Leonard Maltin
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.
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Films (156)

The First Five Minutes... The Title Design Legacy of Dan Perri
2026 · self

Now, Irving Rapper
2026 · Self

Stella Stevens: The Last Starlet
2025 · Self

Long Lonesome Highway: The Story of Michael Parks
2025 · Self

The Life and Times of Farmer Al
2024 · Self

Blake Edwards: A Love Story in 24 Frames
2024 · Self

Drew Friedman: Vermeer of the Borscht Belt
2024 · Self

L'Egyptian Theatre, monument du cinéma hollywoodien
2023 · Self

Dick Tracy Special: Tracy Zooms In
2023 · Self

Only in Theaters
2022 · Self
Boris Karloff: The Rest of the Story
2022 · Self - Interviewee

To Kill a Mockingbird: All Points of View
2022 · Self

Splice Here: A Projected Odyssey
2022

Cinema's First Colors
2021 · Narrator

Cinema Finds Its Voice
2021 · Narrator

8 Winds
2021 · Self

The Méliès Mystery
2021 · Narrator

Bugs Bunny 80 ans
2020 · Self

Adventure Thru the Walt Disney Archives
2020 · Self

Image Makers: The Adventures of America's Pioneer Cinematographers
2019 · Self

Max Steiner: Maestro of Movie Music
2019 · Self

Going Attractions: The Definitive Story of the Movie Palace
2019 · Himself

Zsa Zsa Gabor, Königin des roten Teppichs
2019 · Himself

Making Apes: The Artists Who Changed Film
2019 · Self

Carl Laemmle
2019 · Himself

The Great Buster : A Celebration
2018 · Self

Scandal: The Trial of Mary Astor
2018 · Himself

This Is Bob Hope...
2017 · Self

Stewart & Mitchum: The Two Faces of America
2017 · Self

Cartoon Camera
2017 · Self (Host)

John G. Avildsen: King of the Underdogs
2017 · Self

The Marx Brothers: Hollywood's Kings of Chaos
2016 · Self

Notfilm
2015 · Self

Fanarchy
2015 · Self

Marsha Hunt's Sweet Adversity
2015 · Self

Women He's Undressed
2015 · Self

The True Adventures of Raoul Walsh
2014 · Self

That Guy Dick Miller
2014 · Self

The Making of the Wonderful Wizard of Oz
2013 · Self

Drew: The Man Behind the Poster
2013 · Self

The One and Only June Foray
2013 · Self

Clara Bow: Hollywood's Lost Screen Goddess
2012 · Himself

Pablo
2012 · Self

Lost Forever: The Art of Film Preservation
2011 · Himself

Woody Allen - A Documentary
2011 · Self
Harry Dean Stanton: Crossing Mulholland
2011

These Amazing Shadows
2011 · Self

Dalí & Disney: A Date with Destino
2010 · Self

Searchers 2.0
2010 · Film Critic

Johnny Mercer: The Dream's on Me
2009 · Self

Victor Fleming: Master Craftsman
2009 · Self
The Anatomy of Vince Guaraldi
2009 · Self

Vittorio D.
2009 · Self

1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
2009 · Self

Dick Tracy Special
2009 · Himself

The Boys: l'histoire des frères Sherman
2009 · Self

The Making of 'Pinocchio': No Strings Attached
2009 · Self

No Subtitles Necessary: Laszlo & Vilmos
2009 · Self
Coming Attractions: The History of the Movie Trailer
2009 · Self

The Age of Believing: The Disney Live Action Classics
2008 · Self

Forging the Frame: The Roots of Animation, 1921-1930
2008 · Self

Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster Film
2008 · Self

Out of the Inkwell: The Fleischer Story
2008 · Himself
Ben Hecht: Shakespeare of Hollywood
2008 · Self

Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood
2008 · Self

Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story
2007 · Self

Heckler
2007 · Self

Bloodsucking Cinema
2007 · Self
The Dawn of Sound: How Movies Learned to Talk
2007 · Self

L'Histoire de Pixar
2007 · Self

Forging the Frame: The Roots of Animation, 1900-1920
2007 · Himself

Soundies: A Musical History Hosted by Michael Feinstein
2007 · Self

My Dad, Walt Disney
2006

Buy the Ticket, Take the Ride
2006 · Self

American Scary
2006 · Himself
Treasures Untold: The Making of Disney's 'The Little Mermaid'
2006 · Self
Preserve Me a Seat
2006 · Self

The Sci-Fi Boys
2006 · Self

Alice's Cartoon World: An Interview with Virginia Davis
2005

From Kansas City to Hollywood
2005 · Self
They Can't Take That Away from Me: The Music of 'Shall We Dance'
2005 · Himself
Reunited at MGM: Astaire and Rogers Together Again
2005 · Self / historian and film critic

William Powell: A True Gentleman
2005

Alias Nick and Nora
2005 · Self
Remembering Harold
2005 · Himself

L’Homme derrière le Canard
2004 · Self, Writer, Producer

Diamond in the Rough: The Making of Aladdin
2004 · Self

A Conversation with Roy Disney
2004

The Voice Behind the Mouse
2004 · Himself, Writer, Producer

Mickey's Cartoon Comeback
2004 · Himself, Writer

A Conversation with Joe Grant
2004 · Himself, Screenplay, Producer

Marty Sklar, Walt, and EPCOT
2004 · Leonard Maltin

A Conversation with John Hench
2004 · Writer, Producer

Twentieth Century Fox : Les 50 premières années
2003 · Self
Bob Hope: The Road to Laughter
2003 · Himself

A Love Story: The Story of 'To Have and Have Not'
2003 · Self

Hold Your Breath and Cross Your Fingers: The Story of 'Dark Passage'
2003 · Self

Curtains for Roy Earle
2003 · Self

Irreverent Imagination: The Golden Age of the Looney Tunes
2003 · Himself

Discovering Treasure: The Story of 'The Treasure of the Sierra Madre'
2003 · Self

Playboy: Sex at 24 Frames Per Second
2003 · Self

Welcome to Sherwood! The Story of 'The Adventures of Robin Hood'
2003 · Self, Film Historian
Divided Highway: The Story of 'They Drive by Night'
2003 · Self

Frank and Ollie... and Mickey
2002 · Leonard Maltin

Studio Tour
2002 · self

Cinerama Adventure
2002 · Self

Added Attractions: The Hollywood Shorts Story
2002 · Book, Writer

John Ford Goes to War
2002 · Self - Interviewee

The Crockett Craze
2001

A Conversation with Fess Parker
2001 · Host

El legado de La Profecía
2001 · Self

Celebrating Dumbo
2001 · Self

Drive-In Movie Memories
2001
Playboy Mansion Parties Uncensored
2001 · Self

Tony Curtis on 'Some Like It Hot'
2001 · Self / Interviewer, Thanks

'Topaz' : An Appreciation
2001 · Narrator

Songs of the Silly Symphonies
2001

The Fantasia Legacy: The Concert Feature
2000 · Self

The Fantasia Legacy: Fantasia Continued
2000 · Self

Chuck Jones: Extremes and In-Betweens - A Life in Animation
2000 · Self

Mary Pickford: A Life on Film
2000 · Self

Without Lying Down: Frances Marion and the Power of Women in Hollywood
2000 · Self

Howard Hughes: His Women and His Movies
2000 · Self

Hollywood at Your Feet: The Story of the Chinese Theatre Footprints
2000 · Self

The Hand Behind the Mouse: The Ub Iwerks Story
1999 · Himself

Clara Bow: Discovering the "It" Girl
1999 · Self - Film Critic and Historian
Keepers of the Frame
1999 · Himself

Junket Whore
1998 · Self

Mike Hammer's Mickey Spillane
1998 · Self

The Secrets of 007
1997 · Self

Walt Disney's 'The Jungle Book': The Making of a Musical Masterpiece
1997 · Self

Once Upon a Dream: The Making of Walt Disney's 'Sleeping Beauty'
1997 · Self - Film Historian

Forgotten Silver
1997 · Self

Frank Capra's American Dream
1997 · Self (voice)

The Story Behind Walt Disney's 'Fun and Fancy Free'
1997 · Self

James Dean and Me
1995 · Self (uncredited)

Biography: Bette Davis — If Looks Could Kill
1994 · Self

Leonard Maltin's Animation Favorites from the Film Board of Canada
1994
Young Duke: Making Of A Movie Star
1993 · Himself

The Making of 'Rio Grande'
1993 · Self, Writer, Executive Producer

Cliffhangers: Adventures from the Thrill Factory
1993 · Host, Writer

Cartoon Madness: The Fantastic Max Fleischer Cartoons
1992 · Self, Producer, Writer

The Magical World of Chuck Jones
1992 · Self

The Making of High Noon
1992 · Self - Presenter, Writer, Producer
The Making of 'The Quiet Man'
1992 · Host, Writer, Producer

Fantasia: The Making of a Masterpiece
1991 · Writer

Gremlins 2: The New Batch
1990 · Leonard Maltin
The Lost Stooges
1990 · Self

Bugs & Daffy: The Wartime Cartoons
1989 · Himself

W.C. Fields: Straight Up
1986 · Self

Reflecting Thought: Stan Brakhage
1985 · Self

The Making of the Stooges
1984 · Self

Going Hollywood: The '30s
1984 · Associate Producer

Animators At Play
1930 · Narrator
The Invention of Cinema: Cinema's First Colors
· Narrator

Monty and the Movies
· Self
Séries (18)

100 Ans de Warner Bros.
2023 · Self

Eli Roth's History of Horror
2018 · Self

BoJack Horseman
2014 · Leonard Maltin (voice)

Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood
2010 · Self
Maltin on Movies
2010

Make 'Em Laugh: The Funny Business of America
2009 · Self - Film Critic and Historian

The Annie Awards
2005 · Self - Host

Good Day Live
2001 · Self

The View
1997 · Self

E! True Hollywood Story
1996 · Self

Arli$$
1996 · Leonard Maltin

Freakazoid!
1995 · Himself (voice)

Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993 · Self - Guest

Mystery Science Theater 3000
1989 · Leonard Maltin

Entertainment Tonight
1981 · Self

The Dick Cavett Show
1968 · Self - Guest

Omnibus
1967

Davy Crockett
1954 · DVD Release Host
