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"
Portrait in Black (1960)
6.7/10
Director: Michael Gordon
Starring: Anna May Wong, Anthony Quinn, John Saxon, Lana Turner, Lloyd Nolan, Ray Walston,...
Lana Turner and Anthony Quinn star as an adulterous couple who conspire to kill her tyrannical husband. Soon after the murder, the lovers in crime rec... Read more
Prince of Foxes (1949)
7.1/10
Director: Henry King
Starring: Everett Sloane, Orson Welles, Tyrone Power, Wanda Hendrix
Tyrone Power stars as Orsini, an ambassador to the despotic Cesare Borgia (Orson Welles) who grows weary of serving as a political pawn to the powerfu... Read more
Prince Valiant (1954)
6.3/10
Director: Henry Hathaway
Starring: Debra Paget, James Mason, Janet Leigh, Robert Wagner, Sterling Hayden
Young Prince Valiant (Robert Wagner), son of the exiled King of Scandia, journeys to Camelot to become a knight at King Arthur's Round Table. He hopes... Read more
Psycho (1960)
8.5/10
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Starring: Anthony Perkins, Janet Leigh, Martin Balsam, Vera Miles, John Gavin
Hitchcock's most famous movie, the shocker that still keeps people away from showers. Janet Leigh is a woman on the run who befriends mother's boy mot... Read more
Psycho ( Blu-ray ) (1960)
8.5/10
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Starring: Anthony Perkins, Janet Leigh, John McIntire, Martin Balsam, Vera Miles, John Gav...
Hitchcock's most famous movie, the shocker that still keeps people away from showers. Janet Leigh is a woman on the run who befriends mother's boy mot... Read more
Queen Christina (1933)
7.8/10
Director: Rouben Mamoulian
Starring: Greta Garbo, John Gilbert, Ian Keith, Lewis Stone, C Aubrey Smith, Elizabeth You...
One of Garbo's finest performances is as the 17th century Swedish queen, fiercely devoted to her country and prepared to wear men's clothing if it mea... Read more
Quicksand (1950)
6.6/10
Director: Irving Pichel
Starring: Mickey Rooney, Jeanne Cagney, Peter Lorre, Barbara Bates
Mickey Rooney is cast once again as the everyman, only this noir crime drama sees him in real jeopardy as Dan, a young man who can't afford to take hi... Read more
Quo Vadis (1951)
7.2/10
Director: Mervyn LeRoy
Starring: Deborah Kerr, Peter Ustinov, Robert Taylor, Leo Genn
Ancient Rome is the setting for this dramatic epic of faith, love, and courage. Revered Imperial soldier Marcus Vinicius (Robert Taylor) returns from... Read more
Quo Vadis ( Blu-ray ) (1951)
7.2/10
Director: Mervyn LeRoy
Starring: Deborah Kerr, Peter Ustinov, Robert Taylor, Leo Genn
Ancient Rome is the setting for this dramatic epic of faith, love, and courage. Revered Imperial soldier Marcus Vinicius (Robert Taylor) returns from... Read more
Railroaded (1947)
6.7/10
Director: Anthony Mann
Starring: John Ireland, Sheila Ryan, Jane Randolph
In the crime-ridden jungle of an inner city where mobsters rule, a lone police detective begins a search for a killer on the lam who, in a desperate f... Read more