Books ABOUT Movies

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Hitchcock/Truffaut
Hitchcock/Truffaut 4.48 avg rating — 9,065 ratings
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Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex-Drugs-and-Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood
Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex-Drugs-and-Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood 4.14 avg rating — 9,250 ratings
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Pictures at a Revolution: Five Movies and the Birth of the New Hollywood
Pictures at a Revolution: Five Movies and the Birth of the New Hollywood 4.26 avg rating — 4,736 ratings
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Rebel Without a Crew, or How a 23-Year-Old Filmmaker with $7,000 Became a Hollywood Player
Rebel Without a Crew, or How a 23-Year-Old Filmmaker with $7,000 Became a Hollywood Player 4.18 avg rating — 5,311 ratings
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The Great Movies
The Great Movies 4.26 avg rating — 2,572 ratings
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If Chins Could Kill: Confessions of a B Movie Actor
If Chins Could Kill: Confessions of a B Movie Actor 3.95 avg rating — 18,643 ratings
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Adventures in the Screen Trade: A Personal View of Hollywood and Screenwriting
Adventures in the Screen Trade: A Personal View of Hollywood and Screenwriting 4.12 avg rating — 8,200 ratings
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You Couldn't Ignore Me If You Tried: The Brat Pack, John Hughes, and Their Impact on a Generation
You Couldn't Ignore Me If You Tried: The Brat Pack, John Hughes, and Their Impact on a Generation 3.86 avg rating — 2,571 ratings
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Making Movies
Making Movies 4.29 avg rating — 9,512 ratings
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1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die
1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die 4.05 avg rating — 3,268 ratings
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The Disaster Artist: My Life Inside The Room, the Greatest Bad Movie Ever Made
The Disaster Artist: My Life Inside The Room, the Greatest Bad Movie Ever Made 4.29 avg rating — 34,391 ratings
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Cut!: Hollywood Murders, Accidents, And Other Tragedies
Cut!: Hollywood Murders, Accidents, And Other Tragedies 3.86 avg rating — 194 ratings
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The Satanic Screen: An Illustrated Guide to the Devil in Cinema
The Satanic Screen: An Illustrated Guide to the Devil in Cinema 4.16 avg rating — 124 ratings
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Coreyography
Coreyography 3.88 avg rating — 6,860 ratings
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Something Like an Autobiography
Something Like an Autobiography 4.13 avg rating — 4,407 ratings
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Your Movie Sucks
Your Movie Sucks 3.88 avg rating — 1,636 ratings
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Down and Dirty Pictures: Miramax, Sundance, and the Rise of Independent Film
Down and Dirty Pictures: Miramax, Sundance, and the Rise of Independent Film 3.81 avg rating — 3,549 ratings
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The Jaws Log
The Jaws Log 4.22 avg rating — 2,090 ratings
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The Great Movies II
The Great Movies II 4.29 avg rating — 1,002 ratings
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Conversations with Wilder
Conversations with Wilder 4.29 avg rating — 1,255 ratings
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Sunset Boulevard
Sunset Boulevard 4.25 avg rating — 358 ratings
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All I Need to Know about Filmmaking I Learned from The Toxic Avenger
All I Need to Know about Filmmaking I Learned from The Toxic Avenger 4.22 avg rating — 516 ratings
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I Hated, Hated, Hated This Movie
I Hated, Hated, Hated This Movie 3.91 avg rating — 1,333 ratings
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Me: Stories of My Life
Me: Stories of My Life 3.81 avg rating — 15,987 ratings
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The Best Old Movies for Families: A Guide to Watching Together
The Best Old Movies for Families: A Guide to Watching Together
by: Ty Burr
4.09 avg rating — 179 ratings
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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
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Hollywood
Hollywood 3.81 avg rating — 27,012 ratings
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James Cameron's Titanic
James Cameron's Titanic 4.37 avg rating — 4,917 ratings
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Which Lie Did I Tell?: More Adventures in the Screen Trade
Which Lie Did I Tell?: More Adventures in the Screen Trade 4.02 avg rating — 2,780 ratings
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Memo from David O. Selznick
Memo from David O. Selznick 4.13 avg rating — 240 ratings
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Silent Echoes: Discovering Early Hollywood Through the Films of Buster Keaton
Silent Echoes: Discovering Early Hollywood Through the Films of Buster Keaton 4.60 avg rating — 88 ratings
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The Parade's Gone By...
The Parade's Gone By... 4.38 avg rating — 740 ratings
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Hitchcock's Films Revisited
Hitchcock's Films Revisited 4.21 avg rating — 296 ratings
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As You Wish: Inconceivable Tales from the Making of The Princess Bride
As You Wish: Inconceivable Tales from the Making of The Princess Bride 4.18 avg rating — 73,022 ratings
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All About All About Eve: The Complete Behind-the-Scenes Story of the Bitchiest Film Ever Made!
All About All About Eve: The Complete Behind-the-Scenes Story of the Bitchiest Film Ever Made! 3.87 avg rating — 704 ratings
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Popcorn Venus
Popcorn Venus 3.94 avg rating — 63 ratings
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My Last Sigh: The Autobiography of Luis Bunuel
My Last Sigh: The Autobiography of Luis Bunuel 4.31 avg rating — 3,731 ratings
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The Kid Stays in the Picture
The Kid Stays in the Picture 3.97 avg rating — 5,093 ratings
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"Have You Seen...?": A Personal Introduction to 1,000 Films
"Have You Seen...?": A Personal Introduction to 1,000 Films 3.98 avg rating — 445 ratings
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Zombie Movies: The Ultimate Guide
Zombie Movies: The Ultimate Guide
by: Glenn Kay
3.95 avg rating — 438 ratings
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The Emperor and the Wolf: The Lives and Films of Akira Kurosawa and Toshiro Mifune
The Emperor and the Wolf: The Lives and Films of Akira Kurosawa and Toshiro Mifune 4.20 avg rating — 270 ratings
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The Stewardess Is Flying The Plane! American Films of the 1970s
The Stewardess Is Flying The Plane! American Films of the 1970s
by: Ron Hogan
3.70 avg rating — 91 ratings
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Life Itself
Life Itself 3.92 avg rating — 6,630 ratings
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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
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Casablanca: Script and Legend
Casablanca: Script and Legend 4.41 avg rating — 457 ratings
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The Films of Akira Kurosawa
The Films of Akira Kurosawa 4.31 avg rating — 543 ratings
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Dark City Dames: The Wicked Women of Film Noir
Dark City Dames: The Wicked Women of Film Noir 4.21 avg rating — 146 ratings
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Never Coming to a Theater Near You: A Celebration of a Certain Kind of Movie
Never Coming to a Theater Near You: A Celebration of a Certain Kind of Movie 3.59 avg rating — 164 ratings
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Round Up the Usual Suspects: The Making of Casablanca--Bogart, Bergman, and World War II
Round Up the Usual Suspects: The Making of Casablanca--Bogart, Bergman, and World War II 4.02 avg rating — 454 ratings
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The New Biographical Dictionary of Film: Expanded and Updated
The New Biographical Dictionary of Film: Expanded and Updated 4.23 avg rating — 713 ratings
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The Citizen Kane book
The Citizen Kane book 3.99 avg rating — 258 ratings
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Robert Mitchum: "Baby I Don't Care"
Robert Mitchum: "Baby I Don't Care" 4.11 avg rating — 772 ratings
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My Year of Flops: The A.V. Club Presents One Man's Journey Deep into the Heart of Cinematic Failure
My Year of Flops: The A.V. Club Presents One Man's Journey Deep into the Heart of Cinematic Failure 3.70 avg rating — 1,214 ratings
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Mommie Dearest
Mommie Dearest 3.67 avg rating — 11,364 ratings
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When the Lights Go Down: Film Writings, 1975-1980
When the Lights Go Down: Film Writings, 1975-1980 4.30 avg rating — 196 ratings
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Monsters in the Movies: 100 Years of Cinematic Nightmares
Monsters in the Movies: 100 Years of Cinematic Nightmares 4.20 avg rating — 925 ratings
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100 Greatest Films of Australian Cinema
100 Greatest Films of Australian Cinema liked it 3.00 avg rating — 6 ratings
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Silent Traces: Discovering Early Hollywood Through the Films of Charlie Chaplin
Silent Traces: Discovering Early Hollywood Through the Films of Charlie Chaplin 4.72 avg rating — 36 ratings
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The Director's Vision: A Concise Guide to the Art of 250 Great Filmmakers
The Director's Vision: A Concise Guide to the Art of 250 Great Filmmakers 4.16 avg rating — 50 ratings
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Woody Allen: A Biography
Woody Allen: A Biography
by: Eric Lax
3.74 avg rating — 729 ratings
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The Films in My Life
The Films in My Life 4.09 avg rating — 716 ratings
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The Dark Side of Genius: The Life of Alfred Hitchcock
The Dark Side of Genius: The Life of Alfred Hitchcock 3.87 avg rating — 1,559 ratings
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Born to Be Hurt: The Untold Story of Imitation of Life
Born to Be Hurt: The Untold Story of Imitation of Life 3.57 avg rating — 106 ratings
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Shock Value: How a Few Eccentric Outsiders Gave Us Nightmares, Conquered Hollywood, and Invented Modern Horror
Shock Value: How a Few Eccentric Outsiders Gave Us Nightmares, Conquered Hollywood, and Invented Modern Horror 3.86 avg rating — 2,604 ratings
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My Autobiography
My Autobiography 4.03 avg rating — 8,116 ratings
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The New York Times Guide to the Best 1,000 Movies Ever Made: An Indispensable Collection of Original Reviews of Box-Office Hits and Misses
The New York Times Guide to the Best 1,000 Movies Ever Made: An Indispensable Collection of Original Reviews of Box-Office Hits and Misses 3.94 avg rating — 98 ratings
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Roger Ebert's Book of Film: From Tolstoy to Tarantino, the Finest Writing From a Century of Film
Roger Ebert's Book of Film: From Tolstoy to Tarantino, the Finest Writing From a Century of Film 4.14 avg rating — 254 ratings
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The Greatest Sci-Fi Movies Never Made
The Greatest Sci-Fi Movies Never Made 3.80 avg rating — 496 ratings
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The Stanley Kubrick Archives
The Stanley Kubrick Archives 4.60 avg rating — 1,338 ratings
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Bombshell: The Life and Death of Jean Harlow
Bombshell: The Life and Death of Jean Harlow 4.10 avg rating — 1,003 ratings
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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
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Psychotronic Encyclopedia of Film
Psychotronic Encyclopedia of Film 4.57 avg rating — 510 ratings
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Past Imperfect: History According to the Movies
Past Imperfect: History According to the Movies 3.61 avg rating — 216 ratings
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Fifth Avenue, 5 A.M.: Audrey Hepburn, Breakfast at Tiffany's, and the Dawn of the Modern Woman
Fifth Avenue, 5 A.M.: Audrey Hepburn, Breakfast at Tiffany's, and the Dawn of the Modern Woman 3.70 avg rating — 7,489 ratings
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Sexual Politics & Narrative Film
Sexual Politics & Narrative Film 4.57 avg rating — 54 ratings
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Disney War
Disney War 4.11 avg rating — 8,175 ratings
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Black Narcissus: Turner Classic Movies British Film Guide
Black Narcissus: Turner Classic Movies British Film Guide 3.61 avg rating — 18 ratings
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501 Must-See Movies
501 Must-See Movies 3.80 avg rating — 346 ratings
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Who the Devil Made It: Conversations with ...
Who the Devil Made It: Conversations with ... 4.34 avg rating — 511 ratings
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Hollywood from Vietnam to Reagan
Hollywood from Vietnam to Reagan 4.28 avg rating — 204 ratings
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Hitchcock's Films
Hitchcock's Films 4.30 avg rating — 57 ratings
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Toms, Coons, Mulattoes, Mammies, and Bucks: An Interpretive History of Blacks in American Films
Toms, Coons, Mulattoes, Mammies, and Bucks: An Interpretive History of Blacks in American Films 4.22 avg rating — 416 ratings
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Shepperton Babylon : The Lost Worlds of British Cinema
Shepperton Babylon : The Lost Worlds of British Cinema 3.99 avg rating — 131 ratings
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Sculpting in Time
Sculpting in Time 4.50 avg rating — 6,302 ratings
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The Sense and Sensibility Screenplay and Diaries: Bringing Jane Austen's Novel to Film
The Sense and Sensibility Screenplay and Diaries: Bringing Jane Austen's Novel to Film 4.46 avg rating — 13,254 ratings
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From Reverence to Rape: The Treatment of Women in the Movies
From Reverence to Rape: The Treatment of Women in the Movies 3.81 avg rating — 624 ratings
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Alfred Hitchcock and the Making of Psycho
Alfred Hitchcock and the Making of Psycho 3.92 avg rating — 1,892 ratings
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John Kobal Presents the Top 100 Movies
John Kobal Presents the Top 100 Movies 3.78 avg rating — 41 ratings
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Incredibly Strange Films
Incredibly Strange Films
by: V. Vale
4.30 avg rating — 605 ratings
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The Princess Diarist
The Princess Diarist 3.70 avg rating — 88,147 ratings
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L.A. Noir: Nine Dark Visions of the City of Angels
L.A. Noir: Nine Dark Visions of the City of Angels 4.37 avg rating — 38 ratings
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Japanese Cinema: An Introduction
Japanese Cinema: An Introduction 3.36 avg rating — 59 ratings
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Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures
Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures 4.22 avg rating — 130 ratings
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M
M 3.94 avg rating — 101 ratings
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The Story of Film
The Story of Film 4.34 avg rating — 1,020 ratings
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Monty Python's Tunisian Holiday: My Life with Brian
Monty Python's Tunisian Holiday: My Life with Brian 3.31 avg rating — 222 ratings
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Silent Movies: The Birth of Film and the Triumph of Movie Culture
Silent Movies: The Birth of Film and the Triumph of Movie Culture 4.11 avg rating — 272 ratings
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Profoundly Disturbing: The Shocking Movies that Changed History
Profoundly Disturbing: The Shocking Movies that Changed History 4.17 avg rating — 410 ratings
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Pre-Code Hollywood: Sex, Immorality, and Insurrection in American Cinema; 1930-1934
Pre-Code Hollywood: Sex, Immorality, and Insurrection in American Cinema; 1930-1934 really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 222 ratings
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Francois Truffaut: The Complete Films
Francois Truffaut: The Complete Films 3.79 avg rating — 156 ratings
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