Now that there are over 1000 titles, movies are no longer listed alphabetically. Titles are grouped by creative personality, literary origin, genre, themes, and other categorizations.
Titles are not listed in more than one category unless there is substantial justification. The Prince and the Showgirl is listed under both “Marilyn Monroe” and “Terence Rattigan.” However, because Executive Suite is listed within “Favorite Movies of Leading Objectivists,” it’s not repeated under “Businessmen.”
AYN RAND screenplays
 THE FOUNTAINHEAD (1949)
LOVE LETTERS (1945)
YOU CAME ALONG (1945)
 Cast information on the three films crediting Rand for screenplay
Adaptations of Ayn Rand works plus uncredited screen work by Ayn Rand:
THE CONSPIRATORS (1944) |
Adaptations of Ayn Rand works plus uncredited screen work by Ayn Rand
CRAIG’S WIFE (1928)
THE NIGHT OF JANUARY 16TH (1941)
WE THE LIVING (NOI VIVI) (1942) |
AYN RAND and her husband, FRANK O’CONNOR
AYN RAND: A SENSE OF LIFE (1997)
THE KING OF KINGS (1927) |
FRANK O’CONNOR
AFTER TONIGHT (1933)
AS HUSBANDS GO (1934)
CIMARRON (1931 version)
THE DEATH KISS (1933)
GOOD-BYE LOVE (1933)
HANDLE WITH CARE (December 1932)
HIDE-OUT (1934)
LADIES’ MAN (1931)
ORPHANS OF THE STORM (1921)
SHADOW OF THE LAW (1930)
SON OF KONG (1933)
THREE ON A MATCH (1932)
TILLIE AND GUS (1933)
YOU’RE TELLING ME (1934) |
AYN RAND FAVORITE DIRECTORS |
 CECIL B. DeMILLE
ADAM’S RIB (1923)
THE AFFAIRS OF ANATOL (1921)
THE BUCCANEER (1938)
THE BUCCANEER (1958)
CARMEN (1915)
 CECIL B. DeMILLE: AMERICAN EPIC (documentary)
THE CHEAT (1915)
CLEOPATRA (1934)
THE CLINGING VINE (1924)
THE CRUSADES (1935)
DON’T CHANGE YOUR HUSBAND (1919)
DYNAMITE (1929)
FOUR FRIGHTENED PEOPLE (1934)
THE GOLDEN CHANCE (1915)
THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH (1952)
JOAN THE WOMAN (1916)
THE KING OF KINGS (1927)
THE LITTLE AMERICAN (1917)
MADAME SATAN (1930)
MALE AND FEMALE (1919)
MANSLAUGHTER (1922)
NORTHWEST MOUNTED POLICE (1940)
OLD WIVES FOR NEW (1918)
THE PLAINSMAN (1936)
READY WHEN YOU ARE, MR. DeMILLE (documentary)
REAP THE WILD WIND (1942)
REDISCOVERING THE DeMILLE DYNASTY
THE ROAD TO YESTERDAY (1925)
SAMSON AND DELILAH (1949)
THE SIGN OF THE CROSS (1932)
THE SQUAW MAN (1914)
THE SQUAW MAN (1931)
THE STORY OF DR. WASSEL (1944)
THE TEN COMMANDMENTS (1923)
THE TEN COMMANDMENTS (1956)
UNION PACIFIC (1939)
UNCONQUERED (1947)
THE VOLGA BOATMAN (1926)
THE WHISPERING CHORUS (1918)
WHY CHANGE YOUR WIFE? (1920)
YOUNG ROMANCE (1915) |
ALFRED HITCHCOCK
ALFRED HITCHCOCK (documentary)
ALFRED HITCHCOCK HOUR: “The Star Juror”
ALFRED HITCHCOCK interviews
AVENTURE MALAGACHE (1942)
BIOGRAPHY: “HITCHCOCK: The Great Alfred”
THE BIRDS (1963)
BLACKMAIL (1929)
BON VOYAGE (1942)
CHAMPAGNE (1928)
DESTINATION HITCHCOCK: NORTH BY NORTHWEST (documentary)
DIAL H FOR HITCHCOCK: THE GENIUS BEHIND THE SHOWMAN
DIAL M FOR MURDER (1954)
FAMILY PLOT (1976)
FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT (1940)
FRENZY (1972)
HITCHCOCK, SELZNICK AND THE END OF HOLLYWOOD
I CONFESS (1953)
JAMAICA INN
THE LADY VANISHES (1938)
LIFEBOAT (1944)
THE LODGER (1926)
THE MAN WHO KNEW TOO MUCH (1934 version)
THE MAN WHO KNEW TOO MUCH (1956 version)
MARNIE (1963)
MOVIEMAKERS: ALFRED HITCHCOCK (documentary)
MR. & MRS. SMITH (1941)
NORTH BY NORTHWEST (1959)
NOTORIOUS (1946)
NUMBER SEVENTEEN (1932)
THE PARADINE CASE (1946)
PSYCHO (1960)
REAR WINDOW (1954)
REBECCA (1940)
THE RING (1927)
ROPE (1948)
RICH AND STRANGE (1932)
SABOTAGE (1936)
SABOTEUR (1942)
SHADOW OF A DOUBT (1943)
SPELLBOUND (1945)
STAGE FRIGHT (1950)
STRANGERS ON A TRAIN (1951)
SUSPICION (1941)
THE 39 STEPS (1935)
TO CATCH A THIEF (1955)
TOPAZ (1969)
TORN CURTAIN (1966)
THE TROUBLE WITH HARRY (1955)
UNDER CAPRICORN (1949)
VERTIGO (1958)
WALTZES FROM VIENNA (Strauss’s Great Waltz) (1933)
THE WRONG MAN (1956)
YOUNG AND INNOCENT (1937) |
FRITZ LANG
AMERICAN GUERRILLA IN THE PHILIPPINES (1950)
BEYOND A REASONABLE DOUBT (1956)
THE BIG HEAT (1953)
THE BLUE GARDENIA (1953)
CLASH BY NIGHT (1952)
FURY (1936)
HANGMEN ALSO DIE! (1943)
HUMAN DESIRE (1954)
JOURNEY TO THE LOST CITY
LILIOM (1934)
M (1930)
MAN HUNT (1941)
METROPOLIS (1927)
MINISTRY OF FEAR (1944)
MOONFLEET (1955)
RANCHO NOTORIOUS (1952)
THE RETURN OF FRANK JAMES (1940)
SCARLET STREET (1945)
SECRET BEYOND THE DOOR (1948)
SPIES (1928)
THE TESTAMENT OF DR. MABUSE (1933)
THE TIGER OF ESCHNAPUR (1958)
WESTERN UNION (1941)
WHILE THE CITY SLEEPS (1956)
WOMAN IN THE MOON (1929)
WOMAN IN THE WINDOW (1944)
YOU AND ME (1938)
YOU ONLY LIVE ONCE (1937) |
ERNST LUBITSCH
ANGEL (1937)
ANNA BOLEYN (1920)
BLUEBEARD’S EIGHTH WIFE (1938)
BROKEN LULLABY (THE MAN I KILLED)(1932)
CARMEN (1918)
CLUNY BROWN (1946)
DESIGN FOR LIVING (1933)
DESIRE (1936)
DRAGONWYCK (1946)
ETERNAL LOVE (1929)
THE EYES OF THE MUMMY (1918)
HEAVEN CAN WAIT (1943)
IF I HAD A MILLION (1932)
LADY WINDEMERE’S FAN (1925)
THE LOVE PARADE (1929)
MADAME DU BARRY (PASSION)(1919)
THE MARRIAGE CIRCLE (1924)
THE MEANEST MAN IN THE WORLD (1943)
MONTE CARLO (1930)
NINOTCHKA (1939)
ONE HOUR WITH YOU (1932)
PARAMOUNT ON PARADE (1930)
THE SHOP AROUND THE CORNER (1940)
THE SMILING LIEUTENANT (1931)
SO THIS IS PARIS (1926)
STUDENT PRINCE IN OLD HEIDELBERG (1928)
SUMURUN (ONE ARABIAN NIGHT)(1920)
THAT UNCERTAIN FEELING (1941)
TO BE OR NOT TO BE (1942)
TROUBLE IN PARADISE (1932)
Films in the Lubitsch style:
LOVE IN THE AFTERNOON (1957)
LOVE ME TONIGHT (1932) |
JOE MAY
CONFESSION (1937)
INDIAN TOMB (1921)
UNCERTAIN GLORY (1944) |
| OTHER DIRECTORS OF NOTE |
KING VIDOR
THE BIG PARADE (1925)
THE CROWD (1928)
 THE MEN WHO MADE THE MOVIES: “King Vidor” (1973)
OUR DAILY BREAD (1934) |
D.W. GRIFFITH
THE BIRTH OF A NATION (1915)
BROKEN BLOSSOMS (1919)
D.W. GRIFFITH: FATHER OF FILM (three-episode series) (1993)
INTOLERANCE (1916)
WAY DOWN EAST (1920) |
AYN RAND FAVORITE ACTORS |
DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS
THE BLACK PIRATE (1926)
DON Q, SON OF ZORRO (1925)
THE GAUCHO (1928)
THE IRON MASK (1929)
THE MARK OF ZORRO (1920)
MR. ROBINSON CRUSOE (1932)
REACHING FOR THE MOON (1931)
ROBIN HOOD (1922)
THE THIEF OF BAGDAD (1924)
THE THREE MUSKETEERS (1921)
“The Saphead” (1921) is cross-referenced here because of Fairbanks’s association with it. |
GRETA GARBO
ANNA CHRISTIE (1930)
AS YOU DESIRE ME (1932)
ANNA KARENINA (1935)
CAMILLE (1937)
CONQUEST (1937)
DIVINE GARBO (documentary)
FLESH AND THE DEVIL (1927)
GRAND HOTEL (1932)
GARBO (documentary)
GRETA GARBO: A LONE STAR (documentary; 2001)
GRETA GARBO documentaries
INSPIRATION (1931)
THE KISS (1929)
LOVE (1927)
MATA HARI (1931)
MGM PARADE #30 (1955)
MYSTERIOUS LADY (1928)
NINOTCHKA (1939)
QUEEN CHRISTINA (1933)
THE PAINTED VEIL (1934)
ROMANCE (1930)
THE SINGLE STANDARD (1929)
SUSAN LENOX: HER FALL AND RISE (1931)
TEMPTRESS, THE (1926)
THE TORRENT (1926)
TWO-FACED WOMAN (1941)
WILD ORCHIDS (1929)
A WOMAN OF AFFAIRS (1928) |
KATHARINE HEPBURN
ADAM’S RIB (1949)
ALICE ADAMS (1935)
BILL OF DIVORCEMENT (1932)
BIOGRAPHY: Katharine Hepburn
BREAK OF HEARTS (1935)
BRINGING UP BABY (1938)
CHRISTOPHER STRONG (1933)
DESK SET (1957)
A DELICATE BALANCE (1973)
DRAGON SEED (1944)
GUESS WHO’S COMING TO DINNER (1967)
HOLIDAY (1938)
KATHARINE HEPBURN: ALL ABOUT ME (documentary)
KATHERINE HEPBURN interviews
KEEPER OF THE FLAME (1942)
LITTLE WOMEN (1933 version)
LONG DAY’S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT (1962)
LOVE AFFAIR (1994)
MARY OF SCOTLAND (1938)
MORNING GLORY (1932)
ON GOLDEN POND (1981)
THE LION IN WINTER (1968)
THE LITTLE MINISTER (1934)
ONE CHRISTMAS (1994)
PAT AND MIKE (1952)
THE PHILADELPHIA STORY (1940)
QUALITY STREET (1937)
THE RAINMAKER (1956)
ROOSTER COGBURN (1975)
SEA OF GRASS (1947)
SONG OF LOVE (1947)
THE SPENCER TRACY LEGACY: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn (documentary)
SPITFIRE (1934)
STAGE DOOR (1937)
STATE OF THE UNION (1948)
SYLVIA SCARLETT (1936)
UNDERCURRENT (1946)
WITHOUT LOVE (1945)
WOMAN OF THE YEAR (1942)
A WOMAN REBELS (1936) |
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MARILYN MONROE
AMERICAN MASTERS: “Marilyn Monroe: Still Life”
AS YOUNG AS YOU FEEL (1951)
THE ASPHALT JUNGLE (1950)
BIOGRAPHY: “Marilyn Monroe: The Mortal Goddess”
BUS STOP (1956)
CLASH BY NIGHT (1952)
DANGEROUS YEARS (1947)
THE DEATH OF MARILYN MONROE (documentary)
DON’T BOTHER TO KNOCK (1952)
THE FIREBALL (1950)
GENTLEMEN PREFER BLONDES (1953)
HOME TOWN STORY
INTIMATE PORTRAIT: Marilyn Monroe (documentary)
HOW TO MARRY A MILLIONAIRE (1953)
LADIES OF THE CHORUS (1949)
LET’S MAKE IT LEGAL (1951)
LET’S MAKE LOVE (1960)
LOVE HAPPY (1949)
LOVE NEST (1951)
MARILYN MONROE (documentaries)
MARILYN MONROE: MEDICAL SECRETS (documentary)
MARILYN MONROE: THE FINAL DAY
MARILYN MONROE: THE FINAL DAYS (documentary, 2001)
THE MISFITS (1961)
MONKEY BUSINESS (1952)
NIAGARA (1953)
THE PRINCE AND THE SHOWGIRL (1957)
RIGHT CROSS (1950)
RIVER OF NO RETURN (1954)
SCUDDA-HOO! SCUDDA-HAY! (1948)
THE SEVEN YEAR ITCH (1955)
SOME LIKE IT HOT (1959)
THERE’S NO BUSINESS LIKE SHOW BUSINESS (1954)
A TICKET TO TOMAHAWK (1950)
WE’RE NOT MARRIED (1952) |
OTHER AYN RAND FAVORITES
BARBED WIRE (1927)
BIOGRAPHY: “Charlie’s Angels”
BIOGRAPHY: “Farrah Fawcett: America’s Angel”
BIOGRAPHY: Gary Cooper
BIOGRAPHY: Marlene Dietrich
THE CABINET OF DR. CALIGARI (1919)
FATHER TAKES A WIFE (1941)
GARY COOPER: American Life, American Legend (documentary)
NAZI AGENT (1942)
PETER IBBETSON (1935)
THE TOLL GATE (1920)
TUMBLEWEEDS (1925)
WINGS (1927) |
| OTHER ACTORS OF NOTE |
GENE AUTRY
GENE AUTRY: MELODY OF THE WEST
GIT ALONG LITTLE DOGIES (1937)
THE OLD BARN DANCE (1938)
ON TOP OF OLD SMOKY (1953)
RIDERS IN THE SKY (1949)
WAGON TEAM (1952) |
BETTE DAVIS
ALL ABOUT BETTE (documentary)
ALL ABOUT BETTE DAVIS: The Life and Films of Bette Davis (documentary)
ALL ABOUT EVE (1950)
BETTE DAVIS interviews
DANGEROUS (1935)
THE DARK HORSE (1932)
DARK VICTORY (1939)
MAN WHO PLAYED GOD (1932)
SATAN MET A LADY (1936)
THREE ON A MATCH (1932)
THE VIRGIN QUEEN (1955)
WORKING MAN (1933) |
CLINT EASTWOOD
DIRTY HARRY (1971)
THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY (1966)
HIGH PLAINS DRIFTER (1973)
KELLY’S HEROES (1970)
PALE RIDER (1985)
PLAY MISTY FOR ME (1971)
WHERE EAGLES DARE (1969) |
HAROLD LLOYD
THE CAT’S PAW (1934)
DR. JACK (1922)
FEET FIRST (1932)
FOR HEAVEN’S SAKE (1926)
THE FRESHMAN (1925)
GET OUT AND GET UNDER (1920)
GIRL SHY (1924)
GRANDMA’S BOY (1922)
HAROLD LLOYD: THE THIRD GENIUS
HAROLD LLOYD’S FUNNY SIDE OF LIFE (1966)
HAROLD LLOYD’S WORLD OF COMEDY (1962)
HOT WATER (1923)
THE KID BROTHER (1927)
MOVIE CRAZY (1932)
THE MILKY WAY (1936)
SAFETY LAST (1923)
A SAILOR-MADE MAN (1921)
THE SIN OF HAROLD DIDDLEBOCK (1946)
SPEEDY (1928)
WELCOME DANGER (1929)
WHY WORRY? (1923) |
BARBARA STANWYCK
Retrospective film listing |
MUSICALS |
ASTAIRE-ROGERS MUSICALS
BARKELEYS OF BROADWAY (1949)
CAREFREE (1938)
FLYING DOWN TO RIO (1933)
FOLLOW THE FLEET (1936)
THE GAY DIVORCEE (1934)
ROBERTA (1935)
SHALL WE DANCE? (1937)
STORY OF VERNON AND IRENE CASTLE (1939)
SWING TIME (1936)
TOP HAT (1935) |
FRED ASTAIRE without Ginger
THE BAND WAGON (1953)
FRED ASTAIRE SONGBOOK (1991 documentary)
SILK STOCKINGS (1957) |
LERNER & LOEWE MUSICALS
GIGI (1958)
MY FAIR LADY (1964) |
MORE MUSICALS
AN AMERICAN IN PARIS (1951)
DEEP IN MY HEART (1954)
THE FIREFLY (1937)
GOLDEN DAWN (1930)
IT’S ALWAYS FAIR WEATHER (1955)
LILI (1953)
THE PIRATE (1948)
SEVEN BRIDES FOR SEVEN BROTHERS (1954)
SINGIN’ IN THE RAIN (1952)
STARS AND STRIPES FOREVER (1952)
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AYN RAND FAVORITE AUTHORS, BOOKS AND PLAYS
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AUTHORS, BOOKS AND PLAYS FAVORED BY OTHER LEADING OBJECTIVISTS
ADVISE AND CONSENT (1962)
THE AGONY AND THE ECSTASY (1965)
ANATOMY OF AN ILLNESS (1984)
ANTIGONE (all versions)
THE BARRETTS OF WIMPOLE STREET (1934)
THE BARRETTS OF WIMPOLE STREET (1957)
THE BIG COUNTRY (1958)
LE CID (all versions)
THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO (1975)
THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO (2002)
DAMSEL IN DISTRESS (1937)
DON CARLOS (all versions)
HARRY POTTER AND THE PRISONER OF AZKABAN (2004)
HARRY POTTER AND THE SORCERER’S STONE (2001)
J.K. ROWLING: HARRY POTTER AND ME (documentary)
JUDGEMENT IN BERLIN (1988)
NO HIGHWAY IN THE SKY (1951)
OTHELLO (1952)
OTHELLO (1965)
OTHELLO (all versions)
SHANE (1953) |
AYN RAND FAVORITE MOVIES
(These are in addition to titles listed under favorite directors, etc.)
DR. NO (1962)
HERE COMES MR. JORDAN (1941)
THE MARK OF ZORRO (1920)
SCARLET LETTER (1926)
THE SEA HAWK (1924)
Remakes of favorite films:
ISLE OF LOST SHIPS (1929)
THE SEA HAWK (1940) |
FAVORITE MOVIES OF OTHER LEADING OBJECTIVISTS
ADVENTURES OF ROBIN HOOD (1938)
ALL ABOUT EVE (1950)
THE AFRICAN QUEEN (1951)
BACK TO THE FUTURE (1985)
BACK TO THE FUTURE PART II (1989)
BACK TO THE FUTURE PART III (1990)
BEAUTY AND THE BEAST (1991)
THE BIG SLEEP (1946)
BLOOD AND SAND (1941)
THE BROTHERS KARAMOZOV (1958)
CATCH ME IF YOU CAN (2002)
CASABLANCA (1942)
THE CHARGE OF THE LIGHT BRIGADE (1936)
CHOCOLAT (2000)
DAMN THE DEFIANT (1962)
DESTINATION MOON (1950)
DESTRY RIDES AGAIN (1939)
E.T. (1982)
EDUCATING RITA (1983)
EXECUTIVE SUITE (1954)
ffolks (1980)
FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLS (1943)
FREQUENCY (2000)
GOODBYE, MR. CHIPS (1969)
THE GREAT ESCAPE (1963)
THE GREAT WALTZ (1938)
GUNS OF NAVARONE (1961)
HIGH NOON (1952)
HISTORY IS MADE AT NIGHT (1937)
THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST (1952)
IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT (1967)
THE INCREDIBLES (2004)
INHERIT THE WIND (1960)
INHERIT THE WIND (1999)
JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH (1959)
KEY LARGO (1948)
KHARTOUM (1965)
KIM (1950)
KIND HEARTS AND CORONETS (1949)
KING SOLOMON’S MINES (1950)
KISS ME KATE (1953)
LADY HAMILTON (1941)
LAURA (1944)
THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN (1960)
MAN HUNT (1941)
MAYTIME (1937)
MR. BLANDINGS BUILDS HIS DREAM HOUSE (1948)
ONLY ANGELS HAVE WINGS (1939)
OUR MAN FLINT (1966)
OX-BOW INCIDENT, THE (1943)
PRETTY WOMAN (1990)
PRIDE AND PREJUDICE (1940)
THE PRISONER OF ZENDA (1952)
PROOF OF LIFE (2000)
THE QUIET MAN (1952)
QUEEN CHRISTINA (1933)
RIO BRAVO (1958)
ROCKETSHIP X-M (1950)
RUGGLES OF RED GAP (1935)
THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION (1994)
SOUND OF MUSIC (1965)
STEALING HEAVEN (1988)
STRICTLY BALLROOM (1992; Australian)
SWISS FAMILY ROBINSON (1940)
A TALE OF TWO CITIES (1935)
THAT’S ENTERTAINMENT! (1974)
THIRTY-SIX HOURS (1936)
THIS LAND IS MINE (1943)
THE THOMAS CROWN AFFAIR (1999)
THE TRAIN (1965)
UNCONDITIONAL LOVE (2002)
YANKEE DOODLE DANDY (1942) |
AYN RAND FAVORITE TELEVISION SERIES
THE AVENGERS
BEHIND THE CAMERA: The Unauthorized Story of Charlie’s Angels (2004)
CHARLIE’S ANGELS (1976 movie for TV)
CHARLIE’S ANGELS (TV series)
HAWAII FIVE-O
PERRY MASON (1956-65 TV series)
ROOTS (1977)
TWILIGHT ZONE: “Eye of the Beholder”
TV-OGRAPHY: CHARLIE’S ANGELS |
FAVORITE TELEVISION SERIES OF OTHER LEADING OBJECTIVISTS
THE ADVENTURES OF OZZIE & HARRIET
HERE COME THE NELSONS (1952)
INSIDE TV LAND: “The Mary Tyler Moore Show”
JUNKYARD WARS
KING OF THE HILL: “Junkie Business”
MARY AND RHODA (2000)
MARY TYLER MOORE SHOW (TV series, 1970-77)
“MARY TYLER MOORE SHOW” REUNION
THE SEINFELD STORY (documentary)
TWILIGHT ZONE: “A Nice Place to Visit”
TWILIGHT ZONE: “Long Live Walter Jameson”
TV-OGRAPHY: MARY TYLER MOORE SHOW: Making it after All
Additional series of interest
BACK TO THE FUTURE cartoons
DRAGNET (1969)
“ZORRO” series (1957-1959)
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BUSINESSMEN and THE VALUE OF WORK
ABOVE AND BEYOND (1953)
ABSENCE OF MALICE (1981)
AMERICAN ROMANCE (1944)
BILL GATES: SULTAN OF SOFTWARE (documentary)
BUILDING HOOVER DAM (documentary)
DR. KILDARE series
EMPLOYEES’ ENTRANCE (1933)
FEMALE (1933)
THE GREATEST ENGINEERING FEAT: The Hoover Dam (documentary)
THE GREATEST TRAIN STATION: Grand Central Terminal (documentary)
HOOVER DAM (documentary)
THE MILLIONAIRE (1931)
NO MARRIAGE TIES (1933)
SAM WALTON: BARGAIN MILLIONAIRE (documentary)
SKYSCRAPER SOULS (1932)
SWEEPINGS (1933)
TUCKER: THE MAN AND HIS DREAM (1988)
THE TUNNEL (1936)(a.k.a. TRANSATLANTIC TUNNEL)
WORKING MAN (1933) |
HEROES OF THE MIND / THE POWER OF PHILOSOPHY
ALEXANDER THE GREAT (1956)
APARTMENT FOR PEGGY (1948)
DANGEROUS MINDS (1995)
HELEN KELLER: THE MIRACLE CONTINUES (1984)
THE MARVA COLLINS STORY (1981)
MYSTERY STREET (1950)
REAL GENIUS (1985)
ROPE (1948)
STAND AND DELIVER (1987)
VOLTAIRE (1933) |
Stories of Psychological Insight (not always with heroes)
THE CAINE MUTINY (1954)
THE COUNTRY GIRL (1954)
DETECTIVE STORY (1951)
A DOUBLE LIFE (1947)
THE EMPEROR JONES (1933)
DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE (1932)
DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE (1941)
FEAR STRIKES OUT (1958)
GILDA (1946)
Comparison of “Gilda” to “Casablanca,” illustrating the many similarities
ONCE UPON A TIME IN AMERICA (complete theatrical version) (1984)
RANDOM HARVEST (1942)
THE SECRET HEART (1946)
SEVENTH VEIL (1945)
STRANGER ON THE THIRD FLOOR (1940)
STRANGE LOVE OF MARTHA IVERS (1946)
THE UNKNOWN MAN (1951) |
POLITICS and CULTURE
ANIMAL FARM (1954)
BEAU BRUMMELL (1954)
BITTER SUGAR (1996)
COMRADE X (1940)
COLONEL EFFINGHAM’S RAID (1945)
CRISIS (1950)
THE DARK HORSE (1932)
DEATH WISH (1974)
DISRAELI (1929)
GENTLEMAN’S AGREEMENT (1947)
GUILTY OF TREASON (1949)
HEARTS OF THE WORLD (1918)
HITLER’S CHILDREN (1943)
HITLER’S MADMEN (1943)
HOME OF THE BRAVE (1948)
HOME TOWN STORY (1952)
I ACCUSE! (1958)
ISN’T LIFE WONDERFUL? (1923)
JOAN OF PARIS (1942)
JOSEPH STALIN: RED TERROR (documentary)
THE LIFE OF EMILE ZOLA (1937)
THE MORTAL STORM (1940)
THE MOUSE THAT ROARED (1959)
NEVER LET ME GO (1953)
NINETEEN EIGHTY-FOUR (1984)
PASSPORT TO PIMLICO (1949)
PATTERNS (1956)
PROSPECTS OF WAR
RED DANUBE (1949)
SATAN NEVER SLEEPS (1962) |
SPACE AGE
APOLLO 11 (1996)
APOLLO 13 (1995)
APOLLO 13 (documentary)
DEEP SPACE ONE (documentary)
FAILURE IS NOT AN OPTION (documentary)
FOR ALL MANKIND (1989)
HOUSTON, WE’VE GOT A PROBLEM (1974)
OCTOBER SKY (1999)
THE RIGHT STUFF (1983)
A TRIP TO THE MOON (1902)
THE WRIGHT BROTHERS CONTROVERSY |
ANTARCTICA
ANTARCTICA: A FROZEN HISTORY (documentary)
BIOGRAPHY: “Shackleton: Looking South”
ERNEST SHACKLETON: LOOKING SOUTH
SCOTT OF THE ANTARCTIC (1948)
THE SECRET LAND (1948)
SHACKLETON (2001)
SOUTH (1919) |
MORE INVENTION AND DISCOVERY
THE BEGINNING OR THE END (1946)
BEN FRANKLIN (2004)
A DISPATCH FROM REUTERS (1940)
DOCUMENTARIES ON INVENTORS
DR. EHRLICH’S MAGIC BULLET (1940)
EDISON, THE MAN (1940)
EUREKA! The 20th Century’s Top 15 Inventors (documentary)
1492: CONQUEST OF PARADISE (1992)
THE IRON HORSE (1924)
INVENTORS’ SPECIALS
LEWIS & CLARK: Explorers of the New Frontier (documentary)
LONGITUDE (2000)
MADAME CURIE (1943)
THE SEARCH FOR LEWIS AND CLARK (documentary)
SPITFIRE (1943)
THE STORY OF ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL (1939)
THE STORY OF LOUIS PASTEUR (1936)
YOUNG TOM EDISON (1940) |
MORE HEROES
THE ADVENTURES OF TARTU (SABOTAGE AGENT) (1943; British)
BOOMERANG (1947)
CALL NORTHSIDE 777 (1948)
CHARLES LINDBERGH: THE LONE EAGLE (documentary)
THE EAGLE (1925)
EDGE OF DARKNESS (1943)
JOAN OF ARC (1948)
THE LONE RANGER (1956)
THE LONE RANGER AND THE LOST CITY OF GOLD (1958)
MASTER AND COMMANDER (2004)
THE PASSION OF JOAN OF ARC (1928; silent)
PRISONER OF ZENDA (1922)
THE PRISONER OF ZENDA (1937)
PUBLIC DEFENDER (1932)
REMEMBER THE TITANS (2000)
SCARAMOUCHE (1924)
“The Scarlet Pimpernel” (all versions)
PIMPERNEL SMITH (1941)
SCARLET PIMPERNEL (1935)
SCARLET PIMPERNEL (1982)
SCARLET PIMPERNEL (1998)
THE SCARLET PIMPERNEL AND THE KIDNAPPED KING (1999)
THE SCARLET PIMPERNEL MEETS MADEMOISELLE GUILLOTINE (1999)
SABOTAGE AGENT (1943; British)
THE SPIRIT OF ST. LOUIS (1957)
SPY SMASHER RETURNS (1942) |
ACTION SERIALS
ACE DRUMMOND (1936)
BUCK ROGERS (1938)
HURRICANE EXPRESS (1931)
MANHUNT OF MYSTERY ISLAND (1945)
Comparison of “Manhunt of Mystery Island” to Ayn Rand's wonderful novel “Atlas Shrugged”
MYSTERY MOUNTAIN (1934)
ZORRO RIDES AGAIN (1937)
ZORRO’S BLACK WHIP (1944) |
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DOCUMENTARIES
AMAZING LANDMARKS REVEALED (documentary)
AMERICA’S CASTLES: “THE HOMES OF FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT”
ATLANTIS: THE LOST CONTINENT
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN: CITIZEN OF THE WORLD (documentary)
BETHLEHEM STEEL: The People Who Built America (documentary)
BIOGRAPHY: Alan Greenspan
BIOGRAPHY: Clara Bow
BIOGRAPHY: John and Abigail Adams
BIOGRAPHY OF THE MILLENNIUM: 100 PEOPLE ... 1,000 YEARS
BLOCKED: THE WRITERS EXPERIENCE IN HOLLYWOOD
BOY WHO GAVE AWAY THE BOMB
CHAPLIN TODAY: LIMELIGHT
CINEMA EUROPE, episode 1: Where It All Began (1995)
CINEMA EUROPE, episode 3: The Unchained Camera (1995)
CLARA BOW: DISCOVERING THE IT GIRL
DARKNESS AT HIGH NOON: The Carl Foreman Documents
EMPIRE STATE BUILDING
ENGINEERING MARVELS: UNDERGROUND
FATAL ATTRACTION OF ADOLF HITLER
FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT
FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT’S BUFFALO
FROM THE EARTH TO THE MOON (HBO series)
GEORGE WASHINGTON
HARRY S TRUMAN
HERE’S LOOKING AT YOU, WARNER BROTHERS (1991)
HISTORY’S LOST AND FOUND: “Cowardly Lion Costume; First Transistor; JFK’s Whale Tooth”
HITLER AND STALIN
HITLER: MEDICAL SECRETS (documentary)
HOLLYWOOD episode 3: SINGLE BEDS AND DOUBLE STANDARDS (1979)
HOLLYWOOD episode 4: HOLLYWOOD GOES TO WAR (1979)
HOLLYWOOD episode 6: SWANSON AND VALENTINO (1979)
HOLLYWOOD episode 7: THE AUTOCRATS (1979)
HOLLYWOOD episode 10: THE MAN WITH THE MEGAPHONE (1979)
HOLLYWOOD episode 12: STAR TREATMENT (1979)
HOMES OF FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT
HOWARD HUGHES: HIS WOMEN AND HIS MOVIES (2000)
IN THE MIND OF CRIMINAL PROFILERS
INSIDE THE SPACE STATION
ISAAC NEWTON
J. PIERPONT MORGAN: EMPEROR OF WALL STREET
JOAN OF ARC: VIRGIN WARRIOR
JOHN AND ABIGAIL ADAMS: Love and Liberty
LEONARDO DA VINCI
LILLIAN GISH: THE ACTOR’S LIFE FOR ME
MODERN MARVELS
THE NAZI BOMB
OLYMPIA (1938)
OSAMA BIN LADEN
POWER OF CHOICE: The Life and Ideas of Milton Friedman (documentary)
THE REAL ROBINSON CRUSOE
REMOTE CONTROL
SUNRISE OVER TIANANMEN SQUARE
THOMAS JEFFERSON: PHILOSOPHER OF FREEDOM (documentary)
TOSCANINI: THE MAESTRO
TRAIN WRECKS
TRANSATLANTIC CABLE: 2500 MILES OF COPPER
TRANSATLANTIC TUNNEL
TREASURES FROM THE 20TH CENTURY-FOX VAULTS
THE VON TRAPP FAMILY: Harmony and Discord
WORLD’S FAIRS: VISIONS OF THE FUTURE |
OTHER FILMS AND PROGRAMS OF INTEREST
AMELIE (France; 2001)
THE ANIMAL KINGDOM (1932)
THE ARRANGEMENT (1969)
ARISE, MY LOVE (1940)
BALL OF FIRE (1941)
BATMAN: MASK OF THE PHANTASM (1993)
BATTLING BUTLER (1926)
BEN HUR (1926)
BIG LIFT (1950)
BORN YESTERDAY (1950)
BULLETS FOR O’HARA (1941)
CESAR (1936)
THE CASE OF THE HOWLING DOG (1934)
CHAMPAGNE FOR CAESAR (1950)
CINEMA PARADISO (1989; Italian)
COLUMBO: THE MOST CRUCIAL GAME (1972)
THE COMPETITION (1980)
DADDY LONG LEGS (1919)
DANGEROUS BEAUTY (1997)
DANGEROUS CORNER (1934)
DAUGHTERS COURAGEOUS (1939)
DEADLINE U.S.A. (1952)
DIRTY PRETTY THINGS (2003)
THE DIVORCE OF LADY X (1938)
D.O.A. (1949)
DON JUAN (1926)
DONALD TRUMP
ECSTASY (1933)
THE EDGE (1997)
ENCHANTED COTTAGE (1945 version)
THE END OF ST. PETERSBURG (1928)
ESCAPE (1940)
EYES IN THE NIGHT (1942)
FANNY (1932)
THE FANNY TRILOGY (MARIUS [1931], FANNY [1932], and CESAR [1936])
FEAR (1946)
FLIGHT FROM GLORY (1937)
THE FLIGHT OF THE PHOENIX (1965)
FLY BY NIGHT (1943)
THE FLYING IRISHMAN
FOREVER FEMALE (1954)
GASLIGHT (1944 version)
GOODBYE, MY FANCY (1951)
THE GREAT MAN (1956)
GUILTY HANDS (1932)
HE WALKED BY NIGHT (1948)
HEARTBEAT (1946)
HELTER SKELTER (1976)
THE HIGH COST OF LOVING (1958)
THE HOUSE ON 92ND STREET (1945)
THE HUCKSTERS (1947)
I COVER THE WATERFRONT (1933)
THE IDLE RICH (1929)
INTERMEZZO (1939)
INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS (1956)
INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS (1978)
IT (1927)
IT’S A GREAT FEELING (1949)
IT’S A WONDERFUL WORLD (1939)
JOHN LOVES MARY (1949)
JOY OF LIVING (1939)
JUDGMENT AT NUREMBERG (1960)
KEPT HUSBANDS (1931)
THE KILLING MIND (1991)
LAURA (1955 TV remake)
LET US BE GAY (1930)
LETTER FOR EVIE (1945)
A LETTER TO THREE WIVES (1948)
LIBELED LADY (1936)
LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL (Italian, 1997)
LIFE OF THE PARTY (1937)
LIMELIGHT (1952)
THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS (1987)
THE LONELY TRAIL (1936)
THE LOST WORLD (1925)
LOVE AND DEATH (1975)
MAN WHO PLAYED GOD (1932)
MANHATTAN MELODRAMA (1934)
MANSLAUGHTER (1930)
MARIUS (1931)
MARTY (1955)
MARY OF SCOTLAND (1938)
THE MATCH KING (1932)
MEN IN WHITE (1934)
MIRAGE (1965)
THE MOUTHPIECE (1932)
MRS. MINIVER (1942)
MURDER MAN (1935)
MY FAVORITE BLONDE (1942)
MY SON JOHN (1952)
NAME OF THE ROSE (1986)
NETWORK (1976)
A NEW LEAF (1971)
NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH (1942)
ON THE WATERFRONT (1954)
THE OX-BOW INCIDENT (1955 TV remake)
PACIFIC HEIGHTS (1990)
PENTHOUSE (1933)
PERRY MASON MOVIES
PHENOMENON (1996)
PRIVATE LIVES (1932)
PRIVATE SCREENINGS: PATRICIA NEAL (conversation)
PURPLE ROSE OF CAIRO (1984)
RANSOM (1955)
THE RAPTURE (1991)
REVENGE OF THE NERDS (1984)
RICH MAN, POOR MAN (1976)
RIPTIDE (1934)
ROBINSON CRUSOE ON MARS (1964)
ROXIE HART (1942)
THE ROCKETEER (1991)
SANTA FE STAMPEDE (1938)
THE SAPHEAD (1921)
SCARAMOUCHE (1952)
SCARLET DAWN (1932)
THE SCARLET EMPRESS (1934)
SEARCHING FOR BOBBY FISCHER (1993)
THE SECOND WOMAN (1951)
A SEPARATE PEACE (1972)
THE SEVEN SAMURAI (1954)
THE SEVENTH CROSS (1947)
SILVER HORDE (1930)
SILVER STREAK (1934)
THE SINGING FOOL (1928)
THE SNAKE PIT (1948)
SON OF THE SHEIK (1926)
THE SONG OF BERNADETTE (1943)
SONG OF FREEDOM (1936)
STREET ANGEL (1928)
A TALE OF TWO CITIES (1958)
THE TALK OF THE TOWN (1942)
THEODORA GOES WILD (1936)
The “THIN MAN” series
THE TIME OF YOUR LIFE (1948)
TOL’ABLE DAVID (1921)
TOTAL RECALL (1990)
TRIAL OF MARY DUGAN (1929)
12 ANGRY MEN (1957)
12 ANGRY MEN (1997)
UNASHAMED (1938)
UNDER TWO FLAGS (1936)
WAGES OF FEAR (1954)
WITHOUT RESERVATIONS (1946)
THE WITNESS CHAIR (1936)
WOMAN CHASES MAN (1937)
YOU CAN’T TAKE IT WITH YOU (1938) |
GROUPS OF FILMS OF INTEREST
CHARLIE CHAN
GEORGE SEATON
JERRY LEWIS |
PRODUCTIONS REFERENCING AYN RAND
DIRTY DANCING (1987)
THE GILMORE GIRLS: “A-Tisket, A-Tasket”
THE GILMORE GIRLS: “Eight O'Clock at the Oasis”
THE GILMORE GIRLS: “They Shoot Gilmores, Don't They?”
HEAVEN CAN WAIT (1978)
ONE ON ONE: “Study Buddy”
THE SIMPSONS: “A Streetcar Named Marge” |
WARNINGS and CULTURAL NOTES
AYN RAND WARNED YOU (a section of films with negative recommendations)
BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES (1946)
THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (1925)
SONG OF RUSSIA (1943)
BILL CLINTON’S LEGACY (nine descriptions) CALIFORNIA’S NEXT GOVERNOR?
TERMINATOR 2: JUDGMENT DAY (1991)
TRUE LIES (1994)
THE FIGHTING SULLIVANS (1944)
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM (1935)
The film with the “Seinfeld”-related title
Unauthorized biography of Ayn Rand |
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