Subgenre Sampler
Classics > Drama: 991 Films to Buy & Rent
Ordet (1955)
- Dir. Carl Dreyer
- Hailed by many critics as dir. Dreyer's masterpiece, this deep exploration of the true meaning of Christianity, set in rural Denmark, will repay the…
Otto Preminger Director's Collection, The (The Man With the Golden Arm, The Cardinal, The Human Factor) (1955-1979)
- Dir. Otto Preminger
- Further trifecta of Otto Preminger films.
Passage Home (1955)
- Dir. Roy Ward Baker
Feat. Peter Finch, Anthony Steel, Diane Cilento…
- Torrid melodrama with the presence of a young woman on board a cargo ship causing tensions amongst the male crew.
Pather Panchali (1955)
- Dir. Satyajit Ray
Feat. Kanu Bannerjee, Karuna Bannerjee, Subir Bannerjee
- The first film from Asia's most respected film–maker also initiates his 'Apu trilogy', three of most admired films in history. A lyrical…
Picnic (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…
Rebel Without a Cause (1955)
- Dir. Nicholas Ray
Feat. James Dean, Natalie Wood, Sal Mineo
- James Dean's intense portayal of an alienated youth from a wealthy family opened the eyes of a generation and catapulted him to stardom. One of the…
Summertime (Summer Madness) (1955)
- Dir. David Lean
Feat. Katharine Hepburn, Rossano Brazzi, Isa Miranda
- Katharine Hepburn, middle–aged spinster, flees to Venice on vacation, only for the romance of the city – and a dark, handsome Italian catch…
Beachcomber, The (1954)
- Dir. Muriel Box
Feat. Glynis Johns, Robert Newton, Donald Sinden…
- Entertaining and deeply silly romantic yarn with prim missionary Johns falling for slovenly Newton as they team up to fight a cholera outbreak on a…
Carrington V.C. (Court Martial) (1954)
- Dir. Anthony Asquith
Feat. David Niven, Margaret Leighton, Allan Cuthbertson
- Legal drama adapted from the stage play in which a court–martial attempts to find out why, and if, an officer embezzled his unit's funds.