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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What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
1962, in 15 top lists Check -
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Blow-Up
1966, in 20 top lists Check -
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Nikita
1990 — a.k.a. La Femme Nikita, in 4 top lists Check -
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Point Break
1991, in 9 top lists Check -
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Deliverance
1972, in 15 top lists Check -
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Un condamné à mort s'est échappé ou Le vent...
1956 — a.k.a. A Man Escaped, in 20 top lists Check -
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The Spy Who Came In from the Cold
1965 — a.k.a. The Spy Who Came in from the Cold, in 4 top lists Check -
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Wild at Heart
1990, in 6 top lists Check -
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Ging chaat goo si
1985 — a.k.a. Police Story, in 10 top lists Check -
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Fargo
1996, in 27 top lists Check -
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Goldfinger
1964, in 15 top lists Check -
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High Noon
1952, in 18 top lists Check -
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The Third Man
1949, in 37 top lists Check -
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Sudden Fear
1952, in 2 top lists Check -
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Plein soleil
1960 — a.k.a. Purple Noon, in 10 top lists Check -
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The Silence of the Lambs
1991, in 36 top lists Check -
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Repulsion
1965, in 17 top lists Check -
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Falling Down
1993, in 1 top list Check -
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Eyes of Laura Mars
1978, in 0 top lists Check -
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Dirty Harry
1971, in 17 top lists Check -
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Se7en
1995, in 29 top lists Check -
160 new
Mad Max 2
1981 — a.k.a. The Road Warrior, in 14 top lists Check -
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The Big Heat
1953, in 18 top lists Check -
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The French Connection
1971, in 23 top lists Check -
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Vertigo
1958, in 42 top lists Check -
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Psycho
1960, in 39 top lists Check -
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The Postman Always Rings Twice
1981, in 2 top lists Check -
262 new
Safety Last!
1923, in 16 top lists Check -
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House of Games
1987, in 7 top lists Check -
287 new
Sleuth
1972, in 4 top lists Check -
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Point Blank
1967, in 15 top lists Check -
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Touch of Evil
1958, in 31 top lists Check -
309 new
Le salaire de la peur
1953 — a.k.a. The Wages of Fear, in 29 top lists Check -
330 new
Klute
1971, in 11 top lists Check -
359 new
The Fallen Idol
1948, in 10 top lists Check -
361 new
Speed
1994, in 9 top lists Check -
388 new
Terminator 2: Judgment Day
1991, in 27 top lists Check -
392 new
Blade Runner
1982, in 36 top lists Check -
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The Spiral Staircase
1946, in 6 top lists Check -
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Rear Window
1954, in 31 top lists Check -
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Basic Instinct
1992, in 10 top lists Check -
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Greed
1924, in 21 top lists Check -
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Don't Look Now
1973, in 17 top lists Check -
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Jungfrukällan
1960 — a.k.a. The Virgin Spring, in 10 top lists Check -
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Reservoir Dogs
1992, in 26 top lists Check -
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Jurassic Park
1993, in 23 top lists Check -
430 new
Out of the Past
1947, in 16 top lists Check -
431 new
Chinatown
1974, in 31 top lists Check -
440 new
Persona
1966, in 25 top lists Check -
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The Spy in Black
1939, in 0 top lists Check
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