FILM STUDIES

 

A Guide To Film Genres

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FILM GENRES

http://www.filmsite.org/genres.html

http://www.library.yale.edu/humanities/film/genres.html

http://www.createyourscreenplay.com/genrechart.htm




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COMEDY FILMS

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http://www.filmsite.org/comedyfilms.html

Raising Arizona & Some Like It Hot

American Comedy: Chapter 8- American Cinema & Culture

Internet Exercises:
http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0072886277/student_view0/chapter8/internet_exercises.html


Web Links:
http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0072886277/student_view0/chapter8/web_links.html

HORROR FILMS

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http://www.filmsite.org/horrorfilms.html

http://www.filmsite.org/horrorfilms2.html

Understanding the Horror Genre
Click on the link above▲ to navigate to this page

Top 25 Scary Movies
Click on the link above▲ to navigate to this page

FANTASY FILMS

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http://www.filmsite.org/fantasyfilms.html


Top Rated:
http://www.imdb.com/chart/fantasy

Science Fiction Films

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TOP SCI FI FILMS
12 Monkeys (1995)
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
A Clockwork Orange (1971)
A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001)
Abyss (1989)


Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension
Alien (1979)
Aliens (1986)
Altered States (1980)
Back to the Future (1985)
Blade Runner (1982)
Brazil (1985)
Children of Men (2006)
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
Core
Dark City (1998)
Dark Star (1974)
Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)
Death Race 2000 (1975)
E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
Empire Strikes Back (1980)
Fifth Element
Flash Gordon (1980)
Frank Herbert's Dune (TV Miniseries)
Galaxy Quest (1999)
Independence Day (Single Disc Widescreen Edition)
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)
Island
Jurassic Park (1993)
Last Starfighter
Matrix (1999)
Men in Black (1997)
Metropolis (1926)
Minority Report (2002)

Good & Evil on the Big Screen
Star Wars Episode III - Revenge of the Sith

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http://jmarchfilmstudiesgoodevil.blogspot.com/

Planet of the Apes (1968)
Predator (Widescreen Two-Disc Collector's Edition)
Repo Man (1984)
Return of the Jedi (1983)
Road Warrior (1981)
Robocop (1987)
Serenity (2005)
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982)
Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984)
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986)
Star Trek: First Contact (1996)
Star Wars (1977)
Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith (2005)
Starship Troopers
Terminator (1984)
Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
They Live (1988)
Thing (1982)
Time After Time (1979)
Total Recall (1990)
Tron (20th Anniversary Collector's Edition)
War of the Worlds (2005)
Westworld (1973)

 http://www.filmsite.org/sci-fifilms.html
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SUPERHERO - COMIC BOOK/GRAPHIC NOVEL ADAPTATIONS

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http://www.efavata.com/CBM/

http://www.comics2film.com/

http://www.superherohype.com/

http://www.boxofficemojo.com/genres/chart/?id=comicbookadaptation.htm


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WESTERNS

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http://www.imagesjournal.com/issue06/infocus.htm

Sergio Leone’s “Once Upon a Time in the West” & The Searchers

http://www.filmeducation.org/filmlib/searchers.pdf




The Making of the West: Chapter 11 - American Cinema & Culture

Overview
http://www.imagesjournal.com/issue06/infocus/western.htm

30 Great Westerns
http://www.imagesjournal.com/issue10/infocus/


InternetExercises:

http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0072886277/student_view0/chapter11/internet_exercises.html

Web Links:

http://highered.mcgrawhill.com/sites/0072886277/student_view0/chapter11/web_links.html

Top 25 Westerns of All Time (1-12)

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Once Upon Time In the West
Unforgiven
Dances with Wolves
Wyatt Earp
Shane
The Wild Bunch
The Searches
The Outlaw Josey Wales
The Magnificent Seven


The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid  

Top 25 Westerns of All Time (13-25)

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A Fistful of Dollars
Tombstone
Lonesome Dove
Rio Bravo
3:10 to Yuma
Little Big Man
Silverado
High Noon
The Long Riders 
How the West Was Won

My Darling Clementine
Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid
Ride the High Country

Action /Adventure Films

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http://www.filmsite.org/actionfilms.html

http://www.filmsite.org/adventurefilms.html

Crime and Gangster Films

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http://www.filmsite.org/crimefilms.html

Films for Study: The Godfather, The Untouchables,
Miller’s Crossing, Little Caesar (1930) ,Public Enemy (1931)

The Godfather
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http://www.filmeducation.org/filmlib/godfather.pdf


Film Noir


Films: The Maltese Falcon (1941), Chinatown (1974), Blade Runner (1982), Blue Velvet (1986),
The Big Sleep, Double Indemnity (1944), (1946), Dark City (1988), Memento (2000), Sin City(2004)

Overview of the Film Noir genre
http://www.filmsite.org/filmnoir.html

Billy Wilder: About Film Noir

Samuel Fuller: About Film Noir

10 Shades of Noir
http://www.imagesjournal.com/issue02/infocus.htm

Casablanca
http://www.filmeducation.org/filmlib/casablanca.pdf

The Maltese Falcon
http://www.filmsite.org/malt.html
http://www.ardecol.ac-grenoble.fr/english/falteach/falt-03.htm
http://www.thrillingdetective.com/non_fiction/e008.html

Chinatown
http://www.filmsite.org/chin.html

Film Noir: Somewhere in the Night Chapter 10 - American Cinema & Culture


Internet Exercises:
http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0072886277/student_view0/chapter10/internet_exercis⁥s.html

Web Links:
http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0072886277/student_view0/chapter10/web_links.html

War and Anti-War Films

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http://www.filmsite.org/warfilms.html

Anti-War Film: Platoon & Apocalypse Now
http://www.filmeducation.org/filmlib/Platoon.pdf
http://www.filmeducation.org/filmlib/apocalypse.pdf

Apocalypse Now and the End of the 70's
http://www.imagesjournal.com/issue09/features/coppola/default-yes.htm


War and Cinema: Chapter 9 - American Cinema & Culture

Internet Exercises:

http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0072886277/student_view0/chapter9/internet_exercises.html

Web Links:

http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0072886277/student_view0/chapter9/web_links.html

MUSICALS

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http://www.filmsite.org/musicalfilms.html

Musicals: Chapter 7 - American Cinema & Culture




Internet Exercises:
http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0072886277/student_view0/chapter7/internet_exercises.html

Web Links:
http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0072886277/student_view0/chapter7/web_links.html

DRAMAS

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http://www.filmsite.org/dramafilms.html

Social Problem Dramas
Films About Mental Illness
Films about Disaffected Youth and Generational Conflict
Race Relations and Civil Rights Dramas

Journalism, the Press and Media-Related Dramas
Religious Dramas
Sports Dramas
Courtroom Dramas
Political Drama

ROMANCE FILMS

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While most films have some aspect of romance between characters (at least as a subplot) a romance film can be loosely defined as any film in which the central plot (the premise of the story) revolves around the romantic involvement of the story's protagonists. Common themes include the characters making decisions based on a newly-found romantic attraction. The questions, "What am I living for?" or "Why am I with my current partner?" often arise.


Another prerequisite is that the film has a happy ending (or at least bittersweet) and many would argue that no film with a sad ending may be correctly defined as "romance;" however, this second prerequisite is admittedly disputable and many screenwriters  and directors will push the boundaries of the genre in this aspect.

The term Chick flick is often associated with romance films as many are targeted to a female audience. Although many romance films may be targeted at women, this is not a defining characteristic of a romance film and a Chick Flick does not necessarily have a romance as a central theme, revolve around the romantic involvement of characters or even contain a romantic relationship. As such, the terms cannot be used interchangeably.

Top 50 Romance Films

  1. Romeo and Juliet - (1968, Franco Zeffirelli) ( Olivia Hussey)
  2. From Here to Eternity - (1953) (Burt Lancaster, Deborah Kerr)
  3. Casablanca - (1942) (Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman)
  4. Camille - (1937, George Cukor) (Greta Garbo, Robert Taylor)
  5. Annie Hall - (1977, Woody Allen) (Woody Allen, Diane Keaton) 
  6. The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) 
  7. A Place in the Sun - (1951) (Montgomery Clift, Elizabeth Taylor)
  8. Gone With the Wind - (1939, Victor Fleming) (Clark Gable, Vivien Leigh)
  9. To Have and Have Not - (1944) (Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall)
10. Somewhere in Time - (1980) (Christopher Reeve, Jane Seymour)
11. Sabrina - (1954, Billy Wilder) (Audrey Hepburn, Humphrey Bogart)
12. Slumdog Millionaire (2008)
13. Titanic - (1997, James Cameron) (Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet)
14. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
15. Love Story - (1970, Arthur Hiller) (Ryan O'Neal, Ali MacGraw)
16. An Officer and a Gentleman - (1982) (Richard Gere, Debra Winger)
17. It Happened One Night - (1934) (Clark Gable, Claudette Colbert)
18. Before Sunset (2004)
19. Amelie - (2001, Jean-Pierre Jeunet) (Audrey Tautou)
20. The Graduate (1967)
21. The English Patient - (1996) (Ralph Fiennes, Juliette Binoche)
22. Sunset Blvd. - (1950, Billy Wilder) (William Holden, Gloria Swanson)
23. A Walk to Remember - (2002) (Mandy Moore, Shane West)
24. You've Got Mail - (1998, Nora Ephron) (Tom Hanks, Meg Ryan)
25. Ghost - (1990, Jerry Zucker) (Patrick Swayze, Demi Moore)


26. Shakespeare in Love - (1998) (Joseph Fiennes, Gwyneth Paltrow)
27. A Walk in the Clouds - (1995) (Keanu Reeves, Aitana Sánchez-Gijón)
28. Sleepless in Seattle - (1993, Nora Ephron) (Tom Hanks, Meg Ryan)
29. It's a Wonderful Life - (1946, Frank Capra) (James Stewart, Donna Reed)
30. The Princess Bride - (1987) (Cary Elwes, Robin Wright Penn)
31. 500 Days of Summer - (2009) (Zooey Deschanel, Joseph Gordon-Levitt)
32.  Serendipity (2001)
33. The Bridges of Madison County - (1995) (Clint Eastwood, Meryl Streep)
34. The Apartment - (1960, Billy Wilder) (Jack Lemmon, Shirley MacLaine)
35. Moonstruck - (1987, Norman Jewison) (Cher, Nicolas Cage)
36. An American in Paris - (1951) (Gene Kelly, Leslie Caron)
37. Ever After - (1998, Andy Tennant) (Drew Barrymore, Dougray Scott)
38. Like Water for Chocolate - (1992) (Marco Leonardi, Lumi Cavazos)
39. Jerry Maguire - (1996, Cameron Crowe) (Tom Cruise, Renee Zellweger)
40. When Harry Met Sally... - (1989, Rob Reiner) (Billy Crystal, Meg Ryan)
41. A Room with a View - (1986) (Helena Bonham Carter, Daniel Day-Lewis)
42. Emma - (1996,Douglas McGrath) (Gwyneth Paltrow, Jeremy Northam)
43. Out of Africa - (1985, Sydney Pollack) (Robert Redford, Meryl Streep)
44. Life Is Beautiful - (1998) (Roberto Benigni, Nicoletta Braschi)
45. Under the Tuscan Sun - (2003, Audrey Wells) (Diane Lane, Raoul Bova)
46. Beauty and the Beast - (1946, Jean Cocteau) (Jean Marais, Josette Day)
47. As Good as it Gets - (1997, James L. Brooks) (Jack Nicholson, Helen Hunt)
48. Singin' In The Rain - (1952,Gene Kelly) (Gene Kelly, Debbie Reynolds)
49. Roxanne - (1987) (Steve Martin, Daryl Hannah, Rick Rossovich)
50. While You Were Sleeping - (1995) (Sandra Bullock, Bill Pullman)

FILMS RE-IMAGINED & REMAKES

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Gus Van Sant's remake of
“Psycho” vs Alfred Hitchcock’s original

Psycho: Film Study Guide
http://www.filmeducation.org/filmlib/Psycho.pdf


10 reasons why the Psycho remake failed:
http://www.angelfire.com/movies/oc/tirades/psychofail.htmlD

Description and reviews of Gus Van Sant's remake of Psycho
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/Psycho-1084964/


The Cinema of Alfred Hitchcock
http://www.imagesjournal.com/issue09/infocus.htm

Re-imagined Television Series

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“V”, the re-imagined series

The Prisoner Reimagined

Battlestar Galactica Reimagined

ANIMATED FILMS

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Anime – Spirited Away

http://www.filmeducation.org/filmlib/SpiritedAway.pdf

Top 25 Animated Movies of All-Time

1.     Beauty and the Beast
2.     The Incredibles
3.     WALL-E
4.     Toy Story 1, 2 & 3
5.     The Iron Giant
6.     South Park Movie
7.     Up
8.     The Little Mermaid
9.     Princess Mononoke
10. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
11. Nightmare Before Christmas
12. Spirited Away



13.    Shrek 1 & 2
 14.    Akira
 15.    Finding Nemo
 16.    How to Train Your Dragon
 17.    The Lion King
 18.    A Bug's Life
 19.    Sleeping Beauty
 20.    My Neighbor Totoro
 21.    The Fantastic Mr. Fox
 22.    Ghost in the Shell
 23.    Fantasia
 24.    Metropolis
 25.    Batman: Mask of the Phantasm
 

Documentary

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Bowling for Columbine,Hearts of Darkness
and Werner Herzog's GrizzlyMan

Talking with Michael Moore
http://www.imagesjournal.com/issue06/features/mmoore.htm


Bowling for Columbine
http://www.filmeducation.org/filmlib/BFC.pdf

Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse

http://www.filmeducation.org/secondary/heartsofD.html

GrizzlyMan

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4778191http://uashome.alaska.edu/~jndfg20/website/grizzlyman.htm