Films We May Watch in CLAss
Pre-Code Hollywood is the period in American filmmaking between the Silent Era and the institution of the Hays Code (1929-1934). Pre-Code films have become synonymous with progressive ideals and bold subject matter.
- A Trip to the Moon - 1902
- The Gold Rush – 1925
- City Lights - 1931
- Frankenstein – 1933
- King Kong – 1933
“The Hays Code was the self-imposed industry set of guidelines for all the motion pictures that were released between 1934 and 1968,” says O'Brien. “The code prohibited profanity, suggestive nudity, graphic or realistic violence, sexual persuasions and rape.
- Modern Times – 1936 – G
- Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs – 1937 - G
- The Wizard of Oz – 1939 - G
- Mr. Smith Goes to Washington - 1939
- Gone with the Wind – 1939 - G
- Citizen Kane – 1941
- Casablanca - 1942
- It’s a Wonderful Life – 1946
- A Streetcar Named Desire - 1951
- High Noon – 1952
- Singin’ in the Rain – 1952
- Rear Window - 1954
- The Searchers. - 1956
- Touch of Evil – 1958
- North by Northwest - 1959
- Psycho - 1960
- West Side Story - 1961
- To Kill a Mockingbird – 1962
- The Sound of Music – 1965
- The Outlaw Josey Wales - 1966
The Motion Picture Association of America established a system of movie ratings for parents to use a guide to determine the appropriateness of a film’s content for children and teenagers in 1968.
- 2001: A Space Odyssey – 1968 - G
- Jaws – 1975 - PG
- All the President’s Men - 1976 - PG
- Rocky – 1976 - PG
- Star Wars – 1977 - PG
- Close Encounters of the Third Kind – 1977 - PG
- Raiders of the Lost Ark – 1981 - PG
- E.T. – 1982 - PG
- Tootsie - 1982 – PG
- Ghostbusters - 1984 - PG
- The Color Purple – 1985 – PG-13
- Top Gun - 1985 - PG
- Ferris Bueller's Day Off - 1986 - PG13
- Field of Dreams – 1989 – PG
- Batman - 1989 - PG-13
- Dead Poet’s Society – 1989 - PG
- Jurassic Park - 1993 - PG-13
- Forrest Gump – 1994 – PG-13
- Lion King - 1994 - G
- Toy Story - 1995 - G
- Titanic – 1997 – PG-13
- The Sixth Sense – 1999 – PG-13
- Remember the Titans - 2000 - PG
- The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring – 2001 – PG-13
- Seabiscuit – 2003 – PG-13
- Ray – 2004 – PG-13
- The Dark Knight - 2008 - PG13
- Wall-E – 2008 - G
- Inception - 2010 - PG-13
- La La Land - 2013 - PG13
- Black Panther - 2018 - PG13