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"
Rain (1932)
6.9/10
Director: Lewis Milestone
Starring: Joan Crawford, Walter Huston, William Gargan
W Somerset Maugham's story of Sadie Thompson, who became a classic of stage, screen and literature, with a brilliant performance from Joan Crawford as... Read more
Raintree County (1957)
6.4/10
Director: Edward Dmytryk
Starring: Montgomery Clift, Elizabeth Taylor, Eva Marie Saint, Nigel Patrick, Lee Marvin,...
Elizabeth Taylor is the southern belle who gets the man she thinks she wants but then finds life as a schoolmaster's wife boring. This lavish producti... Read more
Reach for the Sky (1956)
7.3/10
Director: Lewis Gilbert
Starring: Kenneth More, Muriel Pavlow, Alexander Knox
A well told account of British pilot Douglas Bader (Kenneth More) who overcame the loss of both legs, to become one of the most remarkable fighter ace... Read more
Reap the Wild Wind (1942)
6.8/10
Director: Cecil B DeMille
Starring: John Wayne, Susan Hayward, Ray Milland, Paulette Goddard, Raymond Massey, Robert...
In this turbulent swashbuckler, Cecil B. DeMille presents a tale of daring piracy and hot-blooded love. 1840s Key West is filled with salvage business... Read more
Rear Window (1954)
8.5/10
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Starring: Grace Kelly, James Stewart, Raymond Burr, Thelma Ritter, Wendell Corey
An injured magazine photographer, confined to his apartment because of a broken leg, suspects a murder has been committed in a neighbouring flat. Conf... Read more
Rear Window ( Blu-ray ) (1954)
8.5/10
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Starring: Grace Kelly, James Stewart, Raymond Burr, Thelma Ritter, Wendell Corey
An injured magazine photographer, confined to his apartment because of a broken leg, suspects a murder has been committed in a neighbouring flat. Conf... Read more
Rebel Without a Cause (1955)
7.8/10
Director: Nicholas Ray
Starring: Sal Mineo, Natalie Wood, James Dean, Dennis Hopper
In one of moviedom's most influential roles, James Dean plays Jim Stark, the new kid in town. Stark's loneliness, frustration and anger mirrored those... Read more
Rebel Without a Cause ( Blu-ray ) (1955)
7.8/10
Director: Nicholas Ray
Starring: Ann Doran, Dennis Hopper, James Dean, Jim Backus, Natalie Wood, Sal Mineo, Willi...
In one of moviedom's most influential roles, James Dean plays Jim Stark, the new kid in town. Stark's loneliness, frustration and anger mirrored those... Read more
Red Dust (1932)
7.4/10
Director: Victor Fleming
Starring: Clark Gable, Jean Harlow, Mary Astor
Clark Gable runs a rubber plantation in Indo-China and finds he is attracted to both of his female visitors. Will he stick with the brazen bad girl Je... Read more
Reflections in a Golden Eye (1967)
7/10
Director: John Huston
Starring: Elizabeth Taylor, Marlon Brando, Brian Keith, Julie Harris, Gordon Mitchell, Rob...
Based on the novel by Carson McCullers, Marlon Brando stars as the hard-driving military officer whose latent homosexuality has led his passionate wif... Read more