The Movie Book
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The Movie Book (Phaidon, 1999) is an A-Z guide to 500 celebrated individuals who have made a landmark contribution to the medium of film. Packed with absorbing details and rich with history, all genres of cinema are included - from Hollywood blockbusters to French New Wave, from groundbreaking science-fiction films to animation classics, and from screwball comedies to film-noir thrillers.
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Star Wars
1977, in 40 top lists Check -
468 new
Jaws
1975, in 28 top lists Check -
429 new
Jurassic Park
1993, in 23 top lists Check -
141 new
The Wizard of Oz
1939, in 37 top lists Check -
92 new
Dances with Wolves
1990, in 17 top lists Check -
483 new
Back to the Future
1985, in 25 top lists Check -
245 new
Toy Story
1995, in 25 top lists Check -
457 new
Aliens
1986, in 24 top lists Check -
145 new
Raiders of the Lost Ark
1981 — a.k.a. Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark, in 29 top lists Check -
325 new
Lawrence of Arabia
1962, in 40 top lists Check -
194 new
Ben-Hur
1959, in 22 top lists Check -
146 new
The Searchers
1956, in 26 top lists Check -
202 new
Apollo 13
1995, in 6 top lists Check -
144 new
Barbarella
1968, in 7 top lists Check -
160 new
Mad Max 2
1981 — a.k.a. The Road Warrior, in 14 top lists Check -
237 new
Shichinin no samurai
1954 — a.k.a. Seven Samurai, in 36 top lists Check -
342 new
Stand by Me
1986, in 11 top lists Check -
101 new
Some Like It Hot
1959, in 35 top lists Check -
138 new
Tom Jones
1963, in 13 top lists Check -
319 new
King Kong
1933, in 26 top lists Check -
383 new
Thelma & Louise
1991, in 13 top lists Check -
254 new
North by Northwest
1959, in 30 top lists Check -
88 new
Goldfinger
1964, in 15 top lists Check -
45 new
Deliverance
1972, in 15 top lists Check -
232 new
Aguirre, der Zorn Gottes
1972 — a.k.a. Aguirre, the Wrath of God, in 18 top lists Check -
249 new
The Bridge on the River Kwai
1957, in 32 top lists Check -
281 new
The Great Escape
1963, in 14 top lists Check -
122 new
Spartacus
1960, in 19 top lists Check -
51 new
Dr. No
1962, in 7 top lists Check -
419 new
Neco z Alenky
1988 — a.k.a. Alice, in 10 top lists Check -
309 new
Le salaire de la peur
1953 — a.k.a. The Wages of Fear, in 29 top lists Check -
456 new
Stagecoach
1939, in 21 top lists Check -
142 new
The Adventures of Robin Hood
1938, in 17 top lists Check -
162 new
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
1988, in 2 top lists Check -
296 new
Le voyage dans la lune
1902 — a.k.a. A Trip to the Moon, in 14 top lists Check -
193 new
Fitzcarraldo
1982, in 13 top lists Check -
417 new
Sullivan's Travels
1941, in 24 top lists Check -
438 new
Romancing the Stone
1984, in 4 top lists Check -
180 new
Doctor Dolittle
1967, in 1 top list Check -
472 new
The Poseidon Adventure
1972, in 4 top lists Check -
183 new
Red River
1948, in 17 top lists Check -
235 new
The Thief of Bagdad
1940, in 13 top lists Check -
190 new
The Muppet Movie
1979, in 5 top lists Check -
22 new
To Have and Have Not
1944, in 16 top lists Check -
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One Million Years B.C.
1966, in 1 top list Check -
24 new
Shanghai Express
1932, in 9 top lists Check -
181 new
Jason and the Argonauts
1963, in 6 top lists Check -
441 new
The Sheik
1921, in 3 top lists Check -
354 new
Alexis Zorbas
1964 — a.k.a. Zorba the Greek, in 3 top lists Check -
112 new
Samson and Delilah
1949, in 4 top lists Check
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