LITR 4533 Tragedy

classic and contemporary films that qualify as tragedies

for use as video highlights

The Ox-Bow Incident (1943, d. William Wellman)

Mildred Pierce (1945, d. Michael Curtiz)

Detour (1945, d. Edgar G. Ulmer)

Fort Apache (1948, d. John Ford)

Midnight Cowboy (1969, d. Robert Schlesinger)

They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969, d. Sidney Pollack)

McCabe and Mrs. Miller (1971, d. Robert Altman)

Sunday Bloody Sunday (1971, John Schlesinger)

Walkabout (1971)

Don't Look Now (1973, d. Nicholas Roeg)

Chinatown (1974, d. Roman Polanski)

Taxi Driver (1976, d. Martin Scorsese)

Raging Bull (1980, d. Martin Scorsese)

Blade Runner (1982, d. Ridley Scott)

'night, Mother (1986, d. Tom Moore)

Platoon (1986, d. Oliver Stone)

Wall Street (1987, d. Oliver Stone)

The Sweet Hereafter (1997, d. Atom Egoyan)

A Simple Plan (1998, d. Sam Raimi)

Pay It Forward (2000, d. Mimi Leder)

In the Bedroom (2001, d. Todd Field)

Insomnia (2002, d. Christopher Nolan)

House of Sand and Fog (2003, d. Vadim Perelman)

Away from Her (2006, d. Sarah Polley)

The Kite Runner (2007, d. Marc Forster)