Subject headings for Film studies may not be what you expect. Use "motion pictures" for movies. Try the following patterns:
Cinematography |
English Literature — Film and video adaptations |
Feature films — Argentina [motion pictures from Argentina] |
Film adaptations |
Film criticism |
Historical films — History and criticism |
Hitchcock, Alfred, 1899–1980 — Criticism and interpretation |
Motion picture actors and actresses — United States |
Motion picture audiences [for spectatorship] |
Motion picture authorship [for screenwriters] |
Motion picture industry — Germany |
Motion picture plays |
Motion pictures — Aesthetics |
Motion pictures — Dictionaries |
Motion pictures — France [for works on motion pictures shown in France or produced by French film companies] |
Motion pictures, French [for works on motion pictures produced by French film companies and shown outside of France] |
Motion pictures — History |
Motion pictures — Philosophy |
Motion pictures — Reviews |
Motion pictures — Semiotics |
Motion pictures — Social aspects |
Realism in motion pictures |
Silent films — Italy — History and criticism |
Terms courtesy of Oxford's Bodleian Libraries' Film Studies Guide.
Library of Congress subject headings can be idiosyncratic -- the following are terms you may encounter in your database and catalog searching:
• Film adaptations
• Motion picture authorship
• Motion picture plays
• Motion picture plays — Technique
• Storyboards
• Austen, Jane, 1775–1817 — Film and video adaptations
• Sense and sensibility (Motion picture)
Terms courtesy of Oxford's Bodleian Libraries' Film Studies Guide.
If you're having trouble finding a digitized copy of a print item, try the Internet Archive -- you'll be surprised by the range of materials you can find there.