna Lisi
When German soldiers approaching a small Italian town during World War II threaten to rob the village of its cache of vintage wine, ineffectual mayor... Read more
Anne of the Thousand Days (1969)
7.5/10
Director: Charles Jarrott
Starring: Genevieve Bujold, Richard Burton, Anthony Quayle, Irene Papas, John Colicos
The ill-fated romance of King Henry VIII of England and his second wife, Anne Boleyn, is recounted in this lavish drama. The king's (Richard Burton) o... Read more
Downhill Racer (1969)
6.5/10
Director: Michael Ritchie
Starring: Robert Redford, Gene Hackman, Camilla Sparv
Robert Redford stars as David Chappellet, a hot-shot skier, who gains entry onto the American Olympic team, in director Michael Ritchies' directorial... Read more