Movie Lists
...compiled by our librarians
Skokie Public Library has several specialized film collections. To
view a complete list of every video (VHS) and DVD title in these areas
please follow one of these links:
Documentary films
Foreign films
National Film Registry titles
Television shows
To help you navigate our extensive video (VHS) and DVD collection, our librarians have compiled the following thematic lists that feature selected film titles.
Award Winners
Academy Awards: Best Actor
Academy Awards: Best Actress
Academy Awards: Best Animated
Feature
Academy Awards: Best Documentary
Academy Awards: Best Foreign Language Film
Academy Awards: Best Picture
AFI's 10 Top 10: America's 10 Greatest Films in 10 Classic Genres
American Film Institute: 100 Years... 100 Movies (10th anniversary edition)
Cannes Film Festival — Golden Palm (Palme d'Or) Winners
Golden Globe Awards: Best Picture — Drama
Golden Globe Awards: Best Picture — Musical or Comedy
Golden Globe Award Winners for Best Foreign Language Film
Venice Film Festival — Golden Lion Winners
Books, Authors, and Writing
The Brontës
Fresh takes on timeless tales:
Movies inspired by classic literature
Movies about writers and writing
Movies based on 20th Century
fiction
Movies based on books -- for teens
Movies based on classics
Movies based on historical
novels
Movies based on humorous books
Movies based on mysteries
Movies based on nonfiction
books
Movies based on the works of Jane
Austen
Movies based on thrillers
Comedy
African-American
comedies
British comedies
Funny films
If you like "Forgetting Sarah Marshall" try...
Movies based on humorous books
Quirky comedies
Romantic comedies
Slapstick movies
Cultural
Interest
African-American
comedies
African-American
directors
Black history and
heritage
Breaking down barriers:
Disability in film
Films of Native American
interest
Gay and lesbian films
Greece, Rome, and ancient civilizations
Jewish interest
Movies from Down Under: Featuring Australia and New Zealand
Pictures of Ireland
Seeking ancient Egypt
Spirit of Asia
A View of Mexico
Family
Family films
If you like "Enchanted" try...
IMAX films
The Jeff Corwin Experience
Horror
Godzilla movies
Horror movies
King Kong movies
Monsters, ghosts, vampires, witches
In Memoriam
Ismail Merchant (1936-2005)
Paul Newman (1925-2008)
Location, Location, Location...
Chicagoland movies
Greece, Rome, and ancient civilizations
Movies from Down Under: Featuring Australia and New Zealand
On location: Films set in beautiful and horrible
locations
Pictures of Ireland
Seeking ancient Egypt
A View of Mexico
Music and Dance
Films featuring dance
Greatest movie musicals
If you like "Once" try...
Movies about music and musicians
Musicals
Mystery and Crime
Film noir
French film noir
Hitchcock films
Movies based on mysteries
Sherlock Holmes films
Romance
If you like "Sex and the City" try...
In the name of love: Romantic films
Romantic action films
Romantic comedies
Weddings and engagements
Series, Sequels, and Remakes
Remakes
Series and sequels
Special Interest
50 great tearjerkers
All in a day's work: every job has a
story
Anime films
Back to school
Campaigns, elections, and politics
Films based on true events
Films in black and white
Gardening and flowers
Greece, Rome, and ancient civilizations
Inspirational and religious films
King Arthur, knights, and knighthood
Leonardo Da Vinci and The Da Vinci
Code
A long winter's film list
Movies about art and artists
Movies about games, competitions, and contests
Movies and television shows about magic and magicians
Puzzlers
Quests and fairytales
Royalty and nobility
Silent films
Sports movies
Warm weather films
What's to eat? Food, restaurants, chefs & cooks
Special
Occasions and Holidays
Christmas movies
Weddings and engagements
Thrillers, Action, and Adventure
Action movies
Hitchcock films
If you like "The Bourne Ultimatum" try...
If you like "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull" try...
If you like "Iron Man" try...
If you like "Live Free Or Die Hard" try...
Kickin' flicks
Movies based on thrillers
Pirates and swashbucklers
Popcorn movies
Superheroes and comic book
characters
War films
View-a-Likes
If you like "Atonement" try...
If you like "Becoming Jane" try...
If you like "The Bourne Ultimatum" try...
If you like "Brideshead Revisited" try...
If you like "Elizabeth: The Golden Age" try...
If you like "Enchanted" try...
If you like "Forgetting Sarah Marshall" try...
If you like "The Golden Compass" try...
If you like "I'm Not There" try...
If you like "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull" try...
If you like "Iron Man" try...
If you like "The Jane Austen Book Club" try...
If you like "Juno" try...
If you like "Live Free Or Die Hard" try...
If you like "Mamma Mia!" try...
If you like "Michael Clayton" try...
If you like "The Namesake" try...
If you like "Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day" try...
If you like "No Country for Old Men" try...
If you like "No Reservations" try...
If you like "Ocean's Thirteen" try...
If you like "Once" try...
If you like "The Other Boleyn Girl" try...
If you like "Sex and the City" try...
If you like "There Will Be Blood" try...
Women in Film
Academy Awards: Best Actress
Films directed by
women
Historical women in film
Women in the director's chair
