Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Drama: 7936 Films to Rent
Bigamist, The (1953)
- Dir. Ida Lupino
Feat. Edmond O'Brien, Joan Fontaine, Ida Lupino…
- A San Francisco adoption agency, investigating salesman Edmond O'Brien and wife Joan Fontaine, discover he has a second life, and wife, in LA.…
Final Test, The (1953)
- Dir. Anthony Asquith
Feat. Jack Warner, Robert Morley, George Relph…
- Gentle comedy of values has a famed cricketer making his way to the middle for one last innings. Meanwhile is son is torn between seeing dad bat one…
Gate of Hell (Jigokumon) (1953)
- Dir. Teinosuke Kinugasa
Feat. Machiko Kyo, Kazuo Hasegawa, Isao Yamagata
- Tragic story of unrequited love set during the Heiji Rebellion in 1159, where a samurai warrior falls in love with a married…
Give a Girl a Break (1953)
- Dir. Stanley Donen
Feat. Debbie Reynolds, Marge Champion, Gower Champion…
- Musical comedy about three unknown actresses who are all competing for Broadway stardom after a temperamental performer walks off the set of a major…
Heart of the Matter, The (1953)
- Dir. George More O'Ferrall
Feat. Trevor Howard, Elizabeth Allan, Maria Schell…
- Solid adaptation of Graham Greene's bleak novel has Trevor Howard as a policeman in Sierra Leone tormented by his extra–marital affair.
Hobson's Choice (1953)
- Dir. David Lean
Feat. Charles Laughton
- Hard to take one's eyes off the maniacal acting of Charles Laughton in this Dickensian comic–drama, as a vulgar cobbler whose rebellious eldest…
Houdini (1953)
- Dir. George Marshall
Feat. Tony Curtis, Janet Leigh, Torin Thatcher
- Drama exploring the life of magician and illusionist Harry Houdini, with then husband–and–wife Tony Curtis and Janet Leigh playing…
I Vitelloni (1953)
- Dir. Federico Fellini
Feat. Franco Interlenghi, Alberto Sordi, Franco Fabrizi
- This neo–realist Fellini combines humour and pathos for a truthful study of aimless youths either ill–equipped or unwilling to embrace…
King Lear (1953)
- Dir. Andrew McCollough
Feat. Orson Welles, Wesley Addy
- Sturdy made–for–TV adaptation, with Orson Welles in the grizzly, titular role.
Life of Oharu (1953)
- Dir. Kenji Mizoguchi
Feat. Kinuyo Tanaka, Toshiro Mifune
- The prolific, though rarely seen dir. Mizoguchi came to attention with this chronicled downfall of a court–concubine in 17th century Japan,…