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"
Early Summer (1951)
8.2/10
Director: Yasujiro Ozu
Starring: Chishu Ryu, Setsuko Hara, Ichiro Sugai, Chikage Awashima, Kuniko Miyake
Setsuko Hara has been promised an arranged marriage in post-war Japan, but too much in the world has changed for her not to challenge this tradition.... Read more
East of Eden (1955)
8/10
Director: Elia Kazan
Starring: James Dean, Julie Harris, Raymond Massey, Burl Ives, Richard Davalos, Jo Van Fle...
The film that catapulted James Dean to cult status! Adapted from the John Steinbeck novel, this powerful family drama examines modern conflict and neu... Read more
East of Eden ( Blu-ray ) (1955)
8/10
Director: Elia Kazan
Starring: Burl Ives, James Dean, Jo Van Fleet, Julie Harris, Raymond Massey, Lois Smith, R...
The film that catapulted James Dean to cult status! Adapted from the John Steinbeck novel, this powerful family drama examines modern conflict and neu... Read more
Edge Of Eternity (Blu-ray) (1959)
6.4/10
Director: Don Siegel
Starring: Cornel Wilde, Victoria Shaw, Mickey Shaughnessy, Edgar Buchanan, Jack Elam
In the 1950s, Arizona Deputy Sheriff Les Martin is pressured by his community to solve a string of mysterious murders around a mining ghost town in th... Read more
Edge of the City (1957)
7.2/10
Director: Martin Ritt
Starring: Jack Warden, John Cassavetes, Kathleen Maguire, Ruby Dee, Sidney Poitier
Aka 'A Man is Ten Feet Tall'. Two labourers (Sidney Poitier and John Cassavetes) face corruption on the New York waterfront and share a bond cutting a... Read more
El Cid (1961)
7.3/10
Director: Anthony Mann
Starring: Charlton Heston, Gary Raymond, Genevieve Page, Herbert Lom, Hurd Hatfield, John...
Anthony Mann masterfully directs this classic tale of the 11th-century hero El Cid (Charlton Heston), who fought to unite Spain and drive out Moorish... Read more
El Cid ( Blu-ray ) (1961)
7.3/10
Director: Anthony Mann
Starring: Charlton Heston, Gary Raymond, Genevieve Page, Herbert Lom, Hurd Hatfield, John...
Anthony Mann masterfully directs this classic tale of the 11th-century hero El Cid (Charlton Heston), who fought to unite Spain and drive out Moorish... Read more
Elephant Boy (1937)
6.6/10
Director: Robert Flaherty, Zoltan Korda
Starring: Sabu, W E Holloway, Walter Hudd
Sabu ("Jungle Book", "The Thief of Bagdad") made his film debut here as a young Indian boy who dreams of reuniting with his family's beloved elephant... Read more
Elephant Walk (1953)
6.4/10
Director: William Dieterle
Starring: Peter Finch, Elizabeth Taylor, Dana Andrews
This action-packed romantic drama stars Elizabeth Taylor as the ravishing bride of plantation owner Peter Finch who battles the elements and her love... Read more
Elizabeth Taylor: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof / Butterfield 8 / Father of the Bride / The Sandpiper (1965)
6.7/10
Director: Daniel Mann, Richard Brooks, Vincente Minnelli
Starring: Elizabeth Taylor, Paul Newman, Richard Burton, Spencer Tracy
Elizabeth Taylor Box Set: 'Cat on a Hot Tin Roof' (1958) - Tennessee Williams' Pulitzer Prize play thunders across the screen in a powerful film adapt... Read more