Devices
Differences
Literature
Poems
Movies
Movies
12 Angry Men
12 Years a Slave (2013)
1917 (2019)
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (2007)
8½ (1963)
A Beautiful Mind (2001)
A Brighter Summer Day (1960)
A Clockwork Orange (1971)
A Man Escaped (1956)
A Matter of Life and Death (1946)
A Prophet (2009)
A Separation (2011)
A Short Film About Killing
A Short Film About Love (1988)
A Special Day (1977)
A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
A Woman Under the Influence (1974)
Ace in the Hole (1951)
Aguirre: The Wrath of God
Akira (1988)
Ali: Fear Eats the Soul (1974)
Alice in the Cities (1974)
Alien (1979)
Aliens (1986)
All About Eve (1950)
All About My Mother (1999)
All Quiet on the Western Front
All the President’s Men (1976)
Amadeus (1984)
Amarcord (1973)
Amélie (2001)
American Beauty (1999)
American History X (1998)
Amores Perros (2000)
Amour (2012)
An Autumn Afternoon (1962)
Anatomy of a Murder (1959)
Andrei Rublev (1966)
Annie Hall (1977)
Aparajito (1956)
Apocalypse Now (1979)
Army of Shadows (1969)
Au Hasard Balthazar (1966)
Au Revoir les Enfants
Autumn Sonata (1978)
Back to the Future (1985)
Back to the Future (1985)
Badlands (1973)
Bambi (1942)
Barry Lyndon (1975)
Battleship Potemkin (1925)
Beauty and the Beast (1991)
Before Sunrise (1995)
Before Sunset (2004)
Being There (1979)
Ben-Hur (1959)
Bicycle Thieves (1948)
Birdman (2014)
Black Swan
Blade Runner (1982)
Blue Velvet (1986)
Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
Braveheart (1995)
Brazil (1985)
Breaking the Waves (1996)
Breathless (1960)
Brief Encounter (1945)
Bringing Up Baby (1938)
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
Cabaret (1972)
Call Me by Your Name (2017)
Camille Claudel (1988)
Capernaum (2018)
Casablanca (1942)
Casino (1995)
Castle in the Sky (1986)
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958)
Catch Me If You Can (2002)
Central Station (1998)
Children of Heaven (1997)
Children of Men (2006)
Children of Paradise (1945)
Chinatown (1974)
Chungking Express (1994)
Cinema Paradiso (1988)
Citizen Kane (1941)
City Lights (1931)
City of God
City of God (2002)
Cléo from 5 to 7 (1962)
Close-Up (1990)
Coco (2017)
Come and See (1985)
Cool Hand Luke (1967)
Cries and Whispers (1972)
Dallas Buyers Club (2013)
Dancer in the Dark (2000)
Dangal (2016)
Das Boot (1981)
Day for Night (1973)
Day of Wrath (1943)
Days of Heaven (1978)
Dead Poets Society
Dersu Uzala (1975)
Diabolique (1955)
Dial M for Murder (1954)
Die Hard (1988)
Divorce Italian Style (1961)
Django Unchained (2012)
Do the Right Thing (1989)
Dog Day Afternoon (1975)
Double Indemnity (1944)
Down by Law (1986)
Downfall (2004)
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
Early Summer (1951)
Edward Scissorhands (1990)
Elephant (2003)
Elevator to the Gallows (1958)
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
Fanny and Alexander (1982)
Fantasia (1940)
Farewell My Concubine (1993)
Fargo (1996)
Faust (1926)
Fight Club
Finding Nemo (2003)
Fitzcarraldo (1982)
For a Few Dollars More (1965)
Forbidden Games (1952)
Ford v Ferrari (2019)
Forrest Gump
Freaks (2018)
Full Metal Jacket (1987)
Full Metal Jacket (1987)
Gandhi (1982)
Germany Year Zero (1948)
Ghost in the Shell (1995)
Gladiator (2000)
Gone Girl (2014)
Gone with the Wind (1939)
Gone with the Wind (1939)
Good Will Hunting (1997)
Goodfellas
Gran Torino (2008)
Grand Illusion (1937)
Grave of the Fireflies (1988)
Greed (2019)
Groundhog Day (1993)
Hannah and Her Sisters (1986)
Harakiri (1962)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011)
Heat (1995)
High and Low (1963)
High Noon (1952)
Hiroshima Mon Amour (1959)
His Girl Friday (1940)
Hotel Rwanda (2004)
How to Train Your Dragon (2010)
Howl’s Moving Castle (2004)
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932)
I Am Cuba (1964)
I Vitelloni (1953)
Ikiru (1952)
Il Sorpasso (1962)
In a Lonely Place (1950)
In the Mood for Love (2000)
In the Name of the Father (1993)
Incendies (2010)
Inception
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
Infernal Affairs (2002)
Inglourious Basterds (2009)
Inside Out (2015)
Interstellar
Into the Wild (2007)
Intolerance: Love’s Struggle Throughout the Ages (1916)
Intouchables (2011)
It Happened One Night (1934)
It’s a Wonderful Life
It’s Such a Beautiful Day (2012)
Ivan’s Childhood (1962)
Jaws (1975)
Jean de Florette (1986)
Jeanne Dielman, 23 Commerce Quay, 1080 Brussels (1975)
Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)
Jules and Jim (1962)
Kagemusha (1980)
Kes (1969)
Kiki’s Delivery Service (1989)
Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)
Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004)
Kind Hearts and Coronets
Klaus (2019)
Kwaidan (1965)
L.A. Confidential (1997) Literary Analysis
L’Atalante (1934)
L’Avventura
L’Eclisse (1962)
La Dolce Vita (1960)
La Haine (1995)
La Jetée (1962)
La Notte (1961)
La Strada (1954)
Landscape in the Mist (1988)
Last Year at Marienbad (1961)
Late Spring (1949)
Laura (1944)
Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
Le Cercle Rouge
Le Samouraï
Le Trou
Léon: The Professional
Letter from an Unknown Woman (1948)
Life is Beautiful
Life Is Beautiful (1997)
Life of Brian (1979)
Limelight (1952)
Lone Survivor (2013)
Love and Death (1975)
Love Exposure (2008)
M (1931)
Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)
Magnolia (1999)
Make Way for Tomorrow
Manhattan (1979)
Marriage Story (2019)
Mary and Max (2009)
Memento (2000)
Memories of Murder (2003)
Meshes of the Afternoon (1943)
Metropolis (1927)
Midnight Cowboy (1969)
Million Dollar Baby (2004)
Mirror (1975)
Modern Times (1936)
Mommy (2014)
Mon Oncle (1958)
Monsieur Verdoux (1947)
Monsoon Wedding (2001)
Monsters, Inc. (2001)
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
Moonlight (2016)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Mulholland Drive (2001)
My Fair Lady (1964)
My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown (1989)
My Neighbor Totoro (1988)
My Night at Maud’s (1969)
Naked (1993)
Naked Lunch (1991)
Napoleon (2023)
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984)
Network (1976)
Nights of Cabiria (1957)
No Country for Old Men (2007)
No Country for Old Men (2007)
Nobody Knows (2004)
North by Northwest (1959)
Nosferatu (1922)
Nostalghia (1983)
Notorious (1946)
Oldboy (2003)
On the Waterfront (1954)
Once Upon a Time in America (1984)
Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975)
Opening Night (1977)
Ordet (1955)
Orpheus (1950)
Our Hospitality (1923)
Out of the Past (1947)
Pan’s Labyrinth (2006)
Paper Moon (1973)
Parasite (2019)
Paris, Texas (1984)
Pather Panchali (1955)
Paths of Glory (1957)
Perfect Blue (1997)
Persepolis (2007)
Persona (1966)
Pickpocket (1959)
Pierrot le Fou (1965)
Platoon (1986)
PlayTime (1967)
Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2019)
Princess Mononoke (1997)
Psycho (1960)
Pulp Fiction
Raging Bull (1980)
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
Raise the Red Lantern (1991)
Ran (1985)
Rashomon (1950)
Ratatouille (2007)
Rear Window (1954)
Rebecca (1940)
Red Beard (1965)
Requiem for a Dream (2000)
Requiem for a Dream (2000)
Reservoir Dogs (1992)
Rififi (1955)
Rio Bravo (1959)
Rocco and His Brothers (1960)
Rocky (1976)
Roman Holiday (1953)
Rome, Open City (1945)
Room (2015)
Rope (1948)
Rosemary’s Baby (1968)
Safety Last! (1923)
Samurai Rebellion (1967)
Sanjuro (1962)
Sans Soleil (1983)
Sansho the Bailiff (1954)
Satantango (1994)
Saving Private Ryan
Scarface (1983)
Scenes from a Marriage
Schindler’s List (1993)
Se7en
Secrets & Lies (1996)
Seven Samurai
Shadow of a Doubt (1943)
Shakespeare in Love (1998)
Sherlock Jr. (1924)
Shoeshine (1946)
Shoplifters (2018)
Singin’ in the Rain (1952)
Singin’ in the Rain (1952)
Sleuth (1972)
Snatch (2000)
Solaris (2002)
Some Like It Hot (1959)
Song of the Sea (2014)
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018)
Spirited Away
Spotlight (2015)
Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter… and Spring (2003)
Stagecoach (1939)
Stalker (1979)
Stand by Me (1986)
Stand by Me (1986)
Star Wars (1977)
Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back
Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
Steamboat Bill, Jr. (1928)
Still Walking (2008)
Strangers on a Train (1951)
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927)
Sunset Boulevard (1950)
Sweet Smell of Success (1957)
Tabu (2012)
Talk to Her (2002)
Tampopo (1985)
Taxi Driver (1976)
Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
That Obscure Object of Desire (1977)
The 39 Steps (1935)
The 400 Blows (1959)
The Apartment (1960)
The Battle of Algiers
The Best of Youth (2003)
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) Literary Analysis
The Big Heat (1953)
The Big Lebowski (1998)
The Big Sleep (1946)
The Blues Brothers (1980)
The Bourne Identity (2002)
The Bridge on the River Kwai
The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920)
The Cameraman (1928)
The Celebration (1998)
The Circus (1928)
The Conformist (1970)
The Conversation (1974)
The Cranes Are Flying (1957) Literary Analysis
The Crowd (1928)
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)
The Dark Knight
The Dark Knight Rises (2012)
The Deer Hunter (1978)
The Departed (2006)
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972)
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007)
The Double Life of Véronique (1991)
The Earrings of Madame de… (1953)
The Elephant Man (1980)
The Exorcist (1973)
The Exterminating Angel (1962)
The Face of Another (1966)
The French Connection (1971)
The General (1926)
The Gladiator (2000)
The Godfather (1972)
The Godfather (1972)
The Godfather III (1990)
The Godfather Part II
The Godfather: Part II (1974)
The Gold Rush (1925)
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
The Good, the Bad, the Weird
The Gospel According to Matthew (1964)
The Graduate (1967)
The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)
The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
The Great Dictator (1940)
The Great Escape (1963)
The Green Mile
The Green Ray (1986)
The Handmaiden (2016)
The Heiress (1949)
The Help (2011)
The Hidden Fortress (1958)
The Hunt (2012)
The Hustler (1961)
The Incredibles (2004)
The Intouchables (2011)
The Iron Giant (1999)
The Kid (1921)
The Killer (2023)
The Killing (1956)
The Killing Fields (1984)
The King’s Speech (2010)
The Last Laugh (1924)
The Last Picture Show (1971)
The Leopard (1963)
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943)
The Lion King
The Lives of Others (2006)
The Lives of Others (2006)
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
The Maltese Falcon (1941)
The Man Who Laughs (1928)
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)
The Man Who Would Be King (1975)
The Matrix
The Miracle Worker (1962)
The Mother and the Whore (1973)
The Night of the Hunter (1955)
The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)
The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928)
The Phantom Carriage (1921)
The Phantom of Liberty (1974)
The Philadelphia Story (1940)
The Pianist
The Prestige (2006)
The Princess Bride (1987)
The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985)
The Red Balloon (1956)
The Red Shoes (1948)
The Remains of the Day (1993)
The Return (2003) Literary Analysis
The Revenant (2015)
The Roaring Twenties (1939)
The Rules of the Game (1939)
The Sacrifice (1986)
The Searchers (1956)
The Secret in Their Eyes (2009)
The Servant (1963)
The Seventh Continent (1989)
The Seventh Seal (1957)
The Shape of Water (2017)
The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
The Shining (1980)
The Shop Around the Corner (1940)
The Shop on Main Street (1965)
The Silence of the Lambs
The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
The Sixth Sense (1999)
The Social Network (2010)
The Sound of Music (1965)
The Spirit of the Beehive (1973)
The Sting (1973)
The Straight Story (1999)
The Tale of the Princess Kaguya (2013)
The Taste of Cherry (1997)
The Terminator (1984)
The Testament of Dr. Mabuse (1933)
The Thing (1982)
The Third Man (1949)
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
The Truman Show (1998)
The Twilight Samurai (2002)
The Usual Suspects
The Virgin Spring (1960)
The Wages of Fear (1953)
The Wild Bunch
The Wild Bunch (1969)
The Wizard of Oz (1939)
The Wizard of Oz (1939)
The World of Apu (1959)
The Young and the Damned (1950)
There Will Be Blood (2007)
There Will Be Blood (2007)
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017)
Three Colors: Blue (1993)
Three Colors: Red (1994)
Throne of Blood (1957)
Through a Glass Darkly (1961)
Time of the Gypsies (1988)
Titanic (1997)
To Be or Not to Be (1942)
To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
To Live (1994)
Tokyo Story (1953)
Touch of Evil (1958)
Toy Story (1995)
Toy Story 2 (1999)
Toy Story 3 (2010)
Trainspotting
Trip to the Moon (1902) Literary Analysis
Trouble in Paradise (1932)
Ugetsu (1953)
Umberto D. (1952)
Underground (1995)
Unforgiven (1992) Literary Analysis
Up (2009)
Vertigo (1958)
Viridiana (1961) Literary Analysis
Vivre Sa Vie (1962)
WALL-E (2008)
WALL·E (2008)
Werckmeister Harmonies (2000)
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962)
Where is the Friend’s Home?
Whiplash (2014)
Whisper of the Heart (1995)
White Heat (1949)
Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)
Wild Strawberries (1957)
Wild Tales (2014)
Wings of Desire (1987)
Winter Light (1963)
Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
Wolf Children (2012)
Woman in the Dunes (1964)
Yi Yi (2000)
Yojimbo (1961)
Your Name (2016)
Z (1969)
Zelig (1983)
Zootopia (2016)
Zorba the Greek (1964)
Contents
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Brief Intro
Literary Devices Used in 12 Angry Men
Character Analysis Through Literary Devices
Thematic Analysis
Cinematic Techniques That Enhance Literary Devices
Key Scene Analysis
Conclusion
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Index