Suryani 1514025066 , Advisor : Mardliya Pratiwi Zamruddin, M.A, TESOL Eka Pratiwi Sudirman, M.Pd.
The research entitled “Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs in Colette Movie” presents research problems about what level of individual needs revealed in the main character and how the main character satisfies her needs. In this study, the researcher uses the Hierarchy of Needs Theory by Abraham Maslow and the Characterization Theory by Boggs and Petrie. By this opportunity, the researcher also uses qualitative as the method of the study.

Through the entire research process of identifying the main character of the film Colette by Wash Westmoreland, the researcher has found that all of Maslow’s five Hierarchy of Needs; physiological needs, security needs, belongingness and love needs, self-esteem needs, and self-actualization, are depicted in the main character. All the data found are indicated through 4 of 8 types of characterization: through dialogue, through appearance, through external actions, and internal actions.

Keywords: Needs, Hierarchy of Needs, Abraham Maslow, Self-Actualization, Motivation