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. 437 new

    2001: A Space Odyssey

    1968, in 45 top lists Check
  3. 195 new

    Psycho

    1960, in 39 top lists Check
  4. 392 new

    Blade Runner

    1982, in 36 top lists Check
  5. 317 new

    The Shining

    1980, in 28 top lists Check
  6. 286 new

    Citizen Kane

    1941, in 39 top lists Check
  7. 236 new

    A Clockwork Orange

    1971, in 37 top lists Check
  8. 273 new

    Star Wars

    1977, in 40 top lists Check
  9. 397 new

    Apocalypse Now

    1979, in 37 top lists Check
  10. 107 new

    Taxi Driver

    1976, in 34 top lists Check
  11. 161 new

    Alien

    1979, in 30 top lists Check
  12. 192 new

    Vertigo

    1958, in 42 top lists Check
  13. 113 new

    The Silence of the Lambs

    1991, in 36 top lists Check
  14. 102 new

    Casablanca

    1942, in 39 top lists Check
  15. 411 new

    Rear Window

    1954, in 31 top lists Check
  16. 237 new

    Shichinin no samurai

    1954 — a.k.a. Seven Samurai, in 36 top lists Check
  17. 483 new

    Back to the Future

    1985, in 25 top lists Check
  18. 468 new

    Jaws

    1975, in 27 top lists Check
  19. 147 new

    One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

    1975, in 35 top lists Check
  20. 227 new

    Singin' in the Rain

    1952, in 37 top lists Check
  21. 150 new

    Se7en

    1995, in 29 top lists Check
  22. 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
  23. 467 new

    Sunset Blvd.

    1950 — a.k.a. Sunset Boulevard, in 35 top lists Check
  24. 258 new

    Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo

    1966 — a.k.a. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, in 28 top lists Check
  25. 431 new

    Chinatown

    1974, in 31 top lists Check
  26. 85 new

    Fargo

    1996, in 27 top lists Check
  27. 422 new

    Reservoir Dogs

    1992, in 26 top lists Check
  28. 325 new

    Lawrence of Arabia

    1962, in 40 top lists Check
  29. 141 new

    The Wizard of Oz

    1939, in 37 top lists Check
  30. 65 new

    It's a Wonderful Life

    1946, in 33 top lists Check
  31. 225 new

    Annie Hall

    1977, in 34 top lists Check
  32. 242 new

    Metropolis

    1927, in 36 top lists Check
  33. 93 new

    The Third Man

    1949, in 37 top lists Check
  34. 268 new

    M - Eine Stadt sucht einen Mörder

    1931 — a.k.a. M, in 35 top lists Check
  35. 101 new

    Some Like It Hot

    1959, in 35 top lists Check
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    The Big Lebowski

    1998, in 26 top lists Check
  37. 177 new

    Forrest Gump

    1994, in 25 top lists Check
  38. 386 new

    Raging Bull

    1980, in 34 top lists Check
  39. 388 new

    Terminator 2: Judgment Day

    1991, in 27 top lists Check
  40. 429 new

    Jurassic Park

    1993, in 23 top lists Check
  41. 245 new

    Toy Story

    1995, in 25 top lists Check
  42. 109 new

    Ladri di biciclette

    1948 — a.k.a. Bicycle Thieves, in 36 top lists Check
  43. 254 new

    North by Northwest

    1959, in 30 top lists Check
  44. 276 new

    Blue Velvet

    1986, in 27 top lists Check
  45. 457 new

    Aliens

    1986, in 24 top lists Check
  46. 151 new

    The Exorcist

    1973, in 27 top lists Check
  47. 295 new

    1963, in 35 top lists Check
  48. 306 new

    The Night of the Hunter

    1955, in 35 top lists Check
  49. 440 new

    Persona

    1966, in 25 top lists Check
  50. 154 new

    Gone with the Wind

    1939, in 31 top lists Check
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