The American Blockbuster: Movies That Defined Their Generations

Cover
Title Page
Copyright
Contents
List of Figures
Preface
Introduction
Section 1: Thematic Essays
	The Socialization Process: How Films Define Generational Consciousness
	Capitalism and the Film Industry: Creating and Distributing Cinema in the Age of Television
	The American Myth Machine: Film as a National Visual Literature
	American Religiosity in the Age of Entertainment: Hollywood and American Values
Section 2: Boomers Make the Blockbuster (1975–1982)
	Alien
	Close Encounters of the Third Kind
	E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial
	The Exorcist
	Grease
	Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark
	Jaws
	Kramer vs. Kramer
	9 to 5
	One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest
	Rocky
	Star Wars: A New Hope
	Superman
	Tootsie
Section 3: Xers on a Quest for Identity and Belonging (1983–1998)
	Back to the Future
	Batman
	Beauty and the Beast
	Beverly Hills Cop
	Forrest Gump
	Ghostbusters
	Home Alone
	Independence Day
	Jurassic Park
	The Lion King
	Star Wars: Return of the Jedi
	Terminator 2: Judgment Day
	Titanic
	Top Gun
	Toy Story
Section 4: Millennials and the American Myth Machine (1999–2009)
	Avatar
	The Dark Knight
	The Fast and the Furious
	Finding Nemo
	Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone/Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
	Iron Man
	The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
	The Matrix
	Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
	Shrek
	Spider-Man
	Star Wars: Episode 1—The Phantom Menace
	Transformers
	Twilight
	X-Men
Section 5: Gen Z Finds Its Heroes (2010–)
	The Avengers
	Black Panther
	The Dark Knight Rises
	Despicable Me
	Fast and Furious 7
	Frozen
	The Hunger Games
	Inception
	Joker
	Skyfall
	Star Wars: The Force Awakens
	Wonder Woman
	Zootopia
Bibliography
About the Editor and Contributors
Index