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Movie Directors (Arts & Literature, Kindle eBooks): Amazon KDP category data

Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for Movie Directors (Arts & Literature, Kindle eBooks), updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $10.73, median 186 reviews, average rating 4.4 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 26/100 (highly competitive).

26Opportunity / 100
$10.73Median price
186Median reviews
Price range (middle 50%)$4.99 – $13.74
Average rating4.4
New releases (90 days)8%
Books on the list100
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What stands out

  • Its median reviews are 12% of the parent category Arts & Literature (1,493), one of the easier corners under it.
  • At $10.73 its median price beats 90% of Kindle eBooks categories, leaving more margin per copy.
  • Prices spread wide: the middle half runs from $4.99 to $13.74, so budget editions and premium or boxed sets sell side by side.

Top 10 Movie Directors best sellers

  1. Frank Capra: A Life book cover by Sam Wasson

    Frank Capra: A Life

    by Sam Wasson

    • List rank#1
    • Price$14.99
    • Rating5.0
    • Reviews1

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  2. Fosse book cover by Sam Wasson

    Fosse

    by Sam Wasson

    • List rank#2
    • Price$10.89
    • Rating4.5
    • Reviews622

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  3. Last Night at the Viper Room: River Phoenix and the Hollywood He Left Behind book cover by Gavin Edwards

    Last Night at the Viper Room: River Phoenix and the Hollywood He Left Behind

    by Gavin Edwards

    • List rank#3
    • Price$10.44
    • Rating4.2
    • Reviews1,435

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  4. Young Frankenstein: A Mel Brooks Book: The Story of the Making of the Film book cover by Mel Brooks

    Young Frankenstein: A Mel Brooks Book: The Story of the Making of the Film

    by Mel Brooks

    • List rank#4
    • Price$16.99
    • Rating4.6
    • Reviews787

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  5. Mr. Strangelove: A Biography of Peter Sellers book cover by Ed Sikov

    Mr. Strangelove: A Biography of Peter Sellers

    by Ed Sikov

    • List rank#5
    • Price$3.99
    • Rating4.3
    • Reviews186

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  6. Tinseltown: Murder, Morphine, and Madness at the Dawn of Hollywood book cover by William J. Mann

    Tinseltown: Murder, Morphine, and Madness at the Dawn of Hollywood

    by William J. Mann

    • List rank#6
    • Price$14.99
    • Rating4.1
    • Reviews2,005

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  7. Victor Fleming: An American Movie Master (Screen Classics) book cover by Michael Sragow

    Victor Fleming: An American Movie Master (Screen Classics)

    by Michael Sragow

    • List rank#7
    • Price$2.99
    • Rating4.6
    • Reviews53

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  8. Film Crazy: Interviews with Hollywood Legends book cover by Patrick McGilligan

    Film Crazy: Interviews with Hollywood Legends

    by Patrick McGilligan

    • List rank#8
    • Price$11.99
    • Rating4.8
    • Reviews11

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  9. Confessions of a Video Vixen: An Eye-Opening Memoir of Survival, Abuse, and Redemption in  book cover by Karrine Steffans

    Confessions of a Video Vixen: An Eye-Opening Memoir of Survival, Abuse, and Redemption in the Music Industry

    by Karrine Steffans

    • List rank#9
    • Price$7.99
    • Rating4.3
    • Reviews2,361

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  10. Chuck Amuck: The Life and Times of an Animated Cartoonist book cover by Chuck Jones

    Chuck Amuck: The Life and Times of an Animated Cartoonist

    by Chuck Jones

    • List rank#10
    • Price$14.99
    • Rating4.6
    • Reviews249

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FAQ

Is Movie Directors a good niche for Amazon KDP?

Its KDPTop opportunity score is 26/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 186 reviews and sells for $10.73.

How many reviews do you need to rank in Movie Directors?

The median best seller has 186 reviews, and 41% of them have fewer than 100.

What do Movie Directors best sellers cost?

The median price is $10.73; half of the best sellers are priced between $4.99 and $13.74.

Can new books break into Movie Directors?

8% of the current best sellers were released in the last 90 days.

About this data

Data comes from KDPTop's daily crawl of Amazon's public Best Sellers pages; medians use the latest list. The opportunity score (0–100, higher is easier to enter) combines the review barrier, the share of low-review books, list turnover, new-release share and price.