Subgenre Sampler
Classics: 3626 Films to Buy & Rent
A Star Is Born (1954)
- Dir. George Cukor
Feat. Judy Garland, James Mason
- All–time great musical melodrama, with actress Judy Garland's star eclipsing hubby James Mason's.
An Inspector Calls (1954)
- Dir. Guy Hamilton
Feat. Alastair Sim, Jane Wenham
- Alastair Sim, superb here as the titular inspector, bears down on a smug upper crust family whose closely–guarded secrets are exposed to…
Barefoot Contessa, The (1954)
- Dir. Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Feat. Humphrey Bogart, Ava Gardner
- Humphrey Bogart plays a cynical film director who recalls the life of a Spanish beauty whom he helped make a Hollywood star. Hailed a 'trash…
Beachcomber, The (1954)
- Dir. Muriel Box
Feat. Glynis Johns, Robert Newton, Donald Sinden…
- Entertaining and deeply silly romantic yarn with prim missionary Johns falling for slovenly Newton as they team up to fight a cholera outbreak on a…
Belles of St. Trinian's, The (1954)
- Dir. Frank Launder
Feat. Alastair Sim, Joyce Grenfell, George Cole…
- Classic pre–CARRY ON hi–jinks set in a seedy girl's school and based on Ronald Searle's cartoon series. Alastair Sim (in drag) plays…
Bridges at Toko-Ri, The (1954)
- Dir. Mark Robson
Feat. William Holden, Grace Kelly
- Ace pilot William Holden is out to destroy the 'impossible' target in this excellent Korean War thriller.
Brigadoon (1954)
- Dir. Vincente Minnelli
Feat. Gene Kelly, Cyd Charisse
- Overlooked Gene Kelly musical, with Kelly discovering a magical Scottish village.
Broken Lance (1954)
- Dir. Edward Dmytryk
Feat. Spencer Tracy, Robert Wagner, Jean Peters…
- King Lear loosely transposed as a gripping Western melodrama with proud yet stubborn patriarch Spencer Tracy at odds with his ungrateful sons over…
Caine Mutiny, The (1954)
- Dir. Edward Dmytryk
Feat. Humphrey Bogart
- Solid action with unstable Ship's Captain Humphrey Bogart contending with mutinies and typhoons.
Carmen Jones (1954)
- Dir. Otto Preminger
Feat. Dorothy Dandridge, Harry Belafonte
- Blazing screen version of George Bizet's "Carmen" classic opera uniquely staged in the Deep South with an all–black cast and new lyrics by…