The cinema in the United States (also
referred to as Hollywood) has a huge effect on cinema all around the
world. It can be divided into four periods: silent film era, classical
Hollywood cinema, New Hollywood, and the contemporary period. The U.S.
film industry is based in and around Hollywood, Los Angeles, California.
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| Hollywood Sign on Mount Lee, Los Angeles, California |
Actors John Wayne, Clark Gable, James Dean, Rita
Hayworth, Marilyn Monroe and Elvis Presley are iconic American figures, and
Walt Disney was leader in animated film. Some of the most successful movies in
the world, Gone with the Wind (1939), Star Wars (1977), Titanic (1997), and
Avatar (2009) are part of the American film industry.
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| Marilyn Monroe |
Some of the most popular American movies per
genre are the following:
Action:
Aliens (1986): The planet from Alien (1979) has been colonized and contact has been
lost. Will the rescue team’s firepower be enough?
Comedy:
The Pink Panther (1963): French police inspector Clouseau tries to catch The Phantom, a jewel
thief whose identity and features are unknown.
Drama:
Gone With The
Wind (1939): A manipulative beautiful Southern woman
has an affair with a blockade runner during the American Civil War.
Fantasy:
The Wizard of Oz (1939): Dorothy Gale is taken to a magical land by a tornado and goes on a quest
to see the Wizard who can help her return home.
Horror:
Carrie (1976): Carrie White is a shy and outcast 17-year old girl who unleashes her
telekinetic powers after being humiliated by her classmates at her senior prom.
Musicals:
Grease (1978): Good girl Sandy and greaser Danny fall in love over the summer. Then
they discover they’re in the same high school.
Romance:
Casablanca (1942): An American expatriate meets a former lover in Casablanca, Morocco
during the early days of World War II.
Science fiction:
E.T. - The Extra-Terrestrial (1982): A troubled child helps a friendly alien escape Earth and return to his planet.
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| Theatrical posters of the movies mentioned above |
Sources:
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinema_of_the_United_States
- http://www.filmsite.org/genres.html
- http://www.imdb.com/
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