The following lists some of the insightful and interesting video analyses for entertainment media I’ve seen on YouTube. If a link is dead, try searching for the title.
Film
Specific Film Analysis
- Why Snowpiercer is a sequel to Willy Wonka And The Chocolate Factory, by Rhino Stew (14:47)
- There Will Be Blood: Vocal Control in Movies, by Now You See It (14:25)
- Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood | Tarantino at his Most Meta, by The Discarded Image (12:45)
- Criminally Underrated Movies episode 1 – Star Trek The Motion Picture, by Collative Learning (21:52)
- Interstellar is about The Death of Film, by neo (11:44)
- Interstellar: When Spectacle Eclipses Story, by Nerdwriter1 (8:07)
- Transcending Time | Interstellar’s Hidden Meaning Behind Love and Time, by Like Stories of Old (17:27)
- Monty Python & the Holy Grail – Medieval idiocy in modern times, by Collative Learning (7:37)
- ‘Dunkirk’ Analyzed by a Therapist, by Shrink Tank (4:50)
- Dunkirk – The Art Of Fear, by The Closer Look (15:25)
General Film Analysis
- Hard Worldbuilding vs. Soft Worldbuilding | A Study of Studio Ghibli, by Hello Future Me (17:56)
- You Know It’s a Darren Aronofsky Movie IF…, by The Take (12:49)
- Intertextuality: Hollywood’s New Currency, by Nerdwriter1 (6:09)
- The Epidemic of Passable Movies, by Nerdwriter1 (6:59)
- Why Martin Scorsese is Right About Marvel Movies, by Thomas Flight (10:20)
Television
- Nothing Ever Ends: The Philosophy of Watchmen (HBO) – Wisecrack Edition (27:00)
- The Loving Trap [Spoof of Adam Curtis’ Documentary Style], by Ben Woodhams (2:57)
- Silicon Valley Title Sequence Breakdown, by Reflex Cinema (7:37)
- On Max Headroom: The Most Misunderstood Joke on TV, by Space Feather (38:00)
- How To Dystopia when 2019 already sucks: Years And Years | Why You Should Watch, by Skip Intro (9:29)
- Utopia – The Best Show You’ve Never Seen, by Rec Dougs (25:21)
- Utopia: Reinventing Onscreen Violence, by What’s So Great About That? (7:04)
- 10 Ways Black Mirror Is Already Coming True, by Alltime10s (10:03)
- Star Trek Writer on Black Mirror USS Callister, by Mr. Sci-Fi (14:18)
- humans tv show postmodern analysis, by Ellie Zambakides (1:14)
- Stranger Things And Intertextuality (A Response To The Nerdwriter), by Just Write (9:24)
- Netflix’s Stranger Things: A Theory On Nostalgia – Wisecrack Edition, by Wisecrack (10:50)
- The Music of Stranger Things Explained! by NerdSync (18:02)
- References to 70-80s movies in Stranger Things, by Ulysse Thevenon (4:39)
- Stranger Things and the Danger of Nostalgia, by Pop Culture Detective (24:35)
- Kojak: 50 Seconds of TV Music to analyse, by etymophony (9:51)
- The Adorkable Misogyny of The Big Bang Theory, by Pop Culture Detective (21:10)
Video Games
- Mythic Patterns in Mario Games Pt 1: The Arcade Origins, by Jonathan Pageau (18:33)
- The Themes of Metal Gear Solid 2 Part 1: Lies and Legends, by LogosSteve (26:38)
- The Themes of Metal Gear Solid 2 Part 2: Irreality and Purpose, by LogosSteve (25:33)
- The Most Profound Moment in Gaming: MGS2 AI Conversation Analysis Part 1 of 2, by LogosSteve (10:51)
- Critical Close-up: Metal Gear Solid 2, by Super Bunnyhop (35:41)
- Did Metal Gear Solid 2 predict the future? by Bulbasaur.Propaganda (7:51)
- Selection for Societal Sanity [MGS2], by Max Derrat (12:11)
Music
- A Musical History Of Death: ‘Exit Music’ by Tom Allen, by CBC Music (6:06)
Politics
- The Donald: How Trump Turned Presidential Politics into Pro Wrestling, by Armando Gallardo (6:10)
- How Donald Trump Answers A Question, by Nerdwriter1 (6:54)
Philosophy
- How To Keep Calm During An Argument – Joe Rogan Method, by Therealizedman (10:20)
Culture
- Parasitic Storytelling, by Jonathan Pageau (13:48)
- Hauntology, Lost Futures and 80s Nostalgia, by Cuck Philosophy (11:11)
- Stranger Things, Vaporwave and Nostalgia Culture, by Thomas Flight (9:23)
Unsorted
- Remakes Are Awesome – The Critical Drinker (10m)
- How Wikipedia Got Ex Machina (2014) Wrong – Shaun (19m)
- The Hidden Meaning of Everything Everywhere All at Once | Video Essay – Accented Cinema (12m)
- The Importance of RRR | Video Essay – Accented Cinema (13m)
Why We’re Obsessed With Celebrities’ Bookcases During Quarantine – The New York Times (4m) - Why Are Videogames Slowing Down? – My Little Thought Tree (7m)
- Visual Trauma of Enter the Void, by Spikima Movies, 11m
- Why You Still Remember Invader Zim So Well, by Nerdstalgic, 11m
- Operation Mass Appeal | Bush and Clinton WMD Lie Exposed, by CounterSpin, 8m
- GTA: The American Satire, by The Rogformer Show, 8m
- Sinclair’s script for stations [editor unknown], 2m
- Piers Morgan joins ‘Tucker Carlson Today’ for first interview since ‘cancelation’, 8m
- Hell or Nothing – spiritual desperation in Hellraiser, by Rob Ager, 57m
- 18-Minute Analysis By Christopher Nolan On Story & Construction Of Memento, 18m
- Megaman – Retro Analysis, by AesirAesthetics, 24m
- Joe vs the Volcano: An Unalysis, by TheDavoo, 9m
- The Witch: ‘Layers of Storytelling’ – Analysis and Explanation, by Rant and Bollox, 22m
- 8 Games That Predicted The Future & Got it Right, by ZacCoxTV, 10m
- Punch-Drunk Love | The Use of Colors and Light Analyzed & Explained, by Ryan Martian, 8m
- Punch-Drunk Love | Why Barry Egan is Superman? by Must See Films, 12m
- Dark Forebodings (Clip from Adam Curtis Documentary HyperNormalisation), 3m
- Daily Wire Montage: the Walls Are Closing In [editor unknown], 1m
- Is Science a Liar? A Philosopher Reacts to It’s Always Sunny, by Wisecrack, 20m
- Newscasters Agree: The Easter Bunny’s Springless Steps, by Conan O’Brian 2m
- Making of Orphan Black’s Special Effects in Season 2, by BBC America, 3m
- How Orphan Black Creates Convincing Clones, by Wired, 5m
- Orphan Black Clones on Clones: Comic-Con Exclusive Making Of, by BBC America
- Criminally Underrated Movies episode 4 – Red Dawn (1984), by Rob Ager, 1hr 57m
- Greatest screen heroes – Sgt Elias in Platoon: The Biblical Soldier, by Rob Ager, 17m
- Symbolism in The Babadook | The Gender Monster and Abuse, by Jonathan Pageau, 11m
- Understanding Kanye West on Joe rogan, by Jonathan Pageau, 18m
- Eternal Darkness: Sanity’s Requiem Analysis – Fear and the Fourth Wall, by PostMesmeric, 13m
- Hereditary: How Your Family Ruined You, by WiseCrack, 18m
- Movie Titles in Movies, by honsco, 2m
- Movie Titles in Movies: Part Deux, by honsco, 3m
- Inception Music Comparison, by Cameron Whitehouse, 1m
- Why All Movies From 1999 Are The Same, by Now You See It (8:25)
- Larry Elder Reacts to Popular Anti White Commercials – Larry Elder (12m)
- Therapist reacts to Paddington | heartfelt filmmaking – My Little Thought Tree (23m)
- Paddington – An Immigrant’s Tale – Matt Draper (11m)
- Weathering With You Is More Than It Seems – Bonsai Pop (22m)
- Why Video Games aren’t FUN Anymore – Dark (23m)
- How Music Forces Perspective – Inside the Score (9m)
- Is John Williams a Thief? – Inside the Score (11m)
- How Liberty Dies: The Politics of Star Wars – Arken the Amerikan (79m)
- Who is She-Hulk Talking To? Fourth Wall and Deadpool Explained – ScreenCrush (15m)
- What Happened to Westworld?⎪A Video Essay – Dream Dimension Productions (12m)
- Diversityland – Paul Joseph Watson (9m)
- Westworld Needs To Stop – The Critical Drinker (17m)
- X-Men’s Legacy of Fighting For Equal Rights – ScreenCrush (9m)
- Star Wars: Musical Onomatopoeia – Inside the Score (4m)
- Why The Matrix Soundtrack is AMAZING – Inside the Score (9m)
- Stranger Things Decoded: Hidden Dungeons & Dragons References– OSSA Movies (10m)
- Stranger Things 4: Still Just Nostalgia? – Wisecrack (18m)
- Satoshi Kon – Editing Space & Time – Every Frame a Painting (8m)
- The Sound of Dune with Director Denis Villeneuve and Sound Team – Featurette – SoundWorks Collection (29m)
- Nightcrawler Incriminates Its Viewers – Thomas Flight (5m)
- Shocking News – People Like Good Characters – The Critical Drinker (12m)
- Squid Game – Believe The Hype – The Critical Drinker (9m)
- Watchmen Episode 1 – It’s Garbage – The Critical Drinker (12m)
- How NOT To Critique Movies – The Critical Drinker (12m)
- Explaining Dune’s Imagery: We Are Only So Great As Our Symbols | An In-depth Analysis – Empire of the Mind (22m)
- Multiverses, Nihilism, and How it Feels to be Alive Right Now – Like Stories of Old (29m)
Heathers: A Scathing Look At Teenage Life (Retrospective/Video Essay) – EliDPerry2000 (20m)
Tokyo Godfather- Christmas/Religions/Japan | Video Essay – Accented Cinema (12m)
Heathers style analysis – Campbell2000 (11m) - The Matrix Resurrections Should Never Have Been Made – The Critical Drinker (10m)
- Ghost In The Shell 2: Innocence – The Descent Into Madness | Storyteller’s Notebook – TravenTalks (13m)
- Understanding Tokyo Godfathers (2003) | Character Analysis – Film is just Moving Pictures (9m)
- Heathers: A Relevant Classic – grampaglasses (12m)
- Heathers Analysis: Themes and Social Commentary – AmazzonKane (4m)
- Heathers: High School is a Black Comedy – The Take (15m)
- doors In Film | A Mash-Up – MUST SEE FILMS (14m)
- Blade Runner 2049 – The iPhone of Movie Sequels – The Critical Drinker (15m)
- Blade Runner 2049 — The Greatest Sequel Ever Made – A Matter of Film (7m)
- Dune (2021) Aesthetic Analysis – Decoding art, design & style references – Aesthety (27m)
- 1408: The Philosophical Depths That Horror Can Reach – Real Delusional Pictures (30m)
- Social Engineering in TV Commercials – Paul Joseph Watson (14m)
- Defeminizing Female Characters – The Critical Drinker (6m)
- The Mosquito Coast Analysis: Part 1 – The New World – Robert Wilson (22m)
- The Mosquito Coast — Why Is This Movie Underrated? – Learning about Movies (10m)
- How Trailer Music Tricks You – Sideways (16m)
- The Double-Edged Nature of Video Game Music – Sideways (8m)
The Sound of the Spider-Verse – Sideways (13m) - Live Die Repeat — How to Master Concept | Film Perfection – Filmento (18)
- 1917 | Beginning & Ending Analysis – Cineflect (13m)
- Live. Die. Escalate: Raising the Stakes in Edge of Tomorrow – Rossatron (7m)
- 1917’s In Camera Editing – Thomas Flight (9m)
- realism in End Of Watch – MacCosham Films (11m)
- Finding Beauty in Hell | What 1917 Is Really About (Film Analysis) – Life Is A Story (8m)
- 1917 Explained: How and Why They Did One Shot – The Take (15m)
- The Assassination of Jesse James | Deconstructing Disillusionment (Video Essay) – The Grubb Cut (17m)
- Why “Literally Me” Characters Are So Important – The Kino Corner (16m)
- American Myths – The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford – Renegade Cut (12m)
- The Assassination of Jesse James – Deconstructing The Western – Jack’s Movie Reviews (8m)
- Why Avatar has the Most Ironic Soundtrack of All Time – Sideways (24m)
- Forgotten Films: The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford – Review and Analysis – Jams & Tea (15m)
- TikTok Is Making Mental Illness Trendy – Matt Walsh (14m)
- What Dunkirk Teaches Us About War – A Matter of Film (8m)
- The Joker’s Musical Madness – Sideways (19m)
- Joker Played a HUGE Joke on YOU and Everyone Else – Eman’s Movie Reviews (24m)
- Decoding the Music of The Matrix – Sideways (24m)
- The Truth About Depression – Paul Joseph Watson (7m)
- Joker – My In-depth Analysis of a Masterpiece – Left Foot Media (64m)
- Suffering Through ‘Unconscious Bias’ Training… – Matt Walsh (14m)
- Kate Is The Real Villain Of Sicario – Shane Bertram (5m)
- Sicario: The Mirage of a Moral World – Digging Deeper (8m)
- Stranger Things: What went WRONG? – The Critical Drinker (20m)
- What Happened To Our Villains? – The Critical Drinker (15m)
- Why Modern Movies Suck – They’re Destroying Our Heroes – The Critical Drinker (12m)
- Why Modern Movies Suck – The Soft Reboot – The Critical Drinker (11m)
- Why Modern Movies Suck – They Teach Us Awful Lessons – The Critical Drinker (11m)
- The Clever Loop of The Father – Spikima Movies (13m)
- The Father | How Florian Zeller manipulates us | video essay – Take Two (12m)
- Why Modern Movies Suck – They’re Written By Children – The Critical Drinker (15m)
- Prisoners | Prepare for the Worst – MUST SEE FILMS (32m)
- I SUPPORT THE CURRENT THING! – Paul Joseph Watson (11m)
- Over 70 Black Male Entertainers That Said “Yes” To The Dress And Made It To The Top In Hollywood! – Strictly Facts (19m)
- Bitchy Resting Face – Broken People (3m)
- Spider-Man: No Way Home: Deeper Meaning and Hidden Symbolism EXPLAINED – What;’s the Point? – ScreenCrush (12m)
- The Matrix vs. Dark City. [M] – Clara Darko (2m)
- The Matrix Resurrections Pitch Meeting – Screen Rant (7m)
- Matrix 4 is NOT What You Think!! | Resurrections – Matrix Explained (10m)
- Matrix Resurrections Is Trolling Itself – Wisecrack (12m)
- Enemy | How Denis Villeneuve creates visual meaning | video essay – Take Two (16m)
- Why Modern Movies Suck – CGI Overload – The Critical Drinker (10m)
- This Is a Generic Brand Video, by Dissolve – Dissolve (3m)
- Faith Salie on speaking with ‘vocal fry’ – BBC NEWS (2m)
- How To Talk Like Valley Girl – Daytona Lindstrom (2m)
- 9/11 Premonition in Sega computer game from 1994 – agentandy007 (4m)
- The Most Annoying Speech Patterns (3 Little Pigs Example) – Debbie Grattan (5m)
- Mark Wahlberg is C O N F U S E D [M] – stitchvids (3m)
- 8 Things The Beatles Pioneered – David Bennett Piano (17m)
- Midsommar: Initiation into the Ancient Religion of the Future – Truthstream Media (72m)
- The Witch: Believing in Evil – Allerix Films (9m)
- Thanos Deserved to Win | Video Essay – Full Fat Videos (16m)
- Film Theory: Thanos Was RIGHT!! (Avengers Infinity War) – The Film Theorists (16m)
- Thanos Was Wrong – Eugenics and Overpopulation – Renegade Cut (22m)
- Empathy Through Film | The Master Video Essay – Maxwell Couture (12m)
- Another Look at The Master, feat. Adam Nayman – TIFF Originals (7m)
- 7 Songs That ‘Rip Off’ Other Tunes – David Bennett Piano (17m)
- Beyond Censorship: Destroying Free Thought Online – Truthstream Media (50m)
- 6 Ed Sheeran Songs That ‘Rip Off’ Other Artists – David Bennett Piano (11m)
- The Missing Key to Understanding Christopher Nolan – Like Stories of Old (22m)
- Twin Peaks Actually Explained: Responding to the Critics – Twin Perfect (29m)
- Why Jacob’s Ladder Nearly Broke Me – FilmComicsExplained (12m)
- Twin Peaks Actually Explained: EVEN MORE Evidence – Twin Perfect (79m)
- Twin Peaks: The Return – A Critique of Nostalgia – The Take (11m)
- Will Smith’s Slap at Oscar’s was Staged with Proof (Slow Video Analysis) – What If Theories (6m)
- Twin Peaks ACTUALLY EXPLAINED (No, Really) – Twin Perfect (276m) [that’s right, 4.5 hours!]
- The Philosophy of Joe Rogan – Wisecrack (23m)
- Why You’re Wrong About Glass (Video Essay) – iamthatroby (10m)
- Glass ENDING EXPLAINED + Unbreakable & Split Connections – Flicks And The City (12m)
- The Hidden Meaning in Trainspotting – Earthling Cinema – Wisecrack (5m)
- T2 Trainspotting, The Sequel Nobody Expected – Fandor (7m)
- Laura Palmer’s Theme Analysis – Modern Music Education (13m)
- Were the Dedication Credits for Rambo 3 Changed? – AngelDust (10m)
- 39 Cents – Saturday Night Live (3m)
- Media Propaganda | Shop, buy, OBEY, from the desk or the couch – CounterSpin (3m)
- Media Propaganda | You scream ice cream – CounterSpin (4m)
- La La Land – Renegade Cut (19m)
- La La Land Easter Eggs, Inspirations & Homages Explained – The Take (8m)
- High-Rise – Renegade Cut (11m)
- Exploring the Orphan Black Theme! – Saher Galt (3m)
- The Smartest “Dumb Movie” Ever Made [Demolition Man]- Foundation for Economic Education (18m)
- James Bond Funniest title sequence innuendos – film analysis – Collative Learning (6m)
- The Double Life of Veronique :: The Art of Visual Poetry | REVIEW – Charles Kincaid (9m)
- Netflix’s Maniac: 16 Best Easter Eggs, References, Callbacks And Clues You Missed – GameSpot Universe (8m)
- Children of Men: Don’t Ignore The Background – Nerdwriter1 (8m)
- Cobra Kai: The Art of Being Washed Up – Wisecrack (14m)
- Avengers: Endgame Themes Explained – Why It’s About Time – The Take (19m)
- The Captain America Trilogy is Deceivingly Beautiful | Video Essay – Implicitly Pretentious (15m)
- Everything is a Remix: The Force Awakens – Kirby Ferguson (11m)
- The Unexplored Depths of Spider-Man 3 – Facing the Dragon of Grandiosity – Like Stories of Old (21m)
- Everything Is A Remix: Kill Bill – Kirby Ferguson (6m)
- Everything Is a Remix: The Matrix – Kirby Ferguson (7m)
- Annihilation Analysis – Harry’s Moving Media (12m)
- Annihilation — The Art of Self-Destruction – Lessons from the Screenplay (11m)
- The Psychology of Annihilation (Story Explained) – Storytellers (10m)
- Annihilation and Decoding Metaphor – Folding Ideas (20m)
- Hellbound (Netflix) Analysis: The Truth About Religion – GiovanniDeluxxe (4m)
- How The Irishman Builds On Goodfellas – Thomas Flight (10m)
- How Radiohead Wrote the Perfect Bond Theme – Listening In (10m)
- Into the Wild -Film Analysis – Heidi Carroll (6m)
- Being John Malkovich and the Office Movies of 1999 – Eyebrow Cinema (25m)
- Bruce Lee is fighting games – Polygon (21m)
- Bruce Lee | Philosophy IN ACTION (Part 2): The Game of Death – The 37th Chamber (39m)
- Bruce Lee | Philosophy IN ACTION (Part 1): The Way of the Dragon – The 37th Chamber (20m)
- 10 Video Game Songs That Sound Oddly Familiar – Uncanny X (9m)
- Megaman • Retro Analysis. – AesirAesthetics (24m)
- Josie and the Pussycats: A Misunderstood Satire – Second Chance (30m)
- The Leftovers | Creating Purgatory – CineFrames (10m)
- 10 Ways Street Fighter 2 Was Changed Outside Japan – Censored Gaming (9m)
- Audio Experts Break Down The Most Common Tech Sounds – WIRED (9m)
- Modern Video Game Sounds Explained by Experts (1998-2017) | Part 2 – WIRED (12m)
- Classic Video Game Sounds Explained by Experts (1972-1998) | Part 1 – WIRED (12m)
- The Genius of Synecdoche, New York (Part 5) – YourMovieSucksDOTorg (23m)
- The Genius of Synecdoche, New York (Part 4) – YourMovieSucksDOTorg (21m)
- The Genius of Synecdoche, New York (Part 3) – YourMovieSucksDOTorg (21m)
- The Genius of Synecdoche, New York (Part 2) – YourMovieSucksDOTorg (23m)
- The Genius of Synecdoche, New York (Part 1) – YourMovieSucksDOTorg (21m)
- Interpreting Synecdoche, New York (Part 1) – David Chen (14m)
- Interpreting Synecdoche, New York (Part 2) – David Chen (11m)
- Rehabilitation for Vice Bloggers – Ryan Long (3m)
- Optical illusion sets in The Shining (film analysis) – Collative Learning (13m)
- Spot the movie subliminals – The Matrix (street walk scene) – Collative Learning (4m)
- Monty Python and the Holy Grail – The anti-movie movie (film analysis) – Collative Learning (40m)
- The Horror of Midsommar Explained – FilmComicsExplained (14m)
- Why this creepy melody is in so many movies – Vox (6m)
