Subgenre Sampler
Classics: 3626 Films to Buy & Rent
Kansas City Confidential (1952)
- Dir. Phil Karlson
Feat. Lee Van Cleef, John Payne, Coleen Gray…
- A grimly tough crime drama set in the Kansas City underworld.
Payne plays an ex–con who is jailed for an unrelated crime, and on release…
Le Plaisir (House Of Pleasure) (1952)
- Dir. Max Ophuls
Feat. Jean Gabin, Danielle Darrieux, Simone Simon…
- Three tales by Guy de Maupassant go into this visually elegant treatise on the changing moods of love, youth and memory.
The most successful…
Lili (1952)
- Dir. Charles Walters
Feat. Leslie Caron, Mel Ferrer
- Fairytale–like story of Leslie Caron's amorous adventures in a carnival is swimming in charm, whimsical songs and 'circus–type'…
Love Nest (1952)
- Dir. Joseph M. Newman
Feat. Marilyn Monroe
- Unremarkable comedy about nosey neighbours in a broken–down apartment block, one of whom is Marilyn Monroe.
Lusty Men, The (1952)
- Dir. Nicholas Ray
Feat. Susan Hayward, Robert Mitchum, Arthur Kennedy
- A nicely close–to–the–ground take on the life of the rodeo rider – and one of Wim Wenders' favourite films – this…
Mandy (1952)
- Dir. Alexander Mackendrick
Feat. Phyllis Calvert, Jack Hawkins, Terence Morgan
- British drama about a girl who has been deaf and mute her whole life, and her family's attempts to help her with a unique education, which causes…
Miracle of Our Lady Fatima (1952)
- Dir. John Brahm
Feat. Gilbert Roland
- Religious technicolor film based on the true story of three Portuguese children who reported seeing an apparition of the Virgin Mary in 1917.
Monkey Business (1952)
- Dir. Howard Hawks
Feat. Cary Grant, Ginger Rogers, Charles Coburn…
- Scientist Cary Grant discovers a rejuvenation serum which has screwball side–effects. Stars include the director and writing team – Ben…
Moulin Rouge (1952)
- Dir. John Huston
Feat. Jose Ferrer, Colette Marchand, Suzanne Flon…
- Opulently staged fictional biopic of Toulouse–Lautrec, highlighted by a dazzling can–can sequence. The pint–sized French painter is…
Narrow Margin (1952)
- Dir. Richard Fleischer
Feat. Charles McGraw, Marie Windsor, Jacqueline White…
- A woman planning to testify against the mob must be protected against their assassins on the train trip from Chicago to Los Angeles.