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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    1960 — a.k.a. Breathless, in 29 top lists Check
  2. 24 new

    American Gigolo

    1980, in 3 top lists Check
  3. 31 new

    Anatomy of a Murder

    1959, in 12 top lists Check
  4. 33 new

    And Then There Were None

    1945, in 2 top lists Check
  5. 34 new

    Angel Face

    1952, in 5 top lists Check
  6. 51 new

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    1950, in 15 top lists Check
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    Atlantic City

    1980, in 14 top lists Check
  8. 58 new

    Auto Focus

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  9. 68 new

    Badlands

    1973, in 23 top lists Check
  10. 71 new

    Bande à part

    1964 — a.k.a. Band of Outsiders, in 13 top lists Check
  11. 76 new

    Les bas-fonds

    1936 — a.k.a. The Lower Depths, in 1 top list Check
  12. 82 new

    Beast from Haunted Cave

    1959, in 1 top list Check
  13. 95 new

    La bête humaine

    1938 — a.k.a. The Human Beast, in 9 top lists Check
  14. 98 new

    The Big Heat

    1953, in 18 top lists Check
  15. 100 new

    The Big Sleep

    1946, in 22 top lists Check
  16. 111 new

    Black Legion

    1937, in 1 top list Check
  17. 112 new

    Blackmail

    1929, in 7 top lists Check
  18. 118 new

    Blind Date

    1959, in 2 top lists Check
  19. 127 new

    Blue Velvet

    1986, in 27 top lists Check
  20. 128 new

    Bob le flambeur

    1956 — a.k.a. Bob le Flambeur, in 13 top lists Check
  21. 129 new

    Body Double

    1984, in 2 top lists Check
  22. 132 new

    Bonnie and Clyde

    1967, in 28 top lists Check
  23. 135 new

    Boxcar Bertha

    1972, in 0 top lists Check
  24. 147 new

    Bugsy

    1991, in 4 top lists Check
  25. 150 new

    Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

    1969, in 21 top lists Check
  26. 160 new

    Cape Fear

    1991, in 5 top lists Check
  27. 162 new

    Carbine Williams

    1952, in 0 top lists Check
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    Casino

    1995, in 11 top lists Check
  29. 193 new

    Lung foo fung wan

    1987 — a.k.a. City on Fire, in 4 top lists Check
  30. 199 new

    A Clockwork Orange

    1971, in 37 top lists Check
  31. 205 new

    Confessions of a Dangerous Mind

    2002, in 0 top lists Check
  32. 215 new

    Le crime de Monsieur Lange

    1936 — a.k.a. The Crime of Monsieur Lange, in 7 top lists Check
  33. 216 new

    The Criminal

    1960 — a.k.a. Concrete Jungle, in 2 top lists Check
  34. 217 new

    The Criminal Code

    1931, in 0 top lists Check
  35. 219 new

    Criss Cross

    1949, in 6 top lists Check
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    Cronaca di un amore

    1950 — a.k.a. Story of a Love Affair, in 3 top lists Check
  37. 221 new

    Crossfire

    1947, in 7 top lists Check
  38. 225 new

    Cutter's Way

    1981, in 6 top lists Check
  39. 231 new

    Dancer in the Dark

    2000, in 9 top lists Check
  40. 246 new

    The Departed

    2006, in 20 top lists Check
  41. 248 new

    Detour

    1945, in 16 top lists Check
  42. 251 new

    Dial M for Murder

    1954, in 9 top lists Check
  43. 257 new

    Dirty Harry

    1971, in 17 top lists Check
  44. 266 new

    Double Indemnity

    1944, in 37 top lists Check
  45. 273 new

    Dr. Mabuse, der Spieler

    1922 — a.k.a. Dr. Mabuse the Gambler, in 14 top lists Check
  46. 274 new

    Dr. No

    1962, in 7 top lists Check
  47. 288 new

    Forbrydelsens element

    1984 — a.k.a. The Element of Crime, in 4 top lists Check
  48. 291 new

    Ascenseur pour l'échafaud

    1958 — a.k.a. Elevator to the Gallows, in 10 top lists Check
  49. 318 new

    Fantômas - À l'ombre de la guillotine

    1913 — a.k.a. Fantômas: In the Shadow of the Guillotine, in 9 top lists Check
  50. 319 new

    Juve contre Fantômas

    1913 — a.k.a. Fantomas: The Man in Black, in 9 top lists Check
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