Movie Analysis Essay Examples and Topics

The Fault in Our Stars is a novel written by John Green that mirrors life and death through two cancer patients, Hazel Grace Lancaster and Augustus Waters. Hazel has been struggling with thyroid cancer since she was 13, while Augustus has been struggling with osteosarcoma….

I have always prided myself on treating people as people. Always doing my best to ignore the things that make us different and focus on the fact that we are all human beings on our paths. I believe in our day-to-day lives the ability to…

Orson Welles’s Citizen Kane (1941), one of the greatest classic movies, provides a realistic representation of the search for meaning and identity through the analysis of the term ‘Rosebud’. ‘Rosebud’ refers to the mysterious dying word of the film’s protagonist – Charles Foster Kane. The…

Despite their drastically different social contexts and setting, both David Malouf’s “Ransom” – a retelling of Homer’s Illiad and Clint Eastwood’s film “Invictus”- a depiction of president Mandela’s attempts to heal his apartheid unified South Africa. Both texts suggest the important of leaders as they…

Co-Curricular Activity Report Documentary Fire at Sea The movie Fire at Sea is set in Lampedusa, an Italian island. The movie starts by introducing the island with facts, and it mentions that in the past twenty years, 400,000 migrants have arrived on the island and…

Introduction Group communication affects several life aspects in our day to day actions, emotions and our thinking since at certain points of our lives we have to communicate as a group. Therefore, understanding the issues that arise from group communication is important especially with focus…

Soaps The television soap opera EastEnders televised by the British Broadcasting Company (BBC) on the channel BBC 1 is one of the most popular soaps viewed in Britain today. This is due to the drama possessing many traits to sustain viewers by creating a sense…

After seeing the Pianist, directed by Roman Polanski, I was amazed that the protagonist, Wladyslaw Szpilman was able to survive the Holocaust. Critics and historians base his survival on many different factors, luck, Szpilman’s skills, and help from others. I believe that all these factors…

Classic love story mixed with Civil War action makes for a recipe of pure awesomeness. This movie was definitely a real tearjerker as well as inspiring. Cold Mountain, a film directed by Anthony Minghella starring Jude Law, Nicole Kidman, and Renée Zellweger, portrays a love…

Printed below is the beginning of an essay on the novel Emma and the film Clueless. Finish the essay in your own words and thoughts to explain how the ideas in the original text (Emma) have been changed, in the appropriated text (Clueless), to suit…

Clueless Speech How has Amy Herckerling used her film Clueless to say something new about Jane Austen’s novel, Emma? One of the first things that came to mind was the use of an accepting community. While in Emma, it was common to disdain others who…

The principle job of any film should be to please the audience. To what extent do you agree with this view? It would be foolish and unperceptive to say that the chief role of films in society is to please their audiences. One need only…

Mise en scène The term mise-en-scène essentially means “visual theme” or “telling a story”. Both are shown in visually artful ways through storyboarding and cinematography. One may describe mise-en-scène as the overall look and feel of a movie. This term has two categories, design and…

There are several key elements one must consider when orchestrating a groundbreaking film such as Blade Runner. Blade Runner executed in the film industry in a multitude of ways; the location and social environment aspects of the outré film is what took the cake. The…

Gladiator Real World Comparisons Movies, almost exclusively, are made for the purpose of entertaining an audience. Even nonfiction movies, especially if released in the theater-to-DVD format common among big name studios used entirely to augment profits, are made in such a way that people will…

Stand By Me Stand By Me is the story of true friendship and the loss of innocence. It brings all childhood insecurities, fears, and dreams intosharp, crystal-clear focus. It begins, as childhood stories often do, with curiosity. Four friends, each with his own emotional baggage,…

Basic morality is defined as “conformity to the rules of right conduct.” The basis of this definition is used in moralities around the world. In the basic morality, one person can decide their own moral standards based off of what is right and wrong. They…

While Last Dance isn’t strictly a gender-switched re-telling of Dead Man Walking, there are a number of obvious similarities. In this film, the death row inmate is Cindy Liggett (Sharon Stone), a woman tried and convicted for the brutal beating deaths of two high school…

The Green Mile, directed by Frank Darabont was fundamentally made to show the harm that human beings inflict on others in their society. Its major themes were death, compassion, sacrifice and how these themes link todays society. Green Mile was a term referring to death…

Follow the Rabbit Proof Fence The documentation of any historical event and the knowledge about it is consolidated by combining many different types of evidence. Testimony is one of many sources that is used in bringing about knowledge of an event, and plays a very…

Betrayal of the Military Introduction In the military, superior officers, such as generals and colonels are responsible for control over their units as one goes through its regular routine trying to protect their nation. A different set of laws is in place for the military,…

The Great Dictator The Great Dictator made in 1940 by Charlie Chaplin was at the time a controversial film because it exposed Nazism and anti-Semitism with both humor and horror. In his film, Chaplin plays the two main characters: Adenoid Hynkel, the tyrannical dictator of…

As a citizen of the United States at the age of eighteen you are given the right to vote. Without thinking twice you can register and be a part of decisions that will affect the future of our country. Unfortunately that was not always the…

Although the movie poster is not the original work of the Disney movie, it still captures the story line and provides clues on what the movies is about with minimum effort. The first thing that is noticed while looking at the poster is the apple…

Characters: Wilifred of Ivanhoe Maurice De Bracy King Richard “Black Knight” Prince John Robin Hood “Locksley” Isaac of York, the Jew Cedric the Saxon Lady Rebecca, daughter of Isaac of York Sir Brian de Bois-Guilbert Lady Rowena Reginald Front-de-Boeuf Wamba, the jester Sir Philip Malvoisin…

To what extent do you think they are indicative of genre? George Miller’s “Mad Max: Fury Road” (2015) and Fritz Lang’s “M” (1931) are two incredibly different films made over eighty years apart. Miller’s Fury Road is a high-octane action-adventure movie with a dystopian science-fiction…

Silence of the Lambs is a movie released in 1991 whereby the major casts are a new student detective (Clarice) with a psychology background following in her deceased father’s footsteps in law enforcement, and a serial killer (Hannibal the Cannibal) who is helping aid her…

Mary is a child prodigy. She is able to solve differential equations in a millisecond and functions way over her classmates. Her mother was also a genius in mathematics, and her mother exploited her. When her mother passes away, Mary goes to live with her…

Lion, an Oscar-tipped film directed by Garth Davis tells a story about the journey of a five-year-old illiterate Indian boy, Saroo who got separated from his family when he fell asleep in an empty train that brought him all the way to Calcutta, 1000 miles…

Throughout this paper I will be drawing comparisons between Roman Polanski’s film The Pianist, and Quentin Tarantino’s film Inglourious Basterds. The Pianist is a film based off of the life of Wladyslaw Szpilman and his survival in Warsaw during the war. Where Inglorious Basterds is…

Summary of the business Philadelphia-native sisters Jorrae and Kelly Beard of LuLu Bang seek $150,000 for 10 percent equity. Their business venture involves the manufacturing and distribution of a variety of customised barbeque sauce that is suitable to complement and enhance the flavour of almost…

Capitalism brings many impacts to wards Chris Gardner the main character in the movie that I watched which is “ Pursuit of Happyness “. People are said to work harder due to financial incentives. From the movie, Chris passed the interview and made a great…

“Genius, Billionaire, Playboy, Philanthropist.” This cocky line is what Tony Stark describes himself as in the Avengers. Although the movie’s genre is SF and Action, the movie’s popularity led to something much larger. For example, that line became popular and used as meme for a…

Superheroes are easy to do! Since the battle of “Captain America 3: The Civil War”, Ant Man had been striving to balance the two identities of “father” and “superhero”, hoping to be a responsible new good man! Just as he tried to adapt, he was…

At first glance, Michael Moore’s “Where to Invade Next” seems to be a comedic movie based on the insanity of U.S history, but it turns out to be a powerful film filled with a humanizing vision of better solutions, possibilities on how the US shares…

My visual representation is of a watercolor tree, depicting Billy Elliot’s transition of self-acceptance throughout Stephen Daldry’s movie ‘Billy Elliot’. This film highlights the opportunities and obstacles individuals face in their everyday lives. Billy transitions from a narrow-minded and myopic society where specific activities are…

“No matter what happened to you in the past, you are not your past. You are the resources and the capabilities you glean from it. And that is the basis for all change,” from the mouth of Jordan Belfort. Martin Scorsese directed this film inspired…

Society is built in such a way that it does not care about the individuality of its members except for the maximum profit that one can achieve by mechanically transforming the individual unit into monetary value. These subjects, though appealing to the general public, are…

The movie “Son of Saul” revolves around a man named Ausländer Saul who came from the city Ungvár in Hungary and lives his life in the camp of Auschwitz which reveals some of the most devastating moments that took place during an atrocity of WWII….

Rear Window is a true classic of the world cinema. Created by a master of suspense, this film is very multilayered and provides the viewers with many ways to enjoy it. There are many themes in Rear Window; however, the ones that seem to stand…

This film is titled as “Cinderella Man”. It was produced in the year of 2005. It was directed by Ron Howard and is a biography and drama film. The main cast includes Russell Crowe playing as Jim, Renée Zellweger playing as Mae, Paul Giamatti playing…

The Stepford Wives is a thriller story where photographer Joanna Eberhart suspects the Men’s Association in her new Connecticut neighbourhood to be responsible for the perfect robotic like wives. Joanna teams up with Bobbie, also new to Connecticut, to investigate the reasoning behind the submissive…

The film Edward Scissorshands is not just a calling card of Tim Burton but one of his best creations. Most of Tim Burton’s main characters are used to be “individuals who function outside of their societal norms, they are also archetypical heroes”. But what is…

In Wit, Vivian Bearing, a 48 year-old professor of English, is diagnosed with ovarian cancer. We experience her diagnosis, treatment, and death in a series of concurrence with medical providers, and Vivian Bearing, flashbacks from her academic and personal life. Wit, the film is about…

In the movie Legally Blonde, the plot centers around a case called The State vs. Brooke Windham. In this case, Chutney Windham, the plaintiff of the case, accuses Brooke Windham of murdering her father, Heyworth Windham. This would make Brooke Windham the defendant because she…

In this paper I will examine and analyze Battle of Royale film in the scope of realizm. Battle Royale is Japanese made film which was released in 2000,directed by Kinji Fukasaku. The movie which is the combination of facts and fiction which explain IR concept…

Jon Favreau’s Chef is a celebration of food, family, and change. In this low budget, Indie-style film, Jon Favreau plays a L.A. chef Carl Casper who gained popularity in the culinary world with his adventurous dishes and out-of-the-box thinking. However, Carl falls into a rut…

Christ figures are everywhere in films. There can be connections made between characters in films and the character of Jesus in the things spoken, actions taken, and the effect it has on the people around them. ‘The Whale Rider’ by Niki Caro has some very…

The themes of revenge in Kill Bill Volume 1 (2003) and Volume 2 (2004) will be discussed and analyzed on how Quentin Tarantino uses violence in order to connect the audience to the protagonist through the fantasy of revenge, both conceptually and emotionally. I will…

The core of this film transpire when Chris (Daniel Kaluuya), an African-American guy and a great photographer, was invited by his girlfriend, Rose (Allison Williams), to visit her predominantly white, upper-middle class family, Dean (Bradley Whitford), a neurosurgeon; and Missy Armitage (Catherine Keener), a hypnotist,…

The art of filmmaking takes its base from the different ways a filmmaker decides to manipulate images. Be it by camera movements, light use, sound choices or amplification and the editing process. These fundamentals create an effect on the way an audience understands the movie…

Phoebe Buffay taught me that happiness is a choice She grew up with the most traumatically “colorful” childhood stories and lived through the saddest situations. She lost her mother to suicide, lived on the streets of the city, got left by her scientist boyfriend several…

For many centuries, people liked different legends and were fascinated by mysticism. One of the examples is vampires. Many books are written and many movies are made about them where they are shown as cruel, scary, night creatures. A vampire is a dead creature that…

Crime has an enormous impact on pop culture. Crime has been a central theme in cinema, resulting in iconic movies such as Gangster Squad (2013) and Scarface (1983). According to Rafter (2006), one of the keys to the success of crime films lies in their…

In the movie 50 first dates, one of the main characters suffers from anterograde amnesia. Henry Roth is a marine life veterinarian playboy at Sea Park on Hawaii. He owns a boat in which he is trying to restore and hopes to use again to…

SuperFly is a fantastic Blaxploitation remake of the 1970’s, the recent version of the movie has updated the complete scenario in a modest way. This movie is based on actions and crime and a young drug dealer which is directed by Director X. the movie…

Introduction: Meg Essay Being a hero, is more than wearing a super hero costume or be a popular individual or do crazy stunts. Everyone and anyone can be someone to change lives of others. Sometimes it just takes time to find ourselves, whether if you…

300 is a movie directed by Zack Snyder and based on true events that took place in the B.C. era. It primarily focuses on the Battle of Thermopylae, a very important battle during the Greco-Persian War which took place during the second Persian invasion of…

Set in 1950s America, a court jury is faced with sending a young man to face the death penalty for murder accused of killing his father. The film starts in a court room with the judge explaining the processes of what must happen to reach…