Subgenre Sampler
Classics > Drama: 991 Films to Buy & Rent
Lord of the Flies (1963)
- Dir. Peter Brook
Feat. Tom Chapin, Hugh Edwards, Roger Elwin…
- The chilling original screen adaptation of William Golding's novel about a gang of schoolboys stranded on a desert island, whose instinctive…
Martin Scorsese's Short Films (What’s a Nice Girl Like You Doing in a Place Like This?; It’s Not Just You, Murray; The Big Shave; Italianamerican; American Boy: A Profile of Steven Prince) (1963-78)
- Dir. Martin Scorsese
- Four early short films and one documentary from the man widely regarded as the best living filmmaker. Includes:
– What’s a Nice Girl Like…
Organizer, The (I Compagni) (1963)
- Dir. Mario Monicelli
Feat. Marcello Mastroianni, Renato Salvatori, Annie Girardot…
- Engrossing, beautifully filmed Italian drama about working class solidarity, set amidst the rapid expansion of industrial society in 19th Century…
Servant, The (1963)
- Dir. Joseph Losey
Feat. Dirk Bogarde, James Fox, Sarah Miles
- First collaboration between playwright Harold Pinter and dir. Losey is an elegant diagram of English class cruelties, with man–servant Dirk…
Silence, The (1963)
- Dir. Ingmar Bergman
Feat. Ingrid Thulin, Gunnel Lindblom
- Final part of Bergman's Faith Trilogy (begun with THROUGH THE GLASS DARKLY and WINTER LIGHT) is set in an anonymous war–torn country where…
Sparrows Can't Sing (1963)
- Dir. Joan Littlewood
Feat. James Booth, Barbara Windsor, Roy Kinnear…
- A sprightly British kitchen sink comedy about a man who returns from two years at sea to find his house demolished and his wife living with a married…
That Kind of Girl (1963)
- Dir. Gerry O'Hara
Feat. Margaret Rose Keil, David Weston, Linda Marlowe
- Another gem rescued from obscurity by the BFI's Flipside label, this one deals with the hush–hush topic of venereal disease against a backdrop…
This Sporting Life (Sporting Life, The) (1963)
- Dir. Lindsay Anderson
Feat. Richard Harris, Rachel Roberts
- Richard Harris gives a star–making performance as a roguish rugby player with a no less gruelling personal life. Intense melodrama edifies the…
Toys in the Attic (1963)
- Dir. George Roy Hill
Feat. Dean Martin, Geraldine Page, Yvette Mimieux…
- Raw melodrama adapted from the acclaimed play with Dean Martin returning home to his two spinster sisters. Chewy dialogue and gives flight to this…
Ugly American, The (1963)
- Dir. George Englund
Feat. Marlon Brando, Arthur Hiller, Sandra Church
- Featuring one of Marlon Brando’s more interesting choices of roles, this political thriller dramatises the American–vs–Communist…