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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Gone with the Wind
1939, in 31 top lists Check -
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Bronenosets Potemkin
1925 — a.k.a. Battleship Potemkin, in 27 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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Napoléon vu par Abel Gance
1927 — a.k.a. Napoleon, in 24 top lists Check -
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All the President's Men
1976, in 21 top lists Check -
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The Birth of a Nation
1915, in 21 top lists Check -
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Aguirre, der Zorn Gottes
1972 — a.k.a. Aguirre, the Wrath of God, in 18 top lists Check -
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Il gattopardo
1963 — a.k.a. The Leopard, in 18 top lists Check -
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Shoah
1985, in 18 top lists Check -
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Ai no korîda
1976 — a.k.a. In the Realm of the Senses, in 16 top lists Check -
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The Great Escape
1963, in 14 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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Tom Jones
1963, in 13 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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The Devils
1971, in 12 top lists Check -
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The Untouchables
1987, in 9 top lists Check -
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She Done Him Wrong
1933, in 8 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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Apollo 13
1995, in 6 top lists Check -
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Caravaggio
1986, in 5 top lists Check -
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Cleopatra
1963, in 5 top lists Check -
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Samson and Delilah
1949, 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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Ryan's Daughter
1970, in 2 top lists Check -
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Violette Nozière
1978 — a.k.a. Violette, in 2 top lists Check -
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Solomon and Sheba
1959, in 0 top lists Check
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