Everyone loves lists of best movies. This book not only lists what the author considers the best 400 films ever made, but examines his selection in the light of other nominations. However, this book contains much more than just a list of great movies. In addition to his listing of the best 400, the author examines a number of those pictures in detail: "The Third Man" for example, and "The Shepherd of the Hills". "The General", "Gilda", "Tales of Manhattan", "The Big Clock", "Anna Karenina", "Adventures of Sherlock Holmes", "China Seas", "Duck Soup", the entire "Thin Man" series, "The Citadel", "Cat People", "Cardinal Richelieu", "Are Parents People?", "I Found Stella Parrish", "Hips, Hips, Hooray", "I Remember Mama", "Three Godfathers". "Special Agent", "Spite Marriage", "The 13th Guest", "I Walk Alone", "Love on the Run", "Oil for the Lamps of China", "Odor in the Court", "Tower of London", "The Uninvited", "Another Fine Mess", "Hold That Co-Ed", "The Old Dark House", "Our Hospitality", "The Last of Mrs Cheyney", "Paris Interlude", "Parachute Jumper", "The Purchase Price", "The Trouble with Harry", "Lisbon", and "Rose of Washington Square". There are many more in the book itself. Of course not all old movies are golden oldies. Four or five clunkers are sprinkled through the book: films like "Two Guys from Milwaukee", "British Intelligence", and "Thunder over Texas", not to mention the author's nominee for worst western "B" movie of all time.
