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. 437 new

    2001: A Space Odyssey

    1968, in 45 top lists Check
  2. 90 new

    The Godfather

    1972, in 42 top lists Check
  3. 192 new

    Vertigo

    1958, in 42 top lists Check
  4. 325 new

    Lawrence of Arabia

    1962, in 40 top lists Check
  5. 273 new

    Star Wars

    1977, in 40 top lists Check
  6. 102 new

    Casablanca

    1942, in 39 top lists Check
  7. 286 new

    Citizen Kane

    1941, in 39 top lists Check
  8. 195 new

    Psycho

    1960, in 39 top lists Check
  9. 141 new

    The Wizard of Oz

    1939, in 38 top lists Check
  10. 397 new

    Apocalypse Now

    1979, in 37 top lists Check
  11. 236 new

    A Clockwork Orange

    1971, in 37 top lists Check
  12. 408 new

    Double Indemnity

    1944, in 37 top lists Check
  13. 227 new

    Singin' in the Rain

    1952, in 37 top lists Check
  14. 93 new

    The Third Man

    1949, in 37 top lists Check
  15. 392 new

    Blade Runner

    1982, in 36 top lists Check
  16. 109 new

    Ladri di biciclette

    1948 — a.k.a. Bicycle Thieves, in 36 top lists Check
  17. 242 new

    Metropolis

    1927, in 36 top lists Check
  18. 237 new

    Shichinin no samurai

    1954 — a.k.a. Seven Samurai, in 36 top lists Check
  19. 113 new

    The Silence of the Lambs

    1991, in 36 top lists Check
  20. 295 new

    8½

    1963, in 35 top lists Check
  21. 268 new

    M - Eine Stadt sucht einen Mörder

    1931 — a.k.a. M, in 35 top lists Check
  22. 147 new

    One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

    1975, in 35 top lists Check
  23. 101 new

    Some Like It Hot

    1959, in 35 top lists Check
  24. 467 new

    Sunset Blvd.

    1950 — a.k.a. Sunset Boulevard, in 35 top lists Check
  25. 225 new

    Annie Hall

    1977, in 34 top lists Check
  26. 306 new

    The Night of the Hunter

    1955, in 34 top lists Check
  27. 386 new

    Raging Bull

    1980, in 34 top lists Check
  28. 107 new

    Taxi Driver

    1976, in 34 top lists Check
  29. 65 new

    It's a Wonderful Life

    1946, in 33 top lists Check
  30. 249 new

    The Bridge on the River Kwai

    1957, in 32 top lists Check
  31. 48 new

    On the Waterfront

    1954, in 32 top lists Check
  32. 431 new

    Chinatown

    1974, in 31 top lists Check
  33. 154 new

    Gone with the Wind

    1939, in 31 top lists Check
  34. 411 new

    Rear Window

    1954, in 31 top lists Check
  35. 300 new

    Touch of Evil

    1958, in 31 top lists Check
  36. 161 new

    Alien

    1979, in 30 top lists Check
  37. 479 new

    The Best Years of Our Lives

    1946, in 30 top lists Check
  38. 466 new

    Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari

    1920 — a.k.a. The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, in 30 top lists Check
  39. 406 new

    E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial

    1982, in 30 top lists Check
  40. 254 new

    North by Northwest

    1959, in 30 top lists Check
  41. 348 new

    La battaglia di Algeri

    1966 — a.k.a. The Battle of Algiers, in 29 top lists Check
  42. 32 new

    À bout de souffle

    1960 — a.k.a. Breathless, in 29 top lists Check
  43. 196 new

    The Graduate

    1967, in 29 top lists Check
  44. 86 new

    It Happened One Night

    1934, in 29 top lists Check
  45. 145 new

    Raiders of the Lost Ark

    1981 — a.k.a. Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark, in 29 top lists Check
  46. 309 new

    Le salaire de la peur

    1953 — a.k.a. The Wages of Fear, in 29 top lists Check
  47. 150 new

    Se7en

    1995, in 29 top lists Check
  48. 257 new

    The Apartment

    1960, in 28 top lists Check
  49. 339 new

    Bonnie and Clyde

    1967, in 28 top lists Check
  50. 258 new

    Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo

    1966 — a.k.a. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, in 28 top lists Check
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