Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Drama: 7955 Films to Rent
L-Shaped Room, The (1962)
- Dir. Bryan Forbes
Feat. Leslie Caron
- Defining slice of gritty Brit realism tackles the issue of pregnancy outside marriage with considerable pathos. French girl Leslie Caron crosses the…
Le Combat Dans L'île (1962)
- Dir. Alain Cavalier
Feat. Romy Schneider, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Henri Serre…
- French drama exploring the tension between right and left wing politics in the early 60's, through the romantic conflict faced by a woman (Romy…
Long Day's Journey Into Night (1962)
- Dir. Sidney Lumet
Feat. Katharine Hepburn, Ralph Richardson, Jason Robards Jr.…
- Faithful and masterful adaptation of Eugene O'Neill's play about family life, love and losers drinking and tearing each other apart in leafy New…
Madame (1962)
- Dir. Christian-Jaque
Feat. Sophia Loren, Robert Hossein
- Rags–to–riches tale set in Napoleonic France mirrors the real life of its Italian bomb–shell star, Sophia Loren.
Mamma Roma (1962)
- Dir. Pier Paolo Pasolini
Feat. Anna Magnani
- Pasolini, in this early minor–masterpiece, demonstrates a keen awareness of Italy’s altered social and political landscape in the…
Miracle Worker, The (1962)
- Dir. Arthur Penn
Feat. Patty Duke, Anne Bancroft
- The classic telling of the Helen Keller story, in which blind, profoundly deaf Keller was coaxed into communication by her Irish governess Anne…
Pity Me Not! (Without Each Other) (1962)
- Dir. Saul Swimmer
Feat. Tony Anthony, Anne Hegiba, Saul Swimmer
- A trapeze artist has the unfortunate duty of informing the wife of a fellow performer that her husband has been crushed by an elephant.
Salvatore Giuliano (1962)
- Dir. Francesco Rosi
Feat. Salvo Randone, Frank Wolff, Frederico Zardi
- An epic Italian political drama, charting in a non–linear fashion the true story of Sicilian bandit Salvatore Giuliano, a criminal and…
Sundays and Cybele (Les Dimanches de Ville d'Avray) (1962)
- Dir. Serge Bourguignon
Feat. Hardy Kruger, Patricia Gozzi
- Touching, if occasionally over–sentimentalised drama that contemplates the relationship between a mentally scarred bomber pilot and the…
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…