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Film Genres & Categories

AFI Catalog Silent Film Web Site
Contains over 25,000 entries for silent American films from the years 1893-1930. Entries for silent films produced after 1911 are for feature-length films only. Detailed information on cast, crew, plot summaries, subjects, genres and historical notes are included for each film.

Animation World Network
A guide to current news, career information, animation festivals and more.

Black Film Center/Archive
A repository of films and related materials by and about African Americans.

Cinema & Video
Covers Latin American film, with listings for individual countries.

Films by Genre
This book has a filmography (but no plot summaries) for 775 categories, styles, and genres. Found in the Bartle Reference area at REF PN 1998 .L63.

Greatest Films
Click on the Film Genres link to find lists of films and related sites. Genres covered include cult films, film noir, detective, action, fantasy, science fiction, westerns, mysteries, musicals, etc.

Librarians in the Movies--An Annotated Filmography
A detailed filmography on the title subject.

Silent Film Sources
Contains "announcements of new video and laser releases, links to web sites with information on silent films, and silent films on the internet."

Silent Movies
List of links on stars of the silent screen, films, filmmakers, interest groups, and related silent film sites.

Yahoo--Movies and Film--Genres
Yahoo's site of genre links.

Cinema Resources