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"
De Sica Collection: Bicycle Thieves / Miracle in Milan / The Roof (1948)
Director: Vittorio De Sica
Starring: Lamberto Maggiorani, Enzo Staiola, Lianella Carell, Emma Gramatica, Paolo Stoppa
The father of Italian neorealism, master director Vittorio de Sica won three Best Foreign Language Film Oscars for his compelling portraits of working... 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
Dead Reckoning (1947)
7.2/10
Director: John Cromwell
Starring: Humphrey Bogart, Lizabeth Scott, Wallace Ford
Humphrey Bogart stars as a hardboiled sleuth, a World War II veteran, who's out to solve the murder of his soldier-buddy. With Lizabeth Scott, Wallace... Read more
Deception (1946)
7.3/10
Director: Irving Rapper
Starring: Bette Davis, Claude Rains, Paul Henreid
Cellist Karel Novak (Paul Henreid) was presumed to be killed during the war; so his sudden return surprises everyone, especially his lover Christine R... Read more
Demetrius and the Gladiators (1954)
6.7/10
Director: Delmer Daves
Starring: Victor Mature, Susan Hayward, Anne Bancroft
The story of Christian persecution in ancient Rome begun in 'The Robe' continues here as arena fighter Victor Mature pits his newfound faith against t... Read more
Desert Fury (1947)
6.7/10
Director: Lewis Allen
Starring: Lizabeth Scott, John Hodiak, Burt Lancaster, Mary Astor, Wendell Corey
In the sweltering heat of the Nevada desert lies the small gambling oasis Purple Sage, run by the tough talking Fritzi Haller who stubbornly controls... Read more
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Desire (1936)
7.3/10
Director: Frank Borzage
Starring: Akim Tamiroff, Alan Mowbray, Gary Cooper, Marlene Dietrich, William Frawley, Joh...
Madeleine steals a string of pearls in Paris and uses US engineer Tom, who is driving on his vacation to Spain, to get the pearls out of France, but g... Read more
Desire Under the Elms (1958)
6.6/10
Director: Delbert Mann
Starring: Anthony Perkins, Burl Ives, Sophia Loren
A remarkable adaptation of Eugene O'Neill's provocative play details the disintegration of an affluent 1880s New England farm family. After larger-tha... Read more
Detective Story (1951)
7.6/10
Director: William Wyler
Starring: Eleanor Parker, Kirk Douglas, William Bendix
Set amidst the hectic activity of a New York City police station, Kirk Douglas stars as the principled, rigid detective whose personal code has become... Read more
Devil Ship Pirates (1964)
6.1/10
Director: Don Sharp
Starring: Christopher Lee
In a departure for Hammer Films, Christopher Lee plays a Spanish privateer in command of the Spanish galleon 'Diablo'. When he realises that Francis D... Read more