Filmographies (Yale Library Film Studies)

Filmographies

Selected filmography resources (comprehensive list of movies in a particular category, such as movies by a certain director or genre). Some filmographies can be found using an Orbis search.

Selected Subject Headings for Searching Orbis

Motion pictures--Catalogs
Motion pictures--India--Catalogs
African Americans in motion pictures--Catalogs
Gangster films--Catalogs
Motion pictures for women--Catalogs
Juvenile delinquency films--Catalogs

Other Strategies for Searching Orbis

Keyword searches using filmography, filmographies or catalogs can pull up filmographies for specific directors, genres, subjects or places -- a bit hit or miss, but worth a try.

hitchcock and filmography
film noir and catalogs
motion pictures and finland and catalogs
motion pictures and women and filmographies

African American films through 1959 : a comprehensive, illustrated filmography. Richards, Larry. Jefferson, N.C. ; London: McFarland, c1998.: SML Reference PN1995.9 N4 R54X 1998
The Afro-American Cinematic Experience: An Annotated Bibliography and Filmography. Marshall Hyatt. Wilmington, DE: Scholarly Resources, 1983.: SML Reference, PN1995.9 N4 H9 1983 (LC)
Bent lens: a world guide to gay and lesbian film. Lisa Daniel and Claire Jackson. 2nd ed. Los Angeles: Alyson Books, c2003.: SML Reference, PN1995.9 H55 B38 2003
The Complete Index to British Sound Film Since 1928. Alan Goble. London; New Providence, NJ: Bowker Saur, 1999.: SML Reference, PN1993.5 G7 +G63X 1999 (LC)
Diccionario Espasa Cine. Augusto M. Torres; prologo de Guillermo Cabrera Infante. Madrid: Espasa, 1996.: SML PN1993.45 T677 1996
Filmography Search (University of North Carolina): Allows searches by genre, director, year, national origin, and title keyword.
Gay and Lesbian Filmography (Duke University Library)
A Guide to Latin American, Caribbean, and U.S. Latino Made Film and Video. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press, 1998.: SML Reference, PN1995.9 L37 +G85X 1998 (LC)
JewishFilm.com
Lesbian Film Guide. Alison Darren. London; New York: Cassell, 2000.: CCL Stacks, PN1995.9 L48 D37 2000 (LC)
National Filmographies: Sources of information about world cinema.
U.S. National Film Registry: In 1988, the (United States) Library of Congress established the National Film Preservation Board, to preserve film deemed "culturally, historically, or esthetically important". Each year, the board selects 25 films to add to the National Film Registry. Herein is the complete list of those films so honoured to date.