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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. 916 +6

    L'albero degli zoccoli

    1978 — a.k.a. The Tree of Wooden Clogs, in 13 top lists Check
  2. 651 +2

    A Passage to India

    1984, in 5 top lists Check
  3. 468 +8

    Il gattopardo

    1963 — a.k.a. The Leopard, in 18 top lists Check
  4. 307 +11

    Gallipoli

    1981, in 6 top lists Check
  5. 477 +9

    Little Big Man

    1970, in 9 top lists Check
  6. 759 +5

    Sergeant York

    1941, in 7 top lists Check
  7. 456 +8

    The Last Emperor

    1987, in 14 top lists Check
  8. 581 +8

    Mutiny on the Bounty

    1935, in 6 top lists Check
  9. 439 +7

    The Killing Fields

    1984, in 12 top lists Check
  10. 405 +15

    In Cold Blood

    1967, in 8 top lists Check
  11. 999 +6

    Z

    1969, in 17 top lists Check
  12. 899 +9

    Tom Jones

    1963, in 13 top lists Check
  13. 522 +10

    A Man for All Seasons

    1966, in 14 top lists Check
  14. 19 +6

    All the President's Men

    1976, in 21 top lists Check
  15. 719 +9

    The Right Stuff

    1983, in 13 top lists Check
  16. 434 +10

    Kagemusha

    1980, in 10 top lists Check
  17. 710 +7

    Reds

    1981, in 9 top lists Check
  18. 11 +5

    Aleksandr Nevskiy

    1938 — a.k.a. Alexander Nevsky, in 10 top lists Check
  19. 752 +6

    Schindler's List

    1993, in 35 top lists Check
  20. 8 +4

    Aguirre, der Zorn Gottes

    1972 — a.k.a. Aguirre, the Wrath of God, in 18 top lists Check
  21. 336 +10

    Gone with the Wind

    1939, in 31 top lists Check
  22. 64 new

    Bronenosets Potemkin

    1925 — a.k.a. Battleship Potemkin, in 27 top lists Check
  23. 924 new

    12 Years a Slave

    2013, in 22 top lists Check
  24. 32 new

    Andrey Rublyov

    1966 — a.k.a. Andrei Rublev, in 29 top lists Check
  25. 61 +8

    Barry Lyndon

    1975, in 24 top lists Check
  26. 805 +8

    Le chagrin et la pitié

    1969 — a.k.a. The Sorrow and the Pity, in 11 top lists Check
  27. 373 +12

    The Chronicle History of King Henry the Fifth...

    1944 — a.k.a. Henry V, in 12 top lists Check
  28. 185 +12

    Danton

    1983, in 4 top lists Check
  29. 248 +16

    Eight Men Out

    1988, in 3 top lists Check
  30. 252 +15

    Empire of the Sun

    1987, in 9 top lists Check
  31. 262 +12

    Europa Europa

    1990 — a.k.a. Europa Europe, in 6 top lists Check
  32. 281 +11

    Fellini - Satyricon

    1969 — a.k.a. Fellini Satyricon, in 10 top lists Check
  33. 289 +13

    For Whom the Bell Tolls

    1943, in 3 top lists Check
  34. 302 +10

    The Fugitive

    1947, in 1 top list Check
  35. 308 +12

    Gangs of New York

    2002, in 5 top lists Check
  36. 309 +12

    Il giardino dei Finzi Contini

    1970 — a.k.a. The Garden of the Finzi-Continis, in 9 top lists Check
  37. 414 new

    Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages

    1916, in 24 top lists Check
  38. 312 +12

    Jigokumon

    1953 — a.k.a. Gate of Hell, in 9 top lists Check
  39. 429 +9

    Le juge et l'assassin

    1976 — a.k.a. The Judge and the Assassin, in 1 top list Check
  40. 93 new

    Kuroi ame

    1989 — a.k.a. Black Rain, in 6 top lists Check
  41. 828 +7

    L'histoire d'Adèle H.

    1975 — a.k.a. The Story of Adele H, in 1 top list Check
  42. 496 +10

    The Longest Day

    1962, in 6 top lists Check
  43. 519 +11

    Malcolm X

    1992, in 7 top lists Check
  44. 558 new

    Les misérables

    1934 — a.k.a. Les Misérables, in 6 top lists Check
  45. 560 +7

    Missing

    1982, in 5 top lists Check
  46. 579 new

    Munich

    2005, in 4 top lists Check
  47. 610 new

    No

    2012, in 5 top lists Check
  48. 616 +4

    La nuit de Varennes

    1982 — a.k.a. That Night in Varennes, in 1 top list Check
  49. 716 +9

    Richard III

    1955, in 6 top lists Check
  50. 739 new

    Russkiy kovcheg

    2002 — a.k.a. Russian Ark, in 9 top lists Check
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