David Bordwell's On the History of Film Style

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"The study of cinematic style has profoundly shaped our attitude toward movies. Style assigns films to a tradition, distinguishes a classic, and signals the arrival of a pathbreaking innovation. David Bordwell now shows how film scholars have attempted to explain stylistic continuity and change across the history of cinema."

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  1. 85 new

    The Godfather

    1972, in 42 top lists Check
  2. 43 new

    Citizen Kane

    1941, in 39 top lists Check
  3. 107 new

    Jaws

    1975, in 29 top lists Check
  4. 137 new

    Metropolis

    1927, in 36 top lists Check
  5. 127 new

    M - Eine Stadt sucht einen Mörder

    1931 — a.k.a. M, in 35 top lists Check
  6. 163 new

    Persona

    1966, in 25 top lists Check
  7. 131 new

    The Maltese Falcon

    1941, in 26 top lists Check
  8. 58 new

    Do the Right Thing

    1989, in 25 top lists Check
  9. 30 new

    À bout de souffle

    1960 — a.k.a. Breathless, in 29 top lists Check
  10. 45 new

    The Conversation

    1974, in 23 top lists Check
  11. 29 new

    Bonnie and Clyde

    1967, in 28 top lists Check
  12. 161 new

    La passion de Jeanne d'Arc

    1928 — a.k.a. The Passion of Joan of Arc, in 27 top lists Check
  13. 86 new

    The Gold Rush

    1925, in 29 top lists Check
  14. 171 new

    Rebel Without a Cause

    1955, in 16 top lists Check
  15. 87 new

    La grande illusion

    1937 — a.k.a. The Grand Illusion, in 30 top lists Check
  16. 91 new

    Hiroshima mon amour

    1959 — a.k.a. Hiroshima Mon Amour, in 17 top lists Check
  17. 175 new

    La règle du jeu

    1939 — a.k.a. The Rules of the Game, in 24 top lists Check
  18. 22 new

    The Best Years of Our Lives

    1946, in 30 top lists Check
  19. 10 new

    L'année dernière à Marienbad

    1961 — a.k.a. Last Year at Marienbad, in 23 top lists Check
  20. 211 new

    Vivre sa vie: Film en douze tableaux

    1962 — a.k.a. Vivre Sa Vie, in 12 top lists Check
  21. 204 new

    Ugetsu monogatari

    1953 — a.k.a. Ugetsu, in 25 top lists Check
  22. 47 new

    Letyat zhuravli

    1957 — a.k.a. The Cranes Are Flying, in 17 top lists Check
  23. 122 new

    The Long Goodbye

    1973, in 15 top lists Check
  24. 147 new

    La nuit américaine

    1973 — a.k.a. Day for Night, in 19 top lists Check
  25. 130 new

    The Magnificent Ambersons

    1942, in 15 top lists Check
  26. 114 new

    Der letzte Mann

    1924 — a.k.a. The Last Laugh, in 17 top lists Check
  27. 221 new

    Apur Sansar

    1959 — a.k.a. The World of Apu, in 19 top lists Check
  28. 173 new

    Il deserto rosso

    1964 — a.k.a. Red Desert, in 12 top lists Check
  29. 160 new

    Professione: reporter

    1975 — a.k.a. The Passenger, in 11 top lists Check
  30. 103 new

    Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages

    1916, in 24 top lists Check
  31. 93 new

    How Green Was My Valley

    1941, in 11 top lists Check
  32. 89 new

    Greed

    1924, in 21 top lists Check
  33. 189 new

    A Star Is Born

    1954, in 13 top lists Check
  34. 150 new

    Only Angels Have Wings

    1939, in 10 top lists Check
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    Journal d'un curé de campagne

    1951 — a.k.a. Diary of a Country Priest, in 14 top lists Check
  36. 24 new

    Bigger Than Life

    1956, in 11 top lists Check
  37. 33 new

    Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl

    1919 — a.k.a. Broken Blossoms, in 13 top lists Check
  38. 158 new

    Partie de campagne

    1946 — a.k.a. A Day in the Country, in 13 top lists Check
  39. 77 new

    Horí, má panenko

    1967 — a.k.a. The Firemen's Ball, in 11 top lists Check
  40. 214 new

    Viaggio in Italia

    1954 — a.k.a. Journey to Italy, in 14 top lists Check
  41. 25 new

    The Birth of a Nation

    1915, in 21 top lists Check
  42. 182 new

    Die Nibelungen: Siegfried

    1924, in 13 top lists Check
  43. 55 new

    Distant Voices, Still Lives

    1988, in 11 top lists Check
  44. 220 new

    Wings

    1927, in 12 top lists Check
  45. 83 new

    Gertrud

    1964, in 11 top lists Check
  46. 105 new

    Otona no miru ehon - Umarete wa mita keredo

    1932 — a.k.a. I Was Born, But..., in 15 top lists Check
  47. 198 new

    Zire darakhatan zeyton

    1994 — a.k.a. Through the Olive Trees, in 9 top lists Check
  48. 94 new

    How to Marry a Millionaire

    1953, in 3 top lists Check
  49. 92 new

    Un homme et une femme

    1966 — a.k.a. A Man and a Woman, in 8 top lists Check
  50. 120 new

    The Little Foxes

    1941, in 7 top lists Check
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