FeaturedMovie Title Screens: Film Series and Franchises Throughout Film History Filmsite's massive collection of title screens has been organized into a very useful format to illustrate how various film series (and later franchises) have developed over time. All of the film titles for a particular subject, character, or director or type of film have been categorized together - alphabetically by title (See menu below) These include original films, then sequels, remakes, reboots, reimaginings, cross-overs, prequels, and much more. In the early days of Hollywood's studio system (when actors were held to long-term contracts), long-running film franchises were commonplace (such as Abbott and Costello, Andy Hardy, Blondie, Charlie Chan, Ma and Pa Kettle, Bulldog Drummond, Tarzan, and Sherlock Holmes - all included here). In some cases, literary franchises (i.e., Agatha Christie mysteries or detective pulp novels, various comic book superheroes, the Harry Potter series, or thrillers such as Jack Ryan) or TV shows (i.e., Star Trek) have become movie franchises. Some of the longest-running film series/franchises now are James Bond, Friday the 13th, Star Trek, and Godzilla. Some of the most profitable film series/franchises are Marvel's Cinematic Universe, Harry Potter, Star Wars, Batman, and Lord of the Rings (or Middle Earth). Find them below using this alphabetical index. See: >> Intro | A | B | C | D | E-F | G-H | I-J-K | L-M | N-O | P-Q | R | S | T | U-V | W-X-Y-Z (Multi-Sections) |
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About Filmsite.org Filmsite.org is an award-winning website for classic film buffs, students, moviegoers and anyone else interested in the great movies of the last century. Detailed plot synopses, review commentary and film reference material are just some of the features available on the site. The site also contains film analysis, original content, information on the top films and most memorable movie scenes, "Best of..." articles, and the most popular film quotes in all genres of film. Its many resources include a comprehensive overview of film history, a complete survey of the Academy Awards (Oscars), milestones and turning points in the industry, and background and descriptions for hundreds of classic Hollywood/American and other English-language movies from the last one hundred years. In the mid-1990s when it was first launched, filmsite.org was one of the first websites to initiate the trend to select 100 Greatest Films in the history of cinema. |
About Film Historian Tim Dirks Tim Dirks created the popular filmsite.org website, aka Greatest Films, in mid-1996, and soon, it will celebrate its landmark 25th anniversary in 2021. He has been writing about and reviewing films on the site ever since. Tim originated Filmsite and has remained its sole contributor, manager, and editor - he adds significant content to the site spanning all the years of cinematic history, often writes blogs and other film-related articles, and has engaged in a number of on-camera interviews about film. Wikipedia has called the site "an introduction to cinematic literacy," and CultureSonar referred to the site as "A One-Man IMDb." The site averages between 30-50 million page views per year (see visitor and traffic statistics). |
Roger Ebert Endorsement Film critic and columnist Roger Ebert, author of The Great Movies (2002), The Great Movies II (2005), and The Great Movies III (2010) has made many detailed references to filmsite.org in his Chicago Sun-Times "Answer Man" column and in his many writings about the Great Movies over the years. He has written that the site is "an invaluable repository of movie descriptions and dialogue" and that it is an "awesome website [that] contains detailed descriptions of 300 great American films, along with many other riches." |