Discussion 2
List of Approved Movies Comment by Narbona Jerez, Pamela: Title, author names, and year added by QA based on the reference entry that was provided for this source. Authors cannot be acknowledged and a publication date cannot be included in the reference entry if these items are not displayed in the document the entry refers to.
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Throughout this class, you will be able to select a film to use as the basis for your analysis. This is a list of approved choices.
NOTE: If you would like to write about a film that is not on this list, you must email your professor in advance. If you write about an unapproved film option in this class you may not receive credit.
Many of the films on these lists are sourced from the Ten AFI Top 10 lists, where you will find additional information and resources. Please note, though, that the different AFI Top 10 lists include films that are not approved.
Courtroom drama
AFI defines "courtroom drama" as a genre of film in which a system of justice plays a critical role in the film's narrative.
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Film |
Year |
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1962 |
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1957 |
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1979 |
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1982 |
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1992 |
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1957 |
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1959 |
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1967 |
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1988 |
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1961 |
Epic
AFI defines "epic" as a genre of large-scale films set in a cinematic interpretation of the past.
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Film |
Year |
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1962 |
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1959 |
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1993 |
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1939 |
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1960 |
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1997 |
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1930 |
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1998 |
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1981 |
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1956 |
Fantasy
AFI defines "fantasy" as a genre in which live-action characters inhabit imagined settings and/or experience situations that transcend the rules of the natural world.
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Film |
Year |
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2001 |
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1946 |
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1933 |
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1947 |
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1989 |
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1950 |
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1993 |
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1924 |
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1988 |
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Gangster
AFI defines the "Gangster film" as a genre that centers on organized crime or maverick criminals in a modern setting.
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Film |
Year |
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1972 |
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1990 |
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1974 |
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1949 |
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1967 |
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1932 |
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1994 |
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1931 |
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1931 |
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1983 |
Mystery
AFI defines "mystery" as a genre that revolves around the solution of a crime.
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Film |
Year |
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1958 |
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1974 |
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1954 |
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1944 |
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1949 |
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1941 |
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1959 |
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1986 |
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1954 |
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1995 |
Romantic comedy
AFI defines "romantic comedy" as a genre in which the development of a romance leads to comic situations.
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Film |
Year |
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1931 |
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1977 |
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1934 |
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1953 |
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1940 |
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1989 |
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1949 |
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1987 |
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1971 |
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1993 |
Science fiction
AFI defines "science fiction" as a genre that marries a scientific or technological premise with imaginative speculation.
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Film |
Year |
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1968 |
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1977 |
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1982 |
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1971 |
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1951 |
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1982 |
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1979 |
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1991 |
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1956 |
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1985 |
Sports
AFI defines "sports" as a genre of films with protagonists who play athletics or other games of competition.
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Film |
Year |
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1980 |
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1976 |
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1942 |
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1986 |
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1988 |
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1961 |
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1980 |
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1979 |
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1944 |
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1996 |
Western
AFI defines "western" as a genre of films set in the American West that embodies the spirit, the struggle, and the demise of the new frontier.
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Film |
Year |
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1956 |
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1952 |
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1953 |
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1992 |
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1948 |
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1969 |
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1969 |
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1971 |
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1939 |
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1965 |