David Bordwell's On the History of Film Style
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"The study of cinematic style has profoundly shaped our attitude toward movies. Style assigns films to a tradition, distinguishes a classic, and signals the arrival of a pathbreaking innovation. David Bordwell now shows how film scholars have attempted to explain stylistic continuity and change across the history of cinema."
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The Godfather
1972, in 42 top lists Check -
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Citizen Kane
1941, in 39 top lists Check -
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Jurassic Park
1993, in 23 top lists Check -
200 new
Toy Story
1995, in 25 top lists Check -
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Jaws
1975, in 29 top lists Check -
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Metropolis
1927, in 36 top lists Check -
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M - Eine Stadt sucht einen Mörder
1931 — a.k.a. M, in 35 top lists Check -
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The Maltese Falcon
1941, in 27 top lists Check -
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Bonnie and Clyde
1967, in 28 top lists Check -
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The Gold Rush
1925, in 29 top lists Check -
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Persona
1966, in 25 top lists Check -
145 new
Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens
1922 — a.k.a. Nosferatu, in 28 top lists Check -
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À bout de souffle
1960 — a.k.a. Breathless, in 29 top lists Check -
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The Conversation
1974, in 23 top lists Check -
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Rebel Without a Cause
1955, in 16 top lists Check -
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La règle du jeu
1939 — a.k.a. The Rules of the Game, in 24 top lists Check -
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Bronenosets Potemkin
1925 — a.k.a. Battleship Potemkin, in 27 top lists Check -
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Playtime
1967, in 19 top lists Check -
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Stagecoach
1939, in 21 top lists Check -
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La grande illusion
1937 — a.k.a. The Grand Illusion, in 30 top lists Check -
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Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari
1920 — a.k.a. The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, in 30 top lists Check -
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Do the Right Thing
1989, in 25 top lists Check -
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La passion de Jeanne d'Arc
1928 — a.k.a. The Passion of Joan of Arc, in 27 top lists Check -
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The Best Years of Our Lives
1946, in 30 top lists Check -
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L'année dernière à Marienbad
1961 — a.k.a. Last Year at Marienbad, in 23 top lists Check -
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Ugetsu monogatari
1953 — a.k.a. Ugetsu, in 25 top lists Check -
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Bringing Up Baby
1938, in 23 top lists Check -
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A Hard Day's Night
1964, in 18 top lists Check -
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Blow Out
1981, in 8 top lists Check -
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Les vacances de Monsieur Hulot
1953 — a.k.a. Monsieur Hulot's Holiday, in 22 top lists Check -
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Speed
1994, in 9 top lists Check -
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How Green Was My Valley
1941, in 11 top lists Check -
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Hiroshima mon amour
1959 — a.k.a. Hiroshima Mon Amour, in 17 top lists Check -
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A Star Is Born
1954, in 13 top lists Check -
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The Hunt for Red October
1990, in 2 top lists Check -
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Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
1916, in 24 top lists Check -
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The Magnificent Ambersons
1942, in 15 top lists Check -
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Vampyr
1932, in 18 top lists Check -
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The Birth of a Nation
1915, in 21 top lists Check -
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Der letzte Mann
1924 — a.k.a. The Last Laugh, in 17 top lists Check -
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Only Angels Have Wings
1939, in 10 top lists Check -
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Our Hospitality
1923, in 13 top lists Check -
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Vivre sa vie: Film en douze tableaux
1962 — a.k.a. Vivre Sa Vie, in 12 top lists Check -
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The Long Goodbye
1973, in 15 top lists Check -
202 new
Le voyage dans la lune
1902 — a.k.a. A Trip to the Moon, in 14 top lists Check -
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Apur Sansar
1959 — a.k.a. The World of Apu, in 20 top lists Check -
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La nuit américaine
1973 — a.k.a. Day for Night, in 19 top lists Check -
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Die Nibelungen: Siegfried
1924, in 13 top lists Check -
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Bigger Than Life
1956, in 11 top lists Check -
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Gertrud
1964, in 11 top lists Check
Last updated on May 31, 2016; source