Here is the list of programs and films I usually use apravko.at.tut.by/program.zip
comments are in Russian, but you can clearly see how good they are (grade), which students they can suit (level)
I usually teach adult or high school students and regardless of their level I try to give them real, not simplified texts. First they translate short extracts, even one-liners, jokes. If that is elementary level I give them a few hints before they read. I never take big novels and if a novel is wort...
I developed 80 hours course for adult ss based mostly on video. SS repeat some sentences, scienes, retell, guess what will happen, try to create their own monologues with video examples, tell news, act in court, conference, advertise smth etc.