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"
Love Story ( A Lady Surrenders ) (1944)
6.9/10
Director: Leslie Arliss
Starring: Margaret Lockwood, Stewart Granger
When concert pianist Lissa Campbell learns that she has a serious heart problem, she vows to enjoy what time she has left. On taking her first holiday... Read more
Lust For Life (1956)
7.4/10
Director: Vincente Minnelli
Starring: Kirk Douglas, Anthony Quinn, James Donald
A brilliant adaptation of Irving Stone's biography of artist Vincent Van Gogh, vividly portraying his anguished life, with Kirk Douglas offering one o... Read more
Madame Bovary (1949)
7.1/10
Director: Vincente Minnelli
Starring: Jennifer Jones, James Mason, Van Heflin, Louis Jourdan, Alf Kjellin, Gene Lockha...
Based on the French literary classic, this drama presents author Gustave Flaubert (James Mason) narrating his tale of infidelity and narcissism. After... Read more
Madame de... ( Earrings of Madame de... ) (1953)
8/10
Director: Max Ophuls
Starring: Charles Boyer, Danielle Darrieux, Vittorio De Sica
Aka "The Earrings of Madame De...". Max Ophuls' lavish costume drama traces an 18th-century French countess's doomed affair with a handsome diplomat.... Read more
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Madame X (1966)
7.1/10
Director: David Lowell Rich
Starring: Burgess Meredith, Constance Bennett, John Forsyth, Keir Dullea, Lana Turner
The lower-class wife (Lana Turner) of a wealthy socialite (John Forsythe) is caught in a compromising situation with a male companion (Ricardo Montalb... Read more
Made For Each Other (1939)
6.5/10
Director: John Cromwell
Starring: Carole Lombard, James Stewart, Charles Coburn
Carole Lombard and James Stewart star in this classic comedy/drama about a young married couple who face a variety of problems ranging from financial... Read more
Madeleine (1950)
7/10
Director: David Lean
Starring: Ann Todd, Ivan Desny, Leslie Banks
"Madeleine" was inspired by a true story that rocked the English legal system to its foundations in the mid-19th century. Told in flashback, the film... Read more
Mademoiselle (1966)
7.4/10
Director: Tony Richardson
Starring: Ettore Manni, Jeanne Moreau, Umberto Orsini
Jeanne Moreau turns in an unforgettable performance as a psychotic, sexually repressed young teacher in a small French town who commits arson, starts... Read more
Madigan (1968)
6.6/10
Director: Don Siegel
Starring: Don Stroud, Harry Guardino, Henry Fonda, Inger Stevens, James Whitmore, Richard...
Richard Widmark and Henry Fonda star in this critically acclaimed detective drama that takes a hard-hitting look at the lives and loves of New York Ci... Read more
Magnificent Obsession (1954)
7.1/10
Director: Douglas Sirk
Starring: Jane Wyman, Rock Hudson, Barbara Rush, Irene Dunne, Robert Taylor
Douglas Sirk's 1954 re-telling of the 1929 novel by the same name. Doctors attending an accident in which Bob Merrick (Rock Hudson), a spoilt rich man... Read more