Subgenre Sampler
Classics > Drama: 991 Films to Buy & Rent
Sweet Bird of Youth (1962)
- Dir. Richard Brooks
Feat. Paul Newman, Geraldine Page, Shirley Knight…
- The South at its over–ripest, Tennessee Williams providing a repressive, smalltown setting for gigolo Paul Newman and faded movie–star…
Terence Rattigan Collection, The (1962-1994)
- Feat. Kenneth More, Ralph Richardson, Geraldine McEwan…
- A boxed compendium of Terence Rattigan's finest work, a British playwright reknowned for his profound understanding of the human heart and his…
To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
- Dir. Robert Mulligan
Feat. Gregory Peck, Mary Badham
- Moving adaptation stars Gregory Peck in an Oscar–winning performance as the genial lawyer who defends an innocent Negro accused of rape in the…
Trial, The (1962)
- Dir. Orson Welles
Feat. Anthony Perkins
- Orson Welles makes a visual and intellectual feast of Kafka's novel about a man accused of crimes that remain unexplained. Anthony Perkins is…
Two For The Seesaw (1962)
- Dir. Robert Wise
Feat. Robert Mitchum, Shirley Maclaine, Edmon Ryan…
- 'Odd couple' comedy set in NYC, where a Nebraskan lawyer (Mitchum) moves to start life anew and hits the romantic playground in the company of kooky…
Walk on the Wild Side (1962)
- Dir. Edward Dmytryk
Feat. Laurence Harvey, Jane Fonda, Capucine…
- A schlocky tease–fest with Laurence Harvey as a penniless cowboy who hitches to New Orleans with a drifter (Jane Fonda) searching for his…
Waltz of the Toreadors (1962)
- Dir. John Guillermin
Feat. Peter Sellers, Dany Robin, Margaret Leighton…
- Bruising comedy with an elderly general struggling to come to terms with impending retirement and his ruinous personal life.
Winter Light (1962)
- Dir. Ingmar Bergman
Feat. Ingrid Thulin, Gunnar Bjornstrand, Gunnel Lindblom…
- The second in Bergman's faith trilogy, in which a village priest finds himself drawn towards atheism after the death of his wife. Crisp, reflective…
Children's Hour, The (1961)
- Dir. William Wyler
Feat. Audrey Hepburn, Shirley Maclaine, James Garner…
- Good performances from the two leads as lesbian school–teachers who are involved in smalltown scandal when a trouble–making student…
End of Summer, The (Kohayagawa-ke no aki) (1961)
- Dir. Yasujiro Ozu
Feat. Ganjiro Nakamura, Setsuko Hara
- Another intimate portrayal of Japanese family life
from the dir. of TOKYO STORY that explores the breakdown of traditional family values in the face…