MOTION PICTURES - MOVIES - FILM


Updated June 4, 2007

Did you know? During World War II, movie star W.C. Fields kept $50,000 in Germany 'in case the little bastard wins'.

THE BEST SITE FOR QUICK INFO
**** Need to know who starred in what? When was it made? How many awards did it win? The Internet Movie Database has everything you need to know about just any movie ever made! You can even go straight to the Internet Movie Database Search Page or the The Internet Movie Database - Fun and Games. Also, check out IMDb Genre Browser, Film by Year, On The Day, and Facts & Trivia.
  Want to watch a favorite classic?  Check out TURNER CLASSIC MOVIES. It also has a super search engine.


MOVIE GLOSSARY
Movie Terminology Glossary
  Cinematic Terms - A Film Making Glossary 
  Film Terms
 
Roger Ebert's Glossary of Movie terms


 
WE MOURN THE LOSS
  People in the Film Industry who died in 2007, 2006, 2005, and 2004

THE BEST IN FILM...
  Greatest Films is a terrific place for film lovers to visit.
MOVIEWEB: Box Offices
  MOVIEWEB: Top 100 All Time Highest Grossing Films
  Box-Office Top 100 American Films of All-Time (unadjusted AND adjusted for Inflation) 
  Top Grossing Films of All Time in the U.S. Adjusted for Inflation
  All Time Box Office Stats
  100 Must-See Films of the 20th Century by Leonard Maltin 
  Ebert's Great Movies"Unofficial" Roger Ebert's Great Movies
  AFI's 100 Years...The Top 100 Movies & AFI'S 100 YEARS...100 MOVIES - 10TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION (June 2007)
  AFI's 100 Years...100 Passions
  AFI's 100 Years...100 Thrills
  AFI's 100 Years...100 Laughs
  AFI's 100 Years...100 Stars
  AFI's 100 Years...100 Heroes & Villains
AFI's 100 Years...100 Songs
  AFI's 100 Years...100 Movie Quotes
  AFI's 100 Years of Film Scores
  AFI's 100 Years of Musicals
  YouTube - AFI - Stars Tell AFI Their Favorite Movies! 
  AFI's 100 Years Downloads
  AFI Life Achievement Award Recipients
  AFI AWARDS 
   the bfi 100: Top British films of the 20th Century 
  Top10 Western Films
  Top Musicals 
  Greatest Film or Movie Quotes
  Greatest Moments and Film Scenes
  Greatest Film Star Legends
  Greatest Directors and Their Best Films 
  Top Grossing Films by Cost, etc. 
  TIME Magazine - ALL-TIME 100 Movies - The Complete List 
  Timeline of Influential Milestones and Turning Points in Film History 

...AND THE WORST
  Oh, the Humanity! The Worst Movies on Earth
  IMDb Bottom 100
  The Stinkers - The Ultimate Bad Movie Awards
 
The 100 Worst Films of the 20th Century

   
...SOME OF MY PERSONAL FAVORITES (in alphabetical order): 
   84 Charing Cross Road (1986) - Anthony Hopkins and Anne Bancroft in a wonderful film directed by Bancroft's husband Mel Brooks....and it's not a comedy!
Citizen Kane (1941) - Orson Welles' masterpiece
Fargo (1996) - offbeat film with Best Actress Oscar winner Frances McDormand
Inherit the Wind (1960) - starring Spencer Tracy and Gene Kelly (his best role and he doesn't dance one little bit!)
  It's a Wonderful Life (1946) - sentimental fave starring Jimmy Stewart (my favoriteall-time actor)
Jaws (1975) - starring Roy Scheider, Robert Shaw, and Richard Dreyfuss. I am still afraid of the water (and I am a championship swimmer!)
To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) - Oscar winner Gregory Peck and close to the top of my list.
Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1974) - starring John Cleese, Terry Jones, Eric Idle, Graham Chapman, and Michael Palin (my favorite Python)
My Fair Lady (1964) - starring Rex Harrison and Audrey Hepburn. A gorgeous film.
Roman Holiday (1953) - starring Gregory Peck and Audrey Hepburn in her debut. It is so romantic!
Sense and Sensibility (1995) - starring Emma Thompson. I love Jane Austen.
Shakespeare in Love (1998) - Funny AND Romantic!
Shenandoah (1965) - another sentimental favorite with Jimmy Stewart. Even after seeing this film dozens of times, I still cry at the end!
When Harry Met Sally... (1989) - starring Billy Crystal and Meg Ryan. This one still makes me laugh!!!

AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE
The AFI recently announced the TOP 100 American Movies of all time! Do you agree with the top picks? 
  American Film Institute
  AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies & AFI'S 100 YEARS...100 MOVIES - 10TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION (June 2007) 
  AFI's 100 Years...100 Stars
  AFI's 100 Years...100 Laughs
  AFI's 100 Years...100 Thrills
  AFI's 100 Years...100 Passions
  AFI's 100 Years...100 Heroes & Villains
  AFI's 100 Years...100 Songs
  AFI's 100 Years...100 Movie Quotes
  AFI's 100 Years of Film Scores
  AFI's 100 Years of Musicals
  YouTube - AFI - Stars Tell AFI Their Favorite Movies!  
  AFI's 100 Years Downloads
  AFI Life Achievement Award Recipients
  AFI AWARDS 
  Education @ AFI 
  AFI Screen Education Center 

 
And you thought Thomas Edison invented Motion Pictures!
  UCR/CMP: Eadweard Muybridge
  Freeze Frame: Eadweard Muybridge 
  Masters of Photography: Eadweard Muybridge
  Inventing Entertainment: the Early Motion Pictures and Sound Recordings of the Edison Companies
  Edison Motion Pictures 
   Magic Lantern Castle Museum
  The Magic Lantern Society - Home Page
   Museum of the Moving Image 
  The Complete History of the Discovery of Cinematography 
  KODAK: Chronology of Motion Picture Films - 1889 to the Present 
  BIOGRAPH The oldest movie company in America Production Companies 

THE ACADEMY AWARDS - THE OSCAR - GOLDEN GLOBES 
Did you know? Because metal was scarce, the Oscars given out during World War II were made of plaster.

  OSCAR.com: The Official Academy Awards Site
  Welcome to The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences 
  The Academy Awards | Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
  Academy Film Archive | Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences  
  The Official Academy Awards® Database - AMPAS
  History of the Academy Awards - Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
   For info on any year from 1927 - the present: IMDb: Academy Awards, USA 
   Who won the Best Picture for 2007? Gosh, I have already forgotten. At IMDb: Academy Awards, USA: 2007 you will find the answer! How about in 2006 & 2005?
  Academy Awards Mistakes and Omissions
  Academy Awards® Oscars Winners  
  Education and Preservation / Academy Foundation 
  Teacher's Guide Series - Academy Foundation - AMPAS 
  Academy Awards at LittleGoldenGuy.com - Home 
  Britannica.com's Academy Awards History: All About Oscar 
  Annual Golden Globe Awards Coverage at Digital Hit 

MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STUDIOS
  CHART:Studios Evolution
  Lions Gate Films - Home
  Lucasfilm
MGM Studios - TURNER CLASSIC MOVIES (warehouse of MGM Classics!)
  Welcome to the Miramax Cafe
  Paramount Pictures
  Sony Pictures
  Welcome to Foxmovies.com
  Welcome to Universal Studios.com
  Walt Disney Pictures - The Official Homepage
  Warner Bros. Online: Movies

REVIEWS!!! What movie should you see (or rent) this weekend?
  Movie Review Query Engine
  Roger Ebert on Movies
  Roger Ebert's Great Movies - Check out "Best" section above for some great films to rent! 
  Ebert & Roeper, Reviews for the week 
  SCREEN IT! ENTERTAINMENT REVIEWS FOR PARENTS
   Cinescape - Coming Attractions
  For teachers & educators:  Teach With Movies, DocuSeek Film & Video Finder

NEED TO BUY A TICKET????
  Moviefone - MovieWatcher

G - PG - PG13 - R - NC17 -- MOVIE RATINGS
  MPA | Movie Ratings | History
  Motion Picture Association 
  Motion Pictures Rating System (1968) 
  Film Censorship in the 1920s and 30s. 
  censorship and film 

FILM SCHOOLS, SCREENWRITING, DIRECTING, and BEHIND -THE -SCENES!
  The Motion-Picture Industry: Behind-the-Scenes
  Teacher's Guide Series - Youth Media International - Academy Foundation 
  Education and Preservation / Academy Foundation 
  Education @ AFI  
  AFI Screen Education Center 
  Lucasfilm: Employment
  The George Lucas Educational Foundation
  Exhibits Collection -- Cinema
  The Online Communicator Top Page
  the craft of screenwriting
  The Online Communicator: Writing for Film
   From Query To Sale - Home
  The Online Communicator: screenwriting FAQ files
  Cinema Sites: Movie Scripts
  Drew's Script-O-Rama: free movie scripts and screenplays, baby!
  Cinemarquee
  Cinema Sites: News on the Film & Television Business 
  Filmmaker.Com 
   Welcome to the UCLA Film & Television Archive!
  UCLA School of Theater, Film, and Television
  Welcome to the Sundance Institute
  The Ultimate Film Festival Directory 
  Directory of International Film & Video Festivals - britfilms.com
  Society for Cinema & Media Studies Website
  One hundred Years of Film Sizes
  Directorsnet.com
  Special Effects Unlimited, Inc.
  Cinematographer.com - The Daily Cinematography Resource
  DesignInMotion - The Daily Motion Design Resource
  DirectorsWorld - The Daily Directing Resource
  EditorsNet - The Daily Film & Video Editing Resource
  PostIndustry - The Daily Post-Production Resource
  VFXPro - The Daily Visual Effects Resource
  CHUD.com - Cinematic Happenings Under Development
  Done Deal: Script and Pitch Sales - Updated Daily 
  Film History Page @ Film Analysis, Film-North
  Film Study and Appreciation Resources  

WOMEN IN FILM
  Reel Women
  Women in Film Resources
  Women in the Director's Chair
  Women in Cinema: A Reference Guide
  The African Women in Cinema Project
  Media Portrayals of Girls and Women | Introduction
  Hey, Hollywood: What's Wrong With This Picture? 



  MOVIE HISTORY & TODAY IN MOVIE HISTORY
GENERAL SITES 
In This Year in Movie History 
On This Day in Movie History 
  KODAK: Chronology of Motion Picture Films - 1889 to the Present 
  The Complete History of the Discovery of Cinematography 
  TIMELINE: Media History 1900s 
  Timeline of Influential Milestones and Turning Points in Film History 
  Digital History - Chronology of Film History 
  Digital History - Hollywood's America 
  U. S. Mass Media History 
    Encyclopedia: History of cinema
  TIME.com: TIME Magazine Covers Archive : MOVIES 
  History of cinema - Art History Online Reference and Guide  
    Reel American History
  Classic Films
    Recording Technology History
  Recording Technology History links   
  GRAPH: Film Genres 
  CHART: Studios Evolution 
  CHART: Films Ranked by Production Costs and Gross Income 
  CHART: Top Musicals 
The Movie Times: Top Grossing Films of All Time in the U.S. Adjusted for Inflation 
   Motion Picture Sound - part 2 - part 3 
Film History by Decade 
  Greatest Films 
  Film and History 
  Birth of the Movies 
      Hollywood's Depression Age 
  Hollywood's Conservative Age 
  Hollywood's Golden Age 
  Postwar Hollywood 
  Hollywood's Revival
  The Classic Hollywood Narrative Style 
  Motion Picture and Television Reading Room (Library of Congress) 
  World Wide Web Virtual Library - Film History Index - Home Page 
  American Museum of the Moving Image 
  The History Place - Hollywood's Best History Films! 
  UCLA Film and Television Archive 
  History in Film 
  The Hollywood Thirties: Home Page 
  Inventing Entertainment: the Early Motion Pictures and Sound Recordings of the Edison Companies
  Cinema Sites: History & Journals
  Home page of the About Classic Movies site
  Classic Films
   American Movie Classics
   TURNER CLASSIC MOVIES
       American WideScreen Museum 
      Film and History Journal 
  Art Historians' Guide to the Movies 
  Reel Classics: Elizabeth's Classic Movie Homepage 
        Bombshells.Com - Home of Bombshells, Starlets, Pin-ups, Vixens and Classic Actresses from the 30s - 50s  
  History, Nostalgia, and Adolescence in American Film 
  Encyclopedia Smithsonian: Film and Television 
  Young Bill Douglas Centre - History of Film & Popular Culture 

THE MOVIE PICTURE PALACE, & LATER, THE DRIVE-IN 
  The Rise of the Motion Picture Theatre 
  American Picture Palaces 
  historictheatres.org 
  The Movie Palaces 
  From Cinema to Cineplex
  Cinema Treasures
  The Silent Movie Theatre
  Grauman's Chinese Theatre
  Theater Tour - Photographs and History of Los Angeles Movie Palaces 
  CinemaTour - Welcome! 
  Drive-In Theater 

 
SILENT FILM 
Greatest Silent Films 
  Film History of the 1920s
  Hollywood Film Studios in the 20s 
  Cinema History: Films from the Silent Era 
  Silent Cinema
  Silent Era: The silent film website
  Silents Majority
  Silents Are Golden 
  Golden Silents - Silent Movie Stars, Silent Films 
  Welcome to Silent Movies 
  The Silent Movie Theatre    
"They Had Faces Then": Stars of the Silent Screen
Silent Movies
  Stars of the Silent Movies
  Silent Film Resources FAQ
  BIOGRAPH The oldest movie company in America Production Companies
  Silent Ladies & Gents
  D. W. Griffith Exhibition 
  The Jazz Singer 
  The Jazz Singer (1927) 
  Charles Spencer Chaplin 
  Charlie Chaplin in the Machine Age
  Houdini and the Movies 
  PRIMARY SOURCE: Film Censorship in the 20s and 30s
  Music in Silent Films
Original live music for silent film
  Variety Stage: Motion Pictures 
  Motion Picture Collections from the Library of Congress
  AFI CATALOG - Silent Film Catalogue 
   Silent Film Sources- Silent Films Availability in the U.S.  
  WCMA - Moving Pictures - American Art & Early Film, 1880-1910 
   And, then there was Motion Picture Sound, part 2, part 3 


THE FIRST TALKIES....THE JAZZ SINGER & OTHER EARLY TALKIES 
  Al Jolson's Home on the Web - A.J.Recordings  
  The Early Sound Films of Paramount Pictures
  Inventing Entertainment: the Early Motion Pictures and Sound Recordings 
  Motion Picture Sound
  Sound - The History of Motion Picture Sound 
  The Speed of Sound: Hollywood and the Talkie Revolution, 1926-1930
  Madam, Will You Talk?
  Sound Stage - The History of Motion Picture Sound 

  
 
HISTORY OF FILM FROM THE 30s TO THE PRESENT
  The Hollywood Thirties: Home Page
  Moderntimes; Classic 1930s Film Pages
  1930s On Film
  Iconic Films of the Thirties
  It's the Booze Talkin': Prohibition and the Gangster Film
  Crime Pays: The Hollywood Gangster from 1930-1938
  Birth of the Screwball Comedy - Screwball Comedy
  The Marx Brothers and Identity Construction
  Capra, Smith, and Doe - Frank Capra - Frank Capra and the American Ideals - Frank Capra & The American myth - Frank Capra's "Why We Fight" propaganda films
  Films and stars of the 30s and 40s 
   Motion Pictures Rating System (1968) 
  PRIMARY SOURCE: Film Censorship in the 20s and 30s 
  Film History by Decade 
   Classic Films 
  Classic Films from the Hollywood Studios, 1934-1946
  The 1950s--Focus on American Films
  Growing Up on the Films of the 1960s
  The 1960s--Rise of the Director as"Auteur"
  The 1970s-Era of Cynicism, Disenchantment, & Rebellion
  The late 1970s--Psychological Portraits
  The late 1980s--Independent Films, New Voices
  The 1980s--Towards an International Cinema
  More info below under specific genre & topic sections.


  
PROPAGANDA FILMS 
  War and Anti-War Films
  Hollywood at War 
  The Battle Ground on Film 
  Frank Capra - Frank Capra's "Why We Fight" Propaganda Films 
  Frank Capra and the American Ideals - Frank Capra & The American myth 
  Capra, Smith, and Doe: Filming the American Hero 
  Hollywood Homefront Mobilization 
  Celluloid Soldiers 
  The Stars Go to War 
  "Triumph of the Will" by Leni Riefenstahl 
  Triumph of the Will 
  Military-WWII-Nazi-Soviet-Propaganda Videos-International Historic Films

For more on film propaganda of WWII, check out my  WWII Propaganda, Images, Art page.

 
FILM NOIR 
  The Incredible World of Bowling Noir 
Film Noir Films
  Full-text Articles and Essays on Film Noir
   It's the Booze Talkin': Prohibition and the Gangster Film
  Crime Pays: The Hollywood Gangster from 1930-1938
  Ultimate Gangster/Crime Films


 
HOLLYWOOD BLACKLIST
  The Hollywood Blacklist 
  HUAC - McCarthyism 
  One in Ten: Adrian Scott and the Hollywood Ten - AHC Exhibit Adrian Scott
  The Hollywood Ten
  "The Hollywood Blacklist"--by Dan Georgakas
Online NewsHour: Hollywood Blacklisting
  An Eyewitness Account of the Hollywood Blacklist by Dore Schary
  The Independent Producers Face the Hollywood Blacklist
  The Hollywood Blacklist
  Hollywood Blacklist Essay 
  Navasky, Naming Names: Social Costs of McCarthyism
  The Red Scare Goes Hollywood 
     Blacklist: A different look at the 1947 HUAC hearings  
  Blacklisting Hollywood's Communists 


MOVIE POSTERS
 
 Classic & Vintage Film Posters 
  The Movie Poster Page 
  Learn About Movie Posters
  Poster intro
  Posters Database
  Poster Image Archive
  Greatest Films Movie Posters 
  Movie Posters Archives - Your Guide to the Best Posters 
  Lipp's Movie Posters • World's Largest Collection
Art.com - great movie posters 
  AllPosters.com - The World's Largest Poster and Print Store! 
STAR-SHOP.COM
  TIME.com: TIME Magazine Covers Archive : MOVIES 


THE GERMAN INFLUENCE
The German-Hollywood Connection
Alphabetical Index - The German-Hollywood Connection 
  Fritz Lang's Metropolis | Official US Site 
    Metropolis Fritz Lang 1927 - Metropolis 1927 - Fritz Lang - Chronology 
  Leni Riefenstahl Bio - German-Hollywood Connection
- For more on the WWII propaganda films of Riefenstahl, please visit my WWII Propaganda, Images, Art page.

FOREIGN FILM
Classic International Films, 1934-1960
  The 1980s--Towards an International Cinema
  ForeignFilms.com - The Foreign Film Database 
     Chinese Movie Database 
   India's Premier Bollywood Portal - BollywoodWorld.com
  Planet Bollywood
  Bollywood.com : Entertainment news, movie, music and fashion reviews... 
    Alan G. Chalk Guides to Japanese Films 
Welcome to the British Cinerhama
the bfi 100: The Top British Films of the 20th Century  
Monty Python Online  


AFRICAN AMERICAN
S IN FILM
African-Americans in Film 
"Black Film" Resources
Separate Cinema Poster Collection
Black Hollywood Reports
African Americans in Film and Television
Black Film Center/Archive Home Page
Blaxploitation Films
  Gender, Race and Ethnicity in Media - TV and Film 
  The Movies, Race, and Ethnicity
  Mammy Dearest: The Depiction of African-American House Servants in The Birth of a Nation & Gone with the Wind
  The Savage Genius: Louis Armstrong's Film Roles in the Depression 


ANIMATION
Origins of American Animation, 1900-1921
Welcome to Pixar's Home Page! These guys did the movie TOY STORY
What's up Doc?!  Welcome To Warner Bros. Animation!
  Anime: Japanese Animation Art 
   The Official Betty Boop Web Site - The Betty Boop Pages - Betty Boop: An Obsession
   Wallace and Gromit - part of Aardman Animations - Websites 
Tribute to Walt Disney
  A Centennial Tribute to Walt Disney 
  Disney A to Z - Walt Disney: A Biography 
For more on Cartoons & Animation, please visit my Television & Misc. Fine Arts page.


STOCK FOOTAGE, FILMS & ANIMATIONS ON THE INTERNET
Public Domain Movies and Films - RetroFilm.com 
  Public Domain Movies, Films, and Television RetroFilm.com 
  Internet Archive: Movie Collection 
  Universal Newsreels on DVD 
  Variety Stage: Motion Pictures 
  Newsfilm - University Libraries - USC
  Welcome to the UCLA Film & Television Archive!
  British Pathe Limited 
  WPA Film Library - A Leading Online Stock Footage Resource 
ITN Archive - Home 
  IFILM The Place for Internet Film 
  Welcome to Atomic Films/Atomic Interactive 
   ThE WeEkLy GiGgLe LiNkS AnD LaUgHs - Funny Videos 
  Hilarious Video Files 
   MadBlast 
  Icebox.com 
  JibJab.com 


Did you know? The 'Over the rainbow' scene from 'The Wizard of Oz' was originally cut from the film because it was 'slow' and added nothing to the plot. It was added again at the last moment.

DIRECTORS
Greatest Directors and Their Best Films 
Classic directors
Elizabeth's Classic Directors Page  
  Director's Net 
Women in the Director's Chair Home Page
  Frank Capra - Frank Capra & The American myth - FRANK CAPRA (DIRECTOR) "AN AMERICAN ICON" - Capra, Smith, and Doe - Frank Capra and the American Ideals  
  Frank Capra's "Why We Fight" propaganda films - For more on Capra's WWII films, please check out the section on "Propaganda Films" above. 
  Clint Eastwood 
  Fellini: Introduction  
  John Ford - Biography
  D. W. Griffith Exhibition 
Alfred Hitchcock - The Master of Suspense - Hitchcock Exhibition 
Kubrick on the Web
    Stanley Kubrick: The Master Filmmaker
George Lucas (Lucasfilm)
Steven Spielberg - Filmography - Biography 


Sites for the LEGENDARY and some PERSONAL FAVORITES
Greatest Film Star Legends
  Cinema Biographies 
  Stars of the Silent Movies  
  Entertainment Biographies 
  SEEING STARS: the Ultimate Guide to Hollywood & Celebrities 
Actors on the Internet - mostly sites for current popular actors
   What A Character! - Character Actors
  GREAT CHARACTER ACTORS 
  The Invisible Actor 
Celebrity Addresses - homepages for silent era films to modern day schlock
  CelebrityWonder.com: Celebrity, Movie Reviews & Trailers 
  Welcome to Starbuzz
STAR-SHOP.COM 
Elizabeth's Classic Actors Page
Elizabeth's Classic Actresses Page
Celebrity Caricatures in American Cinema from the National Portrait Gallery 
    FORMER CHILD STAR CENTRAL
   Bombshells.Com - Home of Bombshells, Starlets, Pin-ups, Vixens and Classic Actresses from the 30s - 50s 
    The Trial of Fatty Arbuckle
  Charlie Chaplin in the Machine Age
   The UNOFFICIAL Charlie Chaplin WWW Page 
  Gary Cooper
  Tom Cruise Is Nuts.com 
Bing Crosby Internet Museum Home Page - The Bing Crosby Information File  
James Dean
   Clint Eastwood - The World Wide Web Page
  Douglas Fairbanks - Biography
Jane Fonda
Clark Gable 
  Judy Garland Database Home Page
  Cary Grant
  Bob Hope and American Variety (Library of Congress Exhibition) - Bob Hope - Biography
Sir Anthony Hopkins  
  Grace Kelly
   The Marilyn Pages
Gregory Peck Page
  American Experience | Mary Pickford | PBS 
   The Sinatra Songbook
   The Jimmy Stewart Museum: Homepage - Jimmy Stewart: A Legendary Career
Elizabeth's Jimmy Stewart Page
The Jimmy Stewart Homepage: Other Attractions
  The Three Stooges - a starting point 
The Raised Eyebrow: a Sam Waterston page
    John Wayne - actor, patriot, man of honor
  My John Wayne Page!!  
  World of Owen at Wilson-Brothers.com  

HOLLYWOOD HISTORY
A Short History of Hollywood 
  THE HOLLYWOOD HISTORY MUSEUM 
  Greetings from Hollywood 
  Hollywood History
  more hollywood history  


TRIVIA
TIME Magazine Covers Archive : MOVIES 
Movie Trivia Links
  GRAPH: Film Genres - CHART: Studios Evolution - CHART: Films Ranked by Production Costs and Gross Income - CHART: Top Musicals 
The Movie Cliches List 
  Film cliches
   Trivia Bytes - The Internet's best sound clip trivia game. 
  Cinema Bytes - Movie Trivia Quiz
  Movie mistakes - goofs, bloopers, pictures, quotes and trivia 
  Movie Mistakes  
Movie Trivia Quizzes 
  Scene It? --The only reel movie game with real movie clips! 


Did you know? In the film 'Star Trek : First Contact', when Picard shows Lily she is orbiting Earth, Australia and Papa New Guinea are clearly visible .. but New Zealand is missing .

GREAT MOMENTS & SUPER ENDINGS
Magical Decisive Moments by Steve Jaffe
  Greatest Moments and Film Scenes 
The Online Communicator: Famous Film Endings 


MOVIE MUSICALS & FILM SOUNDTRACKS
AFI's 100 Years...100 Songs  
AFI's 100 Years of Film Scores - 250 Nominated Music Scores  
  Best Soundtracks | TIME Magazine - ALL-TIME 100 movies 
  The Internet Movie Database (IMDb) - Soundtrack Database 
CHART: Top Musicals 
  Music in Silent Films 
  Silent Fim Music, by Ben Model 
  Musicals of the 1930's 
Class Act: Those Golden Movie Musicals
  Classic Music Used in Films 
  Cinemusic Online: Ezine for Film Score Lovers 
  Filmtracks Modern Soundtrack Reviews 
  scorereviews.com 
  Movie Soundtracks Streaming 24/7 - MovieWeb
  SoundtrackNet - the art of film and television music  
    mfiles - film music soundtracks, film composer biographies and CD reviews 
  Film Music Magazine
   The Movie Soundtrack Web Page 
  FILM MUSIC REVIEW-The Web Magazine 
     Tracksounds:  The Film Music Experience 
  Welcome to FILM SCORE MAGIC 
  John Williams 
  The Movie Sounds Page - Your link to the world's BEST sounding movie audio clips, etc. 
  SoundtrackCollector - The Movie Soundtrack Database
  SoundTrack Lyrics Source #1. Any Movie, Musical, TV, Cartoon!  
    MovieMusic.com - Home of the Most Popular Movie Soundtracks on the Planet 
  Sony Music 100 Years: Soundtrack for a Century - Movie Music 
   Judy Garland Database Home Page
  The Movie Sounds Page - Your link to the world's BEST movie audio files 
For TV themes, try TV Cream: Show Themes (a British site focusin on Brit TV, but many US themes) - More on TV on my Television & Misc. Fine Arts page. 


SCI-FI - STAR WARS - HORROR - FANTASY!
ScienceFiction.COM 
  Science Fiction on Film 
  Science Fiction, Fantasy - Solar Flare 
  ClassicSciFi.Com
  Postmodernism and Science Fiction Film 
  ULTIMATE SCIENCE FICTION WEB GUIDE 
  Science Fiction: Histories, Texts, Media 
  The SF Site: The Best in Science Fiction and Fantasy 
   Science Fiction Movie, Animation Art Collectibles, DVDs, Toy Robots, etc 
  THE ASTOUNDING B MONSTER 
  Metropolis Fritz Lang 1927 - Introduction  
     Star Wars: Welcome to the Official Web Site
  Star Wars:The Magic of Myth, National Air and Space Museum 
  LucasGames: The LucasArts Gaming Source 
  Star Wars: Realities beyond the myth 
   Welcome to Lucasfilm Ltd.
     TheForce.net | Your Daily Dose of Star Wars
Inside Skywalker Ranch
  STARTREK.COM: The Official Star Trek Web Site! 
  STasis: Your Guide to the Scholarly Literature of TREK 
  STARTREK.COM : Series & Movies 
   The Oz Movies Catalog - Index 
  Sinister Cinema - Online Video Catalog 
  Horror-Wood Webzine -- For Classic And Cult Horror Movie And Monster Film Fans
  Saturday Matinee - Horror and Disaster Films 
Info on the Sci-Fi TV series can be found in the TV SciFi section on my TV and Misc. Fine Arts page. Info on Sci-Fi literature can be found on my Literature and Drama page.


WESTERNS
CowboyPal, Home of the Silver Screen Cowboys
  Law and the American Western
   Top 10 Western Films 
  Images - 30 Great Westerns 


FILM FESTIVALS
The Ultimate Film Festival Directory
  Directory of International Film & Video Festivals - britfilms.com
  Film Festivals in the Yahoo! Directory   
Festival International du Film de Cannes / Cannes International Film Festival
Sundance Institute  


USING FILM IN THE CLASSROOM
Making Sense of Films 
  Films as Social and Cultural History 
  Who Made the Film and Why? - Do Films Reflect Reality? 
  Varsity Arts & Culture -- can good art be popular??? 
  Viewing and Watching Films Critically 
  Mistakes in Film Criticism 
  Film Reviews and Film Criticism: A Selective Guide to Sources 
  UNF: Thinking about Historical Film (Halsall) 
  Specific Questions about Film and History 
  The Classic Hollywood Narrative Style 
  Digital History - How to Write in a History Class
  Digital History - Hollywood's America  
   Digital History - Hollywood as History 
  Resources for Teaching Film
  Resources for Teaching Documentary Film
  Films: Research & Resources 
  How to Cite Media 
  Reel American History - Home 
  History 168: Mass Media & USD History 168: Film and History - one of my favorite places for info! 
  Lessons and Resources for Media Education | Index - part of Media Awareness Network (MNet) | Home 
  Studies of Media Influence on Youth 
  "Teach With Movies" 
  Teaching Ethnicity and Race Through Films 
  Media Portrayals of Girls and Women | Introduction 
  The Use and Abuse of History in Film and Video 
  Using Educational Films
  Teaching History through Film | Home
  Teaching U.S. History Through Feature Films
  Film & Video: Teaching
  Film survey - You're the Critic (Student Handout) - Internet Scavenger Hunt: Movies     
  Education @ AFI - AFI Screen Education Center 
  Teacher's Guide Series - Youth Media International - Academy Foundation 
  Education and Preservation / Academy Foundation 
  The George Lucas Educational Foundation
  Lucasfilm: Employment - great place to apply for internships!!!  
  TEACHING 20th CENTURY U.S. HISTORY USING VIDEOCASSETTES 
  Timeline of Influential Milestones and Important Turning Points in Film History
  Film History by Decade  
  The History Place - Hollywood's Best History Films! 
  Historical Movies in Chronological Order 
    Ancient History in the Movies - Medieval History in the Movies - Modern History in the Movies 
  Art Historians' Guide to the Movies
  Ancient Greek and Roman Myth in Film  
  Film Genres Introduction - Film Genres Chart 
  Online Guide to Educational Films 
  DocuSeek Film & Video Finder 
  Welcome to Film & History
    History in Film 
      Motion Picture and Television Reading Room (Library of Congress) 
    History, Nostalgia, and Adolescence in American Film 
   Film and History - Films for Classes - Filmnotes 
  Holocaust Films and Videos 
  History videos and films | FIRST RUN/ICARUS FILMS 
  Ambrose Video Publishing 
  The First Run/Icarus Films Home Page 
  Agee Films: Award-winning films on history, literature, and biography
  Film Studies Resources on the Internet
  Film Studies Resources - Academic Info
  Film-Philosophy
   Hollywood 101 - Film Schools
  Film Study and Appreciation Resources
  Curriculum sources - Film studies 
  World Wide Web Virtual Library - Film History Index - Home Page
  Reach to Teach | Education Careers: Movies about Teaching
  Parenting and the Media: A Column by Rod Gustafson 


VARIOUS MISC. FILM SITES
U. S. Mass Media History - Film Notes 
  Motion Picture Sound - part 1 - part 2 - part 3 
  Disaster Films
  Classic Movies - Everything For the Classic Film Fan
  Classic Movies - Culture of the Classic Movies Era 
  Saturday Matinee - Where Movies Come Alive! Movies, Theater, Television   
  Movies: an international directory 
  Brief History of the Tabloids 
VARIETY.COM  
  The Hollywood Reporter.com
Film -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article 
  American Popular Culture -- FILM 
  TIME.com: TIME Magazine Covers Archive : MOVIES 
  American Memory Collections: Original Format: Motion Pictures 
  The National Museum of Photography, Film & Television - Welcome 
  The Bill Douglas Centre 
  filmlinc.com--the film society of lincoln center
  Welcome to the UCLA Film & Television Archive!  
  Movies.com: Guide to new & upcoming movies, DVD releases, movie showtimes 
  Filmbug Movie and Movie Star Search 
Hollywood.com 
  SEEING STARS: the Ultimate Guide to Hollywood & Celebrities
  Hollywood Cult Movies Homepage 
  Movie Trivia Quizzes, C'mon Hollywood and Poster Roasters
  Cinescape 
  Quin's Celebrity Photos, pinups, wallpapers, movie scenes, more.
  Movieline.com 
CinemaSpot.com
  All Movie Guide 
    The Movie Sounds Page
  FILM FORUM 
  Scope - Institute of Film Studies journal 
  Welcome to the British Cinerhama
the bfi 100: The Top British Films of the 20th Century
  The British Film Institute
  Sight and Sound: The British Film Institute's monthly film magazine 
Monty Python Online 
  Monroe County Heritage Museums - site about one of my favorite films, To Kill A Mockingbird.
  Movie-A-Minute - Don't have time to watch a complete film?  Get the story in just a minute!!
    Stills from old movies with funny captions. It's worth a peek: The Internet Movie Strip
  Images: A Journal of Film and Popular Culture 
  The History of Popular Entertainment: From Minstrelsy to Madonna 
Cinema Sites
Art Historians' Guide to the Movies
   Performing Arts Resources
National British Museum of Photography, Film & Television
  PicPal's Newsreel Page
Elizabeth's Classic Movie Homepage 
American Movie Classics
Classic Films
   Bombshells.Com - Starlets, Pin-ups, Vixens & Classic Actresses from the 30s - 50s 
  The Hollywood Renegades Archive 
  Film and Television 
  New Frontiers in American Documentary Film
  International Documentary Association
  Political Film Society
  Varsity Arts & Culture -- can good art be popular??? 
  Do violent films shape or reflect? | csmonitor.com 
  Howstuffworks "How Product Placement Works" - Lights, Camera, Product Placement! 
  The Gallery of Antiheroes and Villans -- What is an Antihero?
  Ultimate Gangster/Crime Films - THE GODFATHER TRILOGY - The Web Site You Can't Refuse     
  Cyberspace -- Artistic Relations: Art, Cinema, Video, and Cyberart 
  Literature, Cyberpunk Sci-Fi, Cyberspace, Critical Theory: An Overview 
  Cyberspace, Virtuality Reality, and Critical Theory: Political Contexts
  Journal of Religion and Film: Site Index Page 
  Film & Movies History
  Films and Popular Culture 

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