1. Mrs. English’s Film Suggestions
Film as Literature:

2. “Every great film should seem new every time you see it.” –Roger Ebert

3. Suggestions Historical Fiction (war and action): Drama: Platoon
The Deer Hunter
Saving Private Ryan
Gladiator
Forrest Gump
Braveheart
The Great Escape
Glory
Empire of the Sun
Paradise Road
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
The Last of the Mohicans
The Patriot
Schindler’s List
Apocalypse Now
12 Years a Slave
Drama:
Franco Zeffirelli’s Romeo and Juliet
Shawshank Redemption
Medicine Man
A River Runs Through It
Colonia
How to Make an American Quilt
Riding in Cars with Boys
Gone with the Wind
Driving Miss Daisy
To Kill a Mockingbird
The Accused
The Prince of Tides
A Beautiful Mind
The Green Mile
Good Will Hunting
Rain Man

4. Suggestions continued…
Science Fiction/Suspense:
Contact
Alien(s)
The Abyss
Cape Fear (1962 OR 1991)
Seven
Sleeping with the Enemy
Comedy:
Grumpy Old Men or Grumpier Old Men
Overboard
It’s Complicated
Something’s Gotta Give
Young Frankenstein
Family:
Regarding Henry
Milk Money
Field of Dreams
Tarzan (Disney)
Simon Birch
Stand by Me
My Girl
The Help
The Cure
Silverado
Wild America
Now and Then

5. Suggestions continued…
Oldies, but goodies:
Some Like it Hot
It’s a Wonderful Life
Singing in the Rain
Citizen Kane
Casablanca
Rear Window
12 Angry Men
A Streetcar Named Desire
On the Waterfront
Jaws or Jaws 2
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
My Fair Lady
The Sound of Music
The Wizard of Oz
Breakfast at Tiffany’s
Pinocchio (Disney)
Swiss Family Robinson
The Grapes of Wrath
It Happened One Night
Psycho
North by Northwest
The Shop Around the Corner
Vertigo
All About Eve

6. Due Dates:
Each marking period, you will be responsible for watching one of the films from Mrs. English’s list of suggestions and writing a movie review.
The due dates are as follows:
Marking Period 1 Movie Review: Friday, November 3, 2017
Marking Period 2 Movie Review (focus on best original song): Friday, January 12, 2018
Marking Period 3 Movie Review: Friday, March 23, 2018
Marking Period 4 Movie Review: Monday, June 4, 2018