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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  1. 90 new

    The Godfather

    1972, in 42 top lists Check
  2. 177 new

    Forrest Gump

    1994, in 25 top lists Check
  3. 150 new

    Se7en

    1995, in 29 top lists Check
  4. 483 new

    Back to the Future

    1985, in 25 top lists Check
  5. 50 new

    The Big Lebowski

    1998, in 26 top lists Check
  6. 236 new

    A Clockwork Orange

    1971, in 37 top lists Check
  7. 273 new

    Star Wars

    1977, in 40 top lists Check
  8. 422 new

    Reservoir Dogs

    1992, in 26 top lists Check
  9. 113 new

    The Silence of the Lambs

    1991, in 36 top lists Check
  10. 317 new

    The Shining

    1980, in 28 top lists Check
  11. 458 new

    The Truman Show

    1998, in 14 top lists Check
  12. 147 new

    One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

    1975, in 35 top lists Check
  13. 437 new

    2001: A Space Odyssey

    1968, in 45 top lists Check
  14. 245 new

    Toy Story

    1995, in 25 top lists Check
  15. 392 new

    Blade Runner

    1982, in 36 top lists Check
  16. 107 new

    Taxi Driver

    1976, in 34 top lists Check
  17. 161 new

    Alien

    1979, in 30 top lists Check
  18. 278 new

    Trainspotting

    1996, in 18 top lists Check
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    Raiders of the Lost Ark

    1981 — a.k.a. Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark, in 29 top lists Check
  20. 258 new

    Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo

    1966 — a.k.a. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, in 28 top lists Check
  21. 85 new

    Fargo

    1996, in 27 top lists Check
  22. 388 new

    Terminator 2: Judgment Day

    1991, in 27 top lists Check
  23. 397 new

    Apocalypse Now

    1979, in 37 top lists Check
  24. 429 new

    Jurassic Park

    1993, in 23 top lists Check
  25. 195 new

    Psycho

    1960, in 39 top lists Check
  26. 102 new

    Casablanca

    1942, in 39 top lists Check
  27. 411 new

    Rear Window

    1954, in 31 top lists Check
  28. 471 new

    Die Hard

    1988, in 21 top lists Check
  29. 33 new

    La vita è bella

    1997 — a.k.a. Life Is Beautiful, in 22 top lists Check
  30. 116 new

    Edward Scissorhands

    1990, in 10 top lists Check
  31. 58 new

    The Nightmare Before Christmas

    1993, in 16 top lists Check
  32. 205 new

    The Breakfast Club

    1985, in 10 top lists Check
  33. 192 new

    Vertigo

    1958, in 42 top lists Check
  34. 62 new

    Titanic

    1997, in 25 top lists Check
  35. 286 new

    Citizen Kane

    1941, in 39 top lists Check
  36. 457 new

    Aliens

    1986, in 24 top lists Check
  37. 65 new

    It's a Wonderful Life

    1946, in 33 top lists Check
  38. 329 new

    Scarface

    1983, in 19 top lists Check
  39. 225 new

    Annie Hall

    1977, in 34 top lists Check
  40. 227 new

    Singin' in the Rain

    1952, in 37 top lists Check
  41. 237 new

    Shichinin no samurai

    1954 — a.k.a. Seven Samurai, in 36 top lists Check
  42. 468 new

    Jaws

    1975, in 28 top lists Check
  43. 27 new

    L.A. Confidential

    1997, in 27 top lists Check
  44. 141 new

    The Wizard of Oz

    1939, in 38 top lists Check
  45. 467 new

    Sunset Blvd.

    1950 — a.k.a. Sunset Boulevard, in 35 top lists Check
  46. 342 new

    Stand by Me

    1986, in 11 top lists Check
  47. 196 new

    The Graduate

    1967, in 29 top lists Check
  48. 101 new

    Some Like It Hot

    1959, in 35 top lists Check
  49. 431 new

    Chinatown

    1974, in 31 top lists Check
  50. 254 new

    North by Northwest

    1959, in 30 top lists Check
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