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. 4 new

    What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?

    1962, in 15 top lists Check
  2. 14 new

    Blow-Up

    1966, in 20 top lists Check
  3. 39 new

    Nikita

    1990 — a.k.a. La Femme Nikita, in 4 top lists Check
  4. 40 new

    Point Break

    1991, in 9 top lists Check
  5. 45 new

    Deliverance

    1972, in 15 top lists Check
  6. 49 new

    Un condamné à mort s'est échappé ou Le vent...

    1956 — a.k.a. A Man Escaped, in 20 top lists Check
  7. 57 new

    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
  8. 59 new

    Wild at Heart

    1990, in 6 top lists Check
  9. 74 new

    Ging chaat goo si

    1985 — a.k.a. Police Story, in 10 top lists Check
  10. 85 new

    Fargo

    1996, in 27 top lists Check
  11. 88 new

    Goldfinger

    1964, in 15 top lists Check
  12. 89 new

    High Noon

    1952, in 18 top lists Check
  13. 93 new

    The Third Man

    1949, in 37 top lists Check
  14. 96 new

    Sudden Fear

    1952, in 2 top lists Check
  15. 111 new

    Plein soleil

    1960 — a.k.a. Purple Noon, in 10 top lists Check
  16. 113 new

    The Silence of the Lambs

    1991, in 36 top lists Check
  17. 114 new

    Repulsion

    1965, in 17 top lists Check
  18. 123 new

    Falling Down

    1993, in 1 top list Check
  19. 125 new

    Eyes of Laura Mars

    1978, in 0 top lists Check
  20. 129 new

    Dirty Harry

    1971, in 17 top lists Check
  21. 150 new

    Se7en

    1995, in 29 top lists Check
  22. 160 new

    Mad Max 2

    1981 — a.k.a. The Road Warrior, in 14 top lists Check
  23. 168 new

    The Big Heat

    1953, in 18 top lists Check
  24. 175 new

    The French Connection

    1971, in 23 top lists Check
  25. 192 new

    Vertigo

    1958, in 42 top lists Check
  26. 195 new

    Psycho

    1960, in 39 top lists Check
  27. 243 new

    The Postman Always Rings Twice

    1981, in 2 top lists Check
  28. 262 new

    Safety Last!

    1923, in 16 top lists Check
  29. 284 new

    House of Games

    1987, in 7 top lists Check
  30. 287 new

    Sleuth

    1972, in 4 top lists Check
  31. 292 new

    Point Blank

    1967, in 15 top lists Check
  32. 300 new

    Touch of Evil

    1958, in 31 top lists Check
  33. 309 new

    Le salaire de la peur

    1953 — a.k.a. The Wages of Fear, in 29 top lists Check
  34. 330 new

    Klute

    1971, in 11 top lists Check
  35. 359 new

    The Fallen Idol

    1948, in 10 top lists Check
  36. 361 new

    Speed

    1994, in 9 top lists Check
  37. 388 new

    Terminator 2: Judgment Day

    1991, in 27 top lists Check
  38. 392 new

    Blade Runner

    1982, in 36 top lists Check
  39. 402 new

    The Spiral Staircase

    1946, in 6 top lists Check
  40. 411 new

    Rear Window

    1954, in 31 top lists Check
  41. 413 new

    Basic Instinct

    1992, in 10 top lists Check
  42. 416 new

    Greed

    1924, in 21 top lists Check
  43. 418 new

    Don't Look Now

    1973, in 17 top lists Check
  44. 421 new

    Jungfrukällan

    1960 — a.k.a. The Virgin Spring, in 10 top lists Check
  45. 422 new

    Reservoir Dogs

    1992, in 26 top lists Check
  46. 429 new

    Jurassic Park

    1993, in 23 top lists Check
  47. 430 new

    Out of the Past

    1947, in 16 top lists Check
  48. 431 new

    Chinatown

    1974, in 31 top lists Check
  49. 440 new

    Persona

    1966, in 25 top lists Check
  50. 444 new

    The Spy in Black

    1939, in 0 top lists Check
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