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"
Diary of a Chambermaid (1964)
7.6/10
Director: Luis Bunuel
Starring: Jeanne Moreau, Michel Piccoli, Georges Geret
This wicked adaptation of the Octave Mirbeau novel is classic Luis Bunuel. Jeanne Moreau is Celestine, a beautiful Parisian domestic who, upon arrival... Read more
Die Nibelungen ( Siegfried / Kriemhild's Revenge ) (1924)
6.6/10
Director: Fritz Lang
Starring: Hanna Ralph, Margarete Schon, Paul Richter, Rudolf Klein-Rogge
One of the greatest artistic and technical achievements of the German silent cinema, Fritz Lang's monumental saga is a passionate retelling of Nordic... Read more
Directed by Douglas Sirk: Volume 1 - Has Anyone Seen My Gal? / All I Desire / Magnificent Obsession / All That Heaven Allows (1952)
Director: Douglas Sirk
Starring: Lynn Bari, Rock Hudson, Barbara Stanwyck, Jane Wyman, William Reynolds
Douglas Sirk's body of work collected for posterity. The man is a Hollywood icon to actors and producers that have followed in his footsteps. His infl... Read more
Directed by Douglas Sirk: Volume 2 - Written on the Wind / The Tarnished Angels / Imitation of Life (1959)
Director: Douglas Sirk
Starring: Lauren Bacall, Rock Hudson, Dorothy Malone, Robert Stack, Lana Turner, John Gavi...
Douglas Sirk's body of work collected for posterity. The man is a Hollywood icon to actors and producers that have followed in his footsteps. His infl... Read more
Doctor Zhivago (1965)
8/10
Director: David Lean
Starring: Alec Guinness, Geraldine Chaplin, Julie Christie, Omar Sharif, Ralph Richardson,...
David Lean demonstrates again why he's a peerless filmmaker of substance and scale, directing Boris Pasternak's tumultuous tale of Russia divided by w... Read more
Don't Bother To Knock (1952)
6.9/10
Director: Roy Baker
Starring: Richard Widmark, Marilyn Monroe, Anne Bancroft
One of Marilyn's best performances, as a mentally disturbed babysitter, is the highlight of this often gripping 'Film Noir'. Also Richard Widmark, Ann... Read more
Dov'e la Liberta...? ( Where is Freedom ? ) (1953)
7/10
Director: Roberto Rossellini
Starring: Toto
Italy's favourite comic son, Toto, stars as Salvatore Loicano, a convict who has just been released from prison after 22 years behind bars. The former... Read more
Downhill Racer (1969)
6.5/10
Director: Michael Ritchie
Starring: Robert Redford, Gene Hackman, Camilla Sparv
Robert Redford stars as David Chappellet, a hot-shot skier, who gains entry onto the American Olympic team, in director Michael Ritchies' directorial... Read more
Dr Crippen (1962)
6.3/10
Director: Robert Lynn
Starring: Coral Browne, Donald Pleasence, James Robertson Justice, Samantha Eggar
The true story of American-born Dr. Hawley Harvey Crippen (Donald Pleasence ), who was hanged in London in 1910 for poisoning his wife, Belle (Coral B... Read more
Ealing Studio Classic Collection: Whisky Galore (1949) / It Always Rains On Sunday (1947) / The Maggie (1954) (1944)
Director: Alberto Cavalcanti, Alexander Mackendrick, Robert Hamer
Starring: Basil Radford, Edward Chapman, Googie Withers, Gordon Jackson, Jack Warner, Jame...
A Box Set of four classics from Ealing Studios. 'Whisky Galore' - When 50,000 cases of Whiskey are stranded on ship which runs aground, The Inhabitant... Read more