An American In Paris
(1951) [G]

In Vincente Minnelli's gloriously stylish An American In Paris, Jerry Mulligan (Gene Kelly) is an American GI who decides to stay in Paris after the Second World War. Keen to sample some of the city's legendary romantic lifestyle, he becomes an art student and joins a colony of painters living in...  More

All About Eve
(1950) [PG]

From the moment she glimpses her idol at the stage door, Eve Harrington (Anne Baxter) moves relentlessly towards her goal: taking the reins of power from the great actress Margo Channing (Bette Davies). The cunning Eve maneuvers her way into Margo's Broadway role, becomes a sensation and even...  More

All The King's Men
(1949) [PG]

All The King's Men is the story of the rise of politician Willie Starks from a rural county seat to the spotlight. Along the way, he loses his initial innocence, and becomes just as corrupt as those he originally labeled "corrupt". Also included is the romance between one of his "right hand...  More

Hamlet (1948)
(1948) [G]

William Shakespeare's tragic tale of murder and revenge in the royal halls of medieval Denmark. Claudius, brother to the King, conniving with the Queen, poisons the monarch and seizes the throne, taking the widowed Gertrude for his bride. Hamlet, son of the murdered King, mourning his father's...  More

Gentleman's Agreement
(1947) [G]

Director Elia Kazan and producer Darryl F. Zanuck caused a sensation with "the most spellbinding story ever put on celluloid" (Hollywood Reporter), which won three Academy Awards including Best Picture. One of the first films to directly tackle racial prejudice, this acclaimed adaptation of Laura...  More

The Lost Weekend
(1945) [PG]

The Best Picture of 1945 has lost none of its bite or power in this uncompromising look at the devastating effects of alcoholism. Ironically, this brilliant Billy Wilder film was almost never released because of poor reaction by preview audiences unaccustomed to such stark realism from Hollywood,...  More

Going My way
(1944)

Going My Way is a heartwarming and original film that captured seven Oscars including Best Actor (Big Crosby), Best Picture and Best Director. When young Father O'Malley (Crosby) arrives to join the congregation at an old established church, things get complicated. St Dominic's Crusty old Father...  More

Casablanca
(1942) [PG]

Arguably one of the greatest movies ever produced, Casablanca is a romantic masterpiece. Humphrey Bogart takes the leading role in this "love will conquer all" movie that regularly makes it into any top ten list of films. Featuring the often-misquoted line "play it again Sam" this Warners title...  More

Mrs. Miniver
(1942) [G]

The Wartime Classic Of A Nation's Darkest - Yet Finest - Hour. Kay Miniver doesn't fly a Spitfire in dogfights over London or ply the North Sea in a battleship, but she's doing her all for wartime England. And she does it so well that Winston Churchill would say Mrs. Miniver was more vital to the...  More

How Green Was My Valley
(1941) [PG]

Winner of five Academy Awards, this inspiring, yet heart-breaking "Hollywood milestone" (Halliwells's Film Guide) from producer Darryl F. Zanuck and director John Ford is "a perfection of screen art" and "one of the finest" pictures ever made (Variety). Sixty-year-old Huw Morgan looks back on his...  More