Subgenre Sampler
Rental > : 903 Films to Rent
I Married a Monster From Outer Space (1958)
- Dir. Gene Fowler Jnr.
Feat. Tom Tryon, Gloria Talbott
- An exceptional, well–directed 1950's B–movie in which a race of monster–like aliens try to conquer Earth by taking over a…
Room at the Top (1958)
- Dir. Jack Clayton
Feat. Laurence Harvey, Simone Signoret
- Matters sexual are treated with rare maturity in this stunning, landmark British drama about an ambitious, working–class cad who falls in love…
Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
- Dir. David Lean
Feat. William Holden, Alec Guinness, Jack Hawkins
- Another rousing, grand scale production from director Lean, about a group of British POW's employed by the Japanese to build a bridge, while their…
China Gate (1957)
- Dir. Samuel Fuller
Feat. Gene Barry, Angie Dickinson
- In 1954, during the French Indochina War, an Eurasian female smuggler and a group of French Foreign Legion mercenaries, infiltrate the enemy…
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (1957)
- Dir. John Sturges
Feat. Burt Lancaster, Kirk Douglas, Rhonda Fleming
- The legendary Doc Holliday–Wyatt Earp clash with the Clayton gang with Burt Lancaster and Kirk Douglas in the leading spurs. A textbook Western.
Paths of Glory (1957)
- Dir. Stanley Kubrick
Feat. Kirk Douglas, Ralph Meeker, Adolphe Menjou…
- Kubrick's muscular drama deals frankly with the hypocrisy and inhumanity of military ethics, based on a true incident in WWI France. Following a…
Eddy Duchin Story, The (1956)
- Dir. George Sidney
Feat. Tyrone Power, Kim Novak, James Whitmore
- Tearjerking, CinemaScope biopic of the beloved but short–lived pianist and bandleader Eddy Duchin. Nominated for four Academy Awards.
Forbidden Planet (1956)
- Dir. Fred M. Wilcox
Feat. Walter Pidgeon, Anne Francis, Leslie Nielsen
- Pre–eminent sci–fi film of the 50's with a story and special effects well beyond its time. This fascinating film launched the careers of…
Night of the Hunter, The (1955)
- Dir. Charles Laughton
Feat. Robert Mitchum, Shelley Winters, Lillian Gish
- A disturbing yet poetic masterpiece in which Robert Mitchum is mighty mean as a psychopathic preacher pursuing two runaways across the American…
Desiree (1954)
- Dir. Henry Koster
Feat. Marlon Brando, Jean Simmons
- Marlon Brando plays a young Napoleon whose first romance, with Desiree Clay (Jean Simmons), is strained when he is swept into the cut–throat…