Film Directory
Many of the lesson plans that are contained in the MEDb involve showing a film or a film clip. Before a film can be associated with a lesson plan, the title must be added to our database here. Click on any of the titles below to view basic information about the film, a link to this film's Internet Movie Database entry (which gives more detailed information about the film), a link to all the lesson plans which use this film, and more. You are also welcome to add films of your own.
| Title | Director | Release Year |
|---|---|---|
| Landmarks in Early Film, Vol. 1 | Compilation of Early Directors | 1894 |
| The Birth of a Nation | D. W. Griffith | 1915 |
| The Birth of a Nation | D. W. Griffith | 1915 |
| The Kid | Charles Chaplin | 1921 |
| Nanook of the North | Robert Flaherty | 1922 |
| Sherlock, Jr. | Buster Keaton | 1924 |
| The Gold Rush | Charles Chaplin | 1925 |
| The Jazz Singer | Alan Crosland | 1927 |
| Man With a Movie Camera | Dziga Vertov | 1929 |
| Drifters | John Grierson | 1929 |
| Frankenstein | James Whale | 1931 |
| It Happened One Night | Frank Capra | 1934 |
| Modern Times | Charles Chaplin | 1936 |
| Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs | Walt Disney | 1937 |
| Bringing Up Baby | Howard Hawks | 1938 |
| Wizard of Oz, The | Victor Fleming | 1939 |
| Citizen Kane | Orson Welles | 1941 |
| Double Indemnity | Billy Wilder | 1944 |
| Rashômon | Akira Kurosawa | 1950 |
| The Living Desert | James Algar | 1953 |
| Rebel Without a Cause | Nicholas Ray | 1955 |
| The Girl Can't Help It | Frank Tashlin | 1956 |
| Invasion of the Body Snatchers | Don Siegel | 1956 |
| Touch of Evil | Orson Welles | 1958 |
| Sleeping Beauty | Walt Disney | 1959 |