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Rental > Classics > Drama: 84 Films to Rent on VHS

 
Magician, TheMagician, The (The Face) (1958)
Dir. Ingmar Bergman
Feat. Max von Sydow
Bergman's allegorical self–portrait of a controversial travelling magician who exacts revenge on a cynical doctor, but becomes trapped in his…
Marjorie Morningstar (1958)
Dir. Irving Capper
Feat. Gene Kelly, Natalie Wood
Would–be actress Natalie Wood gives up her Jewishness and independence to get ahead in this mild adaptation of Herbert Wouk's novel.
Some Came RunningSome Came Running (1958) Recommended
Dir. Vincente Minnelli
Feat. Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Shirley Maclaine…
Frank Sinatra gives an affecting, lowkey performance as soldier returning from WW2 to pick up his writing career again. Effective representation…
Brothers Karamazov, TheBrothers Karamazov, The (1957)
Dir. Richard Brooks
Feat. Yul Brynner, Maria Schell, Claire Bloom…
A sumptuous Hollywood version of Dostoyevsky's classic novel of Czarist Russia. Centred around Karamazov (Cobb) and his four disparate offspring,…
Saint JoanSaint Joan (1957)
Dir. Otto Preminger
Feat. Jean Seberg, Richard Widmark, John Gielgud…
Colourized version of the Joan of Arc story with Jean Seberg in her acting debut.
Girl in the Red Velvet Swing (1955)
Dir. Richard Fleischer
Feat. Joan Collins
Glossy account of a truelife scandal in early 20th century NYC.
Long Gray Line, TheLong Gray Line, The (1955)
Dir. John Ford
Feat. Tyrone Power, Maureen O'Hara, Donald Crisp
Engrossing true life tale of military instructors Marty Maher and his rise to the top of his profession.
PicnicPicnic (1955)
Dir. Joshua Logan
Feat. Kim Novak, Cliff Robertson, William Holden…
Epitome of the 50s smalltown melodrama has the sultry Kim Novak relieved of boyfriend Cliff Robertson and the general Mid–West tedium, by…
Queen Bee (1955)
Dir. Ranald MacDougall
Feat. Joan Crawford
Archetypal glamour–bitch Joan Crawford is deliciously hammy as a compulsive socialite who brings destruction to an blue–blooded Southern…
Bigamist, TheBigamist, The (1953)
Dir. Ida Lupino
Feat. Edmond O'Brien, Joan Fontaine, Ida Lupino…
A San Francisco adoption agency, investigating salesman Edmond O'Brien and wife Joan Fontaine, discover he has a second life, and wife, in LA.…

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