The Great Movies

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The Great Movies is the name of several publications, both online and in print, from Roger Ebert, an American film critic and columnist for The Chicago Sun-Times. The object was, as Ebert put it, to "make a tour of the landmarks of the first century of cinema",{{cite book |last=Ebert |first= Roger|date= November 2003|title= The Great Movies |location= New York |publisher= Three Rivers Press|page= xvi |isbn=978-0767910385 }} 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}})