Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Drama: 7936 Films to Rent
Pursued (1947)
- Dir. Raoul Walsh
Feat. Robert Mitchum, Teresa Wright, Dame Judith Anderson…
- This moody western is one of the best Mitchum performances, in a film famous for it's unusual (at the time) use of Freudian psychology. A nightmarish…
Ship Bound for India, A (1947)
- Dir. Ingmar Bergman
Feat. Holger Löwenadler
- An early, overlooked play adaptation finds Bergman's visual and dramatic style in its formative stages. Four troubled souls are drawn together by a…
Silence de la Mer, Le (The Silence of the Sea) (1947)
- Dir. Jean-Pierre Melville
Feat. Howard Vernon
- A German officer is billeted with an elderly man and his niece during the occupation of France in this introspective and talky chamber piece, heavy…
Anna and the King of Siam (1946)
- Dir. John Cromwell
Feat. Irene Dunne, Rex Harrison, Linda Darnell…
- The first version of the true story of an English governess (Dunne) who in the 1860s journeyed to South East Asia to look after the King of Siam's 62…
Belle Et La Bete, La (Beauty and the Beast) (1946)
- Dir. Jean Cocteau
Feat. Jean Marais, Josette Day
- Cocteau brings a fine sense of fantasy to the old fable, creating a luxuriant atmosphere unique to his film–making. A true classic.
Best Years of Our Lives, The (1946)
- Dir. William Wyler
Feat. Myrna Loy, Fredric March, Dana Andrews…
- Uncommonly accurate portrait of small–town America after WW2 focuses on three war veterans attempting to adjust to civilian life. Historically…
Black Narcissus (1946)
- Dir. Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
Feat. Deborah Kerr, Sabu, David Farrar…
- Visually stunning film about a group of nuns who try to establish a mission on a remote Himalayan outpost in the face of formidable conditions. One…
Gaiety George (Showtime) (1946)
- Dir. George King, Leontine Sagan
Feat. Richard Greene, Ann Todd, Peter Graves…
- Victorian–era musical about Irishman George Howard, who moves to London and purchases a theatre, aiming to enhance the local entertainment…
Great Expectations (1946)
- Dir. David Lean
Feat. John Mills, Valerie Hobson, Bernard Miles…
- Esteemed treatment of Charles Dickens' classic novel about a young orphan aided by a mysterious benefactor brought major international success to the…
Humoresque (1946)
- Dir. Jean Negulesco
Feat. Joan Crawford, John Garfield
- Elegant drama features Joan Crawford in a towering performance as wealthy patron who falls in love with a gifted musician. A masterpiece of the…