501 Must-see Movies

by Ronald Bergan, Ann Lloyd, Chris Darke, et al.

Book Overview

So you call yourself a movie buff? Then here's a premiere you don't want to miss 501 Must-See Movies brings you more than a century of film history, from respected film critics and historians. Grab... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0753712067
• ISBN13: 9780753712061
• Release Date: January 2004
• Publisher: Bounty Books
• Length: 544 Pages
• Weight: 3.33 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 7.4" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

I love this book

I may not agree that all the movies in this book are MUST SEE but the book itself is a must have for any movie buff!

Interesting and entertaining

At over 500 pages long this is a fine book which you could quite easily read from cover to cover or dip in and out of when you want to decide whether a watch a particular film or not. The book divides the films into 10 categories: Action/Adventure Comedy Drama Horror Musical Romance Science Fiction & Fantasy Mystery & Thriller War Western There is a page (a few have 2) for each film, normally with a photograph as well, and they are in chronological order within category. You certainly won't agree with all the selections but most of the films are either potential or acknowledged classics. The writers generally present easy to read assessments of each film, and only on the odd occasion do there reviews drift towards the highbrow. This is a much nicer volume to own than say a Halliwells film guide as the reviews are longer and better to read and the quality of the printing/paper is of an equally high standard.

One-Stop Shopping Guide to the Flicks!

Here is yet another entry in the best/essential/great/must-see films book category. In this case, it's a nicely illustrated, wide-ranging, 540+ pages-long British import highlighting great movies of the past 90 years. Most of the "usual suspects" are here along with some more recent "kids on the block" (i.e., Gone with the Wind, Phantom of the Opera, Fargo, The Searchers, The Odd Couple, Forbidden Planet, Meet the Parents, North by Northwest, The Mummy, Mister Roberts, Fish Called Wanda, Love Story, Aliens, South Pacific, Pulp Fiction, Little Big Man, etc.) and some foreign-language titles from France, Hong Kong and Russia as well. Divided into ten categories such as Action/Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Horror and Musical, each film gets one - sometimes two - pages and one or more photographs. Books like this are useful and entertaining to novice and experienced film fans alike. Chock full of facts, figures, history and opinion, 501 MUST-SEE MOVIES is a treat - and a steal at $5.00!