Subgenre Sampler
Rental > : 2587 Films to Rent on VHS
Battle of the Bombs (1950)
- Dir. Various
- A showcase of cinematic hell, this collage of catastrophic celluloid highlights some of the world's worst movies. Proceed at your own risk!...
Blue Lamp, The (1950)
- Dir. Basil Dearden
Feat. Dirk Bogarde, Patrick Doonan, Jack Warner
- A confident, precisely–judged thriller set in post–war London, with feral petty–crooks Dirk Bogarde and Patrick Doonan being hunted…
Cinderella (1950)
- Disney's beautifully constructed, joyful rendition of the timeless fairytale. A favourite for children and adults alike.
Enforcer, The (1950)
- Dir. Bretaigne Windust
Feat. Humphrey Bogart
- Gripping, well–characterized crime drama leads D.A. Humphrey Bogart into the seedy underworld to trail the leader of a notorious murder ring.
Flame and the Arrow, The (1950)
- Dir. Jacques Tourneur
Feat. Burt Lancaster, Virginia Mayo, Nick Cravat
- Middling, though colourful medieval epic with Lancaster leading as a 'Robin Hood' who leads the peasants of Lombardy into a revolt against the local…
Gone to Earth (1950)
- Dir. Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
Feat. Jennifer Jones, David Farrar, Cyril Cusack
- Marvellous Technicolor evocation of the rustic Welsh border–country, set around Jennifer Jones’ entry into the world of passionate desire and…
Kim (Rudyard Kipling's Kim) (1950)
- Dir. Victor Saville
Feat. Errol Flynn, Dean Stockwell, Paul Lukas…
- Adventure based on the classic Rudyard Kipling novel of the same name, set during the British Raj in India, where the orphan of a British soldier…
Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye (1950)
- Dir. Gordon Douglas
Feat. James Cagney, Ward Bond, Luther Adler
- Hard gangster flick about an escaped con who blackmails, betrays and murders his way through a robbery scam. Hits the mark with a great script and…
Magnet, The (1950)
- Dir. Charles Frend
Feat. Stephen Murray, Kay Walsh, James Fox
- After tricking a school–chum out of a toy magnet, an 11yr–old James Fox gets the guilts and resolves to 'do good'. Quirkily…
Men, The (1950)
- Dir. Fred Zinnemann
Feat. Marlon Brando, Teresa Wright, Everett Sloane…
- Famous as Marlon Brando's film debut, playing a paraplegic war veteran struggling to come to terms with post–war life. Brando's smouldering…