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• Total Film's The Greatest Directors Ever
  
  
• AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies - The Top 100 Greatest American Movies
  
  
• 100 Years...100 Movies Series of Best American Films by American Film Institute (AFI):
  
  
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Box-Office Greats

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Academy Awards or "Oscars" (1927/8 to present)

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  • 101 Greatest Film Screenplays of All-Time
    
    
• Academy Award Nominees and Winners by Decade
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• The Worst Oscar Awards

• Greatest Film Scenes & Moments: Introduction
• What's a Great Film Scene?
• 100 Most Iconic Film Images - Filmsite's Top 100 (and Honorable Mentions)
  
• Scenes Mini-Quiz
  
  
• A Tribute to the 100 Greatest Film Scenes of All Time (chronological and illustrated)
  
  
  • Introduction
  • Silents (1)
  • Silents (2)
  • 1930s (1)
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  • 1940s (1)
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• 100's of the Greatest Film Moments and Scenes
  Scenes: Film Titles A - H | Scenes: Film Titles I - R | Scenes: Film Titles S - Z
  
  
• 100 Great Movie Moments (Roger Ebert) (illustrated)
  

• 50 Greatest Movie Moments of All Time - by TV Guide (4 parts, ranked)
  
  

  Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4

• 100 Years at the Movies, analysis of short film by Chuck Workman

• Introduction

• Scariest Movie Moments and Scenes
  
  
• Greatest Movie Death Scenes
  
  
• Greatest Movie Entrances of All-Time
  
  
• Best and Most Memorable Film Kisses of All Time in Cinematic History
  
  
• Greatest Tearjerker Films, Moments and Scenes
  
  
• Greatest Plot Twists, Spoilers, and Surprise Endings
  
  
• Funniest Movie Moments and Scenes
  
  
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• Greatest Classic Chase Scenes in Films
  
  
• Greatest Disaster Film Scenes
  
  
• Greatest Crowd Film Scenes
  
  
• Greatest War Films
  
  
• Greatest Westerns
  
  
• Great Christmas Movies
  
  
• Memorable and Great 'Chick' Flicks
  
  
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• Greatest Film Franchises: Movie Title Screens
  
  
• Movie Title Screens
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    (1980-1989)
    (1990-1999)
    (2000-2009)
    (2010-2019)
    (2020-2029)
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  • Filmsite's 100 Greatest Films, Another 100 Films and Third 100 Films collections

Film History and Film Milestones Timelines

• Cinematic History and Timelines By Decade - (illustrated)
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  • Pre-20s History
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• Film History Milestones - Timelines
  
  
  • Pre-1900s (Part 1, to 1889), Pre-1900s (Part 2, 1890-1899)
  • 1900s - 1900, 1901, 1902, 1903, 1904, 1905, 1906, 1907, 1908, 1909
  • 1910s - 1910, 1911, 1912, 1913, 1914, 1915, 1916, 1917, 1918, 1919
  • 1920s - 1920, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929
  • 1930s - 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939
  • 1940s - 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949
  • 1950s - 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959
  • 1960s - 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969
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• Great Films - By Year
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• Box-Office Top 10 (by decade)
  
  
• History of Sex in Cinema: Greatest and Most Influential Erotic / Sexual Films and Scenes
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• Most Influential Films in American Cinema
  
  
• 50 States: Most Authentic and Famous Films
  
  
• Greatest Movie Props in Film History (illustrated)
  

• Greatest Femmes Fatales in Classic Film Noir (illustrated)
  
  
• Film Milestones in Visual and Special Effects
  (chronological by date, multiple parts and illustrated)
  
  
• The 100 Most Controversial Films of All-Time
  (chronological, multiple parts, and illustrated)
  
  
• Robots in Film
  (A comprehensive illustrated history)
  
  
• Greatest Zombie Films
  (chronological by date, multiple parts, illustrated)
  
  
• Superheroes on Film
  
  
• Greatest James Bond Girls (illustrated)
  
  
• Ranked James Bond Films
  
  
• The Star Wars Saga: Reviewed and Ranked
  
  
• Sexiest Films of All-Time
  
  
• Best Film Editing Sequences (illustrated)
  

Great Film Quotes, Speeches, and Misquotes

• Great Film Quotes - Index of Contents
  
  
  • Best Film Speeches and Monologues (in multiple parts, and illustrated)
    
    
  • Greatest Film Misquotes
    
    
  • Top 100 Greatest Film Quotes (illustrated)
  • Ten Best Movie Lines Ever
  • Ten Most Famous Movie Quotes
  • Most Popular Movie Lines
  • Top 10 Worst Film Quotes
  • Funniest Movie Quotes
    
    
  • Brief Film Quotes
  • Great Film Taglines
    
    
  • Greatest Opening Film Lines and Quotes
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• Great Film Quotes By Decade (Introduction)
• Great Film Quotes - 1920s-1930s
  
• Great Film Quotes - 1940s
• Great Film Quotes - 1950s
• Great Film Quotes - 1960s
• Great Film Quotes - 1970s
• Great Film Quotes - 1980s
• Great Film Quotes - 1990s
• Great Film Quotes - 2000s
• Great Film Quotes - 2010s
• Great Film Quotes - 2020s
  
  
• 100 Years...100 Movie Quotes - The Top 100 Movie Quotes in American Movies
  • 400 Greatest Movie Quotes (nominees)

Film Classifications: Film Genres, Film Subgenres, Non-Genres

• Main Film Genres
  
  
  • Action Films
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• Film Sub-Genres
  
  
  • Biopics (Biographical)
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• Film Sub-Genres Types (and Hybrids)

• Other Major (Non-Genre) Film Categories
  
  
  • Animated Films
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• Filmsite's Top 100 Films (by Genre Category)
  
  
• Best Picture Oscar Winners Genre Biases

Reference Materials: Film Books, Links, Film Terms Glossary, Tips on Viewing Films Critically, etc.

• Reference Film and Book Resources (part 1)
• Reference Film and Book Resources (part 2)
• Reference Film and Book Resources (part 3)
  
  
• Internet Links and Other Resources
  
  
• Tips on Viewing Films Critically (two parts)
  
  
• Film-Making Dictionary or Glossary (alphabetical, and illustrated)
  
  
  • A1 A2-B1 B2 B3-C1 C2 C3 C4-D1 D2-E1 F1 F2-I1
    I2-L1 L2-M1 M2-O1 O2-P1 P2-S1 S2 S3 S4 S5-T1 T2-Z

Greatest Directors and Stars/Legends

• Greatest Directors (of English-Language Films) (alphabetical by last name, unranked and illustrated)

  • Greatest Directors and Their Best Films (Introduction)
  • Greatest Directors and Their Best Films - Part 1
  • Greatest Directors and Their Best Films - Part 2
  • Greatest Directors and Their Best Films - Part 3
  • Greatest Directors and Their Best Films - Part 4
  • Greatest Directors and Their Best Films - Part 5
  • Greatest Directors and Their Best Films - Part 6
    
    
• More Greatest Directors (alphabetical by last name, unranked)
  
  
  • More Great Directors and Their Best Films - Part 1
  • More Great Directors and Their Best Films - Part 2
  • More Great Directors and Their Best Films - Part 3
  • More Great Directors and Their Best Films - Part 4
    
    
• Film Directors Information
  
  
  • Alfred Hitchcock's Cameos (multiple parts, and illustrated)
  • Alfred Hitchcock's MacGuffins (illustrated)
  • Most Famous Film Director Cameos (illustrated)
  • Notable Appearances of Directors in Films of Other Directors (illustrated)
    
    
• 100 Greatest Film Stars of All-Time (unranked)
  
  
  • Introduction
  • 50 Greatest Film Star Actors (multiple parts, and illustrated)
  • 50 Greatest Film Star Actresses (multiple parts, and illustrated)
    
    
• Greatest Starring Roles and Filmographies (alphabetical by last name, and illustrated)
  
  Introduction
  A1 | A2 | B1 | B2 | B3 | C1 | C2 | C3 | D1 | D2 | E
  F1 | F2 | G1 | G2 | H1 | H2 | H3 | I-J | K
  L1 | L2 | M1 | M2 | M3 | M4 | N | O | P1 | P2-Q | R1
  R2 | S1 | S2 | S3 | T1 | T2 | U-V | W1 | W2-Z
  
  
• 50 Greatest Film Star Legends (alphabetical by last name, and illustrated)
  
  
  • Introduction
  • Part 1
  • Part 2
  • Part 3
  • Part 4
    
    
• Greatest Film Characters of All-Time
  
  • Introduction to Greatest Film Characters of All-Time (alphabetical by character name, and illustrated) - multiple parts
    
    
• Greatest Hollywood Bombshells
  • History of Hollywood Bombshells
  • Top 25 Sexy Hollywood Bombshells (alphabetical by last name, illustrated)
    
    
• 100 Best Female Characters (Movieline Magazine)
  
  
• 100 Greatest Movie Characters of All Time (Premiere Magazine)
  
  
• 100 Greatest Movie Performances of All-Time (Premiere Magazine)

Other Site Features: Film Search Tools, Site Awards and Site Reviews (Archived)

• Film Search Tools
  
  
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