Subgenre Sampler
Classics > Drama: 978 Films to Buy & Rent
- Story of Gilbert and Sullivan, The (1953)
- Dir. Sidney Gilliat
Feat. Robert Morley, Maurice Evans, Eileen Herlie
- Spirited biopic of the careers of W.S. Gilbert, a barrister turned–comic–writer, and Arthur Sullivan, a classic composer (converted…
- Story of Three Loves, The (1953)
- Dir. Vincente Minnelli, Gottfried Reinhardt
Feat. Pier Angeli, Ethel Barrymore, Leslie Caron…
- Romantic anthology film telling three separate stories in flashbacks experienced by three characters on board the same ocean liner.
"The Jealous…
- Tokyo Story (1953)
- Dir. Yasujiro Ozu
Feat. Chishu Ryu, Chieko Higashiyama, Setsuko Hara
- The master of Japanese cinema, this is Ozu's masterpiece. An emotional tour–de–force is drawn from an elderly couple's ill–fated…
- Ugetsu Monogatari (1953)
- Dir. Kenji Mizoguchi
Feat. Masayuki Mori, Machiko Kyo, Kinuyo Tanaka
- Stories by the 18th century writer Akinari Ueda are woven into an odyssey of civil–war misfortune, in which two peasant–potters and their…
- Voyage to Italy (Journey to Italy/ Journey in Italy) (1953)
- Dir. Roberto Rossellini
Feat. Ingrid Bergman, George Sanders
- A meditative journey through the landscapes of Italy, accompanying Ingrid Bergman and George Sanders in the midst of a breakup. The ongoing drama of…
- Bad and the Beautiful, The (1952)
- Dir. Vincente Minnelli
Feat. Lana Turner, Kirk Douglas, Walter Pidgeon…
- Masterpiece of Hollywood navel–gazing, with charismatic producer Kirk Douglas clawing his way to success on a Freudian subtext, using and…
- Card, The (1952)
- Dir. Ronald Neame
Feat. Alec Guinness, Glynis Johns, Valerie Hobson
- Robust comedy with Alec Guinness playing an enthusiastic young man of lower–class origins who takes every opportunity to advance his station,…
- Carrie (1952)
- Dir. William Wyler
Feat. Laurence Olivier, Jennifer Jones, Miriam Hopkins…
- Tough–minded and unusual "male melodrama" follows middle aged restauranteer Olivier's descent from riches to rags when he falls for Jones'…
- Come Back, Little Sheba (1952)
- Dir. Daniel Mann
Feat. Burt Lancaster, Shirley Booth, Terry Moore…
- An affecting melodrama based on William Inge's stageplay, concerning a loveless marriage, alcoholism and the price of misplaced love.
Burt…
- Deadline U.S.A. (1952)
- Dir. Richard Brooks
Feat. Humphrey Bogart
- Tightly scripted account of the newspaper business. Editor–in–Chief: Humphrey Bogart.