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The Great Movies is the name of several publications, both online and in print, fromRoger Ebert, an American film critic and columnist forThe Chicago Sun-Times. The object was, as Ebert put it, to "make a tour of the landmarks of the first century of cinema",^[1] by writing essays on films Ebert considered particularly well-made, important or influential.

The Great Movies was published as four books:

• The Great Movies, published in November 2003 (544 pages,Three Rivers Press,ISBN 978-0767910385)
• The Great Movies II published in February 2006 (517 pages, Three Rivers Press,ISBN 978-0767919869)
• The Great Movies III, published in October 2011 (440 pages,University of Chicago Press,ISBN 978-0226182094)
• The Great Movies IV, published in September 2016 (288 pages, University of Chicago Press,ISBN 978-0226403984)

• 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die, a similar-themed book with essays from 70 different critics, released in 2003
• List of films considered the best

• The Great Movies- official listing on Roger Ebert's website

• 2003 non-fiction books
• American film websites
• Book series introduced in 2003
• Books about film
• Film guides
• Lists of films
• Works by Roger Ebert
• Roger Ebert
• Three Rivers Press books

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