Film Studies Books

Introductory Textbooks

Texbooks for general introductory courses.

Filmmakers

Listed alphabetically by director.

Genre Studies

Organized alphabetically by film type or category.

National, Ethnic, Culture Studies

Books about the cinema of nations, ethnicities, and cultures (includes Hollywood).

Theory and Criticism

Classical, cognitive, contemporary, critiques, feminism, gender, historiography, lesbian, gay, and queer, narrative, performance, philosophy, psychoanalysis, sound and music.

Miscellanea

Amateur film, early and pre-cinema, film and the body, film and literature/adapation, film and politics, film production, film and society, stars and actors.

Television Studies Books

Textbooks

Books for general introductory courses.

Other Television Studies Books

History, criticism, and theory.