| Art Film | The Shape of Water Guillermo del Toro Romantic Fantasy/Horror 2017 | Fitzcarraldo Werner Herzdog Adventure/ Drama 1982 | ||
| Mainstream Film | Love Simon Greg Berlanti Romance/ Comedy 2018 | A Bugs Life John Lasseter Family Animation 1998 | The Magnificent Seven John Sturges Western 1960 | |
| Historically Significant | Battleship Potemkin Sergein Einstein Silent Drama 1925 Alphaville Jean-Luc Godard Sci-Fi 1965 | Seven Samurai Akira Kurosawa Action/ Drama 1954 | The Wizard of Oz Victor Fleming Fantasy 1939 | The Breakfast Club John Hughes Comedy Drama 1985 |
The Breakfast Club- I put this film into historically significant even though it is vastly different from the other ones in this category because I think it was a film that was one of a kind for the time (1985). The film greatly boosted the popularity of comedic, teen-centered films. And although the film isn’t necessarily an extremely deep film, it still followed mature themes and is still taught in schools today; it is very inspirational. The movie also won an Excellence Award in 2005.
The Bugs Life- I put this film in mainstream because it was produced by Pixar Animation Studios which is one of the biggest animation studios in the world, and it most likely expected to garner a lot of attention straight away. Additionally, it is a film made for families and this genre of movie usually can’t explore deep and important themes and they strive to keep everything light-hearted and comedic. It is also not the best animation film put out there.