Best Drama Films of 1966
This Property Is Condemned
Sydney Pollack's tawdry potboiler, ... at Alva's betrayal, sets out to ruin her daughter's reputation by exposing her marriage to J.J. to the world. [ best drama films - 1966 ]
The Human Voice
Originally penned by renowned ... offers the audience an intimate look at the goings-on of a person in the midst of a psychological breakdown. [ best drama films - 1966 ]
Grand Prix
There's a few million ... Franklin E. Milton. Filmed on location, Grand Prix made back its cost about half a week into its run. [ best drama films - 1966 ]
Hawaii
Hawaii hadn't even begun ... Hawaii (the 171-minute version, rather than the 151-minute reissue), Bette Midler plays a bit part as a ship passenger. [ best drama films - 1966 ]
Follow Me, Boys!
Follow Me, Boys!, Disney's ... reviewers, Follow Me, Boys! struck a responsive chord with filmgoers, to the tune of a $5.5 million box-office take. [ best drama films - 1966 ]
Death of a Salesman
Alex Segal directed this ... features James Farentino as Happy Loman, George Segal as Biff Loman, and a young, pre-fame Gene Wilder as Bernard. [ best drama films - 1966 ]
The Sand Pebbles
Steve McQueen received his ... Chinese, especially after Frenchy's girlfriend becomes pregnant and Po Han is captured by revolutionary forces and branded a traitor. [ best drama films - 1966 ]
La Guerre Est Finie
La Guerre est Finie ... surprised at the lack of action in the film, but favoring suspense over action is typical of Alain Resnais. [ best drama films - 1966 ]
Ten Blocks on the Camino Real
Jack Landau directed this ... The play also features performances by Tom Aldredge, Michael Baseleon, Albert Dekker, Hurd Hatfield, Kazimir Kokich, and Lotte Lenya. [ best drama films - 1966 ]
The Blue Max
Based on a novel ... Ursula Andress. The canny Mason knows that, eventually, Peppard will be expendable, and a "heroic" death can be arranged. [ best drama films - 1966 ]
The Game Is Over
Under the tutelage of ... lavish lifestyle. The Game is Over was inspired by the Emile Zola novel La Curee (the film's European title). [ best drama films - 1966 ]
Dutchman
Anthony Harvey directed this ... into violence. This short feature was at once Harvey's last credit as an editor and first as a director. [ best drama films - 1966 ]
An Enemy of the People
Arthur Miller's celebrated adaptation ... financial health of the community than its physical well-being. Kate Reid and Philip Bosco appear in the supporting cast. [ best drama films - 1966 ]
Masculin/Feminin
Masculine Feminine was Jean-Luc ... opposed to linear storytelling, Masculine Feminine has solid literary roots, having been inspired by two Guy de Maupassant stories. [ best drama films - 1966 ]
10:30 p.m. Summer
Passion, whether sex or ... and Schneider. But it doesn't just stop between these two--things start warming up between Mercouri and Schneider as well. [ best drama films - 1966 ]
Marat / Sade
Adapted from his own ... As the play progresses, the revolution depicted in the play soon develops into an outright revolution on the stage. [ best drama films - 1966 ]
Young Torless
Robert Musil's novel Die ... in Young Torless to the Nazi years, then you aren't watching very carefully...or perhaps you're not watching at all. [ best drama films - 1966 ]
Namu, My Best Friend
Based on a true ... of Namu's presence, they begin to get restless and decide that they must kill him once and for all. [ best drama films - 1966 ]
A Man and a Woman
The ultimate "date" movie ... memorable theme music by Francis Lai. A sequel, A Man and a Woman: 20 Years Later appeared....twenty years later. [ best drama films - 1966 ]
Mademoiselle
In 1951, French writer ... the casting of Moreau; nevertheless, she would go on to star in Querelle, another adaptation of the author's work. [ best drama films - 1966 ]
Hunger
Set in the late ... Award at the Cannes Film Festival for his remarkable performance. The film is based on Knut Hamsun's novel, Sult. [ best drama films - 1966 ]
They Saved Hitler's Brain
After his head is ... under the command of Der Fuhrer--who plan to resume their atrocities upon humanity in a scheme of world domination. [ best drama films - 1966 ]
La Soldadera
When her husband is ... fight for the revolution. Reviewers characterized the acting style of the performers, particularly the star, as being highly melodramatic. [ best drama films - 1966 ]
The Girl from Tobacco Row
Ron Ormond, the Carolina-based ... melodrama. Co-directed by producer Ormond and his wife June, this drama features their son Tim Ormond in the cast. [ best drama films - 1966 ]
Mission to Death
German radar installations are ... target of a group of American infantrymen. [ best drama films - 1966 ]
Thunderbird 6
This British sci-fi film ... who use spaceships to save beautiful Lady Penelope from her kidnappers, the evil villains of New World Aircraft Corporation [ best drama films - 1966 ]
The Love Merchant
A loyal wife becomes ... could save his company, but only if Peggy is willing to spend two days at his beck and call. [ best drama films - 1966 ]
Four Dollars of Revenge
When a large shipment ... gold disappears, the military officer in charge of its safety is accused of the robbery. [ best drama films - 1966 ]
Spur Der Steine
This East German story ... about the party's role in the workplace is possibly one of the reasons the film was banned until 1990. [ best drama films - 1966 ]
The Fighting Elegy
In this sharp satire ... was written by Kaneto Shindo, a noted leftist filmmaker who also served as an assistant director to Kenji Mizoguchi. [ best drama films - 1966 ]
Testament: The Bible in Animation - Abraham
Tracing the thread of ... This video is one volume of a larger series that narrates the major stories and traditions of the Bible. [ best drama films - 1966 ]
The Journey of the Fifth Horse
In 1966, a year ... the bitter Chulkaturin, whose angst is a compliment for the insignificance of Zoditch's own life. Charlotte Rae also co-stars. [ best drama films - 1966 ]
Seguiré Tus Pasos
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Patriotism
Thirty five years after ... the film marked Mishima's sole foray into filmmaking, and serves as an unsettling prediction of the writer's own suicide. [ best drama films - 1966 ]Supplemental Navigation
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