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.
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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Filmography (Movies)
Now, Irving Rapper
Character:Self
Release Date:20/03/2026
Stella Stevens: The Last Starlet
Character:Self
Release Date:03/10/2025
Long Lonesome Highway: The Story of Michael Parks
Character:Self
Release Date:01/04/2025
The Life and Times of Farmer Al
Character:Self
Release Date:01/10/2024
Blake Edwards: A Love Story in 24 Frames
Character:Self
Release Date:27/08/2024
Drew Friedman: Vermeer of the Borscht Belt
Character:Self
Release Date:01/04/2024
Temple of Film: 100 Years of the Egyptian Theatre
Character:Self
Release Date:09/11/2023
Dick Tracy Special: Tracy Zooms In
Character:Self
Release Date:10/02/2023
Splice Here: A Projected Odyssey
Character:
Release Date:24/11/2022
Only in Theaters
Character:Self
Release Date:18/11/2022
Boris Karloff: The Rest of the Story
Character:Self - Interviewee
Release Date:18/10/2022
To Kill a Mockingbird: All Points of View
Character:Self
Release Date:11/10/2022
1982: Greatest Geek Year Ever!
Character:Self
Release Date:08/10/2022
Cinema's First Colors
Character:Narrator
Release Date:16/10/2021
Cinema Finds Its Voice
Character:Narrator
Release Date:15/10/2021
8 Winds
Character:Self
Release Date:23/08/2021
The Méliès Mystery
Character:Narrator
Release Date:02/01/2021
Bugs Bunny's 80th What's Up, Doc-umentary!
Character:Self
Release Date:01/12/2020
Adventure Thru the Walt Disney Archives
Character:Self
Release Date:27/06/2020
Image Makers: The Adventures of America's Pioneer Cinematographers
Character:Self
Release Date:06/11/2019
Max Steiner: Maestro of Movie Music
Character:Self
Release Date:01/11/2019
Going Attractions: The Definitive Story of the Movie Palace
Character:Himself
Release Date:25/10/2019
Zsa Zsa Gabor, Königin des roten Teppichs
Character:Himself
Release Date:24/03/2019
Making Apes: The Artists Who Changed Film
Character:Self
Release Date:30/01/2019
Carl Laemmle
Character:Himself
Release Date:15/01/2019
The Great Buster: A Celebration
Character:Self
Release Date:05/10/2018
Scandal: The Trial of Mary Astor
Character:Himself
Release Date:27/04/2018
This Is Bob Hope...
Character:Self
Release Date:29/12/2017
Stewart & Mitchum: The Two Faces of America
Character:Self
Release Date:09/11/2017
Cartoon Camera
Character:Self (Host)
Release Date:31/08/2017
John G. Avildsen: King of the Underdogs
Character:Self
Release Date:01/08/2017
The Marx Brothers: Hollywood's Kings of Chaos
Character:Self
Release Date:13/10/2016
Notfilm
Character:Self
Release Date:27/10/2015
Fanarchy
Character:Self
Release Date:18/09/2015
Marsha Hunt's Sweet Adversity
Character:Self
Release Date:13/09/2015
Women He's Undressed
Character:Self
Release Date:11/06/2015
The Three Stooges: Hey Moe! Hey Dad!
Character:Self
Release Date:05/05/2015
The True Adventures of Raoul Walsh
Character:Self
Release Date:30/09/2014
That Guy Dick Miller
Character:Self
Release Date:07/03/2014
The Making of the Wonderful Wizard of Oz
Character:Self
Release Date:01/10/2013
Drew: The Man Behind the Poster
Character:Self
Release Date:19/07/2013
The One and Only June Foray
Character:Self
Release Date:16/01/2013
Clara Bow: Hollywood's Lost Screen Goddess
Character:Himself
Release Date:30/12/2012
Pablo
Character:Self
Release Date:17/10/2012
Lost Forever: The Art of Film Preservation
Character:Himself
Release Date:22/11/2011
Woody Allen: A Documentary
Character:Self
Release Date:20/11/2011
Harry Dean Stanton: Crossing Mulholland
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Release Date:11/02/2011
These Amazing Shadows
Character:Self
Release Date:22/01/2011
Dalí & Disney: A Date with Destino
Character:Self
Release Date:30/10/2010
Johnny Mercer: The Dream's on Me
Character:Self
Release Date:04/11/2009
Victor Fleming: Master Craftsman
Character:Self
Release Date:22/09/2009
The Anatomy of Vince Guaraldi
Character:Self
Release Date:19/09/2009
Vittorio D.
Character:Self
Release Date:17/09/2009
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
Character:Self
Release Date:02/07/2009
Dick Tracy Special
Character:Himself
Release Date:09/06/2009
The Boys: The Sherman Brothers' Story
Character:Self
Release Date:24/04/2009
The Making of 'Pinocchio': No Strings Attached
Character:Himself
Release Date:10/03/2009
No Subtitles Necessary: Laszlo & Vilmos
Character:Self
Release Date:11/01/2009
Coming Attractions: The History of the Movie Trailer
Character:Self
Release Date:01/01/2009
Forging the Frame: The Roots of Animation, 1921-1930
Character:Self
Release Date:03/11/2008
Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster Film
Character:Self
Release Date:21/10/2008
Out of the Inkwell: The Fleischer Story
Character:Himself
Release Date:16/06/2008
Ben Hecht: Shakespeare of Hollywood
Character:Self
Release Date:29/04/2008
Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood
Character:Self
Release Date:03/03/2008
Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story
Character:Self
Release Date:08/11/2007
Heckler
Character:Self
Release Date:04/11/2007
Bloodsucking Cinema
Character:Self
Release Date:26/10/2007
The Dawn of Sound: How Movies Learned to Talk
Character:Self
Release Date:02/09/2007
Searchers 2.0
Character:Film Critic
Release Date:31/08/2007
The Pixar Story
Character:Self
Release Date:28/08/2007
Forging the Frame: The Roots of Animation, 1900-1920
Character:Himself
Release Date:30/07/2007
Soundies: A Musical History Hosted by Michael Feinstein
Character:Self
Release Date:03/03/2007
My Dad, Walt Disney
Character:
Release Date:19/12/2006
Buy the Ticket, Take the Ride
Character:Self
Release Date:12/12/2006
American Scary
Character:Himself
Release Date:21/10/2006
Treasures Untold: The Making of Disney's 'The Little Mermaid'
Character:Self
Release Date:03/10/2006
The Sci-Fi Boys
Character:Self
Release Date:27/04/2006
Alice's Cartoon World: An Interview with Virginia Davis
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Release Date:06/12/2005
From Kansas City to Hollywood
Character:Self
Release Date:06/12/2005
Behind the Tunes: Tish Tash - The Animated World of Frank Tashlin
Character:Himself
Release Date:25/10/2005
Behind the Tunes: Looney Tunes Go to War!
Character:Himself
Release Date:25/10/2005
Behind the Tunes: Bosko, Buddy and the Best of Black and White
Character:Himself
Release Date:25/10/2005
They Can't Take That Away from Me: The Music of 'Shall We Dance'
Character:Himself
Release Date:17/08/2005
Reunited at MGM: Astaire and Rogers Together Again
Character:Self / historian and film critic
Release Date:16/08/2005
William Powell: A True Gentleman
Character:
Release Date:02/08/2005
Remembering Harold
Character:Himself
Release Date:01/01/2005
The Man Behind the Duck
Character:Self
Release Date:16/11/2004
It Hopped One Night: A Look at ‘One Froggy Evening’
Character:Himself
Release Date:02/11/2004
Diamond in the Rough: The Making of Aladdin
Character:Self
Release Date:05/10/2004
A Conversation with Roy Disney
Character:
Release Date:17/05/2004
The Voice Behind the Mouse
Character:Himself
Release Date:17/05/2004
Mickey's Cartoon Comeback
Character:Himself
Release Date:17/05/2004
A Conversation with Joe Grant
Character:Himself
Release Date:17/05/2004
Marty Sklar, Walt, and EPCOT
Character:Leonard Maltin
Release Date:17/05/2004
Twentieth Century Fox: The Blockbuster Years
Character:Self
Release Date:15/11/2003
Bob Hope: The Road to Laughter
Character:Himself
Release Date:11/11/2003
A Love Story: The Story of 'To Have and Have Not'
Character:Self
Release Date:04/11/2003
Hold Your Breath and Cross Your Fingers: The Story of 'Dark Passage'
Character:Self
Release Date:04/11/2003
Curtains for Roy Earle
Character:Self
Release Date:03/11/2003
Irreverent Imagination: The Golden Age of the Looney Tunes
Character:Himself
Release Date:28/10/2003
Discovering Treasure: The Story of 'The Treasure of the Sierra Madre'
Character:Self
Release Date:30/09/2003
Sex at 24 Frames Per Second
Character:Self
Release Date:23/09/2003
Welcome to Sherwood! The Story of 'The Adventures of Robin Hood'
Character:Self, Film Historian
Release Date:01/01/2003
Divided Highway: The Story of 'They Drive by Night'
Character:Self
Release Date:01/01/2003
Frank and Ollie... and Mickey
Character:Leonard Maltin
Release Date:03/12/2002
Cinerama Adventure
Character:Self
Release Date:30/08/2002
John Ford Goes to War
Character:Self - Interviewee
Release Date:01/01/2002
The Crockett Craze
Character:
Release Date:05/12/2001
A Conversation with Fess Parker
Character:Host
Release Date:04/12/2001
The Omen Legacy
Character:Self
Release Date:30/10/2001
Celebrating Dumbo
Character:Self
Release Date:23/10/2001
Drive-In Movie Memories
Character:
Release Date:31/08/2001
Playboy Mansion Parties Uncensored
Character:Self
Release Date:31/05/2001
Tony Curtis on 'Some Like It Hot'
Character:Self / Interviewer
Release Date:22/05/2001
Topaz: An Appreciation by Film Critic/Historian Leonard Maltin
Character:Narrator
Release Date:06/03/2001
Songs of the Silly Symphonies
Character:
Release Date:05/01/2001
The Fantasia Legacy: The Concert Feature
Character:Self
Release Date:14/11/2000
The Fantasia Legacy: Fantasia Continued
Character:Himself
Release Date:14/11/2000
Chuck Jones: Extremes and In-Betweens - A Life in Animation
Character:Self
Release Date:08/11/2000
Mary Pickford: A Life on Film
Character:Self
Release Date:12/09/2000
Without Lying Down: Frances Marion and the Power of Women in Hollywood
Character:Self
Release Date:03/08/2000
Howard Hughes: His Women and His Movies
Character:Self
Release Date:27/06/2000
Hollywood at Your Feet: The Story of the Chinese Theatre Footprints
Character:Self
Release Date:01/01/2000
The Hand Behind the Mouse: The Ub Iwerks Story
Character:Himself
Release Date:08/10/1999
Clara Bow: Discovering the It Girl
Character:Self - Film Critic and Historian
Release Date:14/06/1999
Keepers of the Frame
Character:Himself
Release Date:01/03/1999
Junket Whore
Character:Self
Release Date:12/10/1998
Mike Hammer's Mickey Spillane
Character:Self
Release Date:01/01/1998
The Secrets of 007
Character:Self
Release Date:04/12/1997
Walt Disney's 'The Jungle Book': The Making of a Musical Masterpiece
Character:Self
Release Date:14/10/1997
Forgotten Silver
Character:Self
Release Date:03/10/1997
Once Upon a Dream: The Making of Walt Disney's 'Sleeping Beauty'
Character:Self - Film Historian
Release Date:16/09/1997
The Story Behind Walt Disney's 'Fun and Fancy Free'
Character:Self
Release Date:01/01/1997
Frank Capra's American Dream
Character:Self (voice)
Release Date:01/01/1997
James Dean and Me
Character:Self (uncredited)
Release Date:01/01/1995
Biography: Bette Davis — If Looks Could Kill
Character:Self
Release Date:13/09/1994
Leonard Maltin's Animation Favorites from the Film Board of Canada
Character:
Release Date:01/06/1994
Young Duke: Making Of A Movie Star
Character:Himself
Release Date:14/07/1993
The Making of 'Rio Grande'
Character:Self
Release Date:01/01/1993
Cartoon Madness: The Fantastic Max Fleischer Cartoons
Character:Self
Release Date:27/10/1992
The Magical World of Chuck Jones
Character:Self
Release Date:23/10/1992
The Making of High Noon
Character:Self - Presenter
Release Date:02/01/1992
The Making of 'The Quiet Man'
Character:Host
Release Date:01/01/1992
Gremlins 2: The New Batch
Character:Leonard Maltin
Release Date:15/06/1990
The Lost Stooges
Character:Himself
Release Date:01/01/1990
Bugs & Daffy: The Wartime Cartoons
Character:Himself
Release Date:07/03/1989
W.C. Fields: Straight Up
Character:Self
Release Date:02/01/1986
Reflecting Thought: Stan Brakhage
Character:Self
Release Date:01/01/1985
The Making of the Stooges
Character:Self
Release Date:01/01/1984
Television Appearances
100 Years of Warner Bros.
Character:Self
Eli Roth's History of Horror
Character:Self
BoJack Horseman
Character:Leonard Maltin (voice)
Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood
Character:Self
Maltin on Movies
Character:
Make 'Em Laugh: The Funny Business of America
Character:Self - Film Critic and Historian
Good Day Live
Character:Self
The View
Character:Self
E! True Hollywood Story
Character:
Freakazoid!
Character:Himself (voice)
Mystery Science Theater 3000
Character:Leonard Maltin
Entertainment Tonight
Character:
Entertainment Tonight
Character:Self
The Dick Cavett Show
Character:Self - Guest
Davy Crockett
Character:DVD Release Host
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