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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Lawrence of Arabia
1962, in 40 top lists Check -
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Raging Bull
1980, in 34 top lists Check -
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La passion de Jeanne d'Arc
1928 — a.k.a. The Passion of Joan of Arc, in 27 top lists Check -
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Bonnie and Clyde
1967, in 28 top lists Check -
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The Elephant Man
1980, in 16 top lists Check -
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The Sound of Music
1965, in 25 top lists Check -
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All the President's Men
1976, in 21 top lists Check -
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Spartacus
1960, in 19 top lists Check -
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Napoléon vu par Abel Gance
1927 — a.k.a. Napoleon, in 24 top lists Check -
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Fitzcarraldo
1982, in 14 top lists Check -
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Patton
1970, in 13 top lists Check -
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Au revoir les enfants
1987 — a.k.a. Au Revoir les Enfants, in 13 top lists Check -
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Il vangelo secondo Matteo
1964 — a.k.a. The Gospel According to St. Matthew, in 14 top lists Check -
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In the Name of the Father
1993, in 7 top lists Check -
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Malcolm X
1992, in 7 top lists Check -
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The Chronicle History of King Henry the Fifth...
1944 — a.k.a. Henry V, in 12 top lists Check -
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Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters
1985, in 6 top lists Check -
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Cyrano de Bergerac
1990, in 10 top lists Check -
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Cleopatra
1963, in 5 top lists Check -
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My Brilliant Career
1979, in 7 top lists Check -
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The King and I
1956, in 5 top lists Check -
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Henry V
1989, in 2 top lists Check -
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Birdman of Alcatraz
1962, in 2 top lists Check -
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Caravaggio
1986, in 5 top lists Check -
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The Private Life of Henry VIII
1933, in 4 top lists Check -
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La Reine Margot
1994 — a.k.a. Queen Margot, in 2 top lists Check -
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Lisztomania
1975, in 1 top list Check -
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Carrington
1995, in 1 top list Check
Last updated on Mar 30, 2014;