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Films About Filmmaking
- Landmarks of Early Film byCall Number: DVD 791.43 L257O
Best International Feature
From the Media Collection: Best Picture Winners
The Broadway Melody by Call Number: DVD 791.4372 B863MA pair of sisters from the vaudeville circuit try to make it big time on Broadway, but matters of the heart complicate the attempt.
Best Picture: 1929
All Quiet on the Western Front by Call Number: DVD 791.4372 A416QA German youth eagerly enters World War I, but his enthusiasm wanes as he gets a firsthand view of the horror.
Best Picture: 1930
Cimarron by Call Number: DVD 791.4372 C573AAA newspaper editor settles in an Oklahoma boom town with his reluctant wife at the end of the nineteenth century.
Best Picture: 1931
Grand Hotel by Call Number: DVD 791.4372 G751HA group of very different individuals staying at a luxurious hotel in Berlin deal with each of their respective dramas.
Best Picture: 1932
Mutiny on the Bounty by Call Number: DVD 791.4372 M992OIn 1787, British ship Bounty leaves Portsmouth to bring a cargo of bread-fruit from Tahiti but the savage on-board conditions imposed by Captain Bligh trigger a mutiny led by officer Fletcher Christian.
Best Picture: 1935
The Great Ziegfeld by Call Number: DVD 791.4372 G786YThe ups and downs of Florenz Ziegfeld Jr., famed producer of extravagant stage revues, are portrayed.
Best Picture: 1936
The Life of Emile Zola by Call Number: DVD 791.4372 L722OThe biopic of the famous French muckraking writer and his involvement in fighting the injustice of the Dreyfus Affair.
Best Picture: 1937
Rebecca by Call Number: DVD 791.4372 R289AAA self-conscious woman juggles adjusting to her new role as an aristocrat's wife and avoiding being intimidated by his first wife's spectral presence.
Best Picture: 1940
How Green Was My Valley by Call Number: DVD 791.4372 H847GAt the turn of the century in a Welsh mining village, the Morgans, he stern, she gentle, raise coal-mining sons and hope their youngest will find a better life.
Best Picture: 1941
Mrs. Miniver by Call Number: DVD 791.4372 M678MA British family struggles to survive the first months of World War II.
Best Picture: 1942
Going My Way by Call Number: DVD 791.4372 G615MWhen young Father O'Malley arrives at St. Dominic's, old Father Fitzgibbon doesn't think much of the church's newest member.
Best Picture: 1944
The Lost Weekend by Call Number: DVD 791.4372 L881WThe desperate life of a chronic alcoholic is followed through a four-day drinking bout.
Best Picture: 1945
The Best Years of Our Lives by Call Number: DVD 791.4372 B561YThree World War II veterans, two of them traumatized or disabled, return home to the American midwest to discover that they and their families have been irreparably changed.
Best Picture: 1946
Gentleman's Agreement by Call Number: DVD 791.4372 G338AGA reporter pretends to be Jewish in order to cover a story on anti-Semitism, and personally discovers the true depths of bigotry and hatred.
Best Picture: 1947
Hamlet by Call Number: DVD 791.4372 H223aaPrince Hamlet struggles over whether or not he should kill his uncle, whom he suspects has murdered his father, the former king.
Best Picture: 1948
An American in Paris by Call Number: DVD 791.4372 A512IThree friends struggle to find work in Paris. Things become more complicated when two of them fall in love with the same woman.
Best Picture: 1951
The Greatest Show on Earth by Call Number: DVD 791.4372 G786SThe dramatic lives of trapeze artists, a clown, and an elephant trainer are told against a background of circus spectacle.
Best Picture: 1952
From Here to Eternity by Call Number: DVD 791.4372 F931HAt a U.S. Army base in 1941 Hawaii, a private is cruelly punished for not boxing on his unit's team, while his commanding officer's wife and top aide begin a tentative affair.
Best Picture: 1953
On the Waterfront by Call Number: DVD 791.4372 O58TAn ex-prize fighter turned New Jersey longshoreman struggles to stand up to his corrupt union bosses, including his older brother, as he starts to connect with the grieving sister of one of the syndicate's victims.
Best Picture: 1954
Marty by Call Number: DVD 791.4372 M388AAA middle-aged butcher and a school teacher who have given up on the idea of love meet at a dance and fall for each other.
Best Picture: 1955
Around the World in 80 Days by Call Number: DVD 791.4372 A766TA Victorian Englishman bets that with the new steamships and railways he can circumnavigate the globe in eighty days.
Best Picture: 1956
The Bridge on the River Kwai by Call Number: DVD 791.4372 B851OBritish POWs are forced to build a railway bridge across the river Kwai for their Japanese captors in occupied Burma, not knowing that the allied forces are planning a daring commando raid through the jungle to destroy it.
Best Picture: 1957
Gigi by Call Number: DVD 791.4372 G459AAWeary of the conventions of Parisian society, a rich playboy and a youthful courtesan-in-training enjoy a platonic friendship which may not stay platonic for long.
Best Picture: 1968
Ben-Hur by Call Number: DVD 791.4372 B456HAfter a Jewish prince is betrayed and sent into slavery by a Roman friend in 1st-century Jerusalem, he regains his freedom and comes back for revenge.
Best Picture: 1959
The Apartment by Call Number: DVD 791.4372 A639AAA Manhattan insurance clerk tries to rise in his company by letting its executives use his apartment for trysts, but complications and a romance of his own ensue.
Best Picture: 1960
West Side Story by Call Number: DVD 791.4372 W521sTwo youngsters from rival New York City gangs fall in love, but tensions between their respective friends build toward tragedy.
Best Picture: 1961
Lawrence of Arabia by Call Number: DVD 791.4372 L419OThe story of T.E. Lawrence, the English officer who successfully united and led the diverse, often warring, Arab tribes during World War I in order to fight the Turks.
Best Picture: 1962
My Fair Lady by Call Number: DVD 791.4372 M995fIn 1910s London, snobbish phonetics professor Henry Higgins agrees to a wager that he can make crude flower girl, Eliza Doolittle, presentable in high society.
Best Picture: 1964
The Sound of Music by Call Number: DVD 791.4372 S724OA young novice is sent by her convent in 1930s Austria to become a governess to the seven children of a widowed naval officer.
Best Picture: 1965
A Man for All Seasons by Call Number: DVD 791.4372 M265FThe story of Sir Thomas More, who stood up to King Henry VIII when the King rejected the Roman Catholic Church to obtain a divorce and remarry.
Best Picture: 1966
In the Heat of the Night by Call Number: DVD 791.4372 I35THA black Philadelphia police detective is mistakenly suspected of a local murder while passing through a racially hostile Mississippi town, and after being cleared is reluctantly asked by the police chief to investigate the case.
Best Picture: 1967
Oliver! by Call Number: DVD 791.4372 O48AAAfter being sold to a mortician, young orphan Oliver Twist runs away and meets a group of boys trained to be pickpockets by an elderly mentor in 1830s London.
Best Picture: 1968
Midnight Cowboy by Call Number: DVD 791.4372 M628CA naive hustler travels from Texas to New York City to seek personal fortune, finding a new friend in the process.
Best Picture: 1969
Patton by Call Number: DVD 791.4372 P322aaThe World War II phase of the career of controversial American general George S. Patton.
Best Picture: 1970
The French Connection by Call Number: DVD 791.4372 F873CA pair of NYPD detectives in the Narcotics Bureau stumble onto a heroin smuggling ring based in Marseilles, but stopping them and capturing their leaders proves an elusive goal.
Best Picture: 1971
The Godfather by Call Number: DVD 791.4372 G583AAThe aging patriarch of an organized crime dynasty in postwar New York City transfers control of his clandestine empire to his reluctant youngest son.
Best Picture: 1972
The Sting by Call Number: DVD 791.4372 S859AATwo con men set up an elaborate plan to swindle an enormous sum out of the man who killed their mutual friend.
Best Picture: 1973
The Godfather, Part II by Call Number: DVD 791.4372 G583p2The early life and career of Vito Corleone in 1920s New York City is portrayed, while his son, Michael, expands and tightens his grip on the family crime syndicate.
Best Picture: 1974
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Call Number: DVD 791.4372 O58FIn the Fall of 1963, a Korean War veteran and criminal pleads insanity and is admitted to a mental institution, where he rallies up the scared patients against the tyrannical nurse.
Best Picture: 1975
Rocky by Call Number: DVD 791.4372 R684AAA small-time Philadelphia boxer gets a supremely rare chance to fight the world heavyweight champion in a bout in which he strives to go the distance for his self-respect.
Best Picture: 1976
Annie Hall by Call Number: DVD 791.4372 A615HAlvy Singer, a divorced Jewish comedian, reflects on his relationship with ex-lover Annie Hall, an aspiring nightclub singer, which ended abruptly just like his previous marriages.
Best Picture: 1977
The Deer Hunter by Call Number: DVD 791.4372 D312HAn in-depth examination of the ways in which the Vietnam War impacts and disrupts the lives of several friends in a small steel mill town in Pennsylvania.
Best Picture: 1978
Kramer vs. Kramer by Call Number: DVD 791.4372 K89VAfter his wife leaves him, a work-obsessed Manhattan advertising executive is forced to learn long-neglected parenting skills, but a heated custody battle over the couple's young son deepens the wounds left by the separation.
Best Picture: 1979
Ordinary People by Call Number: DVD 791.4372 O65PThe accidental death of the older son of an affluent family deeply strains the relationships among the bitter mother, the good-natured father and the guilt-ridden younger son.
Best Picture: 1980
Chariots of Fire by Call Number: DVD 791.4375 W279b37Two British track athletes are driven to win in the 1924 Olympics as they wrestle with issues of pride and conscience.
Best Picture: 1981
Owned as part of "Best of Warner Brothers: 100 film collection"
Gandhi by Call Number: DVD 791.4372 G195AAThe life of the lawyer who became the famed leader of the Indian revolts against the British rule through his philosophy of nonviolent protest.
Best Picture: 1982
Terms of Endearment by Call Number: DVD 791.4372 T319oFollows hard-to-please Aurora looking for love, and her daughter's family problems.
Best Picture: 1983
Amadeus by Call Number: VT 791.4372 A481AAThe life, success and troubles of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, as told by Antonio Salieri, the contemporaneous composer who was deeply jealous of Mozart's talent and claimed to have murdered him.
Best Picture: 1984
Out of Africa by Call Number: DVD 791.4372 O94OIn 20th-century colonial Kenya, a Danish baroness/plantation owner has a passionate love affair with a free-spirited big-game hunter.
Best Picture: 1985
Platoon by Call Number: DVD 791.4372 P718AAChris Taylor, a neophyte recruit in Vietnam, finds himself caught in a battle of wills between two sergeants, one good and the other evil. A shrewd examination of the brutality of war and the duality of man in conflict.
Best Picture: 1986
The Last Emperor by Call Number: DVD 791.4372 L351EThe life of Emperor Pu Yi, who took the throne at age three, in 1908, before witnessing decades of cultural and political upheaval within and without the walls of the Forbidden City
Best Picture: 1987
Rain Man by Call Number: DVD 791.4372 R154MAfter a selfish L.A. yuppie learns his estranged father left a fortune to an autistic-savant brother in Ohio that he didn't know existed, he absconds with his brother and sets out across the country, hoping to gain a larger inheritance.
Best Picture: 1988
Driving Miss Daisy by Call Number: DVD 791.4372 D782MAn old Jewish woman and her African-American chauffeur in the American South have a relationship that grows and improves over the years.
Best Picture: 1989
Dances with Wolves by Call Number: DVD 791.4372 D173WLieutenant John Dunbar, assigned to a remote western Civil War outpost, befriends wolves and Native Americans, making him an intolerable aberration in the military.
Best Picture: 1990
The Silence of the Lambs by Call Number: DVD 791.4372 S582OA young F.B.I. cadet must receive the help of an incarcerated and manipulative cannibal killer to help catch another serial killer, a madman who skins his victims.
Best Picture: 1991
Unforgiven by Call Number: DVD 791.4372 U56AARetired Old West gunslinger William Munny reluctantly takes on one last job, with the help of his old partner Ned Logan and a young man, The "Schofield Kid."
Best Picture: 1992
Schindler's List by Call Number: DVD 791.4372 S336LIn German-occupied Poland during World War II, industrialist Oskar Schindler gradually becomes concerned for his Jewish workforce after witnessing their persecution by the Nazis.
Best Picture: 1993
Forrest Gump by Call Number: DVD 791.4372 F728GTwo presidencies, the Vietnam War, the Watergate scandal and other historical events unfold from the perspective of an Alabama man with an IQ of 75, whose only desire is to be reunited with his childhood sweetheart.
Best Picture: 1994
Braveheart by Call Number: DVD 791.4372 B826aa2Scottish warrior William Wallace leads his countrymen in a rebellion to free his homeland from the tyranny of King Edward I of England.
Best Picture: 1995
The English Patient by Call Number: DVD 791.4372 E58PAt the close of World War II, a young nurse tends to a badly-burned plane crash victim. His past is shown in flashbacks, revealing an involvement in a fateful love affair.
Best Picture: 1996
Titanic by Call Number: DVD 791.4372 T617aaA seventeen-year-old aristocrat falls in love with a kind but poor artist aboard the luxurious, ill-fated R.M.S. Titanic.
Best Picture: 1997
Shakespeare in Love by Call Number: DVD 791.4372 S296IThe world's greatest ever playwright, William Shakespeare, is young, out of ideas and short of cash, but meets his ideal woman and is inspired to write one of his most famous plays.
Best Picture: 1998
American Beauty by Call Number: DVD 791.4372 A512BA sexually frustrated suburban father has a mid-life crisis after becoming infatuated with his daughter's best friend.
Best Picture: 1999
Gladiator by Call Number: DVD 791.4372 G542AAA former Roman General sets out to exact vengeance against the corrupt emperor who murdered his family and sent him into slavery.
Best Picture: 2000
A Beautiful Mind by Call Number: DVD 791.4372 B384mAfter John Nash, a brilliant but asocial mathematician, accepts secret work in cryptography, his life takes a turn for the nightmarish.
Best Picture: 2001
Chicago by Call Number: DVD 791.4372 C532aaTwo death-row murderesses develop a fierce rivalry while competing for publicity, celebrity, and a sleazy lawyer's attention.
Best Picture: 2002
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King by Call Number: DVD 791.4372 L866OGandalf and Aragorn lead the World of Men against Sauron's army to draw his gaze from Frodo and Sam as they approach Mount Doom with the One Ring.
Best Picture: 2003
Million Dollar Baby by Call Number: DVD 791.4372 M655BA determined woman works with a hardened boxing trainer to become a professional.
Best Picture: 2004
Crash by Call Number: DVD 791.4372 C894AALos Angeles citizens with vastly separate lives collide in interweaving stories of race, loss and redemption.
Best Picture: 2005
The Departed by Call Number: DVD 791.4372 D419AAAn undercover cop and a mole in the police attempt to identify each other while infiltrating an Irish gang in South Boston.
Best Picture: 2006
No Country for Old Men by Call Number: DVD 791.4372 N739CViolence and mayhem ensue after a hunter stumbles upon a drug deal gone wrong and more than two million dollars in cash near the Rio Grande.
Best Picture: 2007
Slumdog Millionaire by Call Number: DVD 791.4372 S634MA Mumbai teenager reflects on his life after being accused of cheating on the Indian version of "Who Wants to be a Millionaire?"
Best Picture: 2008
The Hurt Locker by Call Number: DVD 791.4372 H967LDuring the Iraq War, a Sergeant recently assigned to an army bomb squad is put at odds with his squad mates due to his maverick way of handling his work.
Best Picture: 2009
The King's Speech by Call Number: DVD 791.4372 K55SThe story of King George VI, his impromptu ascension to the throne of the British Empire in 1936, and the speech therapist who helped the unsure monarch overcome his stammer.
Best Picture: 2010
The Artist by Call Number: DVD 791.4372 A791aaAn egomaniacal film star develops a relationship with a young dancer against the backdrop of Hollywood's silent era.
Best Picture: 2011
Argo by Call Number: DVD 791.4372 A693aaActing under the cover of a Hollywood producer scouting a location for a science fiction film, a CIA agent launches a dangerous operation to rescue six Americans in Tehran during the U.S. hostage crisis in Iran in 1979.
Best Picture: 2012
12 Years a Slave by Call Number: DVD 791.4372 T971yIn the antebellum United States, Solomon Northup, a free black man from upstate New York, is abducted and sold into slavery.
Best Picture: 2013
Birdman, or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) by Call Number: DVD 791.4372 B618aaA washed-up superhero actor attempts to revive his fading career by writing, directing, and starring in a Broadway production.
Best Picture: 2014
Spotlight by Call Number: DVD 791.4372 S765aaThe true story of how the Boston Globe uncovered the massive scandal of child molestation and cover-up within the local Catholic Archdiocese, shaking the entire Catholic Church to its core.
Best Picture: 2015
Moonlight by Call Number: DVD 791.4372 P699mooA young African-American man grapples with his identity and sexuality while experiencing the everyday struggles of childhood, adolescence, and burgeoning adulthood.
Best Picture: 2016
The Shape of Water by Call Number: DVD 791.4372 D366shAt a top secret research facility in the 1960s, a lonely janitor forms a unique relationship with an amphibious creature that is being held in captivity.
Best Picture: 2017
Green Book by Call Number: DVD 791.4372 G789grA working-class Italian-American bouncer becomes the driver for an African-American classical pianist on a tour of venues through the 1960s American South.
Best Picture: 2018
Parasite [Gisaengchung] by Call Number: DVD 791.4372 P221paGreed and class discrimination threaten the newly formed symbiotic relationship between the wealthy Park family and the destitute Kim clan.
Best Picture: 2019
Nomadland by Call Number: DVD 791.4372 Z63nA woman in her sixties, after losing everything in the Great Recession, embarks on a journey through the American West, living as a van-dwelling modern-day nomad.
Best Picture: 2020
AFI's Greatest Films
The American Film Institute has created lists of (in their estimation) the greatest films. Links to the individual lists are below; many of them are available through the library. All lists are interactive; check off how many you've seen!
- AFI: All ListsExplore the categories at your leisure
- 100 Years, 100 MoviesThe original list, released 1998
- 100 Years, 100 Movies (10th Anniversary)The updated list, released 2007
- The 10 Top 10Top 10 films in 10 different categories
- 100 Years, 100 CheersThe 100 most inspiring films
- 100 Years, 100 Movie QuotesThe 100 most iconic quotes in film
- 100 Years, 100 SongsThe 100 best songs in film
- 100 Years, 100 Heroes and VillainsLists of the 50 greatest heroes and 50 greatest villains in film
- 100 Years, 100 PassionsThe 100 greatest love stories on film
- 100 Years, 100 ThrillsThe 100 most thrilling films
- 100 Years, 100 LaughsThe 100 greatest comedies
- 100 Years, 100 StarsThe 100 most iconic film stars (50 men, 50 women)
- 100 Years of Film ScoresThe 25 greatest film scores
- 100 Years of MusicalsThe 25 greatest musical films
