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"
Judgment at Nuremberg ( Blu-ray ) (1961)
8.2/10
Director: Stanley Kramer
Starring: Burt Lancaster, Judy Garland, Marlene Dietrich, Maximilian Schell, Montgomery Cl...
In 1948 the trials of Germans for crimes against humanity where drawing to a close and this film examines one of the lesser trials, in which four judg... Read more
Keeper of the Flame (1942)
6.8/10
Director: George Cukor
Starring: Katharine Hepburn, Spencer Tracy
Steven O'Malley (Spencer Tracy) expects his reporting assignment to be a run-of-the-mill story. He is to cover the death of Robert Forrest, a hero in... Read more
Key Largo (1948)
7.9/10
Director: John Huston
Starring: Lauren Bacall, Humphrey Bogart, Edward G Robinson, Jay Silverheels, Lionel Barry...
Gangster Edward G. Robinson takes the inhabitants of a Florida coast hotel hostage as a storm sweeps in, and engages in a battle of wills with world-w... Read more
Khartoum (1966)
6.9/10
Director: Basil Dearden
Starring: Charlton Heston, Laurence Olivier, Richard Johnson, Ralph Richardson
A historical epic about 'Chinese' Gordon and his famous defeat by Arab tribesmen in the 317 day siege. The cast of thousands include Charlton Heston,... Read more
Kid Galahad (Elvis) (1962)
7.3/10
Director: Phil Karlson
Starring: Elvis Presley, Gig Young, Charles Bronson
Fine remake of the boxing classic stars Elvis Presley as a garage mechanic-turned-prize fighter who runs afoul of gangster Charles Bronson. Between bo... Read more
Kim (1950)
6.6/10
Director: Victor Saville
Starring: Errol Flynn, Dean Stockwell, Paul Lukas
Rousing action and a terrific performance by Errol Flynn distinguish this adaptation of Rudyard Kipling's tale of 1880's colonialist India, with Briti... Read more
King Of Kings (1961)
7.1/10
Director: Nicholas Ray
Starring: Jeffrey Hunter, Siobhan McKenna, Hurd Hatfield
The life of Christ sensitively told and beautifully filmed in this powerful drama starring Jeffrey Hunter and an all star supporting cast Read more
King Solomon's Mines (1950)
6.9/10
Director: Andrew Marton, Compton Bennett
Starring: Richard Carlson, Stewart Granger, Deborah Kerr, Roy Marsden
One of the greatest jungle adventure films ever made, this grand adaptation of the H Rider Haggard novel stars Stewart Granger as fearless adventurer... Read more
King Solomon's Mines (1937)
6.4/10
Director: Robert Stevenson
Starring: Cedric Hardwicke, Anna Lee, John Loder, Paul Robeson, Roland Young, Arthur Sincl...
A ripping adventure with singing sensation Paul Robeson as the imperturbable African guide, Umbopa and Cedric Hardwicke as explorer Alan Quartermain.... Read more
Kings Row (1942)
7.7/10
Director: Sam Wood
Starring: Ann Sheridan, Charles Coburn, Claude Rains, Judith Anderson, Robert Cummings, Ro...
A big, juicy, and really quite weird melodrama, the film cruises through the creepier side of small-town life, with Reagan in a very appealing groove.... Read more