Film Studies: Web Resources

Information about past and present Oscar nominees.

The AFI Catalog of Feature Films includes entries on nearly 60,000 American feature-length films and 17,000 short films produced from 1893-2011. It also includes AFI AWARDS honorees from 2000 through 2014.

Earlycinema.com provides an introduction to the first decade of motion pictures and the developments which helped shape cinema as we know it today.

Filmarchives Online provides easy and free access to catalogue information of film archives from all over Europe.

Find detailed information about films including cast, plot summary, literary source, awards, reviews, images, film specifications, and release information. Advanced search allows search by location, characters, year of release and more.

Offers a number of online resources that may appeal to students of film history.

Established by the National Film Preservation Act of 1988, the National Film Preservation Board works to ensure the survival, conservation and increased public availability of America's film heritage.

The Media History Digital Library is a non-profit initiative dedicated to digitizing historic books and magazines about film, broadcasting, and recorded sound for broad public access.

ScreenSite facilitates the teaching and research of film/TV/new media and is designed principally for educators and students.

The Society for Cinema and Media Studies is the leading scholarly organization in the United States dedicated to promoting a broad understanding of film, television, and related media through research and teaching grounded in the contemporary humanities tradition.

Moving Image Source, published by the Museum of the Moving Image, is a website devoted to the history of film, television, and digital media. It features original articles by leading critics, authors, and scholars; a calendar that highlights major retrospectives, festivals, and gallery exhibitions at venues around the world; and a regularly updated guide to online research resources.

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has been collecting and preserving film and film-related material since 1927, and its unparalleled permanent collection contains more than 13 million photographs, 8.3 million clippings, 95,000 screenplays, 73,500 posters, 145,000 production and costume design drawings, 45,000 sound recordings, 39,000 books, 1,900 special collections, 242,000 film and video assets, and 8,000 props, process, and production items representing motion picture technology, costume design, production design, makeup and hairstyling, visual effects, promotional materials and more.

Collection of official trailers, clips, and original videos

Established in 1972 to address the under representation and misrepresentation of women in the media industry, Women Make Movies is a multicultural, multiracial, non-profit media arts organization which facilitates the production, promotion, distribution and exhibition of independent films and videotapes by and about women.