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Way too many to name. Kubrick and Tarantino often eschew the three-act structure; movies with nifty editing often throw out the three-act structure (like (500) Days of Summer); actiony chase movies are basically all third act and often skip second acts entirely, or they have multiple mini three acts threading throughout the film (everything from an old school epic like The Sand Pebbles to more contemporary action shit like The Terminator and Premium Rush); gangster movies of the "rise and fall" variety are often, as the name suggests, two acts instead of three (from the old school like Little Caesar and The Roaring Twenties to newer school shit like Scarface and Casino); and then tons of international arthouse films mess with narrative structure altogether, from Bergman to Breillat and beyond.
And if you dare, Google the four act structure
As a film professor, I always hate hearing stories of bad professors and bad film classes. If you can't make a film class fun then you suck at your job and shouldn't be allowed to ruin classes. As it happens, I'm teaching a film history class that's literally at this moment watching both Boyz N the Hood and Friday as the assigned screenings for the current week on "American Cinema in the 1990s"
And if you dare, Google the four act structure
I had a film class once.
He had everyone put there favorite movies and he went around and looked at them.
People had Clockwork Orange and bullshit like that.
My list was like Friday, Money Talks, Beverly Hills Cop, Tommy Boy, Boyz N the Hood, Goodfellas shit like that.
He made faces at my list.
As a film professor, I always hate hearing stories of bad professors and bad film classes. If you can't make a film class fun then you suck at your job and shouldn't be allowed to ruin classes. As it happens, I'm teaching a film history class that's literally at this moment watching both Boyz N the Hood and Friday as the assigned screenings for the current week on "American Cinema in the 1990s"