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. 485 new

    Close Encounters of the Third Kind

    1977, in 23 top lists Check
  2. 484 new

    Ju Dou

    1990, in 5 top lists Check
  3. 483 new

    Back to the Future

    1985, in 25 top lists Check
  4. 482 new

    Romeo and Juliet

    1968, in 5 top lists Check
  5. 481 new

    How Green Was My Valley

    1941, in 11 top lists Check
  6. 480 new

    Ryan's Daughter

    1970, in 2 top lists Check
  7. 479 new

    The Best Years of Our Lives

    1946, in 30 top lists Check
  8. 478 new

    West Side Story

    1961, in 22 top lists Check
  9. 477 new

    Glen or Glenda

    1953, in 3 top lists Check
  10. 476 new

    Dip huet seung hung

    1989 — a.k.a. The Killer, in 16 top lists Check
  11. 475 new

    Chung Hing sam lam

    1994 — a.k.a. Chungking Express, in 19 top lists Check
  12. 474 new

    Basic Training

    1971, in 0 top lists Check
  13. 473 new

    The Day the Earth Stood Still

    1951, in 12 top lists Check
  14. 472 new

    The Poseidon Adventure

    1972, in 4 top lists Check
  15. 471 new

    Die Hard

    1988, in 21 top lists Check
  16. 470 new

    Good Morning, Vietnam

    1987, in 7 top lists Check
  17. 469 new

    Who Framed Roger Rabbit

    1988, in 16 top lists Check
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    Jaws

    1975, in 28 top lists Check
  19. 467 new

    Sunset Blvd.

    1950 — a.k.a. Sunset Boulevard, in 35 top lists Check
  20. 466 new

    Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari

    1920 — a.k.a. The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, in 30 top lists Check
  21. 465 new

    Bride of Frankenstein

    1935, in 19 top lists Check
  22. 464 new

    A Midsummer Night's Dream

    1935, in 4 top lists Check
  23. 463 new

    She Done Him Wrong

    1933, in 8 top lists Check
  24. 462 new

    Der Himmel über Berlin

    1987 — a.k.a. Wings of Desire, in 21 top lists Check
  25. 461 new

    Beau Geste

    1939, in 0 top lists Check
  26. 460 new

    The Lady from Shanghai

    1947, in 9 top lists Check
  27. 459 new

    One Million Years B.C.

    1966, in 1 top list Check
  28. 458 new

    The Truman Show

    1998, in 14 top lists Check
  29. 457 new

    Aliens

    1986, in 24 top lists Check
  30. 456 new

    Stagecoach

    1939, in 21 top lists Check
  31. 455 new

    Pink Flamingos

    1972, in 13 top lists Check
  32. 454 new

    Malcolm X

    1992, in 7 top lists Check
  33. 453 new

    White Heat

    1949, in 15 top lists Check
  34. 452 new

    Biloxi Blues

    1988, in 0 top lists Check
  35. 451 new

    Gaslight

    1940, in 2 top lists Check
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    Popiól i diament

    1958 — a.k.a. Ashes and Diamonds, in 16 top lists Check
  37. 449 new

    Rocco e i suoi fratelli

    1960 — a.k.a. Rocco and His Brothers, in 19 top lists Check
  38. 448 new

    L'Atalante

    1934, in 21 top lists Check
  39. 447 new

    Duel in the Sun

    1946, in 7 top lists Check
  40. 446 new

    Chelovek s kino-apparatom

    1929 — a.k.a. Man with a Movie Camera, in 24 top lists Check
  41. 445 new

    RoboCop

    1987, in 15 top lists Check
  42. 444 new

    The Spy in Black

    1939, in 0 top lists Check
  43. 443 new

    Le bonheur

    1965 — a.k.a. Happiness, in 8 top lists Check
  44. 442 new

    My Own Private Idaho

    1991, in 10 top lists Check
  45. 441 new

    The Sheik

    1921, in 3 top lists Check
  46. 440 new

    Persona

    1966, in 25 top lists Check
  47. 439 new

    The Postman Always Rings Twice

    1946, in 9 top lists Check
  48. 438 new

    Romancing the Stone

    1984, in 4 top lists Check
  49. 437 new

    2001: A Space Odyssey

    1968, in 45 top lists Check
  50. 436 new

    Jules et Jim

    1962 — a.k.a. Jules and Jim, in 21 top lists Check
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