Successful Hollywood Blockbusters Deconstructed
We've analysed all these films and they all follow the:
510+ or 2000+ stage Hero's Journey And Transformation Through A New World / State.
In alphabetical order: A>D E>I J>P Q>S T>Z
| 12
Angry Men (1957) |
| 127 Hours (2010) |
| 40 Year Old Virgin (2005) |
| 500 Days of Summer (2009) |
| Adjustment Bureau (2011) |
| Ali (2001) |
| Alien (1979) |
| Alien 3 (1992) |
| Aliens (1986) |
| Amadeus (Academy Award Winner Best Film, 1983) |
| American (2010) |
| American Beauty (Academy Award Winner Best Film, 1999) |
| American Gigolo (1980) |
| American Pie (1999) |
| American Splendor (2003) |
| American Werewolf in London (1981) |
| An Officer and a Gentleman (1982) |
| Analyze This (1999) |
| Animal Kingdom (2010) |
| Annie Hall (1977) |
| Another Year (2010) |
| Apartment (1960) |
| Apocalypse Now (1979) |
| Argo
(2012) |
| Arthur (1981) |
| Artist (2011) |
| Astro Boy (2009) |
| A-Team (2010) |
| Avatar (2009) |
| Back to the Future (1985) |
| Bagdad Cafe (1987) |
| Basic Instinct (1992) |
| Battle: Los Angeles (2011) |
| Beautiful Mind (Academy Award Winner Best Film, 2001) |
| Ben-Hur (Academy Award Winner Best Film, 1959) |
| Beverly Hills Cop (1984) |
| Bicycle Thief / Thieves; Ladri di biciclette (1948) |
| Big Jake (1971) |
| Biutiful (2010) |
| Black Swan (2010) |
| Blade Runner (100 Greatest Films, 1982) |
| Blind Side (2009) |
| Blue Valentine (2010) |
| Bonnie and Clyde (100 Greatest Films, 1967) |
| Boogie Nights (1997) |
| Book of Eli (2010) |
| Border Town (2006) |
| Born Free (1966) |
| Braveheart (Academy Award Winner Best Film, 1995) |
| Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961) |
| Breathless (1960) |
| Brokeback Mountain (Academy Award Nominee, Best Film, 2006) |
| Bullitt (1968) |
| Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) |
| Capote (2005) |
| Casablanca (Academy Award Winner Best Film, 1943) |
| Casino (1995) |
| Chariots of Fire (Academy Award Winner Best Film, 1981) |
| Chicago (Academy Award Winner Best Film, 2002) |
| Chinatown (1974) |
| Chopper (2000) |
| Christmas Carol (1978) |
| Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian (2008) |
| Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005) |
| Citizen Kane (100 Greatest Films, 1941) |
| City Slickers (1991) |
| Clash of the Titans (1981) |
| Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) |
| Cocoon (1985) |
| Color of Money (1986) |
| Color Purple (1985) |
| Commando (1985) |
| Con Air (1997) |
| Constant Gardener (2005) |
| Cool Hand Luke (1967) |
| Crash (Academy Award Winner Best Film, 2004) |
| Crazy Heart (2009) |
| Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon (Academy Award Winner Best Film Nominee, 2000) |
| Dances with Wolves (Academy Award Winner Best Film, 1990) |
| Dark Knight (1984) |
| Dead Poets Society (Academy Award Nominee Best Film, 1989) |
| Death of a Salesman (1985) |
| Death Wish (1974) |
| Deer Hunter (Academy Award Winner Best Film, 1978) |
| Departed (Academy Award Winner Best Film, 2006) |
| Devil Wears Prada (2006) |
| Die Hard (1988) |
| Dirty Dancing (1987) |
| Dirty Dozen (1967) |
| Dirty Harry (1971) |
| Dororo (2007) |
| Down by Law (1986) |
| Driving Miss Daisy (Academy Award Winner, Best Film 1989) |
In alphabetical order: A>D E>I J>P Q>S T>Z
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