Classic Film Dramas

From the moment it premiered in 1980, you knew Raging Bull was, thematically and visually, a film for the ages -- a rich tapestry of rage, relationships and redemption.

Nov 24, 2009 - Barry M. Grey

Five Easy Pieces helped mark a sea change in the content, tone and direction of American movies in the transitional, counterculture years of the late 1960s and early 70s.

Sep 8, 2009 - Barry M. Grey

September Affair poses an intriguing premise: what if you could start fresh, with a passionate new love, in a dazzling place and with no financial worries?

May 25, 2009 - Barry M. Grey

A key Warner Bros. picture of the period, Angels features real-life best friends James Cagney and Pat O'Brien as lifelong pals who take different forks in life's road.

Mar 30, 2009 - Barry M. Grey

A powerful, unorthodox meditation on friendship, loyalty and betrayal, the film follows boyhood pals who bond over street crime and graduate to felonious adulthoods.

Mar 18, 2009 - Barry M. Grey

The original Goodbye, Mr. Chips is the slow, sentimental, stiff-upper-lip British tale that has long been the template for movies about teachers who make a difference.

Mar 1, 2009 - Barry M. Grey

Tragically deformed outcasts star in this absorbing pre-Code B-movie that does more to promote tolerance than any of Hollywood's preachy "message" pictures.

Dec 11, 2008 - Barry M. Grey

This charming, earnest tale relies not on special effects but purely on the skills of its stars for a modern take on the adage, "Beauty is in the eye of the beholder."

Nov 28, 2008 - Barry M. Grey

History is Made at Night is the kind of romantic melodrama Hollywood pretty much patented in the years between the advent of sound and America's entry into World War II.

Jul 17, 2008 - Barry M. Grey