The New York Times's Book of Movies

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This list is drawn from "The New York Times Book of Movies: The Essential 1,000 Films to See", published in 2019. It contains a selection of 1000 reviews that have been printed in The New York Times. The majority of movies in this book are among the "10 Best Films" chosen by New York Times critics at the end of each year.

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  1. 333 new

    The Gold Rush

    1925, in 30 top lists Check
  2. 314 new

    The General

    1926, in 33 top lists Check
  3. 442 +7

    King Kong

    1933, in 26 top lists Check
  4. 173 +10

    The Count of Monte Cristo

    1934, in 2 top lists Check
  5. 484 +10

    The Lives of a Bengal Lancer

    1935, in 3 top lists Check
  6. 581 +8

    Mutiny on the Bounty

    1935, in 6 top lists Check
  7. 190 +11

    The Personal History, Adventures, Experience, &...

    1935 — a.k.a. David Copperfield, in 4 top lists Check
  8. 135 +11

    Captains Courageous

    1937, in 6 top lists Check
  9. 498 +10

    Lost Horizon

    1937, in 6 top lists Check
  10. 4 +3

    The Adventures of Robin Hood

    1938, in 17 top lists Check
  11. 354 +11

    Gunga Din

    1939, in 7 top lists Check
  12. 631 +6

    Only Angels Have Wings

    1939, in 10 top lists Check
  13. 816 +6

    Stagecoach

    1939, in 21 top lists Check
  14. 979 +3

    The Wizard of Oz

    1939, in 38 top lists Check
  15. 875 +11

    The Thief of Bagdad

    1940, in 13 top lists Check
  16. 380 +14

    High Sierra

    1941, in 8 top lists Check
  17. 841 +9

    Sullivan's Travels

    1941, in 24 top lists Check
  18. 289 +13

    For Whom the Bell Tolls

    1943, in 3 top lists Check
  19. 895 +9

    To Have and Have Not

    1944, in 16 top lists Check
  20. 643 +4

    The Overlanders

    1946, in 2 top lists Check
  21. 622 +3

    Oliver Twist

    1948, in 6 top lists Check
  22. 708 +7

    Red River

    1948, in 16 top lists Check
  23. 914 +6

    The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

    1948, in 25 top lists Check
  24. 6 +3

    The African Queen

    1951, in 11 top lists Check
  25. 949 +4

    Le salaire de la peur

    1953 — a.k.a. The Wages of Fear, in 29 top lists Check
  26. 378 +12

    The High and the Mighty

    1954, in 1 top list Check
  27. 765 +6

    Shichinin no samurai

    1954 — a.k.a. Seven Samurai, in 36 top lists Check
  28. 754 +7

    The Searchers

    1956, in 26 top lists Check
  29. 862 +10

    The Ten Commandments

    1956, in 12 top lists Check
  30. 119 +8

    The Bridge on the River Kwai

    1957, in 32 top lists Check
  31. 75 +8

    Ben-Hur

    1959, in 22 top lists Check
  32. 613 +3

    North by Northwest

    1959, in 30 top lists Check
  33. 804 +8

    Some Like It Hot

    1959, in 35 top lists Check
  34. 808 +8

    Spartacus

    1960, in 19 top lists Check
  35. 464 +9

    Lawrence of Arabia

    1962, in 40 top lists Check
  36. 717 +9

    Ride the High Country

    1962, in 7 top lists Check
  37. 899 +9

    Tom Jones

    1963, in 13 top lists Check
  38. 334 +11

    Goldfinger

    1964, in 15 top lists Check
  39. 904 +8

    Topkapi

    1964, in 2 top lists Check
  40. 218 +12

    The Dirty Dozen

    1967, in 8 top lists Check
  41. 993 +4

    Yellow Submarine

    1968, in 8 top lists Check
  42. 920 +7

    True Grit

    1969, in 2 top lists Check
  43. 951 +4

    Walkabout

    1971, in 13 top lists Check
  44. 8 +4

    Aguirre, der Zorn Gottes

    1972 — a.k.a. Aguirre, the Wrath of God, in 18 top lists Check
  45. 208 +13

    Deliverance

    1972, in 15 top lists Check
  46. 932 +7

    Ulzana's Raid

    1972, in 6 top lists Check
  47. 365 +10

    Harry and Tonto

    1974, in 1 top list Check
  48. 840 +9

    The Sugarland Express

    1974, in 3 top lists Check
  49. 853 +7

    Travolti da un insolito destino nell'azzurro...

    1974 — a.k.a. Swept Away, in 3 top lists Check
  50. 61 +8

    Barry Lyndon

    1975, in 24 top lists Check
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Last updated on Dec 31, 2019 by joachimt; source