Great Movies: 100 Years of Cinema

by Andrew Heritage

This photo-filled reference guide covers 100 of the greatest films ever made from 10 thrillers, romance, musicals, comedies, historical, action, war, family, fantasty, and drama. With breakout features on niche genres (such as Westerns and film noir), this book is the perfect gift for any movie buff. Over 600 original movie stills and engaging, informative text are included in this fascinating guide to 100 brilliant films. Film buffs love lists, and Great Movies, 100 Years of Film offers in-depth reviews of 100 of the best and most influential films, as well as recommendations for over a thousand more. Illustrated with over 600 images this book covers just about every genre including; comedy, action, romance, musicals, drama, fantasy and more. Whether you love Asian cinema, historical dramas, film noir or musicals, you ll find it here along with wonderful photos, anecdotes, and little known facts about all your favorite movies, actors, directors and producers And this paragraph had at least 4 lists in it... Reviews over 100 movies & recommends more than 1000. Illustrated with more than 600 images including photographs, stills, and posters. Genres Comedy, Action & Adventure, Romance & Melodrama, Musicals, Thrillers & Crime, Historical, War, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi & Horror, and Drama.

Genres: Nonfiction, Film

320 pages, Hardcover

First published May 1, 2012

Reviews

[James Gilbert · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a book I've had for a few years now and its such interesting one to come back to from time to time.

This style of book is mainly targeted to fans of film, which luckily im a big film fan. This book covers many of my all time favourite movies like The Lord Of The Rings, Indiana Jones, Star Wars, James Bond, The Adventures Of Robin Hood and many more.

I'd recommend for anyone interested in movies ☺🍻🍿

[Linda · Rating 3 out of 5]

A book about movies through the ages. Everything from movies such as Psycho and The Godfather to Star Wars and The Matrix. There are facts about the productions, but there could have been more information about how the movies were made and the purpose of them.

[Andy Hickman · Rating 5 out of 5]

“Great Movies: 100 Years of Cinema” by Andrew Heritage
Fantastic collection of film descriptions from a broad range of genre and nationality.
Over 300 pages of photos and information. Wonderful resource. *****

[Lottie · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5

[Steven · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great for coffee table

[Don LaFountaine · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was an enjoyable book, though it's audience is a limited one in that the people who will best enjoy the book are the ones like myself that are movie fanatics.

Basically, the book is a compilation of the best movies that have even been made, (though it is admittedly dated as it was published in 2012). The movies span from silent movies all the way through today's computer generated movies. Each chapter is broken down into genres and discusses what Heritage Editorial deemed to be the top ten moves in each genre, with a number of "honorable mentions" of similar movies on each page. For instance, Chapter 4 is Musicals, and one of the top ten listed is "The Sound Of Music". The honorable mentions on the page, titled Musical Biopics, were: "Yankee Doodle Dandy", "The Glenn Miller Story", "Coal Miner's Daughter", "Ray", and "Walk The Line".

This is the type of book that seems designed to start arguments and discussions. Not everyone will agree with what the top 100 movies are, and that is one of the things that helps to make this book endearing. I would recommend it to anyone who loves movies, especially to those who are very avid movie buffs.

[Martina · Rating 3 out of 5]

FINALLY done with this one. It was so incredibly slow at times and I'm just happy that it's over. I don't really know how I felt about this one because in the end I was just so tired of it. It was pretty interesting though, if you're a fan of movies(especially ones that were made before the 70's) of most genres you would probably like this.

[Tabea · Rating 5 out of 5]

perfect for people who love movies :)