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Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
http://www.oscars.org
Information about the Academy awards, a database of motion picture credits, history of the organization, past award winners, and more. A database of past winners and nominees (complete through 2006) is also available.
AllMovie
http://www.allmovie.com
Browse by title, genre, locate box office statistics or read an essay . Movie trailers, lists of new releases, and a glossary are also available.
American Film Institute
http://www.afi.com
Details about the organization and its work. Offers top 100 lists and information about jobs, education, and workshops.
American Movie Classics
http://www.amctv.com
Movie schedules, information about the AMC channel, and information about the movies.
Backstage.com
http://www.backstage.com/bso/index.jsp
News, reviews, message boards, and advice columns for actors.
Boxoffice
http://boxoffice.com
Reviews, news, schedules, charts, and other movie-related information.
British Film Institute
http://www.bfi.org.uk
Information about the BFI National Archive, statistics, in-depth features, a film and tv database, research guides, and more.
Can I Stream It?
http://www.canistream.it/
"A free service created by Urban Pixels that allows you to search across the most popular streaming, rental, and purchase services to find where a movie is available."
Cinevault
https://www.cinevaulttv.com/
Stream movies (over 1,000) from this site which includes documentaries. All movies are in the Public Domain.
ConTV
https://www.contv.com/browse-movie/
Streaming cult series, classics, and more from around the world. Watch for free online or on a mobile device. No registration required.
Crackle
http://www.crackle.com/
Watch free movies, TV shows, and original programming from Sony Pictures on a variety of platforms.
The Credits
https://www.motionpictures.org/the-credits/
Read about new movies and TV shows, as well as read interviews and view trailers.
Disney Archives
http://disney.go.com/vault/archives/characters_ai.html
Three browsable categories: movies, characters, and villains. Results include a description and downloadable images.
Film Reference
http://www.filmreference.com
A free online encyclopedia offering information about movies, actors, directors, and writers.
Film Site
http://www.filmsite.org
History, trivia, quotes, and resources about classic films.
Gnovies!
http://www.gnovies.com
Enter a name of a movie to find other titles you might like. Also offers movie discussions.
Golden Globe Awards
http://www.goldenglobes.org
The official site of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association. Offers a video and photo gallery, lists nominees and winners, news, and more.
indieWIRE
http://www.indiewire.com
"The leading source on independent film since 1996." Lead stories, interviews, blogs, video, and more.
Internet Movie Database
http://imdb.com
A database of movie information including actors, directors, writers, producers, filming locations and trivia, and provides links to reviews, show times, and fan sites on the web.
Internet Movie Script Database
http://www.imsdb.com
"The biggest collection of movie scripts available anywhere on the web." Read or download movie scripts for free.
Metacritic.com
http://www.metacritic.com
Reviews for film, tv, and video. The unique scoring shows "the critical consensus at a glance by taking a weighted average of critic grades."
The Motion Picture and Television Photo Archive
www.mptvimages.com/cgi-bin/imageFolio.cgi
Search the "vault" by keyword, personality, event, photographer, and more. Thumbnail image results can be enlarged for viewing.
Motion Picture Association of America
http://www.mpaa.org
Information about film ratings, research and statistics, and top issues.
Movie Quotes
http://www.moviequotes.com
A database containing over one million movie quotes.
Movie Review Query Engine
http://www.mrqe.com
Full text reviews of films, videos, and DVD's which can be searched by title or category. Users can register for a free account to gain total access to all reviews.
MTV Movies News
http://www.mtv.com/news/movies//
Part of the MTV website dedicated to news about movies.
National Film Preservation Foundation
http://www.filmpreservation.org
Includes a directory of film archives in the United States and lists of films they have preserved.
New York Times Movies
http://www.nytimes.com/pages/movies/index.html
This section includes reviews, trailers, articles, and a complete list of reviews from the New York Times dating back to 1929.
Popcornflix
http://www.popcornflix.com/
Choose from over 1,500 movies from Screen Media's independently owned film library. Watch in a browser, on TV, or on a mobile device.
Rotten Tomatoes
https://www.rottentomatoes.com/
Scores movies and provides both positive and negative reviews. Also allows users to select a movie by genre, "tomatometer," and MPAA rating.
Voice of the Shuttle: Media Studies: Film/Video
http://vos.ucsb.edu/browse.asp?id=2720#id917
An extensive listing of links to resources related to film.
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