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. 3 new

    Madam Satan

    1930, in 0 top lists Check
  2. 6 new

    Days of Heaven

    1978, in 19 top lists Check
  3. 16 new

    Hôtel du Nord

    1938 — a.k.a. Hotel du Nord, in 2 top lists Check
  4. 17 new

    My Brilliant Career

    1979, in 7 top lists Check
  5. 18 new

    Silk Stockings

    1957, in 4 top lists Check
  6. 22 new

    To Have and Have Not

    1944, in 16 top lists Check
  7. 24 new

    Shanghai Express

    1932, in 9 top lists Check
  8. 25 new

    Et Dieu... créa la femme

    1956 — a.k.a. ...And God Created Woman, in 5 top lists Check
  9. 29 new

    Un coeur en hiver

    1992 — a.k.a. A Heart in Winter, in 1 top list Check
  10. 31 new

    37°2 le matin

    1986 — a.k.a. Betty Blue, in 8 top lists Check
  11. 32 new

    À bout de souffle

    1960 — a.k.a. Breathless, in 29 top lists Check
  12. 33 new

    La vita è bella

    1997 — a.k.a. Life Is Beautiful, in 22 top lists Check
  13. 35 new

    Notorious

    1946, in 24 top lists Check
  14. 37 new

    White Christmas

    1954, in 1 top list Check
  15. 38 new

    Ultimo tango a Parigi

    1972 — a.k.a. Last Tango in Paris, in 19 top lists Check
  16. 46 new

    It

    1927, in 6 top lists Check
  17. 48 new

    On the Waterfront

    1954, in 32 top lists Check
  18. 52 new

    Die Büchse der Pandora

    1929 — a.k.a. Pandora's Box, in 18 top lists Check
  19. 62 new

    Titanic

    1997, in 25 top lists Check
  20. 64 new

    The Piano

    1993, in 14 top lists Check
  21. 66 new

    The Red Shoes

    1948, in 27 top lists Check
  22. 67 new

    Les enfants du paradis

    1945 — a.k.a. Children of Paradise, in 21 top lists Check
  23. 77 new

    Ba wang bie ji

    1992 — a.k.a. Farewell My Concubine, in 18 top lists Check
  24. 78 new

    Darling

    1965, in 7 top lists Check
  25. 81 new

    From Here to Eternity

    1953, in 13 top lists Check
  26. 82 new

    Dangerous Liaisons

    1988, in 8 top lists Check
  27. 84 new

    La belle et la bête

    1946 — a.k.a. Beauty and the Beast, in 26 top lists Check
  28. 86 new

    It Happened One Night

    1934, in 29 top lists Check
  29. 94 new

    Brief Encounter

    1945, in 22 top lists Check
  30. 98 new

    High Society

    1956, in 3 top lists Check
  31. 99 new

    Top Gun

    1986, in 8 top lists Check
  32. 100 new

    The Philadelphia Story

    1940, in 22 top lists Check
  33. 102 new

    Casablanca

    1942, in 39 top lists Check
  34. 110 new

    Giant

    1956, in 10 top lists Check
  35. 116 new

    Edward Scissorhands

    1990, in 10 top lists Check
  36. 117 new

    Romeo + Juliet

    1996, in 7 top lists Check
  37. 119 new

    Singles

    1992, in 0 top lists Check
  38. 126 new

    Kaagaz Ke Phool

    1959 — a.k.a. Paper Flowers, in 6 top lists Check
  39. 137 new

    The Personal History, Adventures, Experience, &...

    1935 — a.k.a. David Copperfield, in 4 top lists Check
  40. 142 new

    The Adventures of Robin Hood

    1938, in 17 top lists Check
  41. 149 new

    My Beautiful Laundrette

    1985, in 7 top lists Check
  42. 153 new

    Le quai des brumes

    1938 — a.k.a. Port of Shadows, in 10 top lists Check
  43. 154 new

    Gone with the Wind

    1939, in 31 top lists Check
  44. 156 new

    Ninotchka

    1939, in 20 top lists Check
  45. 158 new

    A Star Is Born

    1954, in 13 top lists Check
  46. 163 new

    The Wind

    1928, in 14 top lists Check
  47. 167 new

    How to Marry a Millionaire

    1953, in 3 top lists Check
  48. 172 new

    The Birth of a Nation

    1915, in 21 top lists Check
  49. 177 new

    Forrest Gump

    1994, in 25 top lists Check
  50. 179 new

    Platinum Blonde

    1931, in 1 top list Check
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