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"
Slaves in Bondage (1937)
4.6/10
Director: Elmer Clifton
Starring: Lorna Andre, Donald Reed
An exploitation classic about the perils of prostitution. Young, innocent, and demure "girls from good families" are lured into the big city and recru... Read more
Soldier of Fortune (1955)
6.3/10
Director: Edward Dmytryk
Starring: Clark Gable, Gene Barry, Michael Rennie, Susan Hayward
This top-notch adventure saga stars Clark Gable as a smuggler/soldier of fortune who helps beauty Susan Hayward when her photojournalist husband is ar... Read more
Solomon and Sheba (1959)
6.2/10
Director: King Vidor
Starring: Yul Brynner, Gina Lollobrigida, George Sanders
This grand biblical epic recreates the story of history's greatest temptress and the mighty King of Israel and stars Yul Brynner and Gina Lollobrigida... Read more
Some Came Running (1958)
7.5/10
Director: Vincente Minnelli
Starring: Arthur Kennedy, Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra, Martha Hyer, Shirley MacLaine
After a round of partying he can’t remember, World War II veteran Dave Hirsh is placed on a bus headed for the last place he’d choose: Parkman, Indian... Read more
Son of Fury (1942)
7.1/10
Director: John Cromwell
Starring: Elsa Lanchester, Gene Tierney, George Sanders, John Carradine, Roddy McDowall, T...
An exciting swashbuckler set in the early 19th century and starring Tyrone Power as the illegitimate son of a British nobleman who is forced into serv... Read more
Sons and Lovers (1960)
7.3/10
Director: Jack Cardiff
Starring: Dean Stockwell, Trevor Howard, Wendy Hiller, Heather Sears, Sean Barrett
Showered with praise on its release, this adaptation of DH Lawrence's famous novel is perhaps a little dated now. Censorship laws of the time prevete... Read more
Sophia Loren Collection: Heller In Pink Tights (1960) / Desire Under the Elms (1958) / A Breath of Scandal (1960)
Director: Delbert Mann, George Cukor, Michael Curtiz
Starring: Sophia Loren, Anthony Quinn, Burl Ives, Anthony Perkins, Maurice Chevalier, Ange...
This classic collection features three films from Italian screen beauty Sophia Loren. 'Heller In Pink Tights' - Based on the novel by Louis L'Amour, t... Read more
Sophia Loren Double: White Sister / The Key (1972)
Director: Carol Reed, Alberto Lattuada
Starring: Fernando Rey, Sophia Loren, Tina Aumont, Trevor Howard, William Holden, Adriano...
"White Sister" (1972) is a comic Italian melodrama recounting the story of a friendship which develops out of a romantic obsession between Sister Germ... Read more
Sorority Girl (1957)
5.4/10
Director: Roger Corman
Starring: Susan Cabot, Dick Miller, June Kenny
The Shock-by-Shock Confessions of a SORORITY GIRL! Smart... Pretty... And All Bad! How far would you go for your revenge? Meet Sabra Tanner, a poor-li... Read more
Spartacus (1960)
7.9/10
Director: Stanley Kubrick
Starring: Charles Laughton, Jean Simmons, Kirk Douglas, Laurence Olivier, Peter Ustinov, T...
Director Stanley Kubrick directed this tale of the slave rebellion that took place in 71 B.C., led by the famous and indomitable gladiator, Spartacus,... Read more