Subject Guide: Film

Web Sites

Many useful information resources are available on the Internet. But, remember to evaluate any Web site before using it for research.

Film Websites

Website & Description

Allmovie
http://www.allmovie.com
An online searchable site for film information including keywords, descriptions and cast listings as well as links to similar sites for music and video games.

America At Work - Library of Congress
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/awlhtml/awlhome.html
Contains numerous films from the turn of the century America displaying Americans at play and at work .

American Film Institute
http://www.afi.com
This is the official American Film Institute (AFI) website. It contains various AFI film lists, as well as organizational information and film education possibilities.

Black Film Center/Archive
http://www.indiana.edu/~bfca/
The Black Film Center/Archive at Indiana University is a repository for African-American films and their website offers information about the archive and descriptions of many of the films in their collection.

Box Office Mojo
http://www.boxofficemojo.com
The website has a variety of film box office statistics including current and previous box office data.

British Film Institute
http://www.bfi.org.uk
The official British Film Institute (BFI) website.

Europa Film Treasures
http://www.europafilmtreasures.eu/
A free searchable site that contains over 70 films from various European archives. This includes numerous motion pictures from the silent era as well.

Film in Florida
http://www.filminflorida.com
This website by the Governor's Office in Film & Entertainment for the state of Florida has some basic information and promotional tidbits about filming motion pictures in Florida.

Internet Archive
http://www.archive.org/details/moviesandfilms
Provides access to over a thousand films online including some older feature films and the Prelinger Archives as well.

Internet Movie Database
http://www.imdb.com
One of the most comprehensive free web site databases for film and television facts and data including cast and crew listings, reviews and more.

Local Film Festivals
Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival Miami International Film Festival Palm Beach International Film Festival
These are three of the largest film festivals in the South Florida area. For a more comprehensive listing of Florida film festivals please see here.

Metacritic
http://www.metacritic.com
A searchable site that contains a variety of links to critical reviews of current films, television shows and DVDs from online magazines and newspapers.

Movie Insider
http://www.themovieinsider.com
This site allows for keyword searching and has a variety film and DVD information including release dates, trailers and more.

Moving Image Collections
http://mic.imtc.gatech.edu/
MIC (sponsored by the Library of Congress) is an archival and informational tool for various moving image collections.

Silent Era Film Website
http://www.silentera.com
This website contains all types of cast, film and DVD information as well as an index on many films from the silent motion picture era.

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