Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Drama: 7955 Films to Rent
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…
Sissi (1955)
- Dir. Ernst Marischka
Feat. Romy Schneider
- Regal saga finds 16–year–old princess Sissi fall in love with husband–to–be Franz Josef in the first of an ongoing series of…
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…
Yokihi (Empress Yang Kwei-Fei) (1955)
- Dir. Kenji Mizoguchi
Feat. Machiko Kyo, Masayuki Mori
- Mizoguchi’s rare colour turn, a lush, poignant ancient fable centred on a commoner maid who marries an emperor, only to be destined for sacrifice.
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.
Country Girl, The (1954)
- Dir. George Seaton
Feat. Bing Crosby, Grace Kelly, William Holden
- Bing Crosby sobers up to play an alcoholic has–been actor aided to make a comeback by wife Grace Kelly and pal William Holden.
Crucified Lovers, The (Chikamatsu Monogatari) (1954)
- Dir. Kenji Mizoguchi
Feat. Kazuo Hasegawa, Kyoko Kagawa, Eitaro Shindo
- Powerful, Bunraku–inspired tragidrama of adulterous lovers whose illicit romance is doomed in Feudal, 17th century Japan. Essential Mizoguchi.
Elephant Walk (1954)
- Dir. William Dieterle
Feat. Elizabeth Taylor, Dana Andrews, Peter Finch…
- Love–triangle melodrama set on Ceylon tea plantation is a tad overblown, with thunder stolen from the good cast by a climactic elephant…