A director-focused archive of classic films and cinematic authorship.
- Films organized by director and filmography
- Career context and creative evolution
- Key works that define a director’s style and legacy
Featured Films
- Citizen Kane (1941) – Orson Welles
- Vertigo (1958) – Alfred Hitchcock
- 8½ (1963) – Federico Fellini
- Tokyo Story (1953) – Yasujirō Ozu
- A Man Escaped (1956) – Robert Bresson
Classic Film Archive is designed as a reference site for readers who want to understand classic cinema through the directors who shaped it—tracing how individual films fit within a larger body of work, historical moment, and lasting cinematic legacy.