GENE 200 Film List The film you choose must come from the following list. All of these films are classics and are available from a variety of sources. Look on the IMDB site (www.imdb.com) for longer plot summaries and basic production information. Charlie Chaplin, Modern Times… Classic silent comedy in which the tramp finds himself overwhelmed by a world of dehumanizing machines. Buster Keaton, The General… Classic silent comedy finds a train engineer trying to impress his girl by enlisting his services to the Southern cause in the Civil War. Frank Capra, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington… Idealist local hero played by James Stewart is recruited as a state senator only to find himself in a morass of political corruption. John Huston, The Maltese Falcon… Humphrey Bogart is a private detective chasing the mystery behind a stolen art relic in this early noir film from 1941. Fritz Lang, The Big Heat… Honest cop goes singlehanded against a crime syndicate that has bought off politicians and the police. David Lean, Brief Encounter… Considered by some the greatest British film, the story of two ordinary, married people who accidentally fall in love. Frank Zinnemann, High Noon… Classic Western about sheriff left alone in a small town to face down gunmen seeking revenge. John Ford, The Searchers… Perhaps the greatest of the Westerns directed by Ford and starring John Wayne. The plot and cinematography inspired aspects of the original Star Wars. Vincent Minnelli, An American in Paris… Classic musical starring Gene Kelly and Leslie Caron set in Paris and featuring show-stopping songs and dance numbers. Alfred Hitchcock, North by Northwest… Cary Grant plays a businessman mistaken for a spy and pursued across the Midwest by the police and the criminals. Alfred Hitchcock, Vertigo… Considered by some to be the greatest American film, James Stewart is a detective hired to follow an enigmatic young woman for whom he develops an obsession. Stephen Speilberg, Close Encounters of the Third Kind… Classic sci-fi in which aliens communicate to several individuals before landing on earth for purposes of fellowship. Peter Weir, Gallipoli… Heart-wrenching war film about two young men who join Australian Light Cavalry in World War I and find themselves part of an historic war tragedy. Roland Joffe, The Mission… When a mission infringes on the slave trade in South America, local missionaries and converts oppose both the traders and the politically compromised Church. Hugh Hudson, Chariots of Fire… Memorable, true story about two Olympic sprinters, one a Christian and one a Jew, who make the world take notice of their integrity in the 1924 Paris Olympics. James Ivory, Howards End… Adapted from an E.M Forster novel about finding love across class barriers in early twentieth-century England. Gabriel Axel, Babette’s Feast… An exiled woman comes to the remote Jutland and becomes cook for spinster daughters of a minister of a local sect, transforming their world in the process. Do not watch dubbed version. Martin Scorsese, The Age of Innocence… Vivid period story about a New York lawyer allured by a beautiful countess of dubious reputation. Roberto Benigni, Life Is Beautiful… Poignant, comic story about a father who tries to protect his son from the brutalities of a prison camp. Tom Tykwer, Heaven… Sleeper about a translator who tries to save a woman guilty of a crime against a vicious politician and regime.
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