Subgenre Sampler
Classics > Drama: 991 Films to Buy & Rent
Power of the Press (1943)
- Dir. Lew Landers
Feat. Guy Kibbee, Lee Tracy, Otto Kruger
- Based on a story by Samuel Fuller. During World War II, a newspaper publisher investigates the murder of a colleague, who was attempting to steer his…
Silver Fleet, The (1943)
- Dir. Vernon Sewell
Feat. Ralph Richardson, Esmond Knight, Googie Withers…
- A rousing WW2 maritime drama in which a Dutch shipping port owner decides to swindle the Nazis by agreeing to provide them with his submarines for…
Song of Bernadette, The (1943)
- Dir. Henry King
Feat. Jennifer Jones, Vincent Price, Charles Bickford…
- Religious melodrama set in 19th century rural France, where Jones controversially has visions of the Virgin Mary. Over–lavish (and long), this…
Casablanca (1942)
- Dir. Michael Curtiz
Feat. Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman
- The role that immortalised Bogart is that of Rick, the laconic cafe–owner who assists old flame Ingrid Bergman to escape the Nazis with her…
Eternel Retour, L' (1942)
- Dir. Jean Delannoy
Feat. Jean Marais, Madeleine Sologney, Yvonne de Bray…
- (Love Eternal) A contemporary take on the legend of Tristan and Isolde, lovers united after death. Jean Cocteau's script is realised with the…
First of the Few (Spitfire) (1942)
- Dir. Leslie Howard
Feat. Leslie Howard, David Niven, Rosamund John…
- Rousing true life tale of aircraft designer R.J. Mitchell and his streamlined monoplane that led to the devolpment of the spitfire.
Released with…
Kings Row (1942)
- Dir. Sam Wood
Feat. Robert Cummings, Ronald Reagan, Ann Sheridan…
- Celebrated and infamous melodrama of the titular smalltown, a seemingly placid American community, around which insanity, poverty and sadism hover…
Les Visiteurs Du Soir (1942)
- Dir. Marcel Carne
Feat. Arletty, Marie Dea, Fernand Ledoux…
- Two of the Devil's henchmen are dispatched to a fairytale–like 15th century castle with an eye to corrupting its inhabitants, especially a pair…
Magnificent Ambersons, The (1942)
- Dir. Orson Welles
Feat. Joseph Cotten, Agnes Moorehead, Dolores Costello
- Following up CITIZEN KANE, Orson Welles again drew a bead on the American rich, chronicling the dynastic squabbles of a…
Mrs. Miniver (1942)
- Dir. William Wyler
Feat. Greer Garson, Walter Pidgeon
- An unabashed patriotic war drama, so effective in that capacity it garnered political commendation as well as six Oscars, including Best Picture and…