Gore Vidal books and films, ranked by your taste

Author and actor · 5 books and 6 films on Boxlist

Best known for The City and the Pillar, Julian and Creation.

Books by Gore Vidal

Books from the Boxlist catalogue, highest rated first (Open Library reader averages; books with fewer than 5 ratings come after the rest). Ratings are quality, not fit.

Gore Vidal on screen

Starring Gore Vidal

Gattaca
1997 · Film
7.5/10 · TMDB
In a future society in the era of indefinite eugenics, humans are set on a life course depending on their DNA. Young Vincent Freeman is born with a condition that would prevent him from space travel, yet is determined to infiltrate the...
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Suddenly, Last Summer
1959 · Film
7.4/10 · TMDB
The only son of wealthy widow Violet Venable dies while on vacation with his cousin Catherine. What the girl saw was so horrible that she went insane; now Mrs. Venable wants Catherine lobotomized to cover up the truth.
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Roma
1972 · Film
7.3/10 · TMDB
A virtually plotless, gaudy, impressionistic portrait of Rome through the eyes of one of its most famous citizens.
Best of Enemies
2015 · Film
7.3/10 · TMDB
A documentary about the legendary series of nationally televised debates in 1968 between two great public intellectuals, the liberal Gore Vidal and the conservative William F. Buckley Jr. Intended as commentary on the issues of their day...
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Bob Roberts
1992 · Film
6.5/10 · TMDB
Mock documentary about an upstart candidate for the U.S. Senate written and directed by actor Tim Robbins. Bob Roberts is a folksinger with a difference: He offers tunes that protest welfare chiselers, liberal whining, and the like. As the...
Shrink
2009 · Film
6.1/10 · TMDB
Unable to cope with a recent personal tragedy, LA's top celebrity shrink turns into a pothead with no concern for his appearance and a creeping sense of his inability to help his patients.
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