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"
Winning (1969)
6.1/10
Director: James Goldstone
Starring: Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, Robert Wagner, Richard Thomas, Clu Gulager
Paul Newman discovered a life-long passion for race-car driving while making this film about a successful driver, Frank Capua, who falls in love (with... Read more
Krakatoa - East Of Java (1969)
5.5/10
Director: Bernard L Kowalski
Starring: Maximilian Schell, Diane Baker, Brian Keith, Barbara Werle
In the year 1882, a disparate group of treasure seekers races against time to locate a sunken ship loaded with pearls off the Indonesian coast before... Read more
The Red Tent (1969)
7.1/10
Director: Mikhail Kalatozov
Starring: Sean Connery, Peter Finch, Hardy Kruger, Claudia Cardinale
A virtually unknown but first-rate film by Soviet filmmaker Mikhail Kalatozov. This ripping adventure epic was funded in Italy and based on an actual... Read more
They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969)
7.9/10
Director: Sydney Pollack
Starring: Jane Fonda, Michael Sarrazin, Susannah York, Gig Young, Bonnie Bedelia, Red Butt...
The desperation and hopelessness of the Great Depression are graphically shown in this powerful drama, through a pitiful collection of marathon dancer... Read more
Midnight Cowboy (Blu-ray) (1969)
7.8/10
Director: John Schlesinger
Starring: Dustin Hoffman, Jon Voight, Sylvia Miles
A landmark American film, the first X-rated movie to gain mainstream acceptance and Hollywood laurels: a British director, John Schlesinger, starkly a... Read more
Midnight Cowboy (1969)
7.9/10
Director: John Schlesinger
Starring: Dustin Hoffman, Jon Voight, Sylvia Miles
A landmark American film, the first X-rated movie to gain mainstream acceptance and Hollywood laurels: a British director, John Schlesinger, starkly a... Read more
Burn! (1969)
7.4/10
Director: Gillo Pontecorvo
Starring: Renato Salvatori, Marlon Brando, Evaristo Marquez
An engrossing drama based on a true incident and starring Marlon Brando as a British agent sent to a 19th Century Caribbean island to investigate a re... Read more
Petulia (1968)
7.3/10
Director: Richard Lester
Starring: Arthur Hill, George C Scott, Joseph Cotten, Julie Christie, Richard Chamberlain,...
Dr. Archie Bollen (George C. Scott) is having a midlife crisis. He's just divorced his wife (Shirley Knight) and is establishing a new life for himsel... Read more
Films of James Stewart: Thunder Bay / The Flight of the Phoenix / Bandolero! (1968)
Director: Andrew V McLaglen, Anthony Mann, Robert Aldrich
Starring: Dean Martin, Gilbert Roland, James Stewart, Joanne Dru, Peter Finch, Raquel Welc...
James Stewart Triple Pack. 'Thunder Bay' (1953) - Ambitious oil prospectors Steve Martin (James Stewart) and Johnny Gambi (Dan Duryea) enter the quiet... Read more
Madigan (1968)
6.6/10
Director: Don Siegel
Starring: Don Stroud, Harry Guardino, Henry Fonda, Inger Stevens, James Whitmore, Richard...
Richard Widmark and Henry Fonda star in this critically acclaimed detective drama that takes a hard-hitting look at the lives and loves of New York Ci... Read more