Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958)

Maggie is childless and depressed. Brick is a has-been track star and gay (but because of the Hays code, we couldn't be told that). Big Daddy is the most miserable business tycoon ever, with a town worshipping him at his feet. The results are for one of the strangest, and most notable classic films based on the play by Tennessee Williams. The cast is impeccable for it's time. Liz Taylor and Paul Newman at their peaks. Burl Ives is one of the great treasures of the 20th century, and Big Daddy is his defining role. I recommend it as required film viewing, if nothing else.