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Classic Cinema

The Harder They Fall (1956)

7.6/10
Director: Mark Robson
Starring: Humphrey Bogart, Rod Steiger, Jan Sterling

In his last performance, Humphrey Bogart plays a cynical press agent and former sportswriter who sets out to expose the ruthless exploitation of prize... Read more

The Hasty Heart (1949)

7.4/10
Director: Vincent Sherman
Starring: Ronald Reagan, Patricia Neal, Richard Todd

In Burma on the penultimate day of World War II, Cameron Highlander Lachlan 'Lachie' MacLachlan is seriously wounded and transported to a local milita... Read more

The Heart of the Matter (1953)

7.1/10
Director: George More O'Ferrall
Starring: Denholm Elliott, Elizabeth Allan, Maria Schell, Michael Hordern, Peter Finch, Tr...

A faithful adaptation of the Graham Greene novel starring Trevor Howard as Scobie, an assistant police commissioner posted in Sierra Leone in World Wa... Read more

The Hidden Fortress (1958)

8.1/10
Director: Akira Kurosawa
Starring: Toshiro Mifune, Misa Uehara, Minoru Chiaki

Kurosawa takes the conventional Japanese period film and combines it with fairytale elements, the result is an energetic and brilliant farce. Toshiro... Read more

The High and the Mighty (1954)

6.9/10
Director: William A Wellman
Starring: John Wayne, Robert Stack, Claire Trevor, Laraine Day, Jan Sterling, Phil Harris,...

Unavailable since its original release half-a-century ago, this long-awaited movie finally gets a restored and remastered DVD release. When a commer... Read more

The History of Mr Polly (1949)

6.8/10
Director: Anthony Pelissier
Starring: John Mills, Sally Ann Howes, Edward Chapman, Megs Jenkins, Finlay Currie

John Mills stars in this celebrated adaptation of the H.G. Wells classic. Mr Polly is a sensitive soul, idling away his days as a humble draper's assi... Read more

The Holy Mountain (1926)

7.9/10
Director: Arnold Fanck
Starring: Leni Riefenstahl, Luis Trenker, Ernst Petersen

In director Arnold Fanck's breathtaking silent drama, considered by many to be the epitome of the German "mountain film" genre, Leni Riefenstahl plays... Read more

The Honey Pot (1967)

7/10
Director: Joseph L Mankiewicz
Starring: Capucine, Cliff Robertson, Maggie Smith, Rex Harrison, Susan Hayward

Rex Harrison stars as international playboy Cecil Fox, who decides to pretend he's dying in order to find out what his three old flames will do. He su... Read more

The Horse's Mouth (1958)

7.7/10
Director: Ronald Neame
Starring: Alec Guinness, Kay Walsh, Renee Houston

In Ronald Neame's film of Joyce Cary's classic novel, Alec Guinness transforms himself into one of cinema's most indelible comic figures: the somewhat... Read more

The House on 92nd Street (1945)

6.8/10
Director: Henry Hathaway
Starring: Gene Lockhart, Leo G Carroll, Lloyd Nolan, Signe Hasso, William Eythe

A German-American student is contacted by Nazi spies working in New York City and looking for information on the atomic bomb program. With the help of... Read more