Exam 7: Crime Films and Prison Films

Spring Breakers (2013) is an example of a film about outlaws and crime sprees.

______ is considered an assassin movie.

Some prison documentaries are simply voyeuristic and pander to stereotypes.

Anthony Hopkins' portrayed serial killer Hannibal Lecter in the 1991 film:

Which of the following films is widely known as a gangster film?

The Shawshank Redemption falls under the ______ film genre.

Which of the following films was released in 1974?

The crime movie is arguably the most enduring of all cinematic genres.

Which of the following films was released in 1978?

______ are a genre that has a more explicit agenda in bringing to public attention the social contexts of crime and the realities of the experience of imprisonment.

Which of the following films stars a capped vigilante that fights crime?

The violation of the domestic space have since become the theme of countless crime and horror movies.

Which of the following films stars Tom Hanks and was based on a true story?

"Shock incarceration" originated in the:

Which of the following films is not considered a prison film, but is an example of a dystopian vision?

Which of the following films is considered a cop film?

All of the following films are examples of films that have women leads in Westerns except:

Clint Eastwood became a star in which of the following genres?

Choose and view a prison documentary. Do you agree with its portrayal? Do you believe that prison documentary can lead to significant prison reform? Why or why not?

The freedom, solitude, and resourcefulness evoked by the romanticism of the pirate are nearly identical to that of the gunfighters and lawmen of Westerns.