The Big Screen - The Story of the Movies (2012) - David Thomson

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All films mentioned in Thomson's book.

+ "Band of Brothers", "Berlin Alexanderplatz", "Boardwalk Empire", "Brideshead Revisited", "Deadwood", "Dexter", "Downtown Abbey", "I Love Lucy", "John Adams", "Mad Men", "Mission: Impossible", "Monty Python's Flying Circus", "Perry Mason", "Rawhide", "Sex and the City", "Six Feet Under", "The Sopranos", "Starsky and Hutch", "Star Trek", "True Blood", "24", "Twin Peaks", "The Wire", "The World at War" and "You Bet Your Life" among other TV-(mini)series.

Also included are "Cathy Come Home" and "The Century of the Self".

ISBN: 978-0-374-53413-4

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  1. 813 new

    Pulp Fiction

    1994, in 38 top lists Check
  2. 393 new

    The Godfather

    1972, in 42 top lists Check
  3. 1072 new

    2001: A Space Odyssey

    1968, in 45 top lists Check
  4. 809 new

    Psycho

    1960, in 39 top lists Check
  5. 910 new

    The Shining

    1980, in 28 top lists Check
  6. 190 new

    Citizen Kane

    1941, in 39 top lists Check
  7. 199 new

    A Clockwork Orange

    1971, in 37 top lists Check
  8. 968 new

    Star Wars

    1977, in 40 top lists Check
  9. 1005 new

    Taxi Driver

    1976, in 34 top lists Check
  10. 12 new

    Alien

    1979, in 30 top lists Check
  11. 43 new

    Apocalypse Now

    1979, in 37 top lists Check
  12. 1091 new

    Vertigo

    1958, in 42 top lists Check
  13. 923 new

    The Silence of the Lambs

    1991, in 36 top lists Check
  14. 168 new

    Casablanca

    1942, in 39 top lists Check
  15. 401 new

    Goodfellas

    1990, in 31 top lists Check
  16. 477 new

    Inception

    2010, in 21 top lists Check
  17. 394 new

    The Godfather Part II

    1974, in 32 top lists Check
  18. 294 new

    Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back

    1980, in 25 top lists Check
  19. 275 new

    Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop...

    1964, in 37 top lists Check
  20. 833 new

    Rear Window

    1954, in 31 top lists Check
  21. 66 new

    Back to the Future

    1985, in 25 top lists Check
  22. 899 new

    Shichinin no samurai

    1954 — a.k.a. Seven Samurai, in 36 top lists Check
  23. 510 new

    Jaws

    1975, in 27 top lists Check
  24. 887 new

    Schindler's List

    1993, in 35 top lists Check
  25. 681 new

    Mulholland Dr.

    2001 — a.k.a. Mulholland Drive, in 26 top lists Check
  26. 735 new

    One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

    1975, in 35 top lists Check
  27. 928 new

    Singin' in the Rain

    1952, in 37 top lists Check
  28. 828 new

    Raiders of the Lost Ark

    1981 — a.k.a. Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark, in 29 top lists Check
  29. 993 new

    Sunset Blvd.

    1950 — a.k.a. Sunset Boulevard, in 35 top lists Check
  30. 640 new

    Memento

    2000, in 27 top lists Check
  31. 847 new

    Reservoir Dogs

    1992, in 26 top lists Check
  32. 186 new

    Chinatown

    1974, in 31 top lists Check
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    No Country for Old Men

    2007, in 23 top lists Check
  34. 558 new

    Lawrence of Arabia

    1962, in 40 top lists Check
  35. 1137 new

    The Wizard of Oz

    1939, in 37 top lists Check
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    It's a Wonderful Life

    1946, in 33 top lists Check
  37. 39 new

    Annie Hall

    1977, in 34 top lists Check
  38. 643 new

    Metropolis

    1927, in 36 top lists Check
  39. 1019 new

    The Third Man

    1949, in 37 top lists Check
  40. 480 new

    Inglourious Basterds

    2009, in 18 top lists Check
  41. 1014 new

    There Will Be Blood

    2007, in 20 top lists Check
  42. 599 new

    M - Eine Stadt sucht einen Mörder

    1931 — a.k.a. M, in 35 top lists Check
  43. 943 new

    Some Like It Hot

    1959, in 35 top lists Check
  44. 827 new

    Raging Bull

    1980, in 34 top lists Check
  45. 1054 new

    Toy Story

    1995, in 25 top lists Check
  46. 733 new

    C'era una volta il West

    1968 — a.k.a. Once Upon a Time in the West, in 28 top lists Check
  47. 520 new

    Jurassic Park

    1993, in 23 top lists Check
  48. 23 new

    American Beauty

    1999, in 25 top lists Check
  49. 712 new

    North by Northwest

    1959, in 30 top lists Check
  50. 96 new

    Ladri di biciclette

    1948 — a.k.a. Bicycle Thieves, in 36 top lists Check
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