Subgenre Sampler
Rental > : 24514 Films to Rent
Alice in Wonderland (1951)
- Dir. Hamilton Luske, Clyde Geronimi, Wilfred Jackson
- Disney add their special touch of magic to Lewis Carroll's classic fairytale, bringing Alice, the Cheshire Cat, the Mad Hatter and the Queen of…
An American in Paris (1951)
- Dir. Vincente Minnelli
Feat. Gene Kelly
- Ebullient, multi–styled musical with Gene Kelly dancing his socks off. Terrific George Gershwin score.
Appointment with Venus (1951)
- Dir. Ralph Thomas
Feat. David Niven, Glynis Johns, Kenneth More
- Bizarre war drama based on a true story about a small recently occupied British isle with a very important prize cow living on it that the War Office…
As Young As You Feel (1951)
- Dir. Harmon Jones
Feat. Marilyn Monroe
- A young Marilyn Monroe has a support role in this affable corporate satire about a printing employee who won’t sit still for retirement. Based on a…
Bellissima (1951)
- Dir. Luchino Visconti
Feat. Anna Magnani, Walter Chiari, Tina Apicella…
- Neo–realist dir. Visconti directs Anna Magnani in a freewheeling performance as a working–class mother obsessed with turning her young…
Big Night, The (1951)
- Dir. Joseph Losey
Feat. John Jr. Barrymore, Preston Foster, Joan Lorring…
- Tense melodrama has Barrymore traumatised by watching his father submit to a beating at the hands of a petty gangster. Setting out to avenge his…
Browning Version, The (1951)
- Dir. Anthony Asquith
Feat. Michael Redgrave, Jean Kent
- Sterling adaptation of Terrence Rattigan’s play features an unforgettable performance from Michael Redgrave as the cuckolded,…
Cry, The Beloved Country (1951)
- Dir. Zoltan Korda
Feat. Sidney Poitier, Joyce Carey, Canada Lee…
- Deeply felt racial drama has Rev. Sidney Poitier encountering South African–style bigotry as he searches for his son in Johannesburg.
David and Bathsheba (1951)
- Dir. Henry King
Feat. Gregory Peck, Susan Hayward, Raymond Massey…
- The Hollywood romance as Biblical epic, with Gregory Peck as an adulterous King David who falls for the foxy Bathsheba (Hayward) – nevermind…
Day the Earth Stood Still, The (1951)
- Dir. Robert Wise
Feat. Michael Rennie, Patricia Neal
- The blueprint for excellence in fifties sci–fi, Michael Rennie plays Klaatu, a peace–seeking alien whose good intentions meet with…