 The cover of the 2003 edition, with stills from Blade Runner, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Bride of Frankenstein, and more | |
| Author | Steven Jay Schneider, general editor |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Series | Quintessence Editions, The 1001 Before You Die series |
| Subject | Film |
| Genre | Non-fiction |
| Published | 13 November 2003 (Cassell Illustrated) |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
| Media type | Print (Hardcover) |
| Pages | 960 (1st edition) |
| ISBN | 978-1-84403-044-6 |
| OCLC | 223768961 |
| LC Class | PN1998 .A16 2003 |
1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die is a film reference book edited by Steven Jay Schneider with original essays on each film contributed by over 70 film critics. It is a part of a series designed and produced by Quintessence Editions, a London-based company, and published in English-language versions by Cassell Illustrated (UK), ABC Books (the publishing division of Australian Broadcasting Corporation), and Barron's (US). The first edition was published in 2003. The most recent edition was published on 14 December 2021. Contributors include Adrian Martin, Jonathan Rosenbaum, Richard Peña, David Stratton, and Margaret Pomeranz.
Each title is accompanied by a brief synopsis and critique, some with photographs. Presented chronologically, the 14th edition begins with Georges Méliès' A Trip to the Moon from 1902 and ends in 2020 with Chloé Zhao's Nomadland.
The book has been popular in Australia, where it was the seventh best-selling book in the country for a week in April 2004[1] and was promoted alongside the presentation of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's My Favourite Film special.[2]
The book has also been translated and published in different language editions, among them German, French, Swedish, Hungarian, Danish, Turkish, Spanish and Portuguese.
- ^ "Best sellers". The Sunday Telegraph. 18 April 2004. Archived from the original on 10 October 2007. Retrieved 16 July 2007.
- ^ My Favourite Film Archived 2007-09-14 at the Wayback Machine, Australian Broadcasting Corporation