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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  19. 260 new

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  21. 278 new

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  24. 323 new

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  29. 371 new

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  30. 374 new

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    2009, in 17 top lists Check
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    1963, in 6 top lists Check
  44. 510 new

    Jaws

    1975, in 28 top lists Check
  45. 517 new

    Judex

    1916, in 6 top lists Check
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    Jurassic Park

    1993, in 23 top lists Check
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    King Kong

    1933, in 26 top lists Check
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    1937 — a.k.a. Knight Without Armor, in 0 top lists Check
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