Movies used in "Psychology for Screenwriters"

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All movies used/mentioned in the book "Psychology for Screenwriters", written by William Indick.

"Screenwriters must understand human behavior to make their stories come alive. This book clearly describes theories of personality and psychoanalysis with simple guidelines, thought provoking exercises, vivid film images and hundreds of examples from classic movies."

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    The Godfather

    1972, in 42 top lists Check
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    Vertigo

    1958, in 42 top lists Check
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    Star Wars

    1977, in 40 top lists Check
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    Casablanca

    1942, in 39 top lists Check
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    Citizen Kane

    1941, in 39 top lists Check
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    Psycho

    1960, in 39 top lists Check
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    Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop...

    1964, in 37 top lists Check
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    Metropolis

    1927, in 36 top lists Check
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    Shichinin no samurai

    1954 — a.k.a. Seven Samurai, in 36 top lists Check
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    The Silence of the Lambs

    1991, in 36 top lists Check
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    Schindler's List

    1993, in 35 top lists Check
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    Annie Hall

    1977, in 34 top lists Check
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    The Night of the Hunter

    1955, in 34 top lists Check
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    Raging Bull

    1980, in 34 top lists Check
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    It's a Wonderful Life

    1946, in 33 top lists Check
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    Chinatown

    1974, in 31 top lists Check
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    Gone with the Wind

    1939, in 31 top lists Check
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    Goodfellas

    1990, in 31 top lists Check
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    The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

    2001, in 31 top lists Check
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    Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari

    1920 — a.k.a. The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, in 30 top lists Check
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    North by Northwest

    1959, in 30 top lists Check
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    The Graduate

    1967, in 29 top lists Check
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    It Happened One Night

    1934, in 29 top lists Check
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    Jaws

    1975, in 29 top lists Check
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    Raiders of the Lost Ark

    1981 — a.k.a. Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark, in 29 top lists Check
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    The Shining

    1980, in 28 top lists Check
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    Blue Velvet

    1986, in 27 top lists Check
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    The Maltese Falcon

    1941, in 27 top lists Check
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    Memento

    2000, in 27 top lists Check
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    Terminator 2: Judgment Day

    1991, in 27 top lists Check
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    The Big Lebowski

    1998, in 26 top lists Check
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    The Searchers

    1956, in 26 top lists Check
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    American Beauty

    1999, in 25 top lists Check
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    Back to the Future

    1985, in 25 top lists Check
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    Gladiator

    2000, in 25 top lists Check
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    Ikiru

    1952, in 25 top lists Check
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    Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

    1937, in 25 top lists Check
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    Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back

    1980, in 25 top lists Check
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    Titanic

    1997, in 25 top lists Check
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    Toy Story

    1995, in 25 top lists Check
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    The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

    1948, in 25 top lists Check
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    The Wild Bunch

    1969, in 25 top lists Check
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    The Lion King

    1994, in 24 top lists Check
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    Unforgiven

    1992, in 24 top lists Check
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    The French Connection

    1971, in 23 top lists Check
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    Jurassic Park

    1993, in 23 top lists Check
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    The Big Sleep

    1946, in 22 top lists Check
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    Harold and Maude

    1971, in 22 top lists Check
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    Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

    1969, in 21 top lists Check
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    Die Hard

    1988, in 21 top lists Check
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