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Top 100 Most Inspiring Films

The following table lists the top 100 most inspiring films of all time, according to the American Film Institute, including Schindler's List and To Kill a Mockingbird. A jury of 1,500 film artists…

AFI Top 10 Films of 2006

The American Film Institute selected the 10 films that “best advanced the art of the moving image; enhanced the rich cultural heritage of America's art form; inspired audiences and artists alike;…

Top 30 Movies Filmed in Texas

Top of Page Source: iStockAlthough US films are synonymous with Hollywood, the Lone Star state of Texas has been the setting for some of the most memorable movies of all time. Both its wide-open…

Herzliya

(Encyclopedia) Herzliya or Herzlia Herzliya hĕrtslēˈə [key], town , central Israel, near the Mediterranean Sea. It is…

Gish, Lillian

(Encyclopedia) Gish, Lillian, 1896–1993, American stage and movie actress, b. Springfield, Ohio. In 1912 she began her film career with D. W. Griffith. A fragile, delicate beauty, Gish often played a…

Kurosawa, Akira

(Encyclopedia) Kurosawa, AkiraKurosawa, Akiraäkēˈrä k&oomacr;rōˈsäwä [key], 1910–98, Japanese film director, scriptwriter, and producer, b. Tokyo. He is regarded as one of the world's greatest…

Land, Edwin Herbert

(Encyclopedia) Land, Edwin Herbert, 1909–91, American inventor and photographic pioneer. While at Harvard, Land became interested in the properties and manipulation of polarized light. He left…

Moore, Michael

(Encyclopedia) Moore, Michael, 1954–, American documentary filmmaker, author, and activist, b. Flint, Mich. A highly personal, populist, and frequently controversial and polarizing documentary…