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"
Imitation of Life (1934)
7.6/10
Director: John M Stahl
Starring: Claudette Colbert, Warren William, Rochelle Hudson, Louise Beavers
After taking in black housekeeper Delilah Johnson and her light-skinned daughter, the white and widowed Bea Pullman makes a fortune in the pancake bus... Read more
Impact (1949)
7/10
Director: Arthur Lubin
Starring: Charles Coburn, Brian Donlevy, Ella Raines, Tony Barrett
A classic noir plot sees a wealthy industrialist the target of a murder plot hatched by his two-timing wife and her lover. When the plan goes wrong th... Read more
In a Lonely Place (1950)
8/10
Director: Nicholas Ray
Starring: Humphrey Bogart, Gloria Grahame, Frank Lovejoy
Humphrey Bogart stars in this hard hitting drama about an alcoholic Hollywood screenwriter who is prone to violence and is accused of murder. Gloria G... Read more
In Cold Blood (1967)
8/10
Director: Richard Brooks
Starring: Robert Blake, John Forsythe, Scott Wilson, Jeff Corey
An engrossing true story, masterfully adapted from the Truman Capote novel, tracing two young killers, their motives and eventual arrest after the mur... Read more
In Old Chicago (1938)
6.9/10
Director: Henry King
Starring: Tyrone Power, Alice Faye, Don Ameche, Alice Brady
A sprawling epic that mixes fiction and fact to tell the story of life in 19th-century Chicago. The focus is on the O'Leary family's roguish son Tyron... Read more
In This Our Life (1942)
7.5/10
Director: John Huston
Starring: Bette Davis, Charles Coburn, Dennis Morgan, George Brent, Olivia de Havilland
In this melodrama, pampered sibling Stanley Timberlake (Bette Davis) is 24 hours away from marrying her lawyer fiancé, Craig Fleming (George Brent), w... Read more
Inherit the Wind (1960)
8.2/10
Director: Stanley Kramer
Starring: Spencer Tracy, Fredric March, Gene Kelly, Dick York
In this superb film based on the notorious Scopes Monkey trial, a biology teacher is put on trial for teaching the theory of evolution. The courtroom... Read more
Inherit the Wind ( Blu-ray ) (1960)
8.2/10
Director: Stanley Kramer
Starring: Dick York, Fredric March, Gene Kelly, Spencer Tracy
In this superb film based on the notorious Scopes Monkey trial, a biology teacher is put on trial for teaching the theory of evolution. The courtroom... Read more
inside daisy clover (1965)
6.2/10
Director: Robert Mulligan
Starring: Robert Redford, Natalie Wood, Christopher Plummer, Ruth Gordon, Roddy McDowall
Daisy Clover is a 15 year old Tomboy who dreams of being a Hollywood star. After auditioning for producer Raymond Swan of Swan studios she becomes the... Read more
Interlude (1957)
6.4/10
Director: Douglas Sirk
Starring: June Allyson, Rossano Brazzi, Keith Andes
Hollywood Golden Girl June Allyson (Little Woman) stars as Helen Banning, a young American ingenue who travels to Munich in search of love and adventu... Read more