Subgenre Sampler
: 25144 Films to Buy & Rent
Wild Strawberries (1957)
- Dir. Ingmar Bergman
Feat. Victor Sjostrom, Bibi Andersson, Ingrid Thulin
- A classic film of one man's reminiscences and his dramatic search for the meaning of human existence. The bleakness is imbued with a quiet optimism.
Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? (1957)
- Dir. Frank Tashlin
Feat. Tony Randall, Jayne Mansfield, Joan Blondell
- Single ad man Tony Randall saves his job but complicates his romantic life by using superstar sexpot Jayne Mansfield in a lipstick campaign.…
Windom's Way (1957)
- Dir. Ronald Neame
Feat. Peter Finch, Mary Ure, Robert Flemyng…
- Malayan–set drama with Finch as a doctor – who along with his estranged wife – finds himself caught up in political turmoil that…
Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
- Dir. Billy Wilder
Feat. Tyrone Power, Marlene Dietrich, Charles Laughton…
- Tense courtroom thriller, with Tyrone Power in the dock, defended by Charles Laughton, and consoled by wife Marlene Dietrich. Agatha Christie's story…
Yangtse Incident, The (The Yangtze Incident, Battle Hell) (1957)
- Dir. Michael Anderson
Feat. Richard Todd
- The crew of the HMS Amethyst must escape via the Yangtse river after sauntering into China on the eve of Communist takeover. A riveting dramatization…
1984 (1956)
- Dir. Michael Anderson
Feat. Edmond O'Brien, Michael Redgrave, Jan Sterling…
- The first adaptation of George Orwell's visionary novel is this little known, stark BBC television production. Apparently hated by his widow for the…
23 Paces To Baker Street (1956)
- Dir. Henry Hathaway
Feat. Van Johnson, Vera Miles, Cecil Parker…
- Genuine nail–biter with Van Johnson as a blind writer who has the misfortune to overhear a kidnapping plot, enlisting his two friends he sets…
A Town Like Alice (1956)
- Dir. Jack Lee
Feat. Virginia McKenna, Peter Finch
- Based on Neville Shute's 1950s bestseller, this WWII drama opens with the fall of Singapore and the internment of Virginia McKenna in a Japanese POW…
Akasen Chitai (Street of Shame) (1956)
- Dir. Kenji Mizoguchi
Feat. Machiko Kyo
- Prostitution and the female plight are the chief concerns of this sympathetic, heartbreaking ensemble piece examining the trade of five headstrong,…
Alexander the Great (1956)
- Dir. Robert Rossen
Feat. Richard Burton, Fredric March, Claire Bloom
- Earnest epic follows the life and early death of the Greek warrior who conquered the entire known world. This seismic production has Richard Burton…