Film Genres
These are just a few of the films that could be used in whole or in part to explore the heroic journey.
FANTASY: Lord of the Rings Willow Ladyhawke
Labyrinth Never Ending Ulysses
Story
The Odyssey The Wizard of Oz
Crouching
Mulan Tiger, Hidden Beauty and the
Dragon Beast
SCIENCE Any Star Wars or Back to the Cocoon
FICTION: Star Trek movie Future,1,2,3
Dune Buffy the Vampire
E.T. The Slayer
Extraterrestrial Mad Max 1,2,3
Stargate
The Matrix
Alien
HEROES OF Captain Blood Robin Hood The Name of the
YORE: (older or newer Rose
Three versions)
Musketeers Gladiator
Excalibur
Robin and
Marian
Henry V
WESTERNS: Pale Rider Hang 'em High True Grit
Shane Stage Coach Young Guns
Frank and Jesse
Dances with James
Wolves
A Man Called
Horse
ROMANTIC Indiana Jones Romancing the
HERO: 1,2,3 Stone
Crocodile
Dundee 1,2,3
MODERN Rambo 1,2,3 Cobra Hudson Hawk
VIGILANTES:
Dirty Harry Death Wish Die Hard
The Terminator
WAR: Apocalypse Now Platoon In Country
When We The Thin Red Line
Were Soldiers
URBAN HERO: Midnight The Terry Fox Bethune
Cowboy Story
Thelma and Louise
Karate Kid 1,2,3 Rebel Without
a Cause Finding Forrester
The Waterboy
The Graduate
Jaws
SUPERHEROES: Batman Superman Spiderman
The X-men