Subgenre Sampler
Classics > Drama: 978 Films to Buy & Rent
- Marseillaise, La (1938)
- Dir. Jean Renoir
Feat. Pierre Renoir, Lisa Delamare, Leon Larive…
- Renoir's classic depicts events leading up to the French revolution in the 18th Century, electing to extract history from the heart of the common…
- Angel (1937)
- Dir. Ernst Lubitsch
Feat. Marlene Dietrich, Herbert Marshall, Melvyn Douglas
- Love triangle between a distracted husband, a neglected wife and an ardent suitor set amid the rigid social norms of the…
- Camille (1937)
- Dir. George Cukor
Feat. Greta Garbo, Robert Taylor, Lionel Barrymore…
- One of Greta Garbo’s finest roles, playing the courtesan heroine of Alexandre Dumas’ potboiler, navigating the treacheries of the French…
- Edge of the World, The (1937)
- Dir. Michael Powell
Feat. John Laurie, Belle Chrystall, Eric Berry…
- In what is considered his first major film, director Michael Powell depicts a majestic account of the depopulation of one of the isolated outer…
- Fire Over England (1937)
- Dir. William K. Howard
Feat. Laurence Olivier, Dame Flora Robson, Raymond Massey…
- The war between England and Spain in the late 16th century serves as the backdrop for this lavish drama. Laurence Olivier plays a British naval…
- Grand Illusion (La Grande Illusion) (1937)
- Dir. Jean Renoir
Feat. Jean Gabin, Pierre Fresnay, Erich von Stroheim…
- The heroics and hypocrasies of war are illustrated through an imprisoned French squadron in WW1 and their cultured German commandant. A hailed…
- Make Way for Tomorrow (1937)
- Dir. Leo McCarey
Feat. Victor Moore, Beulah Bondi, Fay Bainter…
- Frankly, one of the most devastating movies ever made, this long neglected classic served as inspiration for Ozu's revered TOKYO STORY many years…
- Stella Dallas (1937)
- Dir. King Vidor
Feat. Barbara Stanwyck, John Boles
- Definitive family melodrama in which Barbara Stanwyck compels as the social–climbing Stella, ultimately driven to painful self–knowledge…
- Uncivilised (1937)
- Dir. Charles Chauvel
Feat. Margot Rhys, Dennis Hoey, Ashton Jarry
- Illogical Chauval epic with a white authoress, looking for a story in the outback, kidnapped by an Afghan slaver!
- César (1936)
- Dir. Marcel Pagnol
Feat. Raimu, Orane Demazis, Pierre Fresnay…
- Playwright Marcel Parcol takes over the director's reins himself for this concluding part of his Marseille trilogy, following 'Marius' and 'Fanny'.…