Subgenre Sampler
Drama: 8102 Films to Buy & Rent
Manina la Fille Sans Voile (The Lighthouse-Keeper's Daughter; The Girl in the Bikini) (1952)
- Dir. Willy Rozier
Feat. Brigitte Bardot
- An obscure, almost forgettable French frolic, save for the eye–catching debut of one Brigitte Bardot. Here, the future sex symbol plays a…
Miracle of Our Lady Fatima (1952)
- Dir. John Brahm
Feat. Gilbert Roland
- Religious technicolor film based on the true story of three Portuguese children who reported seeing an apparition of the Virgin Mary in 1917.
Moulin Rouge (1952)
- Dir. John Huston
Feat. Jose Ferrer, Colette Marchand, Suzanne Flon…
- Opulently staged fictional biopic of Toulouse–Lautrec, highlighted by a dazzling can–can sequence. The pint–sized French painter is…
Othello (1952)
- Dir. Orson Welles
Feat. Orson Welles, Micheál Mac Liammóir, Suzanne Cloutier…
- Dir. Welles filmed Shakespeare's great tragedy over four years in Europe and North Africa, and despite some patchy moments, turned in probably the…
Phone Call from a Stranger (1952)
- Dir. Jean Negulesco
Feat. Bette Davis
- Fine acting, from Bette Davis among others, lifts story of aircrash survivors coming together.
Summer with Monika (1952)
- Dir. Ingmar Bergman
Feat. Harriet Andersson
- Early Bergman turns his lens on a pair of working class, teenage lovers. At first this rebellious holiday boat ride comes across as dreamy escapism…
Waiting Women (1952)
- Dir. Ingmar Bergman
Feat. Anita Bjork, Eva Dahlbeck, Maj-Britt Nilsson…
- A group of women discuss their relationships while waiting for their husbands (all of whom are brothers) at a summer villa, and each of their…
White Sheik, The (Sceicco bianco, Lo) (1952)
- Dir. Federico Fellini
Feat. Alberto Sordi, Leopoldo Trieste, Giulietta Masina
- Fellini’s against–the–grain feature debut coaxes the marital problems of a newlywed couple into a light, playful comedy that wasn’t…
Ace in the Hole (The Big Carnival) (1951)
- Dir. Billy Wilder
Feat. Kirk Douglas, Jan Sterling, Porter Hall
- Cast in a hole until recently, this scathing editorial on media sensationalism and the human spectacle stars Kirk Douglas (never fiercer) as a…
Bellissima (1951)
- Dir. Luchino Visconti
Feat. Anna Magnani, Walter Chiari, Tina Apicella…
- Neo–realist dir. Visconti directs Anna Magnani in a freewheeling performance as a working–class mother obsessed with turning her young…