Let's say you were interested in noir: Here's a site laying out ten excellent noir films, including Shadow of a Doubt. Gun Crazy, Pickup on South Street and Sweet Smell of Success are all favorites of mine. I should also mention that the other film, besides Shadow of a Doubt, that is a noir killer Hitchcock thriller would be the great Strangers on a Train (Wrong Man and Notorious qualify as noir as well).
One more word about noirs -- none of them started out as noirs because it wasn't a genre. You'll have to figure out the initial genre. such as crime/heist, revenge thriller, etc. I strongly suggest anyone interested in working with a noir film read this excellent piece.
I thought Jenni might be interested in this list of undervalued film satires. There's a couple in that list that would make good papers -- others that should just be seen. A few might qualify as Hollywood films.
If you have no idea, being not up on classic 30s Hollywood, I'd suggest going to this AMC site, -- be sure to explore the genre section as well. Here's the link for the 40s and here's the one for the 50s. Seriously, if you look at these three decades on these links, you should have dozens of ideas for a film you want to do.
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