General Information

• Internet Movie Database - The most comprehensive movie site; constantly updated, with cast, reviews, show times, much more. Some features require registration.

• Rotten Tomatoes - Provides information focusing on current releases, such as grosses, user ratings and critics' averages.

• Film Philosophy - Free, peer-reviewed journal on the philosophy of film.

Reviews

• Metacritic - Provides averages of critics' reviews for films (and other entertainment media), as well as highlights from the reviews themselves.

• Movie Review Query Engine - Links to reviews for 80,000 movies; comprehensive list of publications--often more than a hundred reviews per film.

History

• Earlycinema.com - Informative and relatively comprehensive; the "A-Z" section is particularly helpful.

• Film History By Decade - Filmsite.org's comprehensive history.

• American Picture Palaces - Study of the early history of cinema, from the University of Virginia.

• Glossary of People in Film - Fairly comprehensive list of people throughout film history; with critical analyses, filmographies, etc.

Various

• Women In Cinema: A Reference Guide - University of Virginia Professor's comprehensive guide.

• African-Americans in Motion Pictures - Information divided by time period, from Long Island University.

• War and War-Era Movies - Synopses of films, organized by the war they pertain to.

• Documentary Films.net - Reviews, news, and resources for filmmakers.

• Bad Cinema Diary - Illustrated guide to over 2,100 B-movies of all genres.

• National Cinemas - Links from the University of Illinois for film around the world.

• The Forum for Movies and Mind - Discussion forum for studying the relationship between the mind and film.