5001 Nights at the Movies: A Guide from A to Z, first published in 1982,[1] is a book compiling passages of film critic Pauline Kael's reviews from the silent era to the early 1980s.

[2] They were originally written for The New Yorker’s 'Goings On About Town' section.

[3] In her regular New Yorker column Kael wrote long, thoughtful critiques of the latest films.

5001 Nights is made up of abbreviated reviews of those longer articles and capsule critiques of dozens of other movies made throughout the 20th century in a single paragraph.

[5] [6] Owl Books republished the guide a year after her death[7] with 800 reviews of films from the late 80s-early 90s.