The Big Screen - The Story of the Movies (2012) - David Thomson

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All films mentioned in Thomson's book.

+ "Band of Brothers", "Berlin Alexanderplatz", "Boardwalk Empire", "Brideshead Revisited", "Deadwood", "Dexter", "Downtown Abbey", "I Love Lucy", "John Adams", "Mad Men", "Mission: Impossible", "Monty Python's Flying Circus", "Perry Mason", "Rawhide", "Sex and the City", "Six Feet Under", "The Sopranos", "Starsky and Hutch", "Star Trek", "True Blood", "24", "Twin Peaks", "The Wire", "The World at War" and "You Bet Your Life" among other TV-(mini)series.

Also included are "Cathy Come Home" and "The Century of the Self".

ISBN: 978-0-374-53413-4

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    1930, in 19 top lists Check
  2. 43 new

    Apocalypse Now

    1979, in 37 top lists Check
  3. 47 new

    L'armée des ombres

    1969 — a.k.a. Army of Shadows, in 18 top lists Check
  4. 48 new

    Voskhozhdenie

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  5. 50 new

    Popiól i diament

    1958 — a.k.a. Ashes and Diamonds, in 16 top lists Check
  6. 54 new

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  7. 56 new

    Au revoir les enfants

    1987 — a.k.a. Au Revoir les Enfants, in 13 top lists Check
  8. 77 new

    Bataille du rail

    1946 — a.k.a. The Battle of the Rails, in 0 top lists Check
  9. 79 new

    Battleground

    1949, in 3 top lists Check
  10. 80 new

    The Battle of Midway

    1942, in 1 top list Check
  11. 81 new

    Bronenosets Potemkin

    1925 — a.k.a. Battleship Potemkin, in 27 top lists Check
  12. 88 new

    The Bells Go Down

    1943, in 0 top lists Check
  13. 94 new

    The Best Years of Our Lives

    1946, in 30 top lists Check
  14. 99 new

    The Big Parade

    1925, in 13 top lists Check
  15. 107 new

    The Bitter Tea of General Yen

    1932, in 3 top lists Check
  16. 109 new

    Bitter Victory

    1957, in 3 top lists Check
  17. 139 new

    The Bridge on the River Kwai

    1957, in 32 top lists Check
  18. 140 new

    A Bridge Too Far

    1977, in 3 top lists Check
  19. 156 new

    The Caine Mutiny

    1954, in 3 top lists Check
  20. 158 new

    A Canterbury Tale

    1944, in 8 top lists Check
  21. 161 new

    Les carabiniers

    1963 — a.k.a. The Soldiers, in 2 top lists Check
  22. 167 new

    Carve Her Name with Pride

    1958, in 0 top lists Check
  23. 168 new

    Casablanca

    1942, in 39 top lists Check
  24. 185 new

    Campanadas a medianoche

    1965 — a.k.a. Chimes at Midnight, in 11 top lists Check
  25. 201 new

    Ostre sledované vlaky

    1966 — a.k.a. Closely Watched Trains, in 14 top lists Check
  26. 202 new

    The Colditz Story

    1955, in 0 top lists Check
  27. 203 new

    Cold Mountain

    2003, in 1 top list Check
  28. 208 new

    Conspiracy

    2001, in 0 top lists Check
  29. 211 new

    Corvette K-225

    1943 — a.k.a. The Nelson Touch, in 0 top lists Check
  30. 223 new

    The Cruel Sea

    1953, in 3 top lists Check
  31. 228 new

    The Dam Busters

    1955, in 2 top lists Check
  32. 241 new

    December 7th

    1943, in 0 top lists Check
  33. 243 new

    The Deer Hunter

    1978, in 26 top lists Check
  34. 252 new

    Démanty noci

    1964 — a.k.a. Diamonds of the Night, in 5 top lists Check
  35. 256 new

    The Dirty Dozen

    1967, in 8 top lists Check
  36. 259 new

    Dishonored

    1931, in 4 top lists Check
  37. 261 new

    Doctor Zhivago

    1965, in 17 top lists Check
  38. 292 new

    Empire of the Sun

    1987, in 9 top lists Check
  39. 296 new

    The English Patient

    1996, in 19 top lists Check
  40. 327 new

    Fear and Desire

    1953, in 2 top lists Check
  41. 335 new

    Fires Were Started

    1943, in 8 top lists Check
  42. 338 new

    Flags of Our Fathers

    2006, in 2 top lists Check
  43. 346 new

    The Foreman Went to France

    1942 — a.k.a. Somewhere in France, in 0 top lists Check
  44. 354 new

    The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse

    1921, in 7 top lists Check
  45. 362 new

    Friendly Persuasion

    1956, in 3 top lists Check
  46. 363 new

    From Here to Eternity

    1953, in 13 top lists Check
  47. 366 new

    Full Metal Jacket

    1987, in 18 top lists Check
  48. 375 new

    Il generale Della Rovere

    1959 — a.k.a. General della Rovere, in 6 top lists Check
  49. 377 new

    Pokolenie

    1955 — a.k.a. A Generation, in 2 top lists Check
  50. 407 new

    La grande illusion

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