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Understanding Melodrama

MD = Melodrama
(1-8: Sirk's Universal MDs)
(8-13: "Sirkian" MDs)
(14-35: The Woman's Film)
(36-43: Romance/Doomed Love)
(44-53: Family MD)
(54-64: The Male MD I: The Male Weepie)
(65-71: The Male MD II: The Action MD)
(72-76: Maternal MD)
(77-88: Musical MD)
(89-96: Silent MD)
(97-105: War Films)
(106-113: Gainsborough MD)
(114-121: Historical Costume MD)
(122-135: Aids, Gay, Lesbian and Queer Cinema)
(136-147: Film Noir)
(148-155: Western MD)
(156-166: Psychological MD)
(167-179: Brittish MD)
(180-186: Bollywood MD)
(187-194: Chinese MD)
(195-202: European MD)
Short Cuts, a series of books on film studies, defines "melodrama" not as a film genre, but as a widely comprehensive and pervasive cinematic structure, characterized by the use of musical accompaniment to punctuate the emotional effects and a narrative marked by pathos, aiming to culminate in tears or strong emotions among the audience. This is a list of films they use to illustrate their wonderful analysis.
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All I Desire (1953)
All I Desire (1953)
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All That Heaven Allows (1955)
All That Heaven Allows (1955)
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Imitation of Life (1959)
Imitation of Life (1959)
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Interlude (1957)
Interlude (1957)
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Magnificent Obsession (1954)
Magnificent Obsession (1954)
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The Tarnished Angels (1957)
The Tarnished Angels (1957)
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There's Always Tomorrow (1956)
There's Always Tomorrow (1956)
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Written on the Wind (1956)
Written on the Wind (1956)
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Far From Heaven (2002)
Far From Heaven (2002)
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Ali: Fear Eats the Soul (1974)
Ali: Fear Eats the Soul (1974)
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The Flower of My Secret (1995)
The Flower of My Secret (1995)
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The Merchant of Four Seasons (1971)
The Merchant of Four Seasons (1971)
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Polyester (1981)
Polyester (1981)
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Autumn Leaves (1956)
Autumn Leaves (1956)
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Beaches (1988)
Beaches (1988)
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Beyond the Forest (1949)
Beyond the Forest (1949)
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Breaking the Waves (1996)
Breaking the Waves (1996)
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The Bridges of Madison County (1995)
The Bridges of Madison County (1995)
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Camille (1936)
Camille (1936)
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Come Back to the 5 & Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean (1982)
Come Back to the 5 & Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean (1982)
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Dark Victory (1939)
Dark Victory (1939)
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Dolores Claiborne (1995)
Dolores Claiborne (1995)
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The Hours (2002)
The Hours (2002)
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I'll Cry Tomorrow (1955)
I'll Cry Tomorrow (1955)
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I Want to Live! (1958)
I Want to Live! (1958)
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Johnny Belinda (1948)
Johnny Belinda (1948)
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Julia (1977)
Julia (1977)
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Letter From an Unknown Woman (1948)
Letter From an Unknown Woman (1948)
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Moonstruck (1987)
Moonstruck (1987)
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Now, Voyager (1942)
Now, Voyager (1942)
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Places in the Heart (1984)
Places in the Heart (1984)
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Random Harvest (1942)
Random Harvest (1942)
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Terms of Endearment (1983)
Terms of Endearment (1983)
Rotten Tomatoes®   78%
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Yanks (1979)
Yanks (1979)
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Anna Karenina (1935)
Anna Karenina (1935)
Rotten Tomatoes®   93%
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Duel in the Sun (1946)
Duel in the Sun (1946)
Rotten Tomatoes®   75%
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Gone With the Wind (1939)
Gone With the Wind (1939)
Rotten Tomatoes®   90%
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Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing (1955)
Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing (1955)
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Love Story (1970)
Love Story (1970)
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Waterloo Bridge (1940)
Waterloo Bridge (1940)
Rotten Tomatoes®   80%
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