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Art FilmMainstream FilmHistorically Significant Film
Battleship PotemkinA Bug’s LifeThe Wizard Of Oz
AlphavilleThe Shape Of WaterThe Seven Samurai
FitzcarraldoLove SimonThe Magnificent Seven
The Breakfast Club 

Battleship Potemkin: 1925, Sergei Eisenstein, Silent Epic

Alphaville: 1965, Jean-Luc Godard, Dystopian Science Fiction Noir

Fitzcarraldo: 1982, Werner Herzog, Epic Adventure-Drama

A Bug’s Life: 1998, John Lasseter, Family Adventure

The Shape Of Water: 2017, Guillermo Del Toro, Romantic Fantasy

Love, Simon: 2018, Greg Berlanti, Teen Romantic Comedy

The Magnificent Seven: 1960, John Sturges, American Western

The Wizard Of Oz: 1939, Victor Fleming, Musical Fantasy

The Seven Samurai: 1954, Akira Kurosawa, Epic Action

The Breakfast Club: 1985, John Hughes, American Indie Teen Coming-Of-Age Comedy-Drama
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Historically Significant Art Film  Mainstream Film  
Wizard Of OZ  Directors: Victor Fleming  Release date: August 25, 1939  This film was historically significant as it was ahead of its time as it came out in the 1930s. The Shape of water  Director: Guillermo del Toro  Release date:  December 1, 2017  A lonely woman comes across a creature from that is being examined in a secret research facility. Shows how kindness is spread throughout a lonely  A Bugs Life  Directors: John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton  Release date:  November 14, 1998  I put A Bugs Life is a mainstream film as it appeals to most and was very popular.  
Battleship Potemkin  Director: Sergei Eisenstein  release: December 21, 1925  I think this is a historically significant film because it outlines the impact of war. Especially because it was made not even 10 years after WW1.  The Seven Samurai  Director: Akira Kurosawa  Release date: April 26, 1954 As this is a Japanese film most western cinemas wont of shown it and it would be seen as an art form. The Breakfast Club Director: John Hughes Release date: February 15, 1985 It is about 5 different teenagers on a Saturday detention. As the day goes on their egos fade and they become good friends. This film attracts a mainstream audience.   
Fitzcarraldo Director: Werner Herzog Release date: October 10, 1982 Personally I think that this is a historically significant film as it shows someone coming up through life with nothing and becoming rich off his own hard work.  The magnificent seven Director: Antoine Fuqua Release date: September 23, 2016  A film full of action. A wild west film shot only 8 years ago. I think that it is an art film as it shows the friendship between 7 cowboys as a brotherhood. Alphaville Director: Jean-Luc Godard Release date: May 5, 1965  A film about a secret agent going into a small French town to find a murder case.  
  Love simon Director: Greg Berlanti Release date: March 16, 2018 If this movie was made before being gay was normal and accepted in society it would have been a historically significant film.  
    
    
    

From the couple movies I have seen on this list I feel that the value of