Subgenre Sampler
Outrage (1950)- Dir. Ida Lupino
Feat. Mala Powers, Tod Andrews, Robert Clarke - One of the earliest post–Code Hollywood films to deal with the subject of rape, this black–and–white B–movie follows a young…
Sunset Boulevard (1950)
- Dir. Billy Wilder
Feat. Gloria Swanson, William Holden, Erich von Stroheim… - Faded screen vamp Gloria Swanson and screenwriter William Holden exploit each other mercilessly in this searing dissection of Hollywood decadence,…
Red Shoes, The (1948)- Dir. Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
Feat. Anton Walbrook, Moira Shearer, Marius Goring… - Beloved dance classic is a strikingly realised story of a young ballerina who, in an echo of the Hans Christian Andersen story, becomes torn between…
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…
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves (1944)- Dir. Arthur Lubin
Feat. Jon Hall, Maria Montez, Leif Erickson… - Adventure film based on 'The Book of One Thousand and One Nights' about a boy prince who takes revenge on the Mongol invaders who murdered his father…
Double Indemnity (1944)- Dir. Billy Wilder
Feat. Fred MacMurray, Barbara Stanwyck, Edward G. Robinson - The jewel in the crown of all things film noir has hardly dated an iota despite countless imitations. You'll savour each moment as…
Henry V (1944)- Dir. Laurence Olivier
Feat. Laurence Olivier, Robert Newton, Leslie Banks - Brimming with zest, this Shakespeare adaption became an instant classic when released, featuring Laurence Olivier in full sail as the youthful…
Casablanca (1942)- Dir. Michael Curtiz
Feat. Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman - The role that immortalised Bogart is that of Rick, the laconic cafe–owner who assists old flame Ingrid Bergman to escape the Nazis with her…
Citizen Kane (1941)- Dir. Orson Welles
Feat. Orson Welles, Joseph Cotten, Agnes Moorehead - Orson Welles ground–breaking work chronicles a publishing tycoon's rise to power, told through a reporter's efforts to discover the meaning of…
Face Behind the Mask, The (1941)- Dir. Robert Florey
Feat. Peter Lorre, Evelyn Keyes - Film noir following the descent of a kind watch maker whose face is disfigured in a fire shortly after immigrating to America, and despite being a…
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