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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The Godfather
1972, in 42 top lists Check -
236 new
A Clockwork Orange
1971, in 37 top lists Check -
107 new
Taxi Driver
1976, in 34 top lists Check -
113 new
The Silence of the Lambs
1991, in 36 top lists Check -
85 new
Fargo
1996, in 27 top lists Check -
422 new
Reservoir Dogs
1992, in 26 top lists Check -
268 new
M - Eine Stadt sucht einen Mörder
1931 — a.k.a. M, in 35 top lists Check -
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Some Like It Hot
1959, in 35 top lists Check -
50 new
The Big Lebowski
1998, in 26 top lists Check -
254 new
North by Northwest
1959, in 30 top lists Check -
276 new
Blue Velvet
1986, in 27 top lists Check -
306 new
The Night of the Hunter
1955, in 34 top lists Check -
408 new
Double Indemnity
1944, in 37 top lists Check -
250 new
Les quatre cents coups
1959 — a.k.a. The 400 Blows, in 26 top lists Check -
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The Maltese Falcon
1941, in 27 top lists Check -
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Touch of Evil
1958, in 31 top lists Check -
48 new
On the Waterfront
1954, in 32 top lists Check -
32 new
À bout de souffle
1960 — a.k.a. Breathless, in 29 top lists Check -
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L.A. Confidential
1997, in 27 top lists Check -
339 new
Bonnie and Clyde
1967, in 28 top lists Check -
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To Kill a Mockingbird
1962, in 18 top lists Check -
329 new
Scarface
1983, in 19 top lists Check -
253 new
Do the Right Thing
1989, in 25 top lists Check -
311 new
Once Upon a Time in America
1984, in 19 top lists Check -
175 new
The French Connection
1971, in 23 top lists Check -
282 new
Badlands
1973, in 23 top lists Check -
478 new
West Side Story
1961, in 22 top lists Check -
469 new
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
1988, in 16 top lists Check -
297 new
Le samouraï
1967 — a.k.a. Le Samouraï, in 20 top lists Check -
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RoboCop
1987, in 15 top lists Check -
350 new
Laura
1944, in 21 top lists Check -
349 new
Peeping Tom
1960, in 20 top lists Check -
453 new
White Heat
1949, in 15 top lists Check -
389 new
Mean Streets
1973, in 22 top lists Check -
173 new
Kind Hearts and Coronets
1949, in 21 top lists Check -
129 new
Dirty Harry
1971, in 17 top lists Check -
346 new
In the Heat of the Night
1967, in 17 top lists Check -
108 new
The Untouchables
1987, in 9 top lists Check -
383 new
Thelma & Louise
1991, in 13 top lists Check -
52 new
Die Büchse der Pandora
1929 — a.k.a. Pandora's Box, in 18 top lists Check -
204 new
Scarface
1932, in 16 top lists Check -
168 new
The Big Heat
1953, in 18 top lists Check -
449 new
Rocco e i suoi fratelli
1960 — a.k.a. Rocco and His Brothers, in 19 top lists Check -
476 new
Dip huet seung hung
1989 — a.k.a. The Killer, in 16 top lists Check -
271 new
The Thin Man
1934, in 14 top lists Check -
460 new
The Lady from Shanghai
1947, in 9 top lists Check -
157 new
The Killers
1946, in 15 top lists Check -
169 new
Arsenic and Old Lace
1944, in 9 top lists Check -
251 new
Enter the Dragon
1973, in 14 top lists Check -
412 new
Natural Born Killers
1994, in 9 top lists Check
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