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Understanding Melodrama - Page 3

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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Dirty Dancing (1987)
Dirty Dancing (1987)
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The King and I (1956)
The King and I (1956)
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Meet Me in St. Louis (1944)
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Saturday Night Fever (1977)
Saturday Night Fever (1977)
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The Sound of Music (1965)
The Sound of Music (1965)
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A Star Is Born (1954)
A Star Is Born (1954)
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West Side Story (1961)
West Side Story (1961)
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Yentl (1983)
Yentl (1983)
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Broken Blossoms (1919)
Broken Blossoms (1919)
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City Lights (1931)
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Greed (1924)
Greed (1924)
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Orphans of the Storm (1921)
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The Sheik (1921)
The Sheik (1921)
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Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927)
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927)
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Way Down East (1920)
Way Down East (1920)
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The Wind
The Wind
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The Big Parade (1925)
The Big Parade (1925)
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98
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1921)
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1921)
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99
In Which We Serve (1942)
In Which We Serve (1942)
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Life Is Beautiful (1997)
Life Is Beautiful (1997)
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Millions Like Us (1943)
Millions Like Us (1943)
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Mrs. Miniver (1942)
Mrs. Miniver (1942)
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Schindler's List (1993)
Schindler's List (1993)
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104
Since You Went Away (1944)
Since You Went Away (1944)
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105
Watch on the Rhine (1943)
Watch on the Rhine (1943)
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106
Caravan (1946)
Caravan (1946)
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Fanny by Gaslight (1944)
Fanny by Gaslight (1944)
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108
Jassy (1947)
Jassy (1947)
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Love Story (1944)
Love Story (1944)
110
Madonna of the Seven Moons (1945)
Madonna of the Seven Moons (1945)
111
The Man in Grey (1943)
The Man in Grey (1943)
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They Were Sisters (1945)
They Were Sisters (1945)
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The Wicked Lady (1945)
The Wicked Lady (1945)
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114
All This, and Heaven Too (1940)
All This, and Heaven Too (1940)
Rotten Tomatoes®   83%
115
The Color Purple (1985)
The Color Purple (1985)
Rotten Tomatoes®   81%
116
Dangerous Liaisons (1988)
Dangerous Liaisons (1988)
Rotten Tomatoes®   93%
117
Gone to Earth (1950)
Gone to Earth (1950)
118
Jane Eyre (1943)
Jane Eyre (1943)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
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Jezebel (1938)
Jezebel (1938)
Rotten Tomatoes®   95%
120
Madame Bovary (1949)
Madame Bovary (1949)
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