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"
Spartacus ( Blu-ray ) (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
Spencer Tracy: Captains Courageous / Bad Day at Black Rock / Boys Town / Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (1954)
7.9/10
Director: John Sturges, Norman Taurog, Victor Fleming
Starring: Freddie Bartholomew, Ingrid Bergman, Lana Turner, Mickey Rooney, Spencer Tracy
Spencer Tracy Box Set. 'Captains Courageous' (1937) - In this adaptation of Rudyard Kipling's classic, wealthy 10-year-old Harvey Cheyne (Freddie Bart... Read more
State of the Union (1948)
7.4/10
Director: Frank Capra
Starring: Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, Van Johnson, Angela Lansbury, Adolphe Menjou
Based on a hit Broadway play, this insightful Frank Capra film stars Spencer Tracy as a would-be presidential candidate and Katharine Hepburn as his e... Read more
Story of a Love Affair (1950)
7.1/10
Director: Michelangelo Antonioni
Starring: Gino Cervi, Massimo Girotti, Lucia Bose
An early masterpiece from then documentary-maker director Michelangelo Antonioni, said to be one of Martin Scorsese's favourite films. Setting the to... Read more
Sudden Fear (1952)
7.5/10
Director: David Miller
Starring: Joan Crawford, Jack Palance, Gloria Grahame
Joan Crawford and Jack Palance star in this tightly-wound thriller, oozing with noir style and a jazzy Elmer Bernstein score. As the actor fired by hi... Read more
Suddenly, Last Summer (1959)
7.6/10
Director: Joseph L Mankiewicz
Starring: Elizabeth Taylor, Katharine Hepburn, Albert Dekker
The gripping drama of a fierce matriarch (Katharine Hepburn), her institutionalised niece (Elizabeth Taylor) and the neuro-surgeon (Montgomery Clift)... Read more
Sullivan's Travels (1941)
8.1/10
Director: Preston Sturges
Starring: Joel McCrea, Veronica Lake, Robert Warwick, William Demarest
Joel McCrea plays successful Hollywood director John L Sullivan, an idealist who believes you can't accurately direct a screen tragedy unless you live... Read more
Summertime (1955)
7.4/10
Director: David Lean
Starring: Katharine Hepburn, Rossano Brazzi, Darren McGavin
An American spinster's dream of romance finally becomes a bittersweet reality when she meets a handsome - but married - Italian man while vacationing... Read more
Sunset Boulevard (1950)
8.5/10
Director: Billy Wilder
Starring: Buster Keaton, Erich Von Stroheim, Fred Clark, Gloria Swanson, Jack Webb, Nancy...
Billy Wilder's classic drama stars Gloria Swanson as reclusive silent movie queen Norma Desmond. Sharing a mansion with her live-in butler/former husb... Read more
Sunset Boulevard ( Blu-ray ) (1950)
8.5/10
Director: Billy Wilder
Starring: Buster Keaton, Erich Von Stroheim, Fred Clark, Gloria Swanson, Jack Webb, Nancy...
Billy Wilder's classic drama stars Gloria Swanson as reclusive silent movie queen Norma Desmond. Sharing a mansion with her live-in butler/former husb... Read more