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"
Odd Man Out (Blu-ray) (1947)
7.7/10
Director: Carol Reed
Starring: James Mason, Robert Newton, Kathleen Ryan
Atmospheric and suspenseful Carol Reed film with James Mason as an idealistic IRA leader shot and left for dead during a hold-up. From then on he is h... Read more
Of Human Bondage (1934)
7.3/10
Director: John Cromwell
Starring: Leslie Howard, Bette Davis, Frances Dee
Based on the novel by W Somerset Maugham, this is a poignant story of self-destructive love, starring Leslie Howard as a young clubfooted medical stud... Read more
Of Mice and Men (1939)
7.8/10
Director: Lewis Milestone
Starring: Burgess Meredith, Lon Chaney Jr, Betty Field
John Steinbeck's classic novel is brought to the silver screen for the very first time. Set in the bucolic Salinas Valley of California in the 1930's,... Read more
Oliver Twist (1948)
7.8/10
Director: David Lean
Starring: Alec Guinness, Robert Newton, John Howard
The first British sound filming of the Dickens novel, David Lean's classic drama is highlighted by Alec Guinness' portrayal of the sinister Fagin. Rob... Read more
Omoo Omoo - The Shark God (1949)
3.2/10
Director: Leon Leonard
Starring: Ron Randell, Michael Whalen
A sea captain (Trevor Bardette) courts disaster when he removes a pair of black pearls from a native shrine. According to native legend, bad luck will... Read more
On the Beach (1959)
7.3/10
Director: Stanley Kramer
Starring: Gregory Peck, Ava Gardner, Fred Astaire, Anthony Perkins, Donna Anderson
The war is over. Nobody won. Only the inhabitants of Australia and the men of the U.S. submarine Sawfish have escaped the nuclear destruction and radi... Read more
On the Waterfront (1954)
8.2/10
Director: Elia Kazan
Starring: Rod Steiger, Marlon Brando, Lee J Cobb, Karl Malden
Marlon Brando stars in the archetypal role of ex-fighter Terry Malloy, working for boss Johnny Friendly (Lee J. Cobb) on the gang-ridden waterfront. T... Read more
On The Waterfront (Blu-Ray) (1954)
8.2/10
Director: Elia Kazan
Starring: Karl Malden, Lee J Cobb, Marlon Brando, Rod Steiger, Leif Erickson, James Wester...
Dockworker Terry Malloy (Marlon Brando) had been an up-and-coming boxer until powerful local mob boss Johnny Friendly (Lee J. Cobb) persuaded him to t... Read more
Only Angels Have Wings (1939)
7.7/10
Director: Howard Hawks
Starring: Cary Grant, Jean Arthur, Rita Hayworth
This quintessential Howard Hawks masterpiece examines the lives and loves of the pilots of a small commercial airline in Latin America. Exemplary acti... Read more
Operation Amsterdam (1958)
6.4/10
Director: Michael McCarthy
Starring: Peter Finch, Eva Bartok, Tony Britton
Set in WW II, an English Major and two Dutch diamond experts attempt the dangerous task of removing millions of pounds-worth of industrial diamonds fr... Read more