Categorizing Films

Battleship of Potemkin 

  • Historically significant film  
  • Date – December 21st, 1925 
  • Director – Sergei Eisenstein  
  • Genre – war/historical drama  

A bug’s life 

  • Mainstream film  
  • Date – November 14th, 1998  
  • Director – John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton  
  • Genre – animation  

The shape of water 

  • Art film  
  • Date – December 1st, 2017 
  • Director – Guillermo del Toro  
  • Genre – romance/fantasy  

The seven samurai  

  • Historically significant film  
  • Date – April 26th, 1954  
  • Director – Akira Kurosawa  
  • Genre – action  

The breakfast club  

  • Mainstream film  
  • Date – February 15th, 1985 
  • Director – John Hughes  
  • Genre – teen drama  

The wizard of Oz  

  • Mainstream film  
  • Date – august 25th 1839  
  • Director – Victor Fleming  
  • Genre – musical/fantasy  

The magnificent seven 

  • Mainstream film  
  • Date – October 23rd, 1960  
  • Director – John Sturges  
  • Genre – Western action  

Love Simon  

  • Mainstream film  
  • Date – March 16th, 2018  
  • Director – Greg Berlanti  
  • Genre – teenage melodrama  

Fitzcarraldo  

  • Mainstream film  
  • Date – October 10th, 1982  
  • Director – Werner Herzog  
  • Genre – music/action drama  

Alphaville  

  • Historically significant film  
  • Date – May 5th, 1965 
  • Director – Jean-Luc Godard  
  • Genre – synth pop  

I think that some of the films from the table such as ‘The breakfast club’ and ‘A bug’s life’ (films I categorized as mainstream) have many different features to them which make them be considered ‘mainstream’ such as being easy to watch and follow along, suitable for a wide age range and also being loved by the audience as they are entertaining and sometimes even relatable.   

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