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. 5 new

    Aelita

    1924 — a.k.a. Aelita, the Queen of Mars, in 4 top lists Check
  2. 18 new

    Altered States

    1980, in 5 top lists Check
  3. 32 new

    Anchors Aweigh

    1945, in 3 top lists Check
  4. 45 new

    Il fiore delle mille e una notte

    1974 — a.k.a. Arabian Nights, in 5 top lists Check
  5. 61 new

    Avatar

    2009, in 14 top lists Check
  6. 86 new

    Les belles de nuit

    1952 — a.k.a. Beauties of the Night, in 0 top lists Check
  7. 119 new

    Blithe Spirit

    1945, in 2 top lists Check
  8. 125 new

    Das blaue Licht - Eine Berglegende aus den...

    1932 — a.k.a. The Blue Light, in 1 top list Check
  9. 142 new

    Brigadoon

    1954, in 1 top list Check
  10. 173 new

    Céline et Julie vont en bateau: Phantom Ladies...

    1974 — a.k.a. Celine and Julie Go Boating, in 11 top lists Check
  11. 258 new

    Le charme discret de la bourgeoisie

    1972 — a.k.a. The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie, in 21 top lists Check
  12. 287 new

    1963, in 35 top lists Check
  13. 294 new

    Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back

    1980, in 25 top lists Check
  14. 308 new

    El ángel exterminador

    1962 — a.k.a. The Exterminating Angel, in 19 top lists Check
  15. 325 new

    Faust: Eine deutsche Volkssage

    1926 — a.k.a. Faust, in 15 top lists Check
  16. 332 new

    Finian's Rainbow

    1968, in 0 top lists Check
  17. 383 new

    The Ghost Goes West

    1935, in 1 top list Check
  18. 430 new

    Head

    1968, in 4 top lists Check
  19. 472 new

    I Married a Witch

    1942, in 3 top lists Check
  20. 474 new

    Immortals

    2011, in 1 top list Check
  21. 497 new

    It Happened Tomorrow

    1944, in 0 top lists Check
  22. 501 new

    It's a Wonderful Life

    1946, in 33 top lists Check
  23. 533 new

    King Kong

    1933, in 26 top lists Check
  24. 543 new

    Die Nibelungen: Kriemhilds Rache

    1924 — a.k.a. Die Nibelungen: Kriemhild's Revenge, in 13 top lists Check
  25. 570 new

    Liliom

    1934, in 1 top list Check
  26. 632 new

    The Mask

    1994, in 5 top lists Check
  27. 633 new

    A Matter of Life and Death

    1946, in 22 top lists Check
  28. 652 new

    Miracolo a Milano

    1951 — a.k.a. Miracle in Milan, in 8 top lists Check
  29. 704 new

    Die Nibelungen: Siegfried

    1924, in 13 top lists Check
  30. 821 new

    Pikovaya dama

    1916 — a.k.a. The Queen of Spades, in 2 top lists Check
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    Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi

    1983, in 18 top lists Check
  32. 858 new

    Roman Scandals

    1933, in 0 top lists Check
  33. 901 new

    Det sjunde inseglet

    1957 — a.k.a. The Seventh Seal, in 25 top lists Check
  34. 909 new

    Sherlock Jr.

    1924, in 24 top lists Check
  35. 933 new

    Sleeping Beauty

    1959, in 5 top lists Check
  36. 945 new

    Son of Ali Baba

    1952, in 0 top lists Check
  37. 968 new

    Star Wars

    1977, in 40 top lists Check
  38. 1017 new

    The Thief of Bagdad

    1924, in 14 top lists Check
  39. 1058 new

    The Tree of Life

    2011, in 13 top lists Check
  40. 1059 new

    Le procès

    1962 — a.k.a. The Trial, in 10 top lists Check
  41. 1064 new

    Truly Madly Deeply

    1990, in 0 top lists Check
  42. 1137 new

    The Wizard of Oz

    1939, in 37 top lists Check
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