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"
Champagne Charlie (1944)
6.8/10
Director: Alberto Cavalcanti
Starring: Tommy Trinder, Stanley Holloway, Jean Kent
This classic from Ealing Studios follows George Leybourne (Tommy Trinder) as he rises from pub singer to famous entertainer, and his rivalry with The... Read more
Charade (1963)
8/10
Director: Stanley Donen
Starring: Audrey Hepburn, Cary Grant, James Coburn, Walter Matthau
This elegant Hitchcock-like thriller has Cary Grant and Audrey Hepburn put through a maze of danger and suspense in Paris, as a group of men pursue He... 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
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Charlie Bubbles (1967)
6.5/10
Director: Albert Finney
Starring: Albert Finney, Billie Whitelaw, Colin Blakely, Liza Minnelli
Albert Finney both directs and stars in the "alienation" comedy-drama Charlie Bubbles. The eponymous Bubbles (Finney) is a trendy and fabulously wealt... Read more
Charly (1968)
7.1/10
Director: Ralph Nelson
Starring: Cliff Robertson, Claire Bloom, Lilia Skala
When a mentally retarded man named Charly (Cliff Robertson) undergoes experimental brain surgery, he is miraculously freed from the prison of his own... Read more
Christine (1958)
6.5/10
Director: Pierre Gaspard-Huit
Starring: Alain Delon, Romy Schneider, Jean-Claude Brialy
Based on the novel by Arthur Schnitzler and featuring Romy Schneider as Christine and newcomer Alain Delon in his first lead role. The setting is 19th... Read more
Circus World (1964)
6.2/10
Director: Henry Hathaway
Starring: John Wayne, Rita Hayworth, Claudia Cardinale
Non-stop highwire action as John Wayne rides and brawls his way across Europe as the two-fisted boss of a three-ring Wild West Show. Claudia Cardinale... Read more
Citizen Kane (1941)
8.4/10
Director: Orson Welles
Starring: Orson Welles, Joseph Cotten, Everett Sloane
Generally regarded as the greatest and most influential films of all time; Orson Welles directorial debut (he was only 25!) is the story of newspaper... Read more
Citizen Kane ( Blu-ray ) (1941)
8.4/10
Director: Orson Welles
Starring: Agnes Moorehead, Everett Sloane, Joseph Cotten, Orson Welles, Paul Stewart, Ruth...
Even people who have never seen Citizen Kane know it's the greatest film of all time. Orson Welles' debut has become an undisputed cultural benchmark... Read more
Clash By Night (1952)
7.2/10
Director: Fritz Lang
Starring: Barbara Stanwyck, Paul Douglas, Marilyn Monroe, Robert Ryan
Barbara Stanwyck gives a dynamic performance in this steamy psychodrama as the penned-up wife of a boring fishing boat captain whose yearning for exci... Read more