Sight & Sound's Best Film Books (Part 1)

1.
Hitchcock/Truffaut
Hitchcock/Truffaut 4.48 avg rating — 9,066 ratings
2.
City of Nets: A Portrait of Hollywood in the 1940s
City of Nets: A Portrait of Hollywood in the 1940s 4.11 avg rating — 1,110 ratings
3.
Who the Devil Made It: Conversations with Legendary Film Directors
Who the Devil Made It: Conversations with Legendary Film Directors 4.34 avg rating — 511 ratings
4.
Sculpting in Time
Sculpting in Time 4.50 avg rating — 6,302 ratings
5.
Notes on the Cinematographer
Notes on the Cinematographer 4.20 avg rating — 3,470 ratings
6.
On Film-making: An Introduction to the Craft of the Director
On Film-making: An Introduction to the Craft of the Director 4.34 avg rating — 936 ratings
7.
La Maison cinéma et le monde. I. Le Temps des Cahiers 1962-1981
La Maison cinéma et le monde. I. Le Temps des Cahiers 1962-1981 4.80 avg rating — 5 ratings
8.
The Material Ghost: Films and Their Medium
The Material Ghost: Films and Their Medium 4.28 avg rating — 95 ratings
9.
Signs and Meaning in the Cinema
Signs and Meaning in the Cinema 3.79 avg rating — 298 ratings
10.
Biographical Dictionary of Film
Biographical Dictionary of Film 4.23 avg rating — 713 ratings
11.
Hitchcock's Films
Hitchcock's Films 4.30 avg rating — 57 ratings
12.
Making of Citizen Kane, Revised edition
Making of Citizen Kane, Revised edition 3.95 avg rating — 111 ratings
13.
Rouben Mamoulian
Rouben Mamoulian
by: Tom Milne
3.43 avg rating — 7 ratings
14.
The American Cinema: Directors and Directions, 1929-1968
The American Cinema: Directors and Directions, 1929-1968 4.03 avg rating — 537 ratings
15.
Vulgar Modernism: Writing on Movies and Other Media (Culture and the Moving Image Series)
Vulgar Modernism: Writing on Movies and Other Media (Culture and the Moving Image Series) 4.22 avg rating — 54 ratings
16.
Agee on Film: Criticism and Comment on the Movies
Agee on Film: Criticism and Comment on the Movies 4.26 avg rating — 205 ratings
17.
Magic and Myth of the Movies
Magic and Myth of the Movies 3.73 avg rating — 15 ratings
18.
Cahiers du Cinéma, the 1950s: Neo-Realism, Hollywood, New Wave
Cahiers du Cinéma, the 1950s: Neo-Realism, Hollywood, New Wave 4.22 avg rating — 168 ratings
19.
Confessions of a Cultist: On the Cinema, 1955/1969
Confessions of a Cultist: On the Cinema, 1955/1969 4.07 avg rating — 41 ratings
20.
The Phantom Empire: Movies in the Mind of the 20th Century
The Phantom Empire: Movies in the Mind of the 20th Century 4.27 avg rating — 91 ratings
21.
Durgnat on film
Durgnat on film 4.55 avg rating — 11 ratings
22.
Science Fiction Movies
Science Fiction Movies 3.64 avg rating — 22 ratings
23.
The Hollywood Hallucination
The Hollywood Hallucination 4.43 avg rating — 7 ratings
24.
Negative Space: Manny Farber on the Movies
Negative Space: Manny Farber on the Movies 4.35 avg rating — 175 ratings
25.
The Shadow of an Airplane Climbs the Empire State Building: A World Theory of Film
The Shadow of an Airplane Climbs the Empire State Building: A World Theory of Film 3.75 avg rating — 4 ratings
26.
Film as a Subversive Art
Film as a Subversive Art 4.30 avg rating — 699 ratings
27.
Dictionary of Films
Dictionary of Films really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 19 ratings
28.
Cinema: A Critical Dictionary (2 volume set)
Cinema: A Critical Dictionary (2 volume set) 4.70 avg rating — 23 ratings
29.
On the History of Film Style
On the History of Film Style 4.25 avg rating — 189 ratings
30.
Visionary Film: The American Avant-Garde 1943-2000
Visionary Film: The American Avant-Garde 1943-2000 3.96 avg rating — 250 ratings
31.
The Genius of the System: Hollywood Filmmaking in the Studio Era
The Genius of the System: Hollywood Filmmaking in the Studio Era 4.28 avg rating — 661 ratings
32.
I Lost it at the Movies: Film Writings, 1954-1965
I Lost it at the Movies: Film Writings, 1954-1965 4.14 avg rating — 714 ratings
33.
Final Cut: Art, Money, and Ego in the Making of Heaven's Gate, the Film That Sank United Artists
Final Cut: Art, Money, and Ego in the Making of Heaven's Gate, the Film That Sank United Artists 4.01 avg rating — 974 ratings
34.
Indecent Exposure: A True Story of Hollywood and Wall Street
Indecent Exposure: A True Story of Hollywood and Wall Street 3.95 avg rating — 297 ratings
35.
Elia Kazan: A Life
Elia Kazan: A Life 4.11 avg rating — 419 ratings
36.
Horizons West: Directing the Western from John Ford to Clint Eastwood
Horizons West: Directing the Western from John Ford to Clint Eastwood 4.24 avg rating — 62 ratings
37.
The Technique of Film Editing
The Technique of Film Editing 3.84 avg rating — 143 ratings
38.
The World Viewed: Reflections on the Ontology of Film
The World Viewed: Reflections on the Ontology of Film 3.98 avg rating — 266 ratings
39.
The Camera and I
The Camera and I 4.38 avg rating — 13 ratings
40.
This Is Orson Welles
This Is Orson Welles 4.26 avg rating — 1,137 ratings
41.
John Ford: The Man and His Films
John Ford: The Man and His Films 4.33 avg rating — 97 ratings
42.
Kino: A History of the Russian and Soviet Film
Kino: A History of the Russian and Soviet Film
by: Jay Leyda
3.94 avg rating — 54 ratings
43.
Circles of Confusion: Film Photography Video Texts 1968 1980
Circles of Confusion: Film Photography Video Texts 1968 1980 4.35 avg rating — 26 ratings
44.
A Life in Movies
A Life in Movies 4.32 avg rating — 105 ratings
45.
What is Cinema? Volume I
What is Cinema? Volume I 4.13 avg rating — 1,861 ratings
46.
Howard Hawks: The Grey Fox of Hollywood
Howard Hawks: The Grey Fox of Hollywood 4.12 avg rating — 182 ratings
47.
Viv(R)e le cinéma
Viv(R)e le cinéma 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
48.
Personal Views: Explorations in Film
Personal Views: Explorations in Film 4.39 avg rating — 36 ratings
49.
Abel Ferrara
Abel Ferrara 3.88 avg rating — 33 ratings
50.
Poétique du cinématographe : notes
Poétique du cinématographe : notes 3.17 avg rating — 6 ratings
51.
Fassbinder's Germany: History, Identity, Subject
Fassbinder's Germany: History, Identity, Subject 3.98 avg rating — 51 ratings
52.
Encyclopedia Indian Cinema
Encyclopedia Indian Cinema 4.23 avg rating — 31 ratings
53.
Currents in Japanese Cinema
Currents in Japanese Cinema 4.33 avg rating — 33 ratings
54.
Film Style and Technology: History and Analysis
Film Style and Technology: History and Analysis 4.20 avg rating — 35 ratings
55.
On Directing Film
On Directing Film 3.81 avg rating — 3,965 ratings
56.
My Life and My Films
My Life and My Films 4.18 avg rating — 187 ratings
57.
Film: A Montage Of Theories
Film: A Montage Of Theories 4.17 avg rating — 12 ratings
58.
The Republic
The Republic
by: Plato
3.96 avg rating — 220,197 ratings
59.
Illuminations: Essays and Reflections
Illuminations: Essays and Reflections 4.29 avg rating — 12,265 ratings
60.
The Society of the Spectacle
The Society of the Spectacle 4.03 avg rating — 22,635 ratings
61.
The Invention of Morel
The Invention of Morel 3.97 avg rating — 31,646 ratings
62.
Out of the Past: Spanish Cinema After Franco
Out of the Past: Spanish Cinema After Franco 3.43 avg rating — 7 ratings
63.
Francois Truffaut: Correspondence, 1945-1984
Francois Truffaut: Correspondence, 1945-1984 4.24 avg rating — 153 ratings
64.
The Brechtian Aspect Of Radical Cinema
The Brechtian Aspect Of Radical Cinema 3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings
65.
Heavenly Bodies: Film Stars and Society
Heavenly Bodies: Film Stars and Society 3.96 avg rating — 135 ratings
66.
Dictionnaire du Cinéma, Tome 3 : Les Films
Dictionnaire du Cinéma, Tome 3 : Les Films 3.80 avg rating — 5 ratings
67.
Enciclopédia do cinema brasileiro
Enciclopédia do cinema brasileiro 3.75 avg rating — 4 ratings
68.
Mauritz Stiller: Ett livsöde
Mauritz Stiller: Ett livsöde 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
69.
Leo McCarey
Leo McCarey 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings
70.
The Cinema Book
The Cinema Book
by: Pam Cook
4.22 avg rating — 198 ratings
71.
Suspects
Suspects 3.78 avg rating — 167 ratings
72.
Film (Pelican Books)
Film (Pelican Books) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 6 ratings
73.
The Parade's Gone By...
The Parade's Gone By... 4.38 avg rating — 740 ratings
74.
The Film Encyclopedia: The Most Comprehensive Encyclopedia of World Cinema in a Single Volume
The Film Encyclopedia: The Most Comprehensive Encyclopedia of World Cinema in a Single Volume 4.23 avg rating — 208 ratings
75.
The Love of the Last Tycoon
The Love of the Last Tycoon 3.63 avg rating — 13,601 ratings
76.
Rivette: Texts and interviews
Rivette: Texts and interviews 3.79 avg rating — 19 ratings
77.
Godard on Godard: Critical Writings
Godard on Godard: Critical Writings 4.06 avg rating — 669 ratings
78.
The History of World Cinema
The History of World Cinema 3.86 avg rating — 7 ratings
79.
The Haunted Screen: Expressionism in the German Cinema and the Influence of Max Reinhardt
The Haunted Screen: Expressionism in the German Cinema and the Influence of Max Reinhardt 4.17 avg rating — 460 ratings
80.
Eric Rohmer
Eric Rohmer 3.57 avg rating — 7 ratings
81.
Film, a Sound Art (Film and Culture Series)
Film, a Sound Art (Film and Culture Series) 4.36 avg rating — 77 ratings
82.
Godard au travail - les années 60
Godard au travail - les années 60 it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 5 ratings
83.
Beauty and the Beast: Diary of a Film
Beauty and the Beast: Diary of a Film 4.18 avg rating — 179 ratings
84.
Mikio Naruse: Les temps incertains
Mikio Naruse: Les temps incertains really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating
85.
Sul cinema
Sul cinema 3.75 avg rating — 8 ratings
86.
Film Form: Essays In Film Theory
Film Form: Essays In Film Theory 4.07 avg rating — 1,131 ratings
87.
From Caligari to Hitler: A Psychological History of the German Film
From Caligari to Hitler: A Psychological History of the German Film 3.92 avg rating — 870 ratings
88.
Prater Violet
Prater Violet 3.77 avg rating — 1,805 ratings
89.
Adventures of a Suburban Boy
Adventures of a Suburban Boy 4.09 avg rating — 74 ratings
90.
Reeling: Film Writings, 1972-1975
Reeling: Film Writings, 1972-1975 4.34 avg rating — 194 ratings
91.
Madame Depardieu and the Beautiful Strangers
Madame Depardieu and the Beautiful Strangers 3.20 avg rating — 76 ratings
92.
A mirror for England: British movies from austerity to affluence
A mirror for England: British movies from austerity to affluence 3.92 avg rating — 12 ratings
93.
Melville on Melville (Cinema one, 16)
Melville on Melville (Cinema one, 16) 4.34 avg rating — 83 ratings
94.
The New Wave: Truffaut, Godard, Chabrol, Rohmer, Rivette
The New Wave: Truffaut, Godard, Chabrol, Rohmer, Rivette really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 90 ratings
95.
The Avant-Garde Finds Andy Hardy
The Avant-Garde Finds Andy Hardy 4.31 avg rating — 26 ratings
96.
Farber on Film: The Complete Film Writings of Manny Farber
Farber on Film: The Complete Film Writings of Manny Farber 4.35 avg rating — 112 ratings
97.
King Vidor, American
King Vidor, American liked it 3.00 avg rating — 8 ratings
98.
Pursuits of Happiness: The Hollywood Comedy of Remarriage
Pursuits of Happiness: The Hollywood Comedy of Remarriage 4.17 avg rating — 230 ratings
99.
Fun In a Chinese Laundry
Fun In a Chinese Laundry 3.88 avg rating — 74 ratings
100.
My Last Sigh: The Autobiography of Luis Buñuel
My Last Sigh: The Autobiography of Luis Buñuel 4.31 avg rating — 3,733 ratings