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. 1 new

    Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein

    1948 — a.k.a. Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein, in 6 top lists Check
  2. 3 new

    Madam Satan

    1930, in 0 top lists Check
  3. 5 new

    Sleeper

    1973, in 7 top lists Check
  4. 7 new

    Átame!

    1989 — a.k.a. Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!, in 2 top lists Check
  5. 8 new

    M*A*S*H

    1970, in 21 top lists Check
  6. 15 new

    Life of the Party

    1920, in 0 top lists Check
  7. 18 new

    Silk Stockings

    1957, in 4 top lists Check
  8. 21 new

    Half-Pint Pygmy

    1948, in 0 top lists Check
  9. 22 new

    To Have and Have Not

    1944, in 15 top lists Check
  10. 30 new

    Dick Tracy

    1990, in 2 top lists Check
  11. 33 new

    La vita è bella

    1997 — a.k.a. Life Is Beautiful, in 22 top lists Check
  12. 36 new

    Gold Diggers of 1933

    1933, in 12 top lists Check
  13. 37 new

    White Christmas

    1954, in 1 top list Check
  14. 46 new

    It

    1927, in 6 top lists Check
  15. 50 new

    The Big Lebowski

    1998, in 26 top lists Check
  16. 53 new

    Young Frankenstein

    1974, in 14 top lists Check
  17. 59 new

    Wild at Heart

    1990, in 6 top lists Check
  18. 61 new

    Alfie

    1966, in 3 top lists Check
  19. 69 new

    The Mask

    1994, in 5 top lists Check
  20. 74 new

    Ging chaat goo si

    1985 — a.k.a. Police Story, in 10 top lists Check
  21. 76 new

    The Great Dictator

    1940, in 25 top lists Check
  22. 80 new

    À nous la liberté

    1931 — a.k.a. À Nous la Liberté, in 6 top lists Check
  23. 86 new

    It Happened One Night

    1934, in 29 top lists Check
  24. 98 new

    High Society

    1956, in 3 top lists Check
  25. 100 new

    The Philadelphia Story

    1940, in 22 top lists Check
  26. 101 new

    Some Like It Hot

    1959, in 35 top lists Check
  27. 105 new

    Calamity Jane

    1953, in 3 top lists Check
  28. 115 new

    Cyrano de Bergerac

    1990, in 10 top lists Check
  29. 118 new

    Destry Rides Again

    1939, in 7 top lists Check
  30. 119 new

    Singles

    1992, in 0 top lists Check
  31. 121 new

    Seven Brides for Seven Brothers

    1954, in 8 top lists Check
  32. 135 new

    Lola

    1981, in 6 top lists Check
  33. 136 new

    La dolce vita

    1960 — a.k.a. La Dolce Vita, in 22 top lists Check
  34. 138 new

    Tom Jones

    1963, in 13 top lists Check
  35. 144 new

    Barbarella

    1968, in 7 top lists Check
  36. 149 new

    My Beautiful Laundrette

    1985, in 7 top lists Check
  37. 156 new

    Ninotchka

    1939, in 20 top lists Check
  38. 162 new

    The Adventures of Baron Munchausen

    1988, in 2 top lists Check
  39. 165 new

    Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit

    1993, in 0 top lists Check
  40. 167 new

    How to Marry a Millionaire

    1953, in 3 top lists Check
  41. 169 new

    Arsenic and Old Lace

    1944, in 9 top lists Check
  42. 173 new

    Kind Hearts and Coronets

    1949, in 20 top lists Check
  43. 176 new

    Mitt liv som hund

    1985 — a.k.a. My Life as a Dog, in 7 top lists Check
  44. 179 new

    Platinum Blonde

    1931, in 1 top list Check
  45. 180 new

    Doctor Dolittle

    1967, in 1 top list Check
  46. 184 new

    Private Benjamin

    1980, in 3 top lists Check
  47. 185 new

    Oh, Mr. Porter!

    1937, in 2 top lists Check
  48. 189 new

    Roman Holiday

    1953, in 14 top lists Check
  49. 190 new

    The Muppet Movie

    1979, in 5 top lists Check
  50. 191 new

    Adam's Rib

    1949, in 8 top lists Check
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