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 |
|---|---|---|
| Hoop Dreams | Steve James | 1994 |
| Howl's Moving Castle | Hayao Miyazaki | 2004 |
| In America | Jim Sheridan | 2002 |
| Invasion of the Body Snatchers | Don Siegel | 1956 |
| It Happened One Night | Frank Capra | 1934 |
| Jaws | Steven Spielberg | 1975 |
| Landmarks in Early Film, Vol. 1 | Compilation of Early Directors | 1894 |
| Man With a Movie Camera | Dziga Vertov | 1929 |
| Mean Girls | Mark Waters | 2004 |
| Microcosmos | Claude Nuridsany, Marie Perrennou | 1996 |
| Modern Times | Charles Chaplin | 1936 |
| Moulin Rouge! | Baz Luhrmann | 2001 |
| Mr. Death: The Rise and Fall of Fred A. Leuchter, Jr. | Errol Morris | 1999 |
| Nanook of the North | Robert Flaherty | 1922 |
| Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl | Gore Virbinski | 2003 |
| Raise the Red Lantern | Zhang Yimou | 1991 |
| Rashômon | Akira Kurosawa | 1950 |
| Rebel Without a Cause | Nicholas Ray | 1955 |
| Repentance | Tengiz Abuladze | 1984 |
| Rize | David LaChapelle | 2005 |
| Searching For Bobby Fischer | Steven Zaillian | 1993 |
| Shall We Dansu? | Masayuki Suo | 1996 |
| Sherlock, Jr. | Buster Keaton | 1924 |
| Sherman's March | Ross McElwee | 1986 |
| Sleeping Beauty | Walt Disney | 1959 |