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. 1 new

    À bout de souffle

    1960 — a.k.a. Breathless, in 29 top lists Check
  2. 7 new

    The Age of Innocence

    1993, in 6 top lists Check
  3. 15 new

    All That Heaven Allows

    1955, in 11 top lists Check
  4. 26 new

    An American in Paris

    1951, in 18 top lists Check
  5. 27 new

    Le amiche

    1955 — a.k.a. The Girlfriends, in 4 top lists Check
  6. 29 new

    L'amour fou

    1969, in 5 top lists Check
  7. 37 new

    Anna Christie

    1930, in 3 top lists Check
  8. 38 new

    Anna Karenina

    1935, in 1 top list Check
  9. 39 new

    Annie Hall

    1977, in 34 top lists Check
  10. 52 new

    L'Atalante

    1934, in 21 top lists Check
  11. 53 new

    Atlantic City

    1980, in 14 top lists Check
  12. 67 new

    The Bad and the Beautiful

    1952, in 9 top lists Check
  13. 69 new

    Ball of Fire

    1941, in 6 top lists Check
  14. 72 new

    The Band Wagon

    1953, in 14 top lists Check
  15. 76 new

    Les bas-fonds

    1936 — a.k.a. The Lower Depths, in 1 top list Check
  16. 92 new

    Ben-Hur A Tale of the Christ

    1925 — a.k.a. Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ, in 6 top lists Check
  17. 93 new

    La meglio gioventù

    2003 — a.k.a. The Best of Youth, in 12 top lists Check
  18. 94 new

    The Best Years of Our Lives

    1946, in 30 top lists Check
  19. 99 new

    The Big Parade

    1925, in 13 top lists Check
  20. 101 new

    The Big Street

    1942, in 0 top lists Check
  21. 102 new

    Billy Liar

    1963, in 7 top lists Check
  22. 104 new

    Birth

    2004, in 3 top lists Check
  23. 105 new

    The Birth of a Nation

    1915, in 21 top lists Check
  24. 107 new

    The Bitter Tea of General Yen

    1932, in 3 top lists Check
  25. 115 new

    The Black Shield of Falworth

    1954, in 0 top lists Check
  26. 124 new

    Bluebeard's Eighth Wife

    1938, in 1 top list Check
  27. 126 new

    Blue Movie

    1969 — a.k.a. Fuck, in 1 top list Check
  28. 130 new

    La bohème

    1926, in 2 top lists Check
  29. 133 new

    Born Yesterday

    1950, in 10 top lists Check
  30. 135 new

    Boxcar Bertha

    1972, in 0 top lists Check
  31. 137 new

    Breakfast at Tiffany's

    1961, in 9 top lists Check
  32. 138 new

    Breaking the Waves

    1996, in 14 top lists Check
  33. 141 new

    Brief Encounter

    1945, in 22 top lists Check
  34. 142 new

    Brigadoon

    1954, in 1 top list Check
  35. 143 new

    Bringing Up Baby

    1938, in 23 top lists Check
  36. 144 new

    The Broadway Melody

    1929, in 2 top lists Check
  37. 149 new

    Bus Stop

    1956, in 2 top lists Check
  38. 151 new

    Cabaret

    1972, in 24 top lists Check
  39. 157 new

    Camille

    1936, in 6 top lists Check
  40. 163 new

    Carefree

    1938, in 1 top list Check
  41. 166 new

    Le carrosse d'or

    1952 — a.k.a. The Golden Coach, in 7 top lists Check
  42. 168 new

    Casablanca

    1942, in 39 top lists Check
  43. 176 new

    The Charge of the Light Brigade

    1936, in 2 top lists Check
  44. 182 new

    Chikamatsu monogatari

    1954 — a.k.a. A Story from Chikamatsu, in 10 top lists Check
  45. 188 new

    The Circus

    1928, in 10 top lists Check
  46. 191 new

    City Girl

    1930, in 6 top lists Check
  47. 192 new

    City Lights

    1931, in 34 top lists Check
  48. 194 new

    Le genou de Claire

    1970 — a.k.a. Claire's Knee, in 7 top lists Check
  49. 197 new

    Cloak and Dagger

    1946, in 1 top list Check
  50. 198 new

    The Clock

    1945, in 4 top lists Check
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