List Challenges
Movies Books Travel Food Other
Trending
New
Popular
Sign In
 Make a List Browse Lists Search Lists Leaders Help / Contact Newsletter

The 100 Best Movie Books of All Time - Hollywood Reporter (Part 1)

Part one of a thorough - albeit rather American-heavy - list of essential books and biographies.
List counts down for 100 to 50.
Read More
83 users · 1,050 views
 
made by Richard Luck
avg. score: 2 of 54 (4%)
required scores: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 
type to search

How many have you seen?

Page 1 of 2
Transcendental Style in Film (Paul Schrader)
Transcendental Style in Film
1
Paul Schrader
Haywire (Brooke Hayward)
Haywire
2
Brooke Hayward
Film as a Subversive Art (Amos Vogel)
Film as a Subversive Art
3
Amos Vogel
Wishful Drinking (Carrie Fisher)
Wishful Drinking
4
Carrie Fisher
Walt Disney: The Triumph of the American Imagination (Neal Gabler)
Walt Disney: The Triumph of the American Imagination
5
Neal Gabler
Negative Space (B.R. Yeager)
Negative Space
6
B.R. Yeager
The Moons a Balloon (David Niven)
The Moons a Balloon
7
David Niven
A Killer Life: How an Independent Film Producer Survives Deals and Disasters in Hollywood and Beyond (Christine Vachon)
A Killer Life: How an Independent Film Producer Survives Deals and Disasters in Hollywood and Beyond
8
Christine Vachon
The Friedkin Connection (William Friedkin)
The Friedkin Connection
9
William Friedkin
David O. Selznick's Hollywood (Ron Haver)
David O. Selznick's Hollywood
10
Ron Haver
Dark City: The Lost World of Film Noir (Eddie Muller)
Dark City: The Lost World of Film Noir
11
Eddie Muller
Catch and Kill (Ronan Farrow)
Catch and Kill
12
Ronan Farrow
Cassavetes on Cassavetes (John Cassavetes)
Cassavetes on Cassavetes
13
John Cassavetes
The Star Machine (Jeanine Basinger)
The Star Machine
14
Jeanine Basinger
The Making of the Wizard of Oz (Aljean Harmetz)
The Making of the Wizard of Oz
15
Aljean Harmetz
The Conversations (Michael Ondaatje)
The Conversations
16
Michael Ondaatje
Conversations With the Great Moviemakers of Hollywood's Golden Age at the American Film Institute (George Stevens, Jr.)
Conversations With the Great Moviemakers of Hollywood's Golden Age at the American Film Institute
17
George Stevens, Jr.
By Myself and Then Some (Lauren Bacall)
By Myself and Then Some
18
Lauren Bacall
Valley of the Dolls (Jacqueline Susann)
Valley of the Dolls
19
Jacqueline Susann
Spike Lee's Gotta Have It: Inside Guerrilla Filmmaking (Spike Lee)
Spike Lee's Gotta Have It: Inside Guerrilla Filmmaking
20
Spike Lee
Powerhouse (James Andrew Miller)
Powerhouse
21
James Andrew Miller
My Lunches With Orson (Peter Biskind)
My Lunches With Orson
22
Peter Biskind
Montgomery Clift (Patricia Bosworth)
Montgomery Clift
23
Patricia Bosworth
Hollywood: The Oral History (Jeanine Basinger)
Hollywood: The Oral History
24
Jeanine Basinger
Hawks on Hawks (Joseph McBride)
Hawks on Hawks
25
Joseph McBride
Scorsese on Scorsese (Ian Christie)
Scorsese on Scorsese
26
Ian Christie
Rebel Without a Crew
Rebel Without a Crew
27
Mommie Dearest (Christina Crawford)
Mommie Dearest
28
Christina Crawford
A Life in Movies (Michael Powell)
A Life in Movies
29
Michael Powell
George Hurrell's Hollywood: Glamour Portraits, 1925-1992 (Mark a Viera)
George Hurrell's Hollywood: Glamour Portraits, 1925-1992
30
Mark a Viera
5001 Nights at the Movies (Pauline Kael)
5001 Nights at the Movies
31
Pauline Kael
85 Years of the Oscar: The Official History of the Academy Awards (Robert Osborne)
85 Years of the Oscar: The Official History of the Academy Awards
32
Robert Osborne
Spike, Mike, Slackers & Dykes: A Guided Tour Across a Decade of American Independent Cinema (John Pierson)
Spike, Mike, Slackers & Dykes: A Guided Tour Across a Decade of American Independent Cinema
33
John Pierson
Shock Value: A Tasteful Book About Bad Taste (John Waters)
Shock Value: A Tasteful Book About Bad Taste
34
John Waters
Film Form: Essays in Film Theory (Sergei Eisenstein)
Film Form: Essays in Film Theory
35
Sergei Eisenstein
Story (Robert McKee)
Story
36
Robert McKee
The Great Movies (Roger Ebert)
The Great Movies
37
Roger Ebert
The Great Movies II (Roger Ebert)
The Great Movies II
38
Roger Ebert
The Great Movies III (Roger Ebert)
The Great Movies III
39
Roger Ebert
The Great Movies IV (Roger Ebert)
The Great Movies IV
40
Roger Ebert
Page 1 of 2
Click books you've read
Lists Similar to 'The 100 Best Movie Books of All Time - Hollywood Reporter (Part 1)'
The 100 Best Movie Books of All Time - Hollywood Reporter (Part 2)
The 100 Best Movie Books of All Time - Hollywood Reporter (Part 2)
79
49
The Hollywood Reporter's Superhero Comics: The 100 Best Runs You Must Read
The Hollywood Reporter's Superhero Comics: The 100 Best Runs You Must Read
438
100
Book Reporter Best Books of 2018
Book Reporter Best Books of 2018
201
118
Book Reporter Best Books of 2019
Book Reporter Best Books of 2019
199
120
Book Reporter Best Books of 2012
Book Reporter Best Books of 2012
189
95
Book Reporter Best Books of 2011
Book Reporter Best Books of 2011
184
113
Book Reporter Best Books of 2014
Book Reporter Best Books of 2014
179
130
Book Reporter Best Books of 2015
Book Reporter Best Books of 2015
176
137
Book Reporter's Best Books of 2022
Book Reporter's Best Books of 2022
175
157
Book Reporter Best Books of 2017
Book Reporter Best Books of 2017
173
105
Book Reporter Best Books of 2013
Book Reporter Best Books of 2013
172
109
Book Reporter Best Books of 2016
Book Reporter Best Books of 2016
169
107
Book Reporter Best Books of 2020
Book Reporter Best Books of 2020
136
105
Book Reporter's Best Books of 2021
Book Reporter's Best Books of 2021
125
146
Book Reporter's Best Books of 2023
Book Reporter's Best Books of 2023
69
148
Book Reporter's Best Books of 2024
Book Reporter's Best Books of 2024
47
158
Hollywood Education: Books on Hollywood I've Read
Hollywood Education: Books on Hollywood I've Read
57
30
Time Magazine's 100 Best Children's Books of All Time
Time Magazine's 100 Best Children's Books of All Time
7,679
100
Time Magazine the 100 Best Young Adult Books of All Time
Time Magazine the 100 Best Young Adult Books of All Time
6,436
100
Time's 100 Best Young Adult Books of All Time
Time's 100 Best Young Adult Books of All Time
2,611
100
Time's 100 Best Fantasy Books of All Time
Time's 100 Best Fantasy Books of All Time
2,305
100
Time's List of "The 100 Best Children's Books of All Time"
Time's List of "The 100 Best Children's Books of All Time"
1,662
100
Time's 100 Best YA Books of All Time
Time's 100 Best YA Books of All Time
1,443
100
Time Magazine's 100 Best Mystery and Thriller Books of All Time
Time Magazine's 100 Best Mystery and Thriller Books of All Time
1,213
100
Litsy: Time Magazine's 100 Best Mystery and Thriller Books of All Time
Litsy: Time Magazine's 100 Best Mystery and Thriller Books of All Time
1,016
100
Vicki Weldon's Rerank of Time Magazine the 100 Best Young Adult Books of All Time
Vicki Weldon's Rerank of Time Magazine the 100 Best Young Adult Books of All Time
684
100
It's About Time: Best Time Travel Books
It's About Time: Best Time Travel Books
339
42
The Best of the Best Books of All Time
The Best of the Best Books of All Time
2,703
75
The Best Novels of All Time in the English Language Part A
The Best Novels of All Time in the English Language Part A
634
280
The Best Novels of All Time in the English Language Part B
The Best Novels of All Time in the English Language Part B
471
291
All Similar Lists
Newsletter · Help/Contact · Privacy · Copyright Claim   © 2025 App Spring, Inc. · This product uses the TMDb API but is not endorsed or certified by TMDb.
Seen It - Movies & TV 
Android & iOS
Seen It is a new app from the creators of List Challenges. You can view movies and shows in one place and filter by streaming provider, genre, release year, runtime, and rating (Rotten Tomatoes, Imdb, and/or Metacritic). Also, you can track what you've seen, want to see, like, or dislike, as well as track individual seasons or episodes of shows. In addition, you can see the most watched/liked stuff amongst your friends. Learn more at SEENIT.FUN