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    • Five Movies and the Birth of the New Hollywood
    • By: Mark Harris
    • Narrated by: Lloyd James
    • Length: 17 hrs and 19 mins
    • Release date: 03-19-08
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 612 ratings
    • Here is the epic drama behind the making of five movies nominated for Best Picture in 1967, and through them, the story of the cultural revolution that transformed Hollywood and America forever....

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    • How 1999 Blew Up the Big Screen
    • By: Brian Raftery
    • Narrated by: George Newbern
    • Length: 10 hrs and 55 mins
    • Release date: 04-16-19
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 535 ratings
    • From a veteran culture writer and modern movie expert, a celebration and analysis of the movies of 1999 - arguably the most groundbreaking year in American cinematic history....

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    • Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Sixteen Candles, Revenge of the Nerds, The Karate Kid, The Breakfast Club, Dead Poets Society, and Everything in Between
    • By: James King
    • Narrated by: Mike Cooper
    • Length: 15 hrs and 28 mins
    • Release date: 02-22-22
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 25 ratings
    • The Ultimate History of the '80s Teen Movie goes behind the scenes of a genre where cult hits mingled with studio blockbusters, where giants like Spielberg and Coppola rubbed shoulders with baby-faced first-timers, and where future superstars got their big break....

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    • Confessions of a B Movie Actor
    • By: Bruce Campbell
    • Narrated by: Bruce Campbell
    • Length: 10 hrs and 3 mins
    • Release date: 03-17-14
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 4,058 ratings
    • Life is full of choices. Right now, yours is whether or not to buy the autobiography of a mid-grade, kind of hammy actor....

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    • The Collapse of the Studio System, the Thrill of Cinerama, and the Invasion of the Ultimate Body Snatcher—Television
    • By: Foster Hirsch
    • Narrated by: Foster Hirsch
    • Length: 36 hrs and 2 mins
    • Release date: 10-10-23
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 20 ratings
    • A fascinating look at Hollywood’s most turbulent decade and the demise of the studio system—set against the boom of the post-WW II years, the Cold War, and the atomic age—and the movies that reflected the seismic shifts....

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    • Gender in the Modern Horror Film
    • By: Carol J. Clover
    • Narrated by: Eva Wilhelm
    • Length: 10 hrs and 7 mins
    • Release date: 06-22-21
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 80 ratings
    • From its first publication in 1992, Men, Women, and Chain Saws has offered a groundbreaking perspective on the creativity and influence of horror cinema since the mid-1970s....

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    • An Essay
    • By: James Baldwin
    • Narrated by: Dion Graham
    • Length: 3 hrs and 41 mins
    • Release date: 08-08-17
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 150 ratings
    • Baldwin's personal reflections on movies gathered here in a book-length essay are also a probing appraisal of American racial politics....

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    • How Kung Fu Movies Swept America and Changed the World
    • By: Chris Poggiali, Grady Hendrix
    • Narrated by: Grady Hendrix
    • Length: 7 hrs and 26 mins
    • Release date: 09-15-21
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 38 ratings
    • When a major Hollywood studio released Five Fingers of Death to thrill-seeking Times Square moviegoers on March 21, 1973, only a handful of Black and Asian American audience members knew the difference between an Iron Fist and an Eagle's Claw....

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    • My Life inside 'The Room', the Greatest Bad Movie Ever Made
    • By: Greg Sestero, Tom Bissell
    • Narrated by: Greg Sestero
    • Length: 11 hrs and 38 mins
    • Release date: 05-19-14
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 8,845 ratings
    • The Disaster Artist is Greg Sestero's laugh-out-loud funny account of how Tommy Wiseau defied every law of artistry, business, and friendship to make "the Citizen Kane of bad movies"....

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    • Lessons from a Life of Watching Women in Movies
    • By: Alicia Malone
    • Narrated by: Brigid Lohrey
    • Length: 6 hrs and 45 mins
    • Release date: 03-29-22
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 14 ratings
    • With humor and honesty, Girls on Film looks at the good, the bad, and the unfairly written women in film....

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    • By: Cormac McCarthy
    • Narrated by: Tom Stechschulte
    • Length: 7 hrs and 29 mins
    • Release date: 07-22-05
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 14,729 ratings
    • Cormac McCarthy, best-selling author of National Book Award winner All the Pretty Horses, delivers his first new novel in seven years....

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    • A Complete Guide to the Decade’s Scariest and Most Influential Films
    • By: The Practical Atlas
    • Narrated by: Virtual Voice
    • Length: 1 hr and 19 mins
    • Release date: 06-03-25
    • Language: English
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    • Essential 1970s Horror Movies: A Complete Guide to the Decade’s Scariest and Most Influential Films is your ultimate journey into the golden age ...

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    • The Mystery Surrounding the Orville Nix Home Movie of November 22, 1963
    • By: Gayle Nix Jackson
    • Narrated by: Lydia Mackay
    • Length: 7 hrs and 41 mins
    • Release date: 07-25-16
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 153 ratings
    • This book does not attempt to answer the question of who killed John F. Kennedy; instead it addresses why we should question the actions of those involved and why the truth was withheld….

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    • By: Shea Serrano
    • Narrated by: Mario Toscano
    • Series: (And Other Things)
    • Length: 11 hrs and 7 mins
    • Release date: 10-08-19
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 152 ratings
    • Number one New York Times best-selling author Shea Serrano is back, and his new book, Movies (And Other Things), combines the fury of a John Wick shootout, the sly brilliance of Regina George holding court at a cafeteria table, and the sheer power of a Denzel monologue....

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    • From Cult Classics to Modern Horror Icons
    • By: The Practical Atlas
    • Narrated by: Virtual Voice
    • Length: 55 mins
    • Release date: 05-18-25
    • Language: English
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    • The History of Slasher Films: From Cult Classics to Modern Horror Icons is your ultimate guide to one of cinema’s most enduring—and thrilling...

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    • By: Roger Ebert
    • Narrated by: Jonathan Todd Ross
    • Series: The Great Movies
    • Length: 33 hrs and 13 mins
    • Release date: 06-17-25
    • Language: English
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    • America’s most trusted and best-known film critic Roger Ebert presents two hundred brilliant essays on some of the best movies ever made in this two-book collection containing THE GREAT MOVIES and THE GREAT MOVIES II.

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