Great Movies

''The Great Movies'' is the name of several publications, both online and in print, from the film critic Roger Ebert. The object was, as Ebert put it, to "make a tour of the landmarks of the first century of cinema."

''The Great Movies'' was published as four books:

*''The Great Movies'', published in November 2003 (544 pages, Three Rivers Press, )
*''The Great Movies II'' published in February 2006 (517 pages, Three Rivers Press, )
*''The Great Movies III'', published in October 2011 (440 pages, University of Chicago Press, )
*''The Great Movies IV'', published in September 2016 (288 pages, University of Chicago Press, )

''The Great Movies''

In his first collection, Ebert lists over one hundred films.

* '' 2001: A Space Odyssey''
* ''The 400 Blows''
* '' 8 1⁄2''
* ''Aguirre, the Wrath of God''
* '' Ali: Fear Eats the Soul''
* ''All About Eve''
* ''The Apartment''
* ''Apocalypse Now''
* ''The Apu Trilogy''
* ''Battleship Potemkin''
* ''Beauty and the Beast''
* '' Belle de Jour''
* ''Bicycle Thieves''
* ''The Big Sleep''
* ''Blowup''
* ''Body Heat''
* '' Bonnie and Clyde''
* ''Bride of Frankenstein''
* '' Broken Blossoms''
* '' Casablanca''
* '' Chinatown''
* '' Citizen Kane''
* '' City Lights''
* ''Days of Heaven''
* '' The Decalogue''
* ''Detour''
* ''Do the Right Thing''
* '' Double Indemnity''
* '' Dracula''
* ''Dr. Strangelove''
* '' Duck Soup''
* ''E.T.''
* ''The Exterminating Angel''
* '' Fargo''
* ''Floating Weeds''
* '' Gates of Heaven''
* '' The General''
* ''The Godfather''
* ''Gone with the Wind''
* ''Grand Illusion''
* ''Greed''
* '' A Hard Day's Night''
* ''Hoop Dreams''
* ''Ikiru''
* ''It's a Wonderful Life''
* ''JFK''
* ''La Dolce Vita''
* ''The Lady Eve''
* ''L’Atalante''
* '' L’Avventura''
* ''Lawrence of Arabia''
* '' Le Samourai''
* '' M''
* '' The Maltese Falcon''
* ''Manhattan''
* '' McCabe & Mrs. Miller''
* ''Metropolis''
* '' Mr. Hulot's Holiday''
* '' My Darling Clementine''
* ''My Life to Live''
* '' Nashville''
* ''Network''
* '' The Night of the Hunter''
* ''Nosferatu''
* '' Notorious''
* '' On the Waterfront''
* ''Pandora's Box''
* ''The Passion of Joan of Arc''
* ''Peeping Tom''
* ''Persona''
* ''Pickpocket''
* ''Pinocchio''
* '' Psycho''
* ''Pulp Fiction''
* ''Raging Bull''
* '' Red River''
* ''Schindler's List''
* ''The Seven Samurai''
* ''The Seventh Seal''
* ''The Shawshank Redemption''
* '' The Silence of the Lambs''
* '' Singin’ in the Rain''
* '' Some Like It Hot''
* '' Star Wars''
* '' Sunset Blvd.''
* ''Sweet Smell of Success''
* ''Swing Time''
* ''Taxi Driver''
* ''The Third Man''
* '' Trouble in Paradise''
* ''Un Chien Andalou''
* '' The Up Documentaries''
* ''Vertigo''
* ''The Wild Bunch''
* ''Wings of Desire''
* '' The Wizard of Oz''
* ''Woman in the Dunes''
* ''A Woman Under the Influence''
* ''Written on the Wind''

Ultimately, Ebert recommended 364 films or film series as "Great Movies."

See also

*'' 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die'', a similar-themed book with essays from 70 different critics, released in 2003
* List of films considered the best

References

Explanatory notes

Citations

External links

The Great Movies- official listing on Roger Ebert's website

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2003 non-fiction books
American film websites
Book series introduced in 2003
Books about film
Film guides
Lists of films
Works by Roger Ebert
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Three Rivers Press books