Film Studies Books: General and Introductory Textbooks

Aesthetics, Techniques of Production and Analysis

Film Art: An Introduction

David Bordwell and Kristin Thompson.

Film as Social Practice

Graeme Turner.

How to Read a Film

by James Monaco

An Introduction to Film Studies

by Jill Nelmes

Film History

Film History: An Introduction

Kristin Thompson and David Bordwell.

Film: An International History of the Medium

Robert Sklar.

Movie History: A Survey

Douglas Gomery.

A Short History of the Movies

Gerald Mast and Bruce F. Kawin.

Film Theory and Criticism

Film Theory and Criticism

edited by Gerald Mast, Marshall Cohen, and Leo Braudy.

Narrative, Apparatus, Ideology

edited by Philip Rosen.

Movies and Methods I & II

edited by Bill Nichols.