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"
The Benny Goodman Story (1955)
6.7/10
Director: Valentine Davies
Starring: Donna Reed, Sammy Davis Jr, Steve Allen, Gene Krupa
Steve Allen makes his dramatic film debut in The Benny Goodman Story. Outside of Goodman's conflicts with his parents over his career choice, and his... Read more
The Best of Everything (1959)
6.4/10
Director: Jean Negulesco
Starring: Hope Lange, Stephen Boyd, Martha Hyer, Diane Baker, Joan Crawford, Robert Evans
Rona Jaffe's best-selling novel comes to life in this witty tale about the personal and professional lives of the men and women in a New York publishi... Read more
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
8.1/10
Director: William Wyler
Starring: Myrna Loy, Fredric March, Teresa Wright, Dana Andrews, Virginia Mayo, Cathy O'Do...
One of Hollywood's best. Three men return home after WWII and must re-adjust to civilian life, to their families, to their own changed lives. Expertly... Read more
The Best Years of Our Lives (Blu-ray) (1946)
8/10
Director: William Wyler
Starring: Myrna Loy, Fredric March, Teresa Wright, Dana Andrews, Virginia Mayo, Cathy O'Do...
One of Hollywood's best. Three men return home after WWII and must re-adjust to civilian life, to their families, to their own changed lives. Expertly... Read more
The Bible (1966)
6.3/10
Director: John Huston
Starring: Michael Parks, Richard Harris, John Huston, Stephen Boyd, Peter O'Toole, Franco...
An all-star cast, including George C Scott, Ava Gardner, Peter O'Toole and Richard Harris, heads this dramatic retelling of the first 22 Books of Gene... Read more
The Big Night (1951)
6.5/10
Director: Joseph Losey
Starring: John Drew Barrymore, Philip Bourneuf, Joan Lorring, Howard St John
John Drew Barrymore takes the lead in this coming-of-age noir drama in which a teenager comes of age while seeking revenge on the man who beat up his... Read more
The Big Trees (1952)
5.8/10
Director: Felix Feist
Starring: Kirk Douglas, Edgar Buchanan, Eve Miller
Tough lumber baron Jim Fallon (Kirk Douglas) wants to take control of a verdant forest valley, where a colony of Quakers have taken up residence. A ba... Read more
The Bigamist (1953)
6.8/10
Director: Ida Lupino
Starring: Edmond O'Brien, Joan Fontaine, Ida Lupino
Edmond O'Brien plays a travelling salesman who gets horny in Los Angeles and picks up lonely cook Ida Lupino (in the only film she ever directed herse... Read more
The Bitter Tea of General Yen (1933)
7.1/10
Director: Frank Capra
Starring: Barbara Stanwyck, Nils Asther
This exotic melodrama may be Frank Capra's finest achievement. Barbara Stanwyck, subtly radiant, is the American missionary in Shanghai who is abducte... Read more
The Black Rose (1950)
6.4/10
Director: Henry Hathaway
Starring: Jack Hawkins, Michael Rennie, Orson Welles, Robert Blake, Tyrone Power
After orchestrating an unsuccessful rebellion against the Normans, a 13th-century Saxon nobleman (Tyrone Power) must flee his homeland. His journey le... Read more