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. 136 new

    La dolce vita

    1960 — a.k.a. La Dolce Vita, in 22 top lists Check
  2. 180 new

    Doctor Dolittle

    1967, in 1 top list Check
  3. 280 new

    Sweet Charity

    1969, in 0 top lists Check
  4. 238 new

    Dom za vesanje

    1988 — a.k.a. Time of the Gypsies, in 8 top lists Check
  5. 115 new

    Cyrano de Bergerac

    1990, in 10 top lists Check
  6. 464 new

    A Midsummer Night's Dream

    1935, in 4 top lists Check
  7. 266 new

    The Women

    1939, in 8 top lists Check
  8. 382 new

    Night on Earth

    1991, in 4 top lists Check
  9. 138 new

    Tom Jones

    1963, in 13 top lists Check
  10. 210 new

    Erogotoshi-tachi yori: Jinruigaku nyûmon

    1966 — a.k.a. The Pornographers, in 3 top lists Check
  11. 162 new

    The Adventures of Baron Munchausen

    1988, in 2 top lists Check
  12. 257 new

    The Apartment

    1960, in 28 top lists Check
  13. 76 new

    The Great Dictator

    1940, in 25 top lists Check
  14. 59 new

    Wild at Heart

    1990, in 6 top lists Check
  15. 333 new

    Shakespeare in Love

    1998, in 12 top lists Check
  16. 470 new

    Good Morning, Vietnam

    1987, in 7 top lists Check
  17. 101 new

    Some Like It Hot

    1959, in 35 top lists Check
  18. 253 new

    Do the Right Thing

    1989, in 25 top lists Check
  19. 37 new

    White Christmas

    1954, in 1 top list Check
  20. 368 new

    Pretty Woman

    1990, in 12 top lists Check
  21. 169 new

    Arsenic and Old Lace

    1944, in 9 top lists Check
  22. 335 new

    The Commitments

    1991, in 3 top lists Check
  23. 189 new

    Roman Holiday

    1953, in 13 top lists Check
  24. 50 new

    The Big Lebowski

    1998, in 26 top lists Check
  25. 18 new

    Silk Stockings

    1957, in 4 top lists Check
  26. 483 new

    Back to the Future

    1985, in 25 top lists Check
  27. 3 new

    Madam Satan

    1930, in 0 top lists Check
  28. 8 new

    M*A*S*H

    1970, in 21 top lists Check
  29. 379 new

    The Outlaw

    1943, in 2 top lists Check
  30. 33 new

    La vita è bella

    1997 — a.k.a. Life Is Beautiful, in 22 top lists Check
  31. 285 new

    Breakfast at Tiffany's

    1961, in 9 top lists Check
  32. 135 new

    Lola

    1981, in 6 top lists Check
  33. 61 new

    Alfie

    1966, in 3 top lists Check
  34. 424 new

    Les vacances de Monsieur Hulot

    1953 — a.k.a. Monsieur Hulot's Holiday, in 22 top lists Check
  35. 305 new

    Meet Me in St. Louis

    1944, in 15 top lists Check
  36. 393 new

    The Return of the Pink Panther

    1975, in 2 top lists Check
  37. 328 new

    Die 3 Groschen-Oper

    1931 — a.k.a. The 3 Penny Opera, in 8 top lists Check
  38. 100 new

    The Philadelphia Story

    1940, in 22 top lists Check
  39. 293 new

    A Day at the Races

    1937, in 3 top lists Check
  40. 98 new

    High Society

    1956, in 3 top lists Check
  41. 213 new

    Mystery Train

    1989, in 2 top lists Check
  42. 156 new

    Ninotchka

    1939, in 20 top lists Check
  43. 363 new

    La règle du jeu

    1939 — a.k.a. The Rules of the Game, in 24 top lists Check
  44. 222 new

    The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

    1947, in 1 top list Check
  45. 184 new

    Private Benjamin

    1980, in 3 top lists Check
  46. 259 new

    The Nutty Professor

    1963, in 11 top lists Check
  47. 165 new

    Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit

    1993, in 0 top lists Check
  48. 452 new

    Biloxi Blues

    1988, in 0 top lists Check
  49. 196 new

    The Graduate

    1967, in 29 top lists Check
  50. 173 new

    Kind Hearts and Coronets

    1949, in 21 top lists Check
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