Heike Paul is chair of American studies and speaker of the DFG Research Training Group 2726 »The Sentimental in Literature, Culture and Politics« at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg.
Sarah Marak is a doctoral research in American studies at Friedrich-Alexander Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg.
Katharina Gerund (Dr. phil.) teaches American studies at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg. Her research interests include transatlantic cultural mobility, popular culture as well as gender and critical race studies. Current projects focus on the U.S. re-education policies of the postwar years and the figure of the military spouse in the cultural imaginary of the U.S..
Marius Henderson (M.A.) is a postdoctoral researcher in American studies at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg. His research interests include critical theory (especially affect and Afro-diasporic theory), North American poetry, and gender studies. His current research project investigates the relation between dynamics of abstraction and abjection in the context of North American modernisms.

Frontmatter 1
Content 5
Introduction 13
A Drunkard's Reformation (1909) 19
Tom Gunning 23
Blind Husbands (1919) 27
Applause (1929) 31
Pandora's Box (Die Büchse der Pandora, 1929) 35
The Blue Angel (Der blaue Engel, 1930) 39
Ganga Bruta (1933) 43
Masquerade in Vienna (Maskerade, 1934) 47
Modern Times (1936) 51
Bewitching Kisses (Besos brujos, 1937) 55
Heimat (1938) 59
Gone with the Wind (1939) 63
Casablanca (1942) 67
Mashenka (, 1942) 71
Children of Paradise (Les Enfants du paradis, 1945) 75
Nosotros los pobres (1948) 79
Chains (Catene, 1949) 83
Tokyo Story (, Tky Monogatari, 1953) 87
House of Ricordi (Casa Ricordi, 1954) 91
The Night of the Hunter (1955) 95
All that Heaven Allows (1955) 99
The Word (Ordet, 1955) 103
Violent Playground (1958) 107
Hiroshima mon amour (1959) 111
Imitation of Life (1959) 115
Oyster Girl (,Ke nü, 1963) 119
A Patch of Blue (1965) 123
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967) 127
Dark of the Sun (1968) 131
Love Story (1970) 135
The Legend of the Red Lantern (, Hongdeng ji, 1970) 139
Ariana (, 1971) 143
Insiang (1976) 147
Amar Akbar Anthony (1977) 151
The Smoking Fish (El pez que fuma, 1977) 155
An Unmarried Woman (1978) 159
The Marriage of Maria Braun (Die Ehe der Maria Braun, 1979) 163
Ticket of No Return (Bildnis einer Trinkerin, 1979) 167
Babylon (1980) 171
Dorian Gray in the Mirror of the Yellow Press (Dorian Gray im Spiegel der Boulevardpresse, 1984) 175
The Official Story (La historia oficial, 1985) 179
Where Is the Friend's House? (Khane-ye doust kodjast, 1987) 183
Little Vera ( , Malen'kaia Vera, 1988) 187
The Unbearable Lightness of Being (1988) 191
Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (Mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios, 1988) 195
Coming Out (1989) 199
Living in Bondage, Part I (1992) and II (1993) 203
Farewell My Concubine (, Bawang bie ji, 1993) 209
The Piano (1993) 213
In the Heat of the Sun (, Yánggung Cànlàn De Rìzi, 1994) 217
Bombay (1995) 221
The Bridges of Madison County (1995) 225
Kikujiro (, Kikujir no natsu, 1999) 229
Water Drops on Burning Rocks (Gouttes d'eau sur pierres brûlantes, 2000) 233
Erin Brockovich (2000) 237
In the Mood for Love (, Fa yeung nin wa, 2000) 241
Moulin Rouge! (2001) 245
Sometimes Happy, Sometimes Sad (Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham, 2001) 249
Devdas ( 2002) 253
Destiny Has No Favorites (El destino no tiene favoritos, 2003) 257
Monsieur Ibrahim (Monsieur Ibrahim et les fleurs du Coran, 2003) 261
Osuofia in London, Part I (2003) and II (2004) 265
Brokeback Mountain (2005) 269
Rang De Basanti ( 2006) 273
The Yacoubian Building ('Imrat Ya'qbn, 2006) 279
Lust, Caution (, , Sè, Jiè, 2007) 283
Shanghai Baby (2007) 287
Sleepwalking Land (Terra Sonâmbula, 2007) 291
The Blind Side (2009) 295
Invictus (2009) 299
The Secret in Their Eyes (El secreto de sus ojos, 2009) 303
Jaffa ( , Kalat Hayam, 2009) 307
Pumzi (2009) 311
Anchor Baby (2010) 315
Even the Rain (También la Iluvia, 2010) 319
Melancholia (2011) 323
Laurence Anyways (2012) 327
The Cut (2014) 331
The Theory of Everything (2014) 335
Eye in the Sky (2015) 339
Masaan (2015) 343
The Salesman (Forushandeh, 2016) 347
Jackie (2016) 353
The Nest of the Turtledove ( , Hnizdo horlytsi, 2016) 357
Cold War (Zimna wojna, 2018) 361
Rafiki (2018) 365
Elevator Baby (2019) 369
The Invisible Life of Eurídice Gusmão (A vida invisível, 2019) 373
Joker (2019) 377
Hamilton (2020) 381
No Hard Feelings/FUTUR DREI (2020) 385
Suggestions for Further Reading 389
Contributors 393