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"
Rembrandt (1936)
7.2/10
Director: Alexander Korda
Starring: Elsa Lanchester, Charles Laughton
The depiction of the famous Dutch painter and his struggle to maintain his artistic integrity is related with respectful restraint and attention to fa... Read more
Return to Paradise (1953)
6.1/10
Director: Mark Robson
Starring: Gary Cooper, Roberta Haynes, Barry Jones
Gary Cooper stars as an island drifter who falls in love with a lovely Polynesian girl (Roberta Haynes) and defies a dominating bible-toting preacher... Read more
Reunion In France (1942)
6.1/10
Director: Jules Dassin
Starring: Joan Crawford, Philip Dorn, John Wayne, Reginald Owen, Albert Basserman, John Ca...
Frenchwoman Michele de la Becque, an opponent of the Nazis in German-occupied Paris, hides a downed American flyer, Pat Talbot, and attempts to get hi... Read more
River Of No Return (1954)
6.7/10
Director: Otto Preminger
Starring: Robert Mitchum, Marilyn Monroe, Rory Calhoun
Marilyn Monroe's first Western since a bit part in 'A Ticket to Tomahawk'. She's a saloon singer being fought over by Robert Mitchum and Rory Calhoun... Read more
Roadracers (1958)
6.7/10
Director: Arthur Swerdloff
Starring: Skip Ward, John Shay, Gloria Marshall
About a driver who is kicked out of the U.S racing circuit when he's involved in a racing death that was caused by his own carelessness. He goes to Eu... Read more
Robbery (1967)
6.9/10
Director: Peter Yates
Starring: Stanley Baker, Joanna Pettet, James Booth, Frank Finlay, Barry Foster, William M...
Inspired by the true story of the 1963 British Royal Mail robbery (aka The Great Train Robbery), this late '60s British caper film was directed by Pet... Read more
Robinson Crusoe (1954)
6.9/10
Director: Luis Bunuel
Starring: Dan O'Herlihy, Felipe de Alba, Jaime Fernandez
The year is 1659. There is a shipwreck and the sole survivor, Robinson Crusoe, is washed ashore on a deserted tropical island. Suddenly faced with a h... Read more
Rock All Night (1957)
5.7/10
Director: Roger Corman
Starring: Abby Dalton, Dick Miller, Russell Johnson
A tense hostage melodrama set in Cloud Nine a rockin' bar where a new tone-deaf singer is auditioning. Dick Miller stars as Shorty, is an ill-tempered... Read more
Romance Collection: Made For Each Other (1939) / Meet John Doe (1941) / Penny Serenade (1941) / The Amazing Adventure (1936) / The Last Time I Saw Paris (1954)
Director: Alfred Zeisler, Frank Capra, George Stevens, John Cromwell, Richard Brooks
Starring: James Stewart, Carole Lombard, Barbara Stanwyck, Gary Cooper, Cary Grant, Irene...
This collection of classic romances includes: 'Made For Each Other' - Carole Lombard and James Stewart star in a classic comedy-drama about a young ma... Read more
Room at the Top (1959)
7.7/10
Director: Jack Clayton
Starring: Simone Signoret, Laurence Harvey, Heather Sears
A powerful drama of an opportunist who stops at nothing to make a position for himself in life. Searing in its intensity and superbly acted by Laurenc... Read more