Subgenre Sampler
Classics: 3623 Films to Buy & Rent
Dreams That Money Can Buy (1946)
- Dir. Hans Richter
- A luckless artist who sets up business as a merchant of dreams is the plot device that allows the cream of European Avant–Garde – Max…
Dressed To Kill (1946)
- Dir. Roy Neill
Feat. Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Patricia Morison
- The final of the 14 Rathbone–Bruce 'Sherlock Holmes' adaptations concerning a criminal gang's pursuit of three music–boxes for mysterious…
Duel in the Sun (1946)
- Dir. King Vidor
Feat. Gregory Peck, Jennifer Jones, Joseph Cotten…
- Brothers Gregory Peck and James Cotton feud over the family ranch and legacy. Lauded by the likes of Martin Scorsese for its visual splendour, this…
Gaiety George (Showtime) (1946)
- Dir. George King, Leontine Sagan
Feat. Richard Greene, Ann Todd, Peter Graves…
- Victorian–era musical about Irishman George Howard, who moves to London and purchases a theatre, aiming to enhance the local entertainment…
Gilda (1946)
- Dir. Charles Vidor
Feat. Rita Hayworth, Glenn Ford, George Macready
- Rita Hayworth defines the femme fatale for Hollywood in this sassy love–triangle musical set in Latin America. Glenn Ford and George Macready…
Great Expectations (1946)
- Dir. David Lean
Feat. John Mills, Valerie Hobson, Bernard Miles…
- Esteemed treatment of Charles Dickens' classic novel about a young orphan aided by a mysterious benefactor brought major international success to the…
Green for Danger (1946)
- Dir. Sidney Gilliat
Feat. Sally Gray, Trevor Howard, Alastair Sim
- Sly whodunit finds Trevor Howard and Sally Gray prime suspects in the death of a hospital patient. Cue Scotland Yard’s finest (Alistair Sim), whose…
Humoresque (1946)
- Dir. Jean Negulesco
Feat. Joan Crawford, John Garfield
- Elegant drama features Joan Crawford in a towering performance as wealthy patron who falls in love with a gifted musician. A masterpiece of the…
I See a Dark Stranger (The Adventuress) (1946)
- Dir. Frank Launder
Feat. Deborah Kerr, Trevor Howard, Raymond Huntley…
- Absorbing thriller with Deborah Kerr outstanding as a young Irish woman who despises England so much she becomes a Nazi spy.
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
- Dir. Frank Capra
Feat. James Stewart
- A down–on–his–luck Jimmy Stewart is rescued from suicide by a Guardian Angel who shows him the virtues of his life gone by. This…