Movies So Good There Are Books About Them
1. 
As You Wish: Inconceivable Tales from the Making of The Princess Bride
by:
Cary Elwes
4.18 avg rating — 73,024 ratings 3. 
The Making of Some Like It Hot: My Memories of Marilyn Monroe and the Classic American Movie
by:
Tony Curtis
3.84 avg rating — 374 ratings 4. 
Close-up on Sunset Boulevard: Billy Wilder, Norma Desmond, and the Dark Hollywood Dream
by:
Sam Staggs
3.75 avg rating — 368 ratings 5. 
All About All About Eve: The Complete Behind-the-Scenes Story of the Bitchiest Film Ever Made!
by:
Sam Staggs
3.87 avg rating — 704 ratings 
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Round Up the Usual Suspects: The Making of Casablanca--Bogart, Bergman, and World War II
by:
Aljean Harmetz
4.02 avg rating — 454 ratings 
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The Disaster Artist: My Life Inside The Room, the Greatest Bad Movie Ever Made
by:
Greg Sestero
4.29 avg rating — 34,391 ratings 11. 
Seduced by Mrs. Robinson: How "The Graduate" Became the Touchstone of a Generation
by:
Beverly Gray
3.57 avg rating — 143 ratings 12. 
Losing the Light: Terry Gilliam & The Munchausen Saga (Applause Books)
by:
Andrew Yule
4.05 avg rating — 79 ratings 
14. 
Dreams and Nightmares: Terry Gilliam, the Brothers Grimm, and Other Cautionary Tales of Hollywood
by:
Bob McCabe
3.62 avg rating — 45 ratings 14. 
Blood, Sweat & Chrome: The Wild and True Story of Mad Max: Fury Road
by:
Kyle Buchanan
4.32 avg rating — 4,803 ratings 16. 
Up Periscope Yellow: The Making of the Beatles' Yellow Submarine
by:
Al Brodax
3.57 avg rating — 23 ratings 16. 
Scarlett Fever: The Ultimate Pictorial Treasury of Gone With the Wind : Featuring the Collection of Herb Bridges
by:
William Pratt
3.94 avg rating — 33 ratings 18. 
Why Wakanda Matters: What Black Panther Reveals About Psychology, Identity, and Communication
by:
Sheena C. Howard
4.26 avg rating — 217 ratings 
20. 
Shooting Midnight Cowboy: Art, Sex, Loneliness, Liberation, and the Making of a Dark Classic
by:
Glenn Frankel
4.23 avg rating — 669 ratings 21. 
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Caddyshack: The Making of a Hollywood Cinderella Story
by:
Chris Nashawaty
4.04 avg rating — 2,315 ratings 23. 
We Don't Need Roads: The Making of the Back to the Future Trilogy
by:
Caseen Gaines
3.99 avg rating — 1,888 ratings 24. 
Space Odyssey: Stanley Kubrick, Arthur C. Clarke, and the Making of a Masterpiece
by:
Michael Benson
4.40 avg rating — 2,033 ratings 25. 
Daughters of the Dust: The Making of an African American Woman's Film
by:
Julie Dash
4.37 avg rating — 213 ratings 26. 
The Making of a Masterpiece: The True Story of Margaret Mitchell's Classic Novel "Gone With The Wind" 3.73 avg rating — 55 ratings
27. 
Mad as Hell: The Making of Network and the Fateful Vision of the Angriest Man in Movies
by:
Dave Itzkoff
3.90 avg rating — 515 ratings 
30. 
Off the Cliff: How the Making of Thelma & Louise Drove Hollywood to the Edge
by:
Becky Aikman
4.23 avg rating — 414 ratings 31. 
Working 9 to 5: A Women's Movement, a Labor Union, and the Iconic Movie
by:
Ellen Cassedy
4.02 avg rating — 94 ratings 32. 
Alright, Alright, Alright: The Oral History of Richard Linklater's Dazed and Confused
by:
Melissa Maerz
4.40 avg rating — 2,893 ratings 
33. 
Black Narcissus: Turner Classic Movies British Film Guide
by:
Sarah Street
3.61 avg rating — 18 ratings 
33. 
Terminator Vault: The Complete Story Behind the Making of The Terminator and Terminator 2: Judgment Day
by:
Ian Nathan
4.41 avg rating — 92 ratings 
33. 
Crystal Lake Memories: The Complete History of Friday the 13th
by:
Peter M. Bracke
4.50 avg rating — 924 ratings 33. 
Gone With the Wind: the Definitive Illustrated History of the Book, the Movie, and the Legend
by:
Herb Bridges
4.47 avg rating — 8,224 ratings 41. 
Inside the Yellow Submarine: The Making of the Beatles' Animated Classic 3.78 avg rating — 40 ratings
41. 
Dolls! Dolls! Dolls!: Deep Inside Valley of the Dolls, the Most Beloved Bad Book and Movie of All Time
by:
Stephen Rebello
3.70 avg rating — 459 ratings 
41. 
Cocktails with George and Martha: Movies, Marriage, and the Making of Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
by:
Philip Gefter
4.03 avg rating — 579 ratings 47. 
Leave the Gun, Take the Cannoli: The Epic Story of the Making of The Godfather
by:
Mark Seal
4.37 avg rating — 4,235 ratings 
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Taxi Driver: The Making of the Martin Scorsese Classic
by:
Dan Auiler
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating 49. 
The Hugo Movie Companion: A Behind the Scenes Look at How a Beloved Book Became a Major Motion Picture
by:
Brian Selznick
4.24 avg rating — 598 ratings 49. 
The Making of Major League: A Juuuust a Bit Inside Look at the Classic Baseball Comedy
by:
Jonathan Knight
4.22 avg rating — 149 ratings 49. 
Raiders!: The Story of the Greatest Fan Film Ever Made
by:
Alan Eisenstock
4.17 avg rating — 170 ratings 
55. 
The Battle of Brazil: Terry Gilliam v. Universal Pictures in the Fight to the Final Cut
by:
Jack Mathews
4.20 avg rating — 308 ratings 55. 
Alien Vault: The Definitive Story of the Making of the Film
by:
Ian Nathan
4.45 avg rating — 411 ratings 
55. 
A Book about the Film Monty Python and the Holy Grail: All the References from African Swallows to Zoot
by:
Darl Larsen
2.69 avg rating — 13 ratings 55. 
The Devil's Candy: The Anatomy of a Hollywood Fiasco
by:
Julie Salamon
4.06 avg rating — 2,210 ratings 55. 
Hooray for Captain Spaulding! Verbal & Visual Gems from "Animal Crackers" 4.06 avg rating — 18 ratings
55. 
Surely You Can't Be Serious: The True Story of Airplane!
by:
David Zucker
4.17 avg rating — 3,499 ratings 
62. 
Pulp Fiction: The Complete Story of Quentin Tarantino's Masterpiece
by:
Jason Bailey
4.06 avg rating — 144 ratings 62. 
Peyton Place Comes Home to Maine: The Making of the Iconic Film
by:
Mac Smith
3.50 avg rating — 14 ratings 62. 
Beatles Yellow Submarine Comic Book - with Poster Centerfold
by:
Gold Key Comics
3.86 avg rating — 14 ratings 
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A Night to Remember: the Definitive Titanic Film: A British Film Guide
by:
Jeffrey Richards
liked it 3.00 avg rating — 2 ratings 67. 
Scarface Nation: The Ultimate Gangster Movie and How It Changed America
by:
Ken Tucker
3.40 avg rating — 35 ratings 
73. 
The Making of the Wizard of Oz: Movie Magic and Studio Power in the Prime of MGM
by:
Aljean Harmetz
4.12 avg rating — 683 ratings 
73. 
Chain Saw Confidential: How We Made the World's Most Notorious Horror Movie
by:
Gunnar Hansen
4.12 avg rating — 1,053 ratings 73. 
"What Do You Mean, Murder?" Clue and the Making of a Cult Classic
by:
John Hatch
4.11 avg rating — 124 ratings 
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As If!: The Oral History of Clueless as told by Amy Heckerling and the Cast and Crew
by:
Jen Chaney
3.80 avg rating — 1,723 ratings 
82. 
Hitchcock and the Making of Marnie (The Scarecrow Filmmakers Series) (Volume 95)
by:
Tony Lee Moral
3.93 avg rating — 43 ratings 82. 
River of Shadows: Eadweard Muybridge and the Technological Wild West
by:
Rebecca Solnit
4.15 avg rating — 1,578 ratings 
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Giant Love: Edna Ferber, Her Best-selling Novel of Texas, and the Making of a Classic American Film
by:
Julie Gilbert
3.84 avg rating — 155 ratings 87. 
The Godfather Effect: Changing Hollywood, America, and Me
by:
Tom Santopietro
3.83 avg rating — 103 ratings 91. 
The Self Preservation Society: 50 years of The Italian Job
by:
Matthew Field
it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 4 ratings 
91. 
No Crying in Baseball: The Inside Story of A League of Their Own: Big Stars, Dugout Drama, and a Home Run for Hollywood
by:
Erin Carlson
3.67 avg rating — 944 ratings 
95. 
Wes Craven's Last House on the Left: The Making of a Cult Classic
by:
David A. Szulkin
4.13 avg rating — 75 ratings 95. 
97. 
Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy--The Making of Wes Craven's A Nightmare on Elm Street
by:
Thommy Hutson
4.24 avg rating — 190 ratings 
97. 
West Side Story: The Jets, the Sharks, and the Making of a Classic
by:
Richard Barrios
4.19 avg rating — 144 ratings 100. 
Making Tootsie: Inside the Classic Film with Dustin Hoffman and Sydney Pollack
by:
Susan Dworkin
3.90 avg rating — 79 ratings