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"
King Solomon's Mines (1937)
6.4/10
Director: Robert Stevenson
Starring: Cedric Hardwicke, Anna Lee, John Loder, Paul Robeson, Roland Young, Arthur Sincl...
A ripping adventure with singing sensation Paul Robeson as the imperturbable African guide, Umbopa and Cedric Hardwicke as explorer Alan Quartermain.... Read more
Slaves in Bondage (1937)
4.6/10
Director: Elmer Clifton
Starring: Lorna Andre, Donald Reed
An exploitation classic about the perils of prostitution. Young, innocent, and demure "girls from good families" are lured into the big city and recru... Read more
You Only Live Once (1937)
7.4/10
Director: Fritz Lang
Starring: Henry Fonda, Sylvia Sidney, William Gargan
Fritz Lang's gripping drama features Henry Fonda as an innocent man on the lam with his girlfriend (Sylvia Sidney). Caught in an intense cat-and-mouse... Read more
Captains Courageous (1937)
8/10
Director: Victor Fleming
Starring: Lionel Barrymore, Mickey Rooney, Spencer Tracy, Freddie Bartholomew, John Carrad...
Spencer Tracy won the Best Actor Oscar for his portrayal of Manuel, the Portuguese fisherman who teaches a millionaire's spoiled son human values in t... Read more
Dead End (1937)
7.4/10
Director: William Wyler
Starring: Humphrey Bogart, Joel McCrea, Sylvia Sidney
Humphrey Bogart is outstanding as a vicious gangster on the run in this masterful, gripping drama directed by William Wyler and written by Lillian Hel... Read more
Fire Over England (1937)
6.7/10
Director: William Howard
Starring: Leslie Banks, Laurence Olivier, Fiora Robson, Vivien Leigh, Raymond Massey
Superb British historical drama as Elizabethan England is under attack by the Spanish Armada. Flora Robson is magnificent as Queen Elizabeth, who send... Read more
Heidi (Temple) (1937)
7.3/10
Director: Allan Dwan
Starring: Jean Hersholt, Shirley Temple, Helen Westley
Shirley Temple seems custom-made for the little Swiss orphan girl who reaches the heart of her gruff grandfather and teaches a crippled girlfriend to... Read more
Lost Horizon (1937)
7.8/10
Director: Frank Capra
Starring: Ronald Colman, Jane Wyatt, John Howard
Frank Capra's hypnotic and perversely appealing adaptation of James Hilton's novel is a work of lost innocence and spiritual redemption. A plane fleei... Read more
Pepe le Moko (1937)
7.7/10
Director: Julien Duvivier
Starring: Jean Gabin, Mireille Balin, Lucas Gridoux
The notorious Pepe le Moko (Jean Gabin, in a truly iconic performance) is a wanted man: women long for him, rivals hope to destroy him, and the law is... Read more
A Star Is Born (Gaynor) (1937)
7.8/10
Director: William A Wellman
Starring: Fredric March, Janet Gaynor, Adolphe Menjou
Marvelous drama about a self-destructive actor and the young movie hopeful he marries. Fredric March and Janet Gaynor are at their best in this origin... Read more