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"
Guess Who's Coming To Dinner (1967)
7.8/10
Director: Stanley Kramer
Starring: Katharine Hepburn, Sidney Poitier, Spencer Tracy
Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn are unforgettable as perplexed parents in this landmark 1967 movie about mixed marriage. Joanna (Katharine Houghto... Read more
Cool Hand Luke (1967)
8.1/10
Director: Stuart Rosenberg
Starring: Dennis Hopper, George Kennedy, Strother Martin, Paul Newman, Harry Dean Stanton
A taut honest drama greatly aided by Stuart Rosenberg's direction and a marvellously controlled and artful performance by Paul Newman as a gutsy priso... 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
In Cold Blood (1967)
8/10
Director: Richard Brooks
Starring: Robert Blake, John Forsythe, Scott Wilson, Jeff Corey
An engrossing true story, masterfully adapted from the Truman Capote novel, tracing two young killers, their motives and eventual arrest after the mur... Read more
Seconds (Blu-Ray) (1966)
7.7/10
Director: John Frankenheimer
Starring: John Randolph, Rock Hudson, Salome Jens, Will Geer
Rock Hudson is a revelation in this sinister, science-fiction-inflected dispatch from the fractured 1960s. "Seconds", directed by John Frankenheimer,... Read more
Paul Newman: The Mackintosh Man / Somebody Up There Likes Me / Cool Hand Luke / Harper (1966)
Director: Jack Smight, John Huston, Robert Wise, Stuart Rosenberg
Starring: Dominique Sanda, George Kennedy, James Mason, Julie Harris, Lauren Bacall, Paul...
Paul Newman Box Set. 'Somebody Up There Likes Me' (1956) - Paul Newman plays a desperate youth who needs dough. He gives himself the name Rocky Grazia... Read more
Seconds (1966)
7.7/10
Director: John Frankenheimer
Starring: Rock Hudson, Salome Jens, John Randolph, Will Geer
Rock Hudson is a revelation in this sinister, science-fiction-inflected dispatch from the fractured 1960s. "Seconds", directed by John Frankenheimer,... Read more
A Man for All Seasons ( Blu-ray ) (1966)
7.9/10
Director: Fred Zinnemann
Starring: Corin Redgrave, John Hurt, Leo McKern, Nigel Davenport, Orson Welles, Paul Scofi...
Adapted by Robert Bolt and Constance Willis from Bolt's hit stage play, A Man for All Seasons stars Paul Scofield, triumphantly repeating his stage ro... Read more
A Man Called Adam (1966)
6.5/10
Director: Leo Penn
Starring: Cicely Tyson, Louis Armstrong, Peter Lawford, Sammy Davis Jr, Mel Torme, Frank S...
In a rare dramatic role, Sammy Davis, Jr. stars as a jazz trumpet player who seemingly has it all. Blaming himself for the traffic accident that kille... Read more
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Madame X (1966)
7.1/10
Director: David Lowell Rich
Starring: Burgess Meredith, Constance Bennett, John Forsyth, Keir Dullea, Lana Turner
The lower-class wife (Lana Turner) of a wealthy socialite (John Forsythe) is caught in a compromising situation with a male companion (Ricardo Montalb... Read more