Leonard Maltin
December 18, 1950(75 years old)
New York City, New York, USA|Acting
Biography
Leonard Michael Maltin (born December 18, 1950) is an American film critic and film historian, as well as an author of several mainstream books on cinema, focusing on nostalgic, celebratory narratives. He is best known for his eponymous annual book of movie capsule reviews, Leonard Maltin's Movie Guide, which was published annually from 1969 to 2014. Description above from the Wikipedia article Leonard Maltin, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Movies (130)
Now, Irving Rapper
2026
Stella Stevens: The Last Starlet
2025
8.0
Long Lonesome Highway: The Story of Michael Parks
2025
The Life and Times of Farmer Al
2024
8.0
Blake Edwards: A Love Story in 24 Frames
2024
Drew Friedman: Vermeer of the Borscht Belt
2024
6.2
Temple of Film: 100 Years of the Egyptian Theatre
2023
6.0
Dick Tracy Special: Tracy Zooms In
2023
8.0
Splice Here: A Projected Odyssey
2022
4.8
Only in Theaters
2022
To Kill a Mockingbird: All Points of View
2022
Cinema's First Colors
2021
7.0
Cinema Finds Its Voice
2021
4.0
8 Winds
2021
6.9
The Méliès Mystery
2021
8.0
Bugs Bunny's 80th What's Up, Doc-umentary!
2020
7.2
Adventure Thru the Walt Disney Archives
2020
8.4
Image Makers: The Adventures of America's Pioneer Cinematographers
2019
7.6
Max Steiner: Maestro of Movie Music
2019
6.3
Going Attractions: The Definitive Story of the Movie Palace
2019
6.0
Zsa Zsa Gabor, Königin des roten Teppichs
2019
6.8
Making Apes: The Artists Who Changed Film
2019
4.0
Carl Laemmle
2019
7.2
The Great Buster: A Celebration
2018
4.4
Scandal: The Trial of Mary Astor
2018
8.0
This Is Bob Hope...
2017
6.0
Stewart & Mitchum: The Two Faces of America
2017
Cartoon Camera
2017
6.7
John G. Avildsen: King of the Underdogs
2017
7.2
The Marx Brothers: Hollywood's Kings of Chaos
2016
5.0
Notfilm
2015
6.0
Fanarchy
2015
Marsha Hunt's Sweet Adversity
2015
5.4
Women He's Undressed
2015
7.3
The True Adventures of Raoul Walsh
2014
7.0
That Guy Dick Miller
2014
10.0
The Making of the Wonderful Wizard of Oz
2013
7.0
Drew: The Man Behind the Poster
2013
The One and Only June Foray
2013
Clara Bow: Hollywood's Lost Screen Goddess
2012
6.9
Pablo
2012
5.0
Lost Forever: The Art of Film Preservation
2011
6.9
Woody Allen: A Documentary
2011
7.4
These Amazing Shadows
2011
8.5
Dalí & Disney: A Date with Destino
2010
7.2
Johnny Mercer: The Dream's on Me
2009
7.5
Victor Fleming: Master Craftsman
2009
6.3
Vittorio D.
2009
7.5
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
2009
4.0
Dick Tracy Special
2009
7.3
The Boys: The Sherman Brothers' Story
2009
The Making of 'Pinocchio': No Strings Attached
2009
5.9
No Subtitles Necessary: Laszlo & Vilmos
2009
8.0
The Age of Believing: The Disney Live Action Classics
2008
Forging the Frame: The Roots of Animation, 1921-1930
2008
6.9
Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster Film
2008
7.0
Out of the Inkwell: The Fleischer Story
2008
6.1
Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood
2008
7.8
Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story
2007
5.9
Heckler
2007
6.2
Searchers 2.0
2007
7.6
The Pixar Story
2007
Forging the Frame: The Roots of Animation, 1900-1920
2007
5.0
Soundies: A Musical History Hosted by Michael Feinstein
2007
My Dad, Walt Disney
2006
7.2
Buy the Ticket, Take the Ride
2006
7.5
American Scary
2006
7.0
The Sci-Fi Boys
2006
Alice's Cartoon World: An Interview with Virginia Davis
2005
6.0
From Kansas City to Hollywood
2005
Behind the Tunes: Tish Tash - The Animated World of Frank Tashlin
2005
7.0
Behind the Tunes: Looney Tunes Go to War!
2005
7.0
Behind the Tunes: Bosko, Buddy and the Best of Black and White
2005
7.5
William Powell: A True Gentleman
2005
10.0
The Man Behind the Duck
2004
9.0
It Hopped One Night: A Look at ‘One Froggy Evening’
2004
6.0
Diamond in the Rough: The Making of Aladdin
2004
8.5
A Conversation with Roy Disney
2004
9.0
A Conversation with Joe Grant
2004
7.0
Marty Sklar, Walt, and EPCOT
2004
6.3
Twentieth Century Fox: The Blockbuster Years
2003
8.0
A Love Story: The Story of 'To Have and Have Not'
2003
8.0
Hold Your Breath and Cross Your Fingers: The Story of 'Dark Passage'
2003
Curtains for Roy Earle
2003
8.0
Irreverent Imagination: The Golden Age of the Looney Tunes
2003
7.4
Discovering Treasure: The Story of 'The Treasure of the Sierra Madre'
2003
5.3
Sex at 24 Frames Per Second
2003
7.0
Welcome to Sherwood! The Story of 'The Adventures of Robin Hood'
2003
9.0
Frank and Ollie... and Mickey
2002
6.0
Studio Tour
2002
7.7
Cinerama Adventure
2002
5.5
John Ford Goes to War
2002
6.5
The Crockett Craze
2001
8.0
A Conversation with Fess Parker
2001
7.0
The Omen Legacy
2001
10.0
Celebrating Dumbo
2001
8.0
Drive-In Movie Memories
2001
8.0
Tony Curtis on 'Some Like It Hot'
2001
6.6
Topaz: An Appreciation by Film Critic/Historian Leonard Maltin
2001
6.3
Songs of the Silly Symphonies
2001
8.0
The Fantasia Legacy: The Concert Feature
2000
The Fantasia Legacy: Fantasia Continued
2000
7.0
Chuck Jones: Extremes and In-Betweens - A Life in Animation
2000
7.0
Mary Pickford: A Life on Film
2000
7.6
Without Lying Down: Frances Marion and the Power of Women in Hollywood
2000
9.0
Howard Hughes: His Women and His Movies
2000
9.0
Hollywood at Your Feet: The Story of the Chinese Theatre Footprints
2000
7.8
The Hand Behind the Mouse: The Ub Iwerks Story
1999
8.3
Clara Bow: Discovering the "It" Girl
1999
5.0
Junket Whore
1998
6.0
Mike Hammer's Mickey Spillane
1998
7.9
The Secrets of 007
1997
8.0
Walt Disney's 'The Jungle Book': The Making of a Musical Masterpiece
1997
7.2
Forgotten Silver
1997
10.0
Once Upon a Dream: The Making of Walt Disney's 'Sleeping Beauty'
1997
6.5
Frank Capra's American Dream
1997
7.3
The Story Behind Walt Disney's 'Fun and Fancy Free'
1997
8.8
James Dean and Me
1995
Biography: Bette Davis — If Looks Could Kill
1994
Leonard Maltin's Animation Favorites from the Film Board of Canada
1994
5.0
The Making of 'Rio Grande'
1993
Cliffhangers: Adventures from the Thrill Factory
1993
10.0
Cartoon Madness: The Fantastic Max Fleischer Cartoons
1992
8.0
The Magical World of Chuck Jones
1992
7.0
The Making of High Noon
1992
6.5
Gremlins 2: The New Batch
1990
9.0
The Lost Stooges
1990
8.7
Bugs & Daffy: The Wartime Cartoons
1989
9.0
W.C. Fields: Straight Up
1986
Reflecting Thought: Stan Brakhage
1985
TV Shows (16)
7.7
100 Years of Warner Bros.
2023
6.4
Eli Roth's History of Horror
2018
8.5
BoJack Horseman
2014
5.4
Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood
2010
Make 'Em Laugh: The Funny Business of America
2009
The Annie Awards
2005
4.4
The View
1997
8.2
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
6.8
Arli$$
1996
7.8
Freakazoid!
1995
7.7
Mystery Science Theater 3000
1989
4.3
Entertainment Tonight
1981
4.3
Entertainment Tonight
1981
6.8
The Dick Cavett Show
1968
7.2
Omnibus
1967
6.1
Davy Crockett
1954