Greatest Films - The Best Movies in Cinematic History
The 50+ Greatest Femmes Fatales in Classic Film Noir: Classic film noir developed during and after World War II, taking advantage of the post-war ambience of anxiety, pessimism, and suspicion, and possibly reflecting male fears of female liberation and independence during the war years. Film noirs first evolved in the 1940s, became prominent in ...
100 Most Controversial Films of All Time - Greatest Films
There are about half a dozen main factors responsible for making a film controversial (and many films have multiple issues), including extreme sexuality or misogyny (including homosexuality or pornographic elements), political ideology, extreme violence (and gore or torture), racial issues, obscenity (profanity and vulgarity), rampant drug use, …
All-Time Top Film Franchises - Box-Office - Greatest Films
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) The Hobbit. The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012) The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2013) The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (2014) 6. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) $377 million.
Box-Office Top 100 Films of All-Time - Greatest Films
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001) Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008) Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983) Thor: Ragnarok (2017) Iron Man 2 (2010) Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002) Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007) TOP 100 FILMS. OF ALL-TIME.
100 Greatest Quotes in Movies - AFI
The American Film Institute (AFI) in Los Angeles, California conducted their eighth polling, 100 Years...100 Movie Quotes highlighting "America's Greatest Quotes in the Movies." AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movie Quotes revealed the 100 Greatest Movie Quotes in American films, as chosen by leaders of the entertainment community, in a three …
Top 100 Films by Genre Type - Greatest Films
Top 100+ Films by Genre Type . Filmsite has selected a Top 100 Films (see further below) comprised of the top 5 films for each of 20 different genres (including some sub-genres and other categories). The links directly below are to Filmsite's essays on Film Genres.
Main Film Genres - Greatest Films
1. The creation of a . characteristic SETTING or PERIOD: - modern day - specific decade or year - historical or fictional - urban/rural, etc. with various stereotypes, props, or icons Horror: Dark and isolated foreboding places and unexplained things, located in forests or woods, out-of-the-way camp grounds or areas (off the beaten path), graveyards or …
All-Time Top Box-Office Films By Decade and Year - Greatest Films
1926: Aloma of the South Seas (1926) 1927: The Jazz Singer (1927), also Napoleon (1927, Fr.) 1928: The Singing Fool (1928) 1929: The Broadway Melody (1929) THE 1930s DECADE. TOP 1930s FILMS. (unadjusted domestic gross totals) Gone With The Wind (1939) Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)
Film Genres - Greatest Films
Film Sub-Genres Types (and Hybrids) There are dozens and dozens of film sub-genres types (and hybrids), that include films that combine different film elements or types together: e.g., action-comedies, zombie-disaster-thrillers, martial arts/kung-fu or video-game action films, musical dramas, espionage thrillers, black comedies, etc.).
White Christmas (1954) - Greatest Films
Title Screen : Movie Title/Year and Scene Descriptions: Screenshots: White Christmas (1954) In director Michael Curtiz' heart-warming and sweet-natured romantic comedy musical - the perennial holiday favorite was a very loose remake of Paramount's earlier Holiday Inn (1942).(The 1942 film had debuted "White Christmas" - it was also heard in this film and performed twice by Bing Crosby, and it ...