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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. 881 +11

    The 39 Steps

    1935, in 16 top lists Check
  2. 452 +8

    The Lady Vanishes

    1938, in 15 top lists Check
  3. 523 +10

    Man Hunt

    1941, in 3 top lists Check
  4. 848 +8

    Suspicion

    1941, in 4 top lists Check
  5. 772 +6

    Shadow of a Doubt

    1943, in 15 top lists Check
  6. 810 +8

    The Spiral Staircase

    1946, in 6 top lists Check
  7. 640 +5

    Out of the Past

    1947, in 16 top lists Check
  8. 880 +11

    The Third Man

    1949, in 37 top lists Check
  9. 193 +13

    The Day the Earth Stood Still

    1951, in 12 top lists Check
  10. 836 +8

    Strangers on a Train

    1951, in 17 top lists Check
  11. 379 +14

    High Noon

    1952, in 18 top lists Check
  12. 82 +9

    The Big Heat

    1953, in 18 top lists Check
  13. 596 new

    The Naked Spur

    1953, in 10 top lists Check
  14. 663 +5

    Pickup on South Street

    1953, in 14 top lists Check
  15. 949 +4

    Le salaire de la peur

    1953 — a.k.a. The Wages of Fear, in 29 top lists Check
  16. 214 +11

    Dial M for Murder

    1954, in 9 top lists Check
  17. 703 +7

    Rear Window

    1954, in 31 top lists Check
  18. 718 +9

    Du rififi chez les hommes

    1955 — a.k.a. Rififi, in 18 top lists Check
  19. 103 +6

    Bob le flambeur

    1956 — a.k.a. Bob le Flambeur, in 13 top lists Check
  20. 207 +13

    The Defiant Ones

    1958, in 7 top lists Check
  21. 907 +8

    Touch of Evil

    1958, in 31 top lists Check
  22. 940 +6

    Vertigo

    1958, in 42 top lists Check
  23. 687 +7

    Psycho

    1960, in 39 top lists Check
  24. 784 +6

    Tirez sur le pianiste

    1960 — a.k.a. Shoot the Piano Player, in 10 top lists Check
  25. 995 +4

    Yôjinbô

    1961 — a.k.a. Yojimbo, in 19 top lists Check
  26. 527 +11

    The Manchurian Candidate

    1962, in 15 top lists Check
  27. 742 +7

    Tsubaki Sanjûrô

    1962 — a.k.a. Sanjuro, in 7 top lists Check
  28. 966 +2

    What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?

    1962, in 15 top lists Check
  29. 334 +11

    Goldfinger

    1964, in 15 top lists Check
  30. 980 +3

    Suna no onna

    1964 — a.k.a. Woman in the Dunes, in 22 top lists Check
  31. 912 +6

    The Train

    1964, in 4 top lists Check
  32. 416 +13

    The Ipcress File

    1965, in 6 top lists Check
  33. 712 +8

    Repulsion

    1965, in 17 top lists Check
  34. 98 +7

    Blow-Up

    1966, in 20 top lists Check
  35. 658 +3

    Persona

    1966, in 25 top lists Check
  36. 675 +6

    Point Blank

    1967, in 15 top lists Check
  37. 127 +8

    Bullitt

    1968, in 11 top lists Check
  38. 884 +11

    Que la bête meure

    1969 — a.k.a. This Man Must Die, in 3 top lists Check
  39. 903 +8

    Topaz

    1969, in 1 top list Check
  40. 108 +7

    Le boucher

    1970 — a.k.a. Le Boucher, in 11 top lists Check
  41. 219 +12

    Dirty Harry

    1971, in 17 top lists Check
  42. 298 +10

    The French Connection

    1971, in 23 top lists Check
  43. 319 +12

    Get Carter

    1971, in 11 top lists Check
  44. 446 +8

    Klute

    1971, in 11 top lists Check
  45. 774 +5

    Shaft

    1971, in 10 top lists Check
  46. 837 +8

    Straw Dogs

    1971, in 11 top lists Check
  47. 851 +8

    Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song

    1971, in 12 top lists Check
  48. 208 +13

    Deliverance

    1972, in 15 top lists Check
  49. 299 +10

    Frenzy

    1972, in 7 top lists Check
  50. 494 +9

    The Long Goodbye

    1973, in 15 top lists Check
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Last updated on Dec 31, 2019 by joachimt; source