Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Classics: 3554 Films to Rent
Quatermass Xperiment, The (The Creeping Unknown) (1955)
- Dir. Val Guest
Feat. Brian Donlevy, Jack Warner
- Effective Hammer Films feature adaptation of the 1953 BBC sci–fi TV serial written by Nigel Kneale, in which an astronaut mysteriously returns…
Queen Bee (1955)
- Dir. Ranald MacDougall
Feat. Joan Crawford
- Archetypal glamour–bitch Joan Crawford is deliciously hammy as a compulsive socialite who brings destruction to an blue–blooded Southern…
Rebel Without a Cause (1955)
- Dir. Nicholas Ray
Feat. James Dean, Natalie Wood, Sal Mineo
- James Dean's intense portayal of an alienated youth from a wealthy family opened the eyes of a generation and catapulted him to stardom. One of the…
Revenge of the Creature (1955)
- Dir. Jack Arnold
Feat. John Agar, Lori Nelson, John Bromfield…
- Follow–up to the cult hit CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON, with poor, harassed Gill Man captured in the Amazon this time round and brought back…
Rififi (1955)
- Dir. Jules Dassin
Feat. Jean Servais, Jules Dassin, Magali Noel…
- The French reclaim film noir with this methodical and stylish heist movie, famous for its 35 minute real–time bank robbery, executed in virtual…
Robin Hood: The Movie (1955-1991)
- Dir. Ralph Smart, Terence Fisher
Feat. Richard Greene, Leo McKern
- A feature film colourized and edited in 1991 from episodes 1,2,3,5,8 & 27 of the 1955 TV Series. Notably, Will Scatlock who dies at the end of…
Sergeant Bilko (TV Series) (The Phil Silvers Show) (1955-1959)
- Feat. Phil Silvers, Harvey Lembeck
- Three–disc compilation of 18 episodes from the classic US sitcom about an irresponsible, gambling conman of a staff sergeant at a US Army base…
Seven Year Itch, The (1955)
- Dir. Billy Wilder
Feat. Marilyn Monroe, Tom Ewell
- Marilyn Monroe gives plenty of dumb blonde for this comedy about a married man (Tom Ewell) who has a fling with you–know–who.
Soldier of Fortune (1955)
- Dir. Edward Dmytryk
Feat. Clark Gable, Susan Hayward, Michael Rennie…
- Mercenary Clark Gable is recruited to search for Hayward's lost husband in this proficient Hong Kong set thriller. Anti–communist thriller…
Storm Fear (1955)
- Dir. Cornel Wilde
Feat. Cornel Wilde, Jean Wallace, Dan Duryea…
- Crime noir about a gang member who seeks shelter with his brother's family after being wounded during a botched bank robbery. Once there, he…