Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors

Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors

As I’ve worked on this website, I’ve found it useful to categorize the various films in Peary’s book. I like to be able to quickly see how many films Peary has included with certain actors, by certain directors, within certain genres, or about certain topics.

If you think of additional topics that should be included, please let me know. I’m updating these lists on an ongoing basis and always open to feedback and suggestions.

In the case of actor-directors, I’ve either made a judgment call or flipped a coin. Please check both lists to find them!

Actors

  • Abbott and Costello Films
  • Adolphe Menjou Films
  • Agnes Moorehead Films
  • Al Jolson Films
  • Al Pacino Films
  • Alan Arkin Films
  • Alan Bates Films
  • Alan Hale Films
  • Alan Ladd Films
  • Alastair Sim Films
  • Albert Finney Films
  • Alec Guinness Films
  • Alexis Smith Films
  • Alice Faye Films
  • Amy Irving Films
  • Andy Griffith Films
  • Angela Lansbury Films
  • Angie Dickinson Films
  • Ann Blyth Films
  • Ann Dvorak Films
  • Ann Sheridan Films
  • Ann Sothern Films
  • Anna Lee Films
  • Anna Magnani Films
  • Anne Bancroft Films
  • Anne Baxter Films
  • Anne Shirley Films
  • Ann-Margret Films
  • Anthony Perkins Films
  • Anthony Quayle Films
  • Anthony Quinn Films
  • Anton Walbrook Films
  • Arthur Kennedy Films
  • Audrey Hepburn Films
  • Audrey Totter Films
  • Ava Gardner Films
  • Barbara Hershey Films
  • Barbara Stanwyck Films
  • Barbara Steele Films
  • Barbra Streisand Films
  • Barry Fitzgerald Films
  • Basil Rathbone Films
  • Beatles
  • Beau Bridges Films
  • Bela Lugosi Films
  • Ben Gazzara Films
  • Ben Kingsley Films
  • Bette Davis Films
  • Bette Midler Films
  • Betty Field Films
  • Betty Grable Films
  • Betty Hutton Films
  • Bill Cosby Films
  • Bill Murray Films
  • Bing Crosby Films
  • Blythe Danner Films
  • Bob Hope Films
  • Bob Hoskins Films
  • Bonita Granville Films
  • Bonnie Bedelia Films
  • Boris Karloff Films
  • Brian Donlevy Films
  • Brian Keith Films
  • Brigitte Bardot Films
  • Broderick Crawford Films
  • Bruce Dern Films
  • Bruce Lee Films
  • Bud Cort Films
  • Burgess Meredith Films
  • Burt Lancaster Films
  • Candice Bergen Films
  • Carmen Miranda Films
  • Carol Burnett Films
  • Carol Kane Films
  • Carole Landis Films
  • Carole Lombard Films
  • Carroll Baker Films
  • Cary Grant Films
  • Catherine Deneuve Films
  • Cecil Kellaway Films
  • Celeste Holm Films
  • Cesar Romero Films
  • Charles Boyer Films
  • Charles Coburn Films
  • Charles Laughton Films
  • Charlotte Rampling Films
  • Charlton Heston Films
  • Cher Films
  • Christopher Lee Films
  • Christopher Plummer Films
  • Christopher Reeve Films
  • Christopher Walken Films
  • Chuck Norris Films
  • Claire Bloom Films
  • Claire Trevor Films
  • Clara Bow Films
  • Clark Gable Films
  • Claude Rains Films
  • Claudette Colbert Films
  • Claudia Cardinale Films
  • Cliff Robertson Films
  • Clifton Webb Films
  • Clint Eastwood Films
  • Clive Brook Films
  • Coleen Gray Films
  • Colin Clive Films
  • Conrad Veidt Films
  • Constance Bennett Films
  • Cornel Wilde Films
  • Cybill Shepherd Films
  • Cyd Charisse Films
  • Dan Dailey Films
  • Dan Duryea Films
  • Dana Andrews Films
  • Danny Kaye Films
  • David Bowie Films
  • David Brian Films
  • David Carradine Films
  • David Niven Films
  • David Warner Films
  • Dean Martin Films
  • Dean Stockwell Films
  • Deanna Durbin Films
  • Debbie Reynolds Films
  • Deborah Kerr Films
  • Debra Paget Films
  • Debra Winger Films
  • Dennis Hopper Films
  • Diane Keaton Films
  • Diane Lane Films
  • Dick Powell Films
  • Dirk Bogarde Films
  • Dolores Del Rio Films
  • Don Ameche Films
  • Donald Pleasence Films
  • Donald Sutherland Films
  • Donna Reed Films
  • Doris Day Films
  • Dorothy Dandridge Films
  • Dorothy Lamour Films
  • Dorothy Malone Films
  • Dorothy McGuire Films
  • Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. Films
  • Douglas Fairbanks, Sr. Films
  • Dudley Moore Films
  • Dustin Hoffman Films
  • Dyan Cannon Films
  • Eddie Cantor Films
  • Eddie Murphy Films
  • Edmond O’Brien Films
  • Edmund Gwenn Films
  • Edward Arnold Films
  • Edward G. Robinson Films
  • Eleanor Parker Films
  • Eli Wallach Films
  • Elisha Cook, Jr. Films
  • Elizabeth Taylor Films
  • Ella Raines Films
  • Ellen Burstyn Films
  • Elliott Gould Films
  • Elsa Lanchester Films
  • Elvis Presley Films
  • Ernest Borgnine Films
  • Errol Flynn Films
  • Ethel Barrymore Films
  • Eva Marie Saint Films
  • Eve Arden Films
  • Farley Granger Films
  • Fay Wray Films
  • Faye Dunaway Films
  • Frances Dee Films
  • Frances Farmer Films
  • Franchot Tone Films
  • Frank Morgan Films
  • Frank Sinatra Films
  • Fred Astaire Films
  • Fred MacMurray Films
  • Freddie Bartholomew Films
  • Fredric March Films
  • Gail Russell Films
  • Gary Busey Films
  • Gary Cooper Films
  • Gena Rowlands Films
  • Gene Hackman Films
  • Gene Kelly Films
  • Gene Tierney Films
  • Gene Wilder Films
  • Genevieve Bujold Films
  • George Brent Films
  • George C. Scott Films
  • George Hamilton Films
  • George Marshall Films
  • George Raft Films
  • George Sanders Films
  • George Segal Films
  • Geraldine Chaplin Films
  • Geraldine Fitzgerald Films
  • Geraldine Page Films
  • Gerard Depardieu Films
  • Gig Young Films
  • Ginger Rogers Films
  • Glenda Jackson Films
  • Glenn Ford Films
  • Gloria Grahame Films
  • Gloria Swanson Films
  • Glynis Johns Films
  • Glynnis O’Connor Films
  • Goldie Hawn Films
  • Grace Kelly Films
  • Greer Garson Films
  • Gregory Peck Films
  • Greta Garbo Films
  • Harold Lloyd Films
  • Harrison Ford Films
  • Harry Dean Stanton Films
  • Harry Langdon Films
  • Harvey Keitel Films
  • Hayley Mills Films
  • Hedy Lamarr Films
  • Henry Fonda Films
  • Herbert Marshall Films
  • Hope Lange Films
  • Howard Keel Films
  • Hume Cronyn Films
  • Humphrey Bogart Films
  • Ida Lupino Films
  • Ingrid Bergman Films
  • Irene Dunne Films
  • Jack Benny Films
  • Jack Carson Films
  • Jack Lemmon Films
  • Jack Nicholson Films
  • Jack Palance Films
  • Jack Webb Films
  • Jacqueline Bisset Films
  • James Caan Films
  • James Coburn Films
  • James Dean Films
  • James Garner Films
  • James Mason Films
  • James Woods Films
  • Jan Sterling Films
  • Jane Fonda Films
  • Jane Greer Films
  • Jane Powell Films
  • Jane Russell Films
  • Jane Wyatt Films
  • Jane Wyman Films
  • Janet Gaynor Films
  • Janet Leigh Films
  • Jason Robards Films
  • Jayne Mansfield Films
  • Jean Arthur Films
  • Jean Hagen Films
  • Jean Harlow Films
  • Jean Parker Films
  • Jean Seberg Films
  • Jean Simmons Films
  • Jeanette MacDonald Films
  • Jeanne Crain Films
  • Jeanne Moreau Films
  • Jeff Bridges Films
  • Jeff Chandler Films
  • Jeff Goldblum Films
  • Jennifer Jones Films
  • Jenny Agutter Films
  • Jerry Lewis Films
  • Jessica Lange Films
  • Jessica Tandy Films
  • Jill Clayburgh Films
  • Jimmy Cagney Films
  • Jimmy Stewart Films
  • Joan Bennett Films
  • Joan Blondell Films
  • Joan Collins Films
  • Joan Crawford Films
  • Joan Fontaine Films
  • Joan Greenwood Films
  • Joanne Woodward Films
  • Jodie Foster Films
  • Joel McCrea Films
  • John Barrymore Films
  • John Carradine Films
  • John Cromwell Films
  • John Dall Films
  • John Garfield Films
  • John Gielgud Films
  • John Gilbert Films
  • John Heard Films
  • John Hurt Films
  • John Ireland Films
  • John Mills Films
  • John Travolta Films
  • John Wayne Films
  • Jon Voight Films
  • Jose Ferrer Films
  • Joseph Cotten Films
  • Juano Hernandez Films
  • Judith Anderson Films
  • Judy Garland Films
  • Judy Holliday Films
  • Julie Andrews Films
  • Julie Christie Films
  • Julie Harris Films
  • June Allyson Films
  • Karen Black Films
  • Karen Morley Films
  • Karl Malden Films
  • Katharine Hepburn Films
  • Katharine Ross Films
  • Kathleen Turner Films
  • Kathryn Grayson Films
  • Kay Francis Films
  • Keir Dullea Films
  • Kevin McCarthy Films
  • Kim Hunter Films
  • Kim Novak Films
  • Kim Stanley Films
  • Kirk Douglas Films
  • Kris Kristofferson Films
  • Laird Cregar Films
  • Lana Turner Films
  • Laurel and Hardy Films
  • Lauren Bacall Films
  • Laurence Harvey Films
  • Laurence Olivier Films
  • Lawrence Tierney Films
  • Lee Grant Films
  • Lee J. Cobb Films
  • Lee Marvin Films
  • Lee Remick Films
  • Leslie Caron Films
  • Leslie Howard Films
  • Lewis Stone Films
  • Lillian Gish Films
  • Lily Tomlin Films
  • Linda Darnell Films
  • Lionel Atwill Films
  • Lionel Barrymore Films
  • Liv Ullman Films
  • Liza Minnelli Films
  • Lizabeth Scott Films
  • Lon Chaney, Jr. Films
  • Lon Chaney, Sr. Films
  • Loretta Young Films
  • Louis Hayward Films
  • Louise Brooks Films
  • Lucille Ball Films
  • Luise Rainer Films
  • Lynn Redgrave Films
  • Madeleine Carroll Films
  • Mae West Films
  • Maggie Smith Films
  • Malcolm McDowell Films
  • Mamie van Doren Films
  • Marcello Mastroianni Films
  • Margaret O’Brien Films
  • Margaret Sullavan Films
  • Margot Kidder Films
  • Marie Dressler Films
  • Marie Windsor Films
  • Marilyn Monroe Films
  • Marion Davies Films
  • Martin Landau Films
  • Marlene Dietrich Films
  • Marlon Brando Films
  • Marx Brothers Films
  • Mary Astor Films
  • Mary Pickford Films
  • Mary Steenburgen Films
  • Maureen O’Hara Films
  • Maureen O’Sullivan Films
  • Maurice Chevalier Films
  • Max von Sydow Films
  • Maximilian Schell Films
  • Mel Ferrer Films
  • Melvyn Douglas Films
  • Mercedes McCambridge Films
  • Merle Oberon Films
  • Mervyn LeRoy Films
  • Meryl Streep
  • Mia Farrow Films
  • Michael Caine Films
  • Michael Douglas Films
  • Michael Redgrave Films
  • Mickey Rooney Films
  • Millie Perkins Films
  • Miriam Hopkins Films
  • Montgomery Clift Films
  • Monty Python Films
  • Monty Wooley Films
  • Myrna Loy Films
  • Natalie Wood Films
  • Ned Beatty Films
  • Nick Nolte Films
  • Nicolas Cage Films
  • Norma Shearer Films
  • Oliver Reed Films
  • Olivia de Haviland Films
  • Orson Welles Films
  • Pat O’Brien Films
  • Patricia Neal Films
  • Paul Muni Films
  • Paul Newman Films
  • Paul Robeson Films
  • Paula Prentiss Films
  • Paulette Goddard
  • Peter Cushing Films
  • Peter Falk Films
  • Peter Finch Films
  • Peter Lawford Films
  • Peter Lorre Films
  • Peter O’Toole Films
  • Peter Sellers Films
  • Peter Ustinov Films
  • Piper Laurie Films
  • Preston Foster Films
  • Priscilla Lane Films
  • Ralph Richardson Films
  • Randolph Scott Films
  • Raquel Welch Films
  • Ray Milland Films
  • Raymond Burr Films
  • Raymond Massey Films
  • Rex Harrison Films
  • Richard Attenborough Films
  • Richard Burton Films
  • Richard Conte Films
  • Richard Dreyfuss Films
  • Richard Gere Films
  • Richard Harris Films
  • Richard Pryor Films
  • Richard Widmark Films
  • Rip Torn Films
  • Rita Hayworth Films
  • Rita Moreno Films
  • Robby Benson Films
  • Robert Cummings Films
  • Robert De Niro Films
  • Robert Donat Films
  • Robert Duvall Films
  • Robert Mitchum Films
  • Robert Montgomery Films
  • Robert Morley Films
  • Robert Newton Films
  • Robert Preston Films
  • Robert Redford Films
  • Robert Rossen Films
  • Robert Ryan Films
  • Robert Shaw Films
  • Robert Stack Films
  • Robert Taylor Films
  • Robert Wagner Films
  • Robert Walker Films
  • Robert Young Films
  • Robin Williams Films
  • Rock Hudson Films
  • Rod Steiger Films
  • Rod Taylor Films
  • Roddy McDowall Films
  • Roger Livesey Films
  • Roland Young Films
  • Ronald Colman Films
  • Ronald Reagan Films
  • Rosalind Russell Films
  • Rosanna Arquette Films
  • Roy Scheider Films
  • Ruby Keeler Films
  • Rudolph Valentino Films
  • Russ Tamblyn Films
  • Ruth Gordon Films
  • Ryan O’Neal Films
  • Sabu Films
  • Sally Field Films
  • Sam Jaffe Films
  • Sam Waterston Films
  • Sandra Dee Films
  • Sandy Dennis Films
  • Sean Connery Films
  • Shelley Duvall Films
  • Shelley Winters Films
  • Shirley MacLaine Films
  • Shirley Temple Films
  • Sidney Poitier Films
  • Signe Hasso Films
  • Sigourney Weaver Films
  • Simone Signoret Films
  • Simone Simon Films
  • Sissy Spacek Films
  • Sophia Loren Films
  • Spencer Tracy Films
  • Stacy Keach Films
  • Stella Stevens Films
  • Sterling Hayden Films
  • Steve Martin Films
  • Steve McQueen Films
  • Susan Hayward Films
  • Susan Sarandon Films
  • Susan Strasberg Films
  • Susannah York Films
  • Sydney Greenstreet Films
  • Sylvester Stallone Films
  • Sylvia Sidney Films
  • Teresa Wright Films
  • Thelma Ritter Films
  • Theresa Russell Films
  • Thomas Mitchell Films
  • Tippi Hedren Films
  • Tom Cruise Films
  • Tommy Lee Jones Films
  • Tony Curtis Films
  • Tony Randall Films
  • Tony Richardson Films
  • Treat Williams Films
  • Trevor Howard Films
  • Tuesday Weld Films
  • Tyrone Power Films
  • Ursula Andress Films
  • Van Heflin Films
  • Van Johnson Films
  • Vanessa Redgrave Films
  • Veronica Lake Films
  • Victor Mature Films
  • Victor McLaglen Films
  • Vincent Price Films
  • Virginia Mayo Films
  • Vivien Leigh Films
  • Wallace Beery Films
  • Walter Brennan Films
  • Walter Matthau Films
  • Walter Pidgeon Films
  • Warner Baxter Films
  • Warren Beatty Films
  • Warren Oates Films
  • Warren William Films
  • W.C. Fields Films
  • Wendy Hiller Films
  • Will Rogers Films
  • William Holden Films
  • William Hurt Films
  • William Powell Films
  • Yul Brynner Films
  • Yves Montand Films
  • Yvette Mimieux Films
  • Yvonne De Carlo Films
  • Zasu Pitts Films

Directors

  • Akira Kurosawa Films
  • Alain Resnais Films
  • Alan Parker Films
  • Alan Rudolph Films
  • Albert Brooks Films
  • Anatole Litvak Films
  • Anthony Mann Films
  • Arch Oboler Films
  • Arthur Penn Films
  • Bernardo Bertolucci Films
  • Bertrand Blier Films
  • Billy Wilder Films
  • Blake Edwards Films
  • Bob Rafelson Films
  • Brian De Palma Films
  • Budd Boetticher Films
  • Busby Berkeley Films
  • Buster Keaton Films
  • Carl Theodore Dreyer
  • Carol Reed Films
  • Cecil B. DeMille Films
  • Charlie Chaplin Films
  • Clarence Brown Films
  • Claude Chabrol Films
  • Costa-Gavras Films
  • David Cronenberg Films
  • David Lean Films
  • Don Siegel Films
  • Dorothy Arzner Films
  • Douglas Sirk Films
  • D.W. Griffith Films
  • Ed Wood Films
  • Edgar G. Ulmer Films
  • Edmund Goulding Films
  • Edward Dmytryk Films
  • Elia Kazan Films
  • Eric Rohmer Films
  • Erich von Stroheim Films
  • Ernst Lubitsch Films
  • Fassbinder Films
  • Fellini Films
  • Francis Ford Coppola Films
  • Francois Truffaut Films
  • Frank Borzage Films
  • Frank Capra Films
  • Frank Tashlin Films
  • Fred Zinnemann Films
  • Fritz Lang Films
  • F.W. Murnau Films
  • George Cukor Films
  • George Romero Films
  • George Roy Hill Films
  • George Stevens Films
  • Georges Franju Films
  • Godard Films
  • G.W. Pabst Films
  • Hal Ashby Films
  • Henri-Georges Clouzot Films
  • Henry Hathaway Films
  • Henry King Films
  • Herbert Ross Films
  • Herschell Gordon Lewis Films
  • Hitchcock Films
  • Howard Hawks Films
  • Hugo Haas Films
  • Ingmar Bergman Films
  • Irving Rapper Films
  • Jack Arnold Films
  • Jack Clayton Films
  • Jacques Demy Films
  • Jacques Tati Films
  • Jacques Tourneur Films
  • James Bridges Films
  • James Whale Films
  • Jean Cocteau Films
  • Jean Negulesco Films
  • Jean Renoir Films
  • Jess Franco Films
  • John Cassavetes Films
  • John Boorman Films
  • John Carpenter Films
  • John Cassavetes Films
  • John Ford Films
  • John Frankenheimer Films
  • John Huston Films
  • John Korty Films
  • John Sayles Films
  • John Schlesinger Films
  • John Waters Films
  • Jonathan Demme Films
  • Josef Von Sternberg Films
  • Joseph H. Lewis Films
  • Joseph L. Mankiewicz Films
  • Joseph Losey Films
  • Jules Dassin Films
  • Ken Russell Films
  • King Vidor Films
  • Kon Ichikawa Films
  • Leo McCarey Films
  • Lewis Milestone Films
  • Lina Wertmuller Films
  • Louis Malle Films
  • Luchino Visconti Films
  • Luis Bunuel Films
  • Mario Bava Films
  • Mark Robson Films
  • Martin Ritt Films
  • Martin Scorsese Films
  • Max Ophuls Films
  • Mel Brooks Films
  • Merchant Ivory Films
  • Michael Apted Films
  • Michael Curtiz Films
  • Michael Powell and/or Emeric Pressburger Films
  • Michael Reeves Films
  • Michaelangelo Antonioni Films
  • Mike Nichols Films
  • Milos Forman Films
  • Mitchell Leisen Films
  • Mizoguchi Films
  • Monte Hellman Films
  • Nicholas Ray Films
  • Oliver Stone Films
  • Oshima Films
  • Otto Preminger Films
  • Ozu Films
  • Paul Mazursky Films
  • Paul Morrissey Films
  • Peter Bogdanovich Films
  • Peter Weir Films
  • Phil Karlson Films
  • Pier Paolo Pasolini Films
  • Preston Sturges Films
  • Raoul Walsh Films
  • Ray Harryhausen Films
  • Rene Clair Films
  • Rene Clement Films
  • Richard Brooks Films
  • Richard Lester Films
  • Ridley Scott Films
  • Robert Aldrich Films
  • Robert Altman Films
  • Robert Bresson Films
  • Robert Flaherty Films
  • Robert Siodmak Films
  • Robert Wise Films
  • Roberto Rossellini Films
  • Roger Corman Films
  • Roger Vadim Films
  • Roman Polanski Films
  • Rouben Mamoulian Films
  • Roy Del Ruth Films
  • Roy Ward Baker Films
  • Russ Meyer Films
  • Sam Fuller Films
  • Sam Peckinpah Films
  • Sam Wood Films
  • Sergei Eisenstein Films
  • Sergio Leone Films
  • Shirley Clarke Films
  • Sidney Lumet Films
  • Stanley Donen Films
  • Stanley Kramer Films
  • Stanley Kubrick Films
  • Stephanie Rothman Films
  • Steven Spielberg Films
  • Sydney Pollack Films
  • Tarkovsky Films
  • Terence Stamp Films
  • Tod Browning Films
  • Val Lewton Films
  • Victor Fleming Films
  • Vincente Minnelli Films
  • Vittorio De Sica Films
  • Walter Hill Films
  • Walter Huston Films
  • Werner Herzog Films
  • Wes Craven Films
  • William Castle Films
  • William Dieterle Films
  • William Wellman Films
  • William Wyler Films
  • Wim Wenders Films
  • Woody Allen Films
  • W.S. Van Dyke Films
  • Zoltan Korda Films

Genres

  • Animated Features
  • Biopics
  • Black Comedy
  • Comedy
  • Concert Films
  • Disaster Flicks
  • Documentary
  • Episodic Films
  • Experimental Films
  • Fantasy
  • Historical Drama
  • Horror Films
  • Mockumentaries
  • Musicals
  • Psychological Horror
  • Romance
  • Romantic Comedy
  • Satires and Spoofs
  • Science Fiction
  • Silent Films
  • Stand-Up Comedy
  • Westerns

International

  • Africa
  • Australian Films
  • Canadian Films
  • Caribbean Islands
  • China
  • Cuba
  • Dutch Films
  • Eastern European Films
  • French Films
  • German Films
  • Greece
  • India
  • Ireland
  • Italian Films
  • Japanese Films
  • Mexico
  • Middle East
  • Russian Films
  • Scandinavian Films
  • Scotland
  • South and Central America
  • South Sea Islands
  • Spanish Films
  • Swiss Films

Playwrights and Authors

  • Arthur Miller Films
  • Charles Dickens Films
  • Edgar Allan Poe Films
  • Elaine May Films
  • Jules Verne Adaptations
  • Neil Simon Films
  • Shakespeare
  • Tennessee Williams Adaptations

Topics and Themes

  • Actors and Actresses
  • Adoption
  • Advertising
  • African-Americans
  • Airplanes and Pilots
  • Alaska
  • Alcoholism and Drug Addiction
  • Aliens
  • Amateur Sleuths
  • Amnesia
  • Ancient Greece and Rome
  • Androids and Clones
  • Angels
  • Antarctica and the Arctic
  • Artists
  • Asian-Americans
  • Aspiring Stars
  • Assassination
  • Astronauts
  • At Sea
  • Atomic Energy
  • Ballet
  • Baseball
  • Battle-of-the-Sexes
  • Beauty Contests
  • Betrayal
  • Biblical Stories
  • Big Business
  • Blackmail
  • Blindness
  • Boarding School
  • Bounty Hunters
  • Bourgeois Society
  • Boxing
  • Bullfighting
  • Bullies
  • Cannibalism
  • Car Chase
  • Car Racing
  • Career-versus-Marriage
  • Carnivals and Circuses
  • Casinos
  • Cat-and-Mouse
  • Catalysts
  • Cavalry
  • Character Arc
  • Character Studies
  • Cheerleaders
  • Child Abuse
  • Childhood
  • Christian Sects
  • Christianity
  • Christmas
  • City vs. Country
  • Civil War
  • Class Relations
  • Clowns
  • Cold War
  • Collective Action
  • College
  • Comedians
  • Comics and Comic Strips
  • Coming of Age
  • Composers
  • Computers-Out-of-Control
  • Con-Artists
  • Concentration Camps
  • Corruption
  • Counterculture
  • Counterfeiting
  • Courtroom Drama
  • Cowardice
  • Cowboys
  • Criminal Couples on the Run
  • Criminal Investigation
  • Cross-Class Romance
  • Cross-Cultural Romance
  • Cuckolds
  • Cults
  • Dancers
  • Dating
  • Deafness
  • Death and Dying
  • Deep South
  • Dentists
  • Depression Era
  • Deserted Island
  • Detectives and Private Eyes
  • Disabilities
  • Disembodied Parts
  • Disfigured Faces
  • Divorce
  • Do-Gooders
  • Doctors and Nurses
  • Downward Spiral
  • Drug Dealers
  • Dumb Blondes
  • Dwarfs and Little People
  • Dystopia
  • Egypt and Egyptology
  • Elderly People
  • Ensemble Cast
  • Escape
  • Evil Kids
  • Evil Mothers
  • Ex-Cons
  • Expatriates
  • Explorers
  • Falsely Accused
  • Family Problems
  • Farming
  • Father and Child
  • Feminism and Women’s Issues
  • Femmes Fatales
  • Feuds
  • First Love
  • Fishermen
  • Flashback Films
  • Folk Heroes
  • Folk Tales, Fairy Tales, and Mythology
  • Football
  • Framed
  • Frankenstein
  • French Revolution
  • Friendship
  • Fugitives
  • Gambling
  • Gangs
  • Gangsters
  • Gaslighting
  • Gender Bending
  • Generation Gap
  • Get Rich Quick
  • Get Togethers and Reunions
  • Ghosts
  • Giants
  • Gold Diggers
  • Gold Seekers
  • Governesses and Nannies
  • Greed
  • Grown Children
  • Guilt
  • Gypsies
  • Has-Beens
  • Heiresses
  • Heists
  • Henpecked Husbands
  • Hidden Treasure
  • Hiding Dead Bodies
  • High School
  • Hit Men
  • Hollywood
  • Homecoming
  • Homeless
  • Homicidal Spouses
  • Homosexuality
  • Horses
  • Hostages
  • Housewives
  • Hunting
  • Illness
  • Immigrants and Immigration
  • Incest and Incestuous Undertones
  • Infidelity
  • Informers
  • Inheritance
  • Insects
  • Inventors
  • Jack the Ripper
  • James Bond Films
  • Jealousy
  • Jews
  • Journalists
  • Jungles
  • Juvenile Delinquents
  • Kidnapping
  • Killer Animals
  • Killer Plants
  • Korean War
  • Labor Movement
  • Latinos
  • Lawyers
  • Leprechauns
  • Lesbianism
  • Let’s-Put-On-a-Show
  • Life After Death
  • Literature Adaptation
  • Living Nightmare
  • Looking for Ms./Mr. Right
  • Los Angeles
  • Love Triangle
  • Machismo
  • Mad Doctors and Scientists
  • Mafia
  • Magicians
  • Marital Problems
  • Martial Arts
  • May-December Romance
  • Media Spectacle
  • Medieval Times
  • Mental Breakdown
  • Mental Illness
  • Mentally Retarded
  • Mentors
  • Mermaids
  • Mid-Life Crisis
  • Military
  • Millionaires
  • Mind Control and Hypnosis
  • Mining Towns
  • Misfits
  • Missionaries and Revivalists
  • Mistaken or Hidden Identities
  • Models
  • Morality Police
  • Motorcyclists
  • Movie Buffs
  • Movie Directors
  • Multiple Personalities
  • Mummies
  • Murder Mystery
  • Musicians
  • Mutant Monsters
  • Mutiny
  • Mysterious Disappearance
  • Naive Public
  • Native Americans
  • Native Peoples
  • Nazis
  • New York City
  • Newlyweds
  • Nightclubs
  • “No One Believes Me!”
  • Nonconformists
  • Nuclear Holocaust
  • Nuclear Threat
  • Nuns
  • Obsessive Fans
  • Obsessive Love
  • Old Dark House
  • Olympics
  • Opera
  • Orphans
  • Outlaws
  • Pact With the Devil
  • Past Lives
  • Peacemakers
  • Pedophiles
  • Peeping Toms
  • Pets
  • Photographers
  • Pirates
  • Plague
  • Plantations
  • Plastic Surgery
  • Play Adaptations
  • Plot to Murder
  • Police
  • Political Conspiracy
  • Political Corruption
  • Possession
  • Post-Apocalypse
  • Pregnancy
  • Prehistoric Times
  • Priests and Ministers
  • Primates
  • Prisoners
  • Prisoners of War
  • Professors
  • Prohibition Era
  • Propaganda
  • Prostitutes and Gigolos
  • Psychic Powers
  • Psychopaths
  • Psychotherapy
  • Puerto Ricans
  • Punk Rock
  • Puppets
  • Race-Against-Time
  • Race Relations
  • Racism
  • Radio
  • Raising Kids
  • Rape
  • Rebellion
  • Religious Faith
  • Resistance Fighters
  • Revenge
  • Revolutionaries
  • Rise-and-Fall
  • Rivalry
  • Road Trip
  • Robots
  • Rock ‘n Roll
  • Rodeo
  • Royalty
  • Runaways
  • Ruthless Leaders
  • S&M
  • Sailors
  • Salesmen
  • Samurai
  • Satanists
  • Scientists
  • Search
  • Serial Killers
  • Servants, Maids, and Housekeepers
  • Settlers
  • Sexual Liberation
  • Sexual Repression
  • Sexuality
  • Sheriffs
  • Sherlock Holmes Films
  • Showgirls
  • Siblings
  • Singers
  • Single Mothers
  • Slavery
  • Small Town America
  • Social Climbers
  • Soldiers
  • Space Exploration
  • Space Opera
  • Spies
  • Spinsters
  • Sports
  • Spousal Abuse
  • Stalkers
  • Star-Crossed Lovers
  • Strippers
  • Strong Females
  • Submarines
  • Suffering Mothers
  • Suicide
  • Summer Camp
  • Superheroes
  • Supernatural Powers
  • Surfers
  • Surrealism
  • Survival
  • Talking Animals
  • Teachers
  • Teenagers
  • Television
  • Terrorists
  • Thieves and Criminals
  • Time Travel
  • Trains and Subways
  • Trapped
  • Truckers
  • Twins
  • Tycoons
  • Undercover Cops and Agents
  • Underdogs
  • Unemployment
  • Untimely Death
  • Vacation
  • Vampires
  • Vaudeville and Burlesque
  • Veterans
  • Vietnam War
  • Vigilantes
  • Village Life
  • Virginity
  • Voodoo
  • Waterfront
  • Weddings
  • Werewolves
  • White Trash
  • Widows and Widowers
  • Winning Him/Her Back
  • Witches and Wizards
  • Womanizers
  • Workplace Drama
  • World Domination
  • World War I
  • World War II
  • Wrestling
  • Writers
  • Zombies

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