Mix-and-match from
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Subgenre Sampler
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974)
- Dir. Martin Scorsese
Feat. Ellen Burstyn, Kris Kristofferson, Harvey Keitel… - Resonant account of a young widow trying to secure self–assurance and financial stability for herself and her pre–teen son. Scorsese's…
A Doll's House (1973)- Dir. Joseph Losey
Feat. Jane Fonda - Jane Fonda plays the liberated 19th Century woman of Ibsen's play.
Elizabeth R (TV Series) (1971)- Dir. Claude Whatham, Herbert Wise, Various.
Feat. Glenda Jackson, Robert Hardy, Robert Ellis - Glenda Jackson makes a banquet of English history, as Elizabeth I, one of Auld England's most influential monarchs. This BBC series is exceptional in…
Chalk Garden, The (1964)- Dir. Ronald Neame
Feat. Deborah Kerr, Hayley Mills, John Mills… - British melodrama based on the eccentric stage play by Enid Bagnold, with Hayley Mills playing a rebellious teenager who meets her match in governess…
Gertrud (1964)- Dir. Carl Dreyer
- Exploring similar territory to fellow Scandinavian Ingmar Bergman, Dreyer's final film is an intense psychological study about a middle–aged…
Yield to the Night (Blonde Sinner) (1956)- Dir. J. Lee Thompson
Feat. Diana Dors, Yvonne Mitchell, Michael Craig - British crime drama film that features a celebrated performance by "blonde bombshell" Diana Dors. Bearing a coincidental resemblance to the Ruth…
Three Secrets (1950)- Dir. Robert Wise
Feat. Eleanor Parker, Patricia Neal, Ruth Roman - Three women exchange handkerchiefs and spill their secrets while awaiting news of their children after a plane crashes. You may need the tissues…
Letter to Three Wives, A (1949)- Dir. Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Feat. Jeanne Crain, Linda Darnell, Ann Sothern… - Three women each hear from a friend that she is about to run off with one of their husbands. Replete with characteristically sharp dialogue from the…
Snake Pit, The (1948)- Dir. Anatole Litvak
Feat. Olivia de Havilland, Mark Stevens, Celeste Holm - Hollywood melodrama that gives serious attention to the subject of mental illness with Olivia de Havilland (in a career–best performance) as a…
Lydia (Illusions) (1941)- Dir. Julien Duvivier
Feat. Merle Oberon, Joseph Cotton, Alan Marshall… - Dreamy, melancholic melodrama follows the life and numerous loves of a society gal (Oberron) in New England over thirty odd years. Dir. Duvivier…
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