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 Guns of Navarone ( Blu-ray ) (1961)
7.6/10
Director: J Lee Thompson
Starring: Anthony Quayle, Anthony Quinn, David Niven, Gregory Peck, Irene Papas, James Dar...
Gregory Peck, David Niven, and Anthony Quinn star as a team of Allied military specialists recruited for a dangerous but imperative mission: to infilt... Read more
The Harder They Fall (1956)
7.6/10
Director: Mark Robson
Starring: Humphrey Bogart, Rod Steiger, Jan Sterling
In his last performance, Humphrey Bogart plays a cynical press agent and former sportswriter who sets out to expose the ruthless exploitation of prize... Read more
The Hasty Heart (1949)
7.4/10
Director: Vincent Sherman
Starring: Ronald Reagan, Patricia Neal, Richard Todd
In Burma on the penultimate day of World War II, Cameron Highlander Lachlan 'Lachie' MacLachlan is seriously wounded and transported to a local milita... Read more
The Heart of the Matter (1953)
7.1/10
Director: George More O'Ferrall
Starring: Denholm Elliott, Elizabeth Allan, Maria Schell, Michael Hordern, Peter Finch, Tr...
A faithful adaptation of the Graham Greene novel starring Trevor Howard as Scobie, an assistant police commissioner posted in Sierra Leone in World Wa... Read more
The Heiress (1949)
8.2/10
Director: William Wyler
Starring: Montgomery Clift, Olivia de Havilland, Ralph Richardson
Olivia de Havilland won an Oscar for her portrayal of a plain spinster romanced by a handsome but poor young man (Montgomery Clift) her emotionally ab... Read more
The High and the Mighty (1954)
6.9/10
Director: William A Wellman
Starring: John Wayne, Robert Stack, Claire Trevor, Laraine Day, Jan Sterling, Phil Harris,...
Unavailable since its original release half-a-century ago, this long-awaited movie finally gets a restored and remastered DVD release. When a commer... Read more
The History of Mr Polly (1949)
6.8/10
Director: Anthony Pelissier
Starring: John Mills, Sally Ann Howes, Edward Chapman, Megs Jenkins, Finlay Currie
John Mills stars in this celebrated adaptation of the H.G. Wells classic. Mr Polly is a sensitive soul, idling away his days as a humble draper's assi... Read more
The House on 92nd Street (1945)
6.8/10
Director: Henry Hathaway
Starring: Gene Lockhart, Leo G Carroll, Lloyd Nolan, Signe Hasso, William Eythe
A German-American student is contacted by Nazi spies working in New York City and looking for information on the atomic bomb program. With the help of... Read more
The Howards of Virginia (1940)
6.1/10
Director: Frank Lloyd
Starring: Cary Grant, Martha Scott, Cedric Hardwicke, Alan Marshal, Richard Carlson
Cary Grant stars as Matt Howard, a down-to-earth surveyor busy at work building the United States of America, who marries (for love) Jane, an aristocr... Read more
The Humphrey Bogart Collection of Films: Across the Pacific / All Through the Night / Bullets or Ballots / Dark Passage (1936)
Director: Delmer Daves, John Huston, Vincent Sherman, William Keighley
Starring: Conrad Veidt, Edward G Robinson, Humphrey Bogart, Joan Blondell, Lauren Bacall,...
Humphrey Bogart Box Set. 'Across the Pacific' (1942) - When disgraced American military officer Rick Leland (Bogart) boards a Japanese ship, he is app... Read more