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Action & Adventure - Drama

Energetic combinations of suspense, exotic locations and heroic journeys blend with realistic, often non-fictional, characters and gritty themes. The results are powerful and gripping stories, epitomised by Lawrence of Arabia, The African Queen or Das Boot.


Recommended Action & Adventure - Drama Films

Lawrence of Arabia

1962, David Lean, DVD

 

£6.99

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Lawrence of Arabia

One of the most sumptuous of the postwar cycle of Hollywood epics, David Lean's 7 Oscar-winning r...

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The African Queen (Special Restoration Edition)

1951, John Huston, DVD

 

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Recommended The African Queen (Special Restoration Edition)

Humphrey Bogart, captain of riverboat 'The African Queen', won an Oscar for his p...

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War Horse

2011, Steven Spielberg, DVD

 

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Recommended War Horse

Based on Michael Morpurgo's novel, Steven Spielberg's War Horse is an epic odyssey of joy, sorrow...

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Genghis Khan

1965, Henry Levin, DVD

 

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Recommended Genghis Khan

Omar Sharif plays the Mongolian chieftain Genghis Khan in this spectacular re-telling of the warl...

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Early Kurosawa

1943-47, Akira Kurosawa, DVD

 

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Recommended Early Kurosawa

A collection of six early films from Akira Kurosawa. Contains Sanshiro Sugata (1943), Sanshiro Su...

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Fritz Lang's Indian Epic: Der Tiger von Eschnapur, Das Indische Grabmal

1959, Fritz Lang, DVD

 

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Recommended Fritz Lang's Indian Epic: Der Tiger von Eschnapur, Das Indisch...

A two-part adventure epic from the legendary direct...

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Mr. Moto's Gamble

1938, James Tinling, DVD

 

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Mr. Moto's Gamble

In this third adventure in the prewar detective adventure series, Peter Lorre (joined here by spe...

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The Spanish Main

1945, Frank Borzage, DVD

 

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Recommended The Spanish Main

RKO's first film in three-strip Technicolor, The Spanish Main stars Paul Henreid as dashing pirat...

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Shanghai Express

1932, Josef von Sternberg, DVD

 

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Shanghai Express

Notorious adventuress Shanghai Lily (Marlene Dietrich) is reunited with ex lover, the stiff upper...

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Golden Salamander

1950, Ronald Neame, DVD

 

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Golden Salamander

An exotic British thriller adapted from the best selling novel by Victor Canning Golden Salamande...

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The Scarlet Blade

1964, John Gilling, DVD

 

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The Scarlet Blade

An English Civil War adventure, The Scarlet Blade is a historical adventure from Hammer Film Prod...

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Kurosawa Samurai Collection

1962, Akira Kurosawa, DVD

 

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Kurosawa Samurai Collection

The films of Akira Kurosawa, one of the cinema’s greatest auteurs, have had a pro...

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A Tale Of Two Cities (Special Edition)

1958, Ralph Thomas, DVD

 

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A Tale Of Two Cities (Special Edition)

Based on the stormy Dickens novel, this is one of the last great British literary...

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Mr. Moto Takes a Vacation

1939, Norman Foster, DVD

 

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Mr. Moto Takes a Vacation

When Mr Moto Takes a Vacation you know that criminal business is going to make an...

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The War Lord

1965, Franklin J. Schaffner, DVD

 

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Recommended The War Lord

One of the finest historical adventure films ever made, The War Lord dramatises with uncommon int...

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The Brigand of Kandahar

1965, John Gilling, DVD

 

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The Brigand of Kandahar

Oliver Reed continues his villainous streak in The Brigand of Kandahar, a Hammer ...

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El Cid

1961, Anthony Mann, DVD

 

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Recommended El Cid

Anthony Mann's epic stars Charlton Heston as the legendary 11th Century Spanish patriot El Cid, w...

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Mr. Moto Takes a Chance

1938, Norman Foster, DVD

 

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Mr. Moto Takes a Chance

This fourth adventure in the pre-war series sees Japanese Detective Mr. Kentaro M...

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Harry Black and the Tiger

1958, Hugo Fregonese, DVD

 

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Harry Black and the Tiger

A man-eating tiger stalks the Indian countryside. The authorities recruit ace hun...

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Hell Drivers (Special Edition)

1957, Cyril Endfield, DVD

 

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Recommended Hell Drivers (Special Edition)

In cast terms, this has been considered the British 'Magnificent Seven' - and wit...

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Drama Chart

Genghis Khan 1. Genghis Khan
£11.99

War Horse 2. War Horse
£13.99

Fanfan La Tulipe (1952) 3. Fanfan La Tulipe (1952)
£6.99

The Battle of the River Plate 4. The Battle of the River Plate
£5.99

The Iron Mask 5. The Iron Mask
£5.99

 

 

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