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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. 643 +4

    The Overlanders

    1946, in 2 top lists Check
  2. 466 new

    The Learning Tree

    1969, in 4 top lists Check
  3. 33 +5

    The Angry Silence

    1960, in 1 top list Check
  4. 155 +13

    Claudine

    1974, in 2 top lists Check
  5. 455 +8

    The Last American Hero

    1973, in 1 top list Check
  6. 958 new

    The Watermelon Woman

    1996, in 7 top lists Check
  7. 962 +3

    La fille du puisatier

    1940 — a.k.a. The Well-Digger's Daughter, in 2 top lists Check
  8. 271 +10

    Kazoku gêmu

    1983 — a.k.a. The Family Game, in 3 top lists Check
  9. 471 +8

    Les liaisons dangereuses

    1959 — a.k.a. Dangerous Liaisons 1960, in 1 top list Check
  10. 538 +11

    Mayerling

    1936, in 1 top list Check
  11. 532 +12

    The Marrying Kind

    1952, in 1 top list Check
  12. 310 +12

    Gas Food Lodging

    1992, in 2 top lists Check
  13. 863 +11

    The Tender Trap

    1955, in 1 top list Check
  14. 544 +11

    The Memory of Justice

    1976, in 2 top lists Check
  15. 799 +8

    Smash Palace

    1981, in 1 top list Check
  16. 879 +11

    Die dritte Generation

    1979 — a.k.a. The Third Generation, in 2 top lists Check
  17. 302 +10

    The Fugitive

    1947, in 1 top list Check
  18. 181 +11

    Damn Yankees

    1958, in 1 top list Check
  19. 639 new

    Out 1, noli me tangere

    1971 — a.k.a. Out 1, in 4 top lists Check
  20. 378 +12

    The High and the Mighty

    1954, in 1 top list Check
  21. 870 +11

    These Three

    1936, in 1 top list Check
  22. 952 new

    Walking and Talking

    1996, in 1 top list Check
  23. 727 new

    Roma

    2018, in 18 top lists
    Check
  24. 253 +15

    Enemies, A Love Story

    1989, in 2 top lists Check
  25. 475 +8

    Life with Father

    1947, in 1 top list Check
  26. 257 +14

    The Entertainer

    1960, in 1 top list Check
  27. 361 +9

    Citizens Band

    1977, in 2 top lists Check
  28. 861 +9

    Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here

    1969, in 1 top list Check
  29. 886 +11

    Three Comrades

    1938, in 2 top lists Check
  30. 292 +12

    A Foreign Affair

    1948, in 2 top lists Check
  31. 1000 new

    Zama

    2017, in 8 top lists Check
  32. 616 +4

    La nuit de Varennes

    1982 — a.k.a. That Night in Varennes, in 1 top list Check
  33. 433 +10

    Junior Bonner

    1972, in 1 top list Check
  34. 629 +5

    One Night of Love

    1934, in 2 top lists Check
  35. 729 +7

    Romeo and Juliet

    1936, in 2 top lists Check
  36. 165 +11

    Come Back, Little Sheba

    1952, in 1 top list Check
  37. 497 +10

    Look Back in Anger

    1959, in 1 top list Check
  38. 450 new

    Lady Bird

    2017, in 11 top lists Check
  39. 270 new

    Visages villages

    2017 — a.k.a. Faces Places, in 4 top lists
    Check
  40. 317 +13

    Georgy Girl

    1966, in 1 top list Check
  41. 517 +10

    The Major and the Minor

    1942, in 3 top lists Check
  42. 365 +10

    Harry and Tonto

    1974, in 1 top list Check
  43. 313 +12

    Gion bayashi

    1953 — a.k.a. A Geisha, in 3 top lists Check
  44. 286 new

    The Florida Project

    2017, in 5 top lists
    Check
  45. 429 +9

    Le juge et l'assassin

    1976 — a.k.a. The Judge and the Assassin, in 1 top list Check
  46. 638 +6

    Our Town

    1940, in 2 top lists Check
  47. 506 +10

    Lovely & Amazing

    2001, in 1 top list Check
  48. 118 +8

    La mariée était en noir

    1968 — a.k.a. The Bride Wore Black, in 3 top lists Check
  49. 60 +8

    Barfly

    1987, in 1 top list Check
  50. 874 +11

    They Won't Forget

    1937, in 2 top lists Check
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