Modern Classic

Richard Burton (Absolution) and Elizabeth Taylor (Secret Ceremony) star in The Taming of the Shrew, a vibrant and bawdy adaptation of Shakespeare's immortal romantic comedy from director Franco Zeffirelli (Romeo and Juliet). Nobleman Baptista (Michael...

Winner of four BAFTAs and three Academy Awards including Best Actress for Julie Christie, Darling is the story of Diana Scott (Julie Christie) an ambitious model determined to make it to the top of the London fashion scene. Using her sexuality, she...

In Hellfighters, the legendary embodiment of no-nonsense stoicism, John Wayne, plays heroic firefighter Chance Buckman who combats oil-field blazes across the world. Based on the exploits of Red Adair (who acted as technical adviser on the film), this...

Queen Cleopatra VII of Egypt experiences both triumph and tragedy as she attempts to resist the imperial ambitions of Rome.

American sportsman Johnny Regan (Robert Stack, Written on the Wind) goes to a bullfight while holidaying in Mexico and witnesses the great matador Manolo Estrada (Gilbert Roland, She Done Him Wrong) in action. The two men meet later that evening, and...

Humphrey Bogart and Fred MacMurray star in this classic drama directed by Edward Dmytryck. In the middle of World War II, the crew of the USS Caine vote to remove their Captain from command after he reveals glimpses of his mental instability, with his...

In 1970s Brooklyn, gentrification is already beginning to take hold in the predominantly black neighbourhood of Park Slope. Spoiled trust fund kid Elgar Enders (Beau Bridges) buys an apartment block in the area with the intention of evicting the tenants...

An Inspector Calls stars the incomparable Alastair Sim in this adaptation of J.B. Priestley's classic stage play.The Birling family are rich, pampered and complacent. It is 1912, and the shadow of the impending war has yet to fall across their lives. As...

Three London gentlemen take a vacation rowing down the Thames, encountering various mishaps and misadventures along the way.

Jack Clayton's 1959 feature length debut ROOM AT THE TOP paved the way for the British New Wave, considered one of the first Kitchen Sink Dramas. Starring Laurence Harvey and Simone Signoret, ROOM AT THE TOP was nominated for six Academy Awards, winning...

Directed by Carol Reed (The Third Man) starring Celia Johnson (Brief Encounter) and Diana Dors (Yield to The Night). In a lower-class London community of small shops, open-air vendors and flea-marketers, Joe, a small boy, lives with his mother, Joanna...

Mark Robson directs this 1950s American sports drama starring Humphrey Bogart in his final screen role as sports writer Eddie Willis, who takes a job as a publicist for boxing promoter Nick Benko (Rod Steiger). However, Willis soon finds himself...

Herbert Lom (Mysterious Island), Heather Sears (Room at the Top), and Michael Gough (Dracula) star in The Phantom of the Opera, Hammer's acclaimed adaptation of Gaston Leroux's celebrated novel. A new production at the London Opera House by Lord Ambrose...

Small-time pool player 'Fast' Eddie Felson (Paul Newman) finds himself on a downhill spiral after he challenges legendary player Minnesota Fats (Jackie Gleason) to a game and loses. However, gambler Bert Gordon (George C. Scott) sees the potential in...

An influential cinematic masterpiece written by Leo Marks (Twisted Nerve) and starring Carl Boehm (Sissi), Anna Massey (Frenzy), Moira Shearer (The Red Shoes) and Maxine Audley (A King in New York). Now regarded as a ground-breaking masterpiece of the...