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"
Meet John Doe (1941)
7.7/10
Director: Frank Capra
Starring: Gary Cooper, Barbara Stanwyck, Walter Brennan
Capra's classic ode to the common man. Gary Cooper is the unemployed worker built into a symbol by a newspaper publisher only to discover he's the obj... Read more
Midnight Cowboy (1969)
7.9/10
Director: John Schlesinger
Starring: Dustin Hoffman, Jon Voight, Sylvia Miles
A landmark American film, the first X-rated movie to gain mainstream acceptance and Hollywood laurels: a British director, John Schlesinger, starkly a... Read more
Midnight Cowboy (Blu-ray) (1969)
7.8/10
Director: John Schlesinger
Starring: Dustin Hoffman, Jon Voight, Sylvia Miles
A landmark American film, the first X-rated movie to gain mainstream acceptance and Hollywood laurels: a British director, John Schlesinger, starkly a... Read more
Midnight Lace (1960)
6.9/10
Director: David Miller
Starring: Doris Day, Rex Harrison, John Gavin, Herbert Marshall, Myrna Loy
As a newly-wed heiress, Doris Day is slowly being driven mad by life-threatening phone calls and near-fatal "accidents". Although Rex Harrison, her su... Read more
Ministry of Fear (1944)
7.2/10
Director: Fritz Lang
Starring: Ray Milland, Marjorie Reynolds, Carl Esmond, Hillary Brooke
A dense, yet quirky espionage thriller with Ray Milland as a recently released patient from a mental asylum who unwittingly gets caught up in Nazi spy... Read more
Mirage (1965)
7.4/10
Director: Edward Dmytryk
Starring: Diane Baker, George Kennedy, Gregory Peck, Jack Weston, Kevin McCarthy, Walter M...
Edward Dmytryk ("Murder, My Sweet"/"Cornered") directs an excellent diverting thriller in luminous black and white, scripted by Peter Stone (wrote "Ch... Read more
Mister Roberts (1955)
7.8/10
Director: John Ford, Mervyn LeRoy
Starring: Henry Fonda, Jack Lemmon, James Cagney, William Powell
A classic comedy-drama about the dehumanizing aspects of war. Mister Roberts is aboard a US cargo ship, working in the Pacific during the Second World... Read more
Moby Dick (1956)
7.4/10
Director: John Huston
Starring: Gregory Peck, Richard Basehart, Orson Welles, Leo Genn, James Robertson Justice,...
Herman Melville's sea classic is brought to the screen with intensity by director John Huston. Starring Gregory Peck as Ahab, Richard Basehart as Ishm... Read more
Moby Dick ( Blu-ray ) (1956)
7.4/10
Director: John Huston
Starring: Bernard Miles, Gregory Peck, Harry Andrews, James Robertson Justice, Mervyn John...
Herman Melville's sea classic is brought to the screen with intensity by director John Huston. Starring Gregory Peck as Ahab, Richard Basehart as Ishm... Read more
Mogambo (1953)
6.7/10
Director: John Ford
Starring: Clark Gable, Ava Gardner, Grace Kelly, Donald Sinden
Victor Marswell (Clark Gable) runs a game company in Kenya and has an on-going relationship with Eloise Kelly (Ava Gardner). When Donald (Donald Sinde... Read more