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Understanding Melodrama - Page 2

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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The Way We Were (1973)
The Way We Were (1973)
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Wuthering Heights (1939)
Wuthering Heights (1939)
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Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958)
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958)
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The Celebration (1998)
The Celebration (1998)
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Giant (1956)
Giant (1956)
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The Graduate (1967)
The Graduate (1967)
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Home From the Hill (1960)
Home From the Hill (1960)
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Kings Row (1942)
Kings Row (1942)
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On Golden Pond (1981)
On Golden Pond (1981)
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Peyton Place (1957)
Peyton Place (1957)
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Picnic (1955)
Picnic (1955)
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Ordinary People (1980)
Ordinary People (1980)
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Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)
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The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
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Bigger Than Life (1956)
Bigger Than Life (1956)
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The Champ (1979)
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Citizen Kane (1941)
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Dead Poets Society (1989)
Dead Poets Society (1989)
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East of Eden (1955)
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Field of Dreams (1989)
Field of Dreams (1989)
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It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
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Some Came Running (1958)
Some Came Running (1958)
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Rebel Without a Cause (1955)
Rebel Without a Cause (1955)
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Regarding Henry (1991)
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Rotten Tomatoes®   43%
65
Braveheart (1995)
Braveheart (1995)
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Deliverance (1972)
Deliverance (1972)
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Die Hard (1988)
Die Hard (1988)
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Gladiator (2000)
Gladiator (2000)
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Predator (1987)
Predator (1987)
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Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985)
Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985)
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Rocky (1976)
Rocky (1976)
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Stella Dallas (1937)
Stella Dallas (1937)
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Madame X (1966)
Madame X (1966)
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The Old Maid (1939)
The Old Maid (1939)
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Only Yesterday (1933)
Only Yesterday (1933)
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To Each His Own (1946)
To Each His Own (1946)
Rotten Tomatoes®   81%
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Cabaret (1972)
Cabaret (1972)
Rotten Tomatoes®   93%
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Camelot (1967)
Camelot (1967)
Rotten Tomatoes®   41%
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Carousel (1956)
Carousel (1956)
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Dancer in the Dark (2000)
Dancer in the Dark (2000)
Rotten Tomatoes®   69%
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