Film Books
Academy Museum Store Books
Film History, The Art of Film, Filmmaking, Biographies, Movie Screenplays and Artist Signed Books
Browse our vast selection of cinema books on the history of film, film making, screenplays from your favorite movies, as well as signed and limited edition books to add to your home library. Also take home a copy of the museum's gallery exhibition catalogues including Hayao Miyazaki, Spike Lee, Agnes Varda, and many more. Explore the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, the premier destination for film enthusiasts and the largest U.S. museum dedicated to filmmaking.
NOIR BAR: COCKTAILS INSPIRED BY THE WORLD OF FILM NOIR
Eddie Muller's Noir Bar: Cocktails Inspired by the World of Film Noir (Turner Classic Movies) Hardcover – May 23, 2023 by Eddie Muller (Author) CORPSE REVIVER NO. 2 INSPIRED BY 1946’S DECOYA Corpse Reviver is the obvious choice to accompany...
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NORA EPHRON AT THE MOVIES
Nora Ephron at the Movies: A Visual Celebration of the Writer and Director Behind When Harry Met Sally, You've Got Mail, Sleepless in Seattle, and More Hardcover – October 29, 2024 by Ilana Kaplan (Author), Jason Diamond (Foreword) The first...
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NORTH BY NORTHWEST FLIPBOOK
North by Northwest (Hitchcock) Flipbook You know it could only be one scene: A dashing (and we mean dashing!) Cary Grant sprints through a corn field as a mysterious crop duster swoops down and sprays machine gun fire at our...
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NOT YOUR CHINA DOLL: THE WILD AND SHIMMERING LIFE OF ANNA MAY WONG
Not Your China Doll: The Wild and Shimmering Life of Anna May Wong Hardcover – March 12, 2024 by Katie Gee Salisbury (Author) Before Constance Wu, Sandra Oh, Awkwafina, or Lucy Liu, there was Anna May Wong. In her time,...
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NOTES ON THE CINEMATOGRAPH
Notes on the Cinematograph (New York Review Books Classics) Paperback – November 15, 2016 by Robert Bresson (Author), Jonathan Griffin (Translator), J.M.G. Le Clézio (Introduction) The French film director Robert Bresson was one of the great artists of the twentieth...
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NOUVELLES FEMMES: MODERN WOMEN OF THE FRENCH NEW WAVE AND THEIR ENDURING CONTRIBUTION TO CINEMA
Nouvelles Femmes: Modern Women of the French New Wave and Their Enduring Contribution to Cinema Hardcover – June 3, 2025 by Ericka Knudson (Author) Celebrate the iconic female actors and filmmakers of the French New Wave with a compelling examination...
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ON KUBRICK
On Kubrick: Revised Edition 2nd Edition by James Naremore (Author) In a comprehensively revised and updated new edition, James Naremore provides an illuminating critical account of the films of Stanley Kubrick, from his earliest feature, Fear and Desire (1953), to...
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ON THE DANCE FLOOR: SPINNING OUT ON SCREEN
On The Dance Floor: Spinning Out on Screen “There’s something special about a dance floor. It’s like a way to take yourself off this planet.” — Cher. Meet us On The Dance Floor, new visual and literary compendium of nightclub revelries...
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OPPENHEIMER THE SCREENPLAY
Oppenheimer: The Official Screenplay Paperback – August 1, 2023 by Christopher Nolan (Author) The complete screenplay of Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer.Oppenheimer centers on the life of the "father of the atomic bomb." Based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning book American Prometheus by...
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OSCAR WARS: A HISTORY OF HOLLYWOOD IN GOLD, SWEAT, AND TEARS
Oscar Wars: A History of Hollywood in Gold, Sweat, and Tears Hardcover – February 21, 2023 by Michael Schulman (Author) The author of the New York Times bestseller Her Again: Becoming Meryl Streep returns with a lively history of the...
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OUT OF THE INKWELL: MAX FLEISCHER AND THE ANIMATION REVOLUTION
Out of the Inkwell: Max Fleischer and the Animation Revolution Paperback – Illustrated, September 2, 2011 by Richard Fleischer (Author) Max Fleischer (1883–1972) was for years considered Walt Disney's only real rival in the world of cartoon animation. The...
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OUT OF THE SHADOWS: HOW LOTTE REINIGER MADE THE FIRST ANIMATED FAIRYTALE MOVIE
Out of the Shadows: How Lotte Reiniger Made the First Animated Fairytale Movie Hardcover – Picture Book, February 8, 2022 by Fiona Robinson (Author) Out of the Shadows is an innovative picture book biography about an unsung hero of early...
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PAGEBOY:A MEMOIR
Pageboy: A Memoir Hardcover – June 6, 2023 by Elliot Page (Author) Full of intimate stories, from chasing down secret love affairs to battling body image and struggling with familial strife, Pageboy is a love letter to the power of...
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PALACE COSTUME: INSIDE HOLLYWOODS BEST KEPT FASHION SECRET
Palace Costume: Inside Hollywood’s Best Kept Fashion Secret Hardcover – September 10, 2024 by Mimi Haddon (Author) Palace Costume is a behind-the-scenes glimpse into Palace Costume & Prop Co., an exclusive Los Angeles film-industry haven of dresses, gowns, garments, accessories,...
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PAPERBACK BEST PICK: A JOURNEY THROUGH FILM HISTORY AND THE ACADEMY AWARDS
Best Pick: A Journey through Film History and the Academy Awards Paperback – February 18, 2025 by John Dorney (Author), Jessica Regan (Author), Tom Salinsky (Author), Helen O'Hara (Foreword) A fascinating history of motion pictures through the lens of the...
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PARAMOUNT STUDIOS: 1940-2000
The fascinating tale of Hollywood powerhouse Paramount Pictures--beginning with its birth in the 1910s through the turbulent decade of the 1930s--was told in Early Paramount Studios by Marc Wanamaker, Michael Christaldi, and E.J. Stephens. Now the same authors are back...
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PARAMOUNT: CITY OF DREAMS
Paramount: City of Dreams Paperback – February 20, 2020 by Steven Bingen (Author) Paramount: City of Dreams brings to life the operations of the world’s grandest movie lot as never before by opening its famous gates and revealing – for...
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PARASITE: A GRAPHIC NOVEL IN STORYBOARDS
Parasite: A Graphic Novel in Storyboards Hardcover – May 19, 2020 by Bong Joon Ho (Author) Discover the illustrations that inspired the historic, OSCAR®-winning film's every shot in this graphic novel drawn by Director Bong Joon Ho himself. So metaphorical:...
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PARASITE: ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY + STORYBOARD BOOK SET
PARASITE : Original Screenplay + Storyboard * This book is entirely in Korean. Release date: 24th September 2019 Page : 448p Combination Pack: Original Screenplay + Storyboard PARASITE: The Screenplay and The Storyboard Book (2 Books) The 72nd Cannes Film...
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PARIS IS BURNING: A QUEER FILM CLASSIC
Paris Is Burning: A Queer Film Classic (Queer Film Classics) Paperback – February 27, 2014 by Lucas Hilderbrand (Author) This latest addition to the Queer Film Classics series pays tribute to Paris Is Burning, Jennie Livingston's brilliant and award-winning 1991...
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PAST LIVES SCREENPLAY BOOK
Past Lives Screenplay Book Celine Song A24 The Past Lives Screenplay Book includes an introduction by playwright Lynn Nottage, essays by writers Sloane Crosley and Doreen St. Félix, and a conversation between Celine Song and philosopher Andrew H. Miller. Embossed...
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PAUL THOMAS ANDERSON: MASTERWORKS
Paul Thomas Anderson: Masterworks Hardcover – Illustrated, October 20, 2020 by Adam Nayman (Author), the Safdie Brothers (Foreword), Little White Lies (Producer) “Full of lavish photographs from his best-loved films.” ―A. Frame Here is a full-color, coffee-table gift book...
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PEARL: THE NOVEL
Pearl Paperback – November 19, 2024 by Tim Waggoner (Author) Based on the film written by Ti West and Mia Goth and directed by Ti West The X-traordinary origin story! It’s 1918, and Pearl, a young woman on the brink...
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PEDRO ALMODÓVAR: INSTALLATION/INSTALACIÓN
60% OFF FOR A LIMITED TIME ONLY! Discount is automatically applied at check out and does not stack or combine with other discounts and membership discounts. Get your copy today before this incredible offer ends! Edited with text by Jenny...
$75.00
PI: THE GUERILLA DIARIES
Pi: The Guerilla Diaries by Darren Aronofsky There will be no order, only chaos. Before he directed Requiem for a Dream, The Wrestler, Black Swan, Mother!, and The Whale, Darren Aronofsky was a 27-year-old would-be filmmaker struggling to make his...
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PIANO COMPLETE WORKS 1966–TODAY. 2021 EDITION
Piano: Renzo Piano Building Workshop Complete Works 1966-today Hardcover – September 23, 2021 Multilingual Edition by Philip Jodidio (Editor) Renzo Piano rose to international prominence with his co-design of the Pompidou Center in Paris, described by The New York Times...
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PICKFORD: THE WOMAN WHO MADE HOLLYWOOD
Pickford: The Woman Who Made Hollywoodby Eileen Whitfield (Author) - August 7, 1997"A knockout of a biography."―Newsweek A silent-film star. A woman who played children, wide-eyed and gamine, skipping about in frills and long curls. That's how most people remember Mary...
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PICTURING INDIANS: NATIVE AMERICANS IN FILM, 1941-1960
Standing at the intersection of Native history, labor, and representation, Picturing Indians presents a vivid portrait of the complicated experiences of Native actors on the sets of midcentury Hollywood Westerns. This behind-the-scenes look at costuming, makeup, contract negotiations, and union...
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PIXAR BUDDY BLOCK: THE ULTIMATE CELEBRATION OF PIXAR PALS
Pixar Buddy Block (An Abrams Block Book): The Ultimate Celebration of Pixar Pals Board book – November 8, 2022 by Pixar Studios (Author), Peski Peski Studio (Illustrator) Celebrate friendship with your favorite Pixar pals—including Woody and Buzz Lightyear—in the next...
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PLAY IT AS IT LAYS
Play It As It Lays (FSG Classics) by Joan Didion (Author) – November 15, 2005A ruthless dissection of American life in the late 1960s, Joan Didion's Play It as It Lays captures the mood of an entire generation, the ennui of contemporary...
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PONYO FILM COMIC ALL-IN-ONE EDITION
Ponyo Film Comic All-in-One Edition Hardcover – July 22, 2025 by Hayao Miyazaki (Creator) Relive the story of Ponyo and Sosuke in this full-color film comic! Ponyo is a sweet-faced goldfish from a magical realm under the sea. One day,...
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PONYO PICTURE BOOK
Ponyo Picture Book Hardcover – Picture Book, August 4, 2009 by Hayao Miyazaki (Author, Creator, Artist) Relive the story of Ponyo and S suke in this full-color picture book! Ponyo is a sweet-faced goldfish from a magical realm under the...
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POOR THINGS
Poor Things [Movie Tie-in]: A Novel Paperback – October 3, 2023 by Alasdair Gray (Author) In the 1880s in Glasgow, Scotland, medical student Archibald McCandless finds himself enchanted with the intriguing creature known as Bella Baxter. Supposedly the product of...
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PRIDE AND PREJUDICE (DK CLASSICS)
Pride and Prejudice (Penguin Classics) Paperback – December 31, 2002 by Jane Austen (Author), Vivien Jones (Editor, Introduction) Austen's most popular novel, the unforgettable story of Elizabeth Bennet and Mr. Darcy Few have failed to be charmed by the witty...
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PRIDE AND PREJUDICE: THE NOVEL
Pride and Prejudice (Signature Editions) Paperback – March 15, 2022 by Jane Austen (Author) A novel of manners about the romantic pas de deux between Elizabeth Bennet and Fitzwilliam Darcy, two perfectly suited lovers who, at first, find each other...
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PRISCILLA SCREENPLAY BOOK
The Priscilla Screenplay Book Hardcover – October 1, 2025 by Sofia Coppola (Author) The Priscilla Screenplay Book includes an essay by Vendela Vida and never-before-seen on-set photos by Sofia Coppola. You’re losing me to a life of my own. Book...
$60.00
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PROP MAN: FROM JOHN WICK TO SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK,
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PULP FICTION (BFI FILM CLASSICS)
Pulp Fiction (BFI Film Classics) 2nd Edition by Dana Polan (Author) Pulp Fiction was one of the films that defined American cinema of the 1990s, and remains one of the stand-out movies of its director Quentin Tarantino. Tarantino's style -...
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PURPLE RISING: CELEBRATING 40 YEARS OF THE MAGIC, POWER, AND ARTISTRY OF THE COLOR PURPLE
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QUEER CINEMA: SCHOOLGIRLS, VAMPIRES AND GAY COWBOYS
Queer Cinema: Schoolgirls, Vampires, and Gay Cowboys (Short Cuts) Paperback – Illustrated, October 23, 2012 by Barbara Mennel (Author) Queer Cinema: Schoolgirls, Vampires, and Gay Cowboys illustrates queer cinematic aesthetics by highlighting key films that emerged at historical turning points throughout...
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QUENTIN BY TARANTINO
Quentin by Tarantino by Amazing Améziane (Author) – February 13, 2024 Take a dive into the brain of master auteur, Quentin Tarantino, writer and director of multiple award-winning films such as Pulp Fiction and Kill Bill. In this sensational graphic novel, Part...
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QUENTIN TARANTINO: THE COMPLETE UNOFFICIAL GUIDE
Quentin Tarantino Hardcover – December 17, 2024 by Dan Jolin (Author) A series of definitive guides to the most influential film directors of our time. Charting the rise of these iconic filmmakers from their early years, through their breakout films...
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READ FRAME TYPE FILM
Read Frame Type Film Hardcover – May 27, 2025 by Enrico Camporesi (Editor), Catherine de Smet (Editor), Philippe Millot (Editor) This ambitious survey chronicles text and typography in 20th-century artists’ films and experimental cinema. From credits to subtitles to title...
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RED CARPET OSCARS
Red Carpet Oscars Hardcover – February 21, 2023 by Dijanna Mulhearn (Author), Giorgio Armani (Introduction), Cate Blanchett (Foreword) A comprehensive, chronological history surveying over ninety years of fashion on the Oscars red carpet. The red carpet is so much more...
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REFOCUS: THE FILMS OF WES CRAVEN
ReFocus: The Films of Wes Craven (ReFocus: The American Directors Series) 1st Edition by Calum Waddell (Editor) This edited collection provides an insightful look at the career and output of American horror director Wes Craven, whose most famous films – such...
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REGENERATION: BLACK CINEMA, 1898–1971
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RENEGADE WOMEN IN FILM AND TV
Renegade Women in Film and TV Hardcover – February 5, 2019 by Elizabeth Weitzman (Author), Austen Claire Clements (Illustrator) A charmingly illustrated and timely tribute to the women who broke glass ceilings in film and television, debuting during an historic...
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RENZO PIANO ACADEMY MUSEUM OF MOTION PICTURES, LOS ANGELES
60% OFF FOR A LIMITED TIME ONLY! Discount is automatically applied at check out and does not stack or combine with other discounts and membership discounts. Get your copy today before this incredible offer ends! Discover today the design and...
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RICK BAKER METAMORPHOSIS
Rick Baker : Metamorphosis: Vol 1: 1950–1989, Vol 2: 1990–2019 Hardcover – October 22, 2019 by J. W. Rinzler (Author), Brandon Alinger (Editor), John Landis (Contributor), Peter Jackson (Contributor), Dick Smith (Contributor) This deluxe two-volume set explores seven-time Academy Award–winner...
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RKO: RADIO PICTURES:A TITAN IS BORN
RKO Radio Pictures: A Titan Is Born First Edition by Richard B. B. Jewell (Author) One of the “Big Five” studios of Hollywood’s golden age, RKO is remembered today primarily for the famous films it produced, from King Kong and Citizen...
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