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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. 928 +8

    2001: A Space Odyssey

    1968, in 45 top lists Check
  2. 687 +7

    Psycho

    1960, in 39 top lists Check
  3. 703 +7

    Rear Window

    1954, in 31 top lists Check
  4. 940 +6

    Vertigo

    1958, in 42 top lists Check
  5. 153 +13

    Citizen Kane

    1941, in 39 top lists Check
  6. 578 +9

    Mulholland Dr.

    2001 — a.k.a. Mulholland Drive, in 26 top lists Check
  7. 448 +9

    L.A. Confidential

    1997, in 27 top lists Check
  8. 149 +12

    Chinatown

    1974, in 31 top lists Check
  9. 512 +11

    M - Eine Stadt sucht einen Mörder

    1931 — a.k.a. M, in 35 top lists Check
  10. 880 +11

    The Third Man

    1949, in 37 top lists Check
  11. 1001 new

    Zodiac

    2007, in 14 top lists Check
  12. 704 +7

    Rebecca

    1940, in 23 top lists Check
  13. 701 +7

    Rashômon

    1950 — a.k.a. Rashomon, in 34 top lists Check
  14. 100 +7

    Blue Velvet

    1986, in 27 top lists Check
  15. 706 +7

    Trois couleurs: Rouge

    1994 — a.k.a. Three Colors: Red, in 20 top lists Check
  16. 594 new

    Mystic River

    2003, in 7 top lists Check
  17. 86 +9

    The Big Sleep

    1946, in 22 top lists Check
  18. 881 +11

    The 39 Steps

    1935, in 16 top lists Check
  19. 213 +11

    Les diaboliques

    1955 — a.k.a. Diabolique, in 21 top lists Check
  20. 452 +8

    The Lady Vanishes

    1938, in 15 top lists Check
  21. 919 +7

    The Trouble with Harry

    1955, in 2 top lists Check
  22. 62 +8

    Barton Fink

    1991, in 8 top lists Check
  23. 169 +12

    The Conversation

    1974, in 23 top lists Check
  24. 30 +7

    Anatomy of a Murder

    1959, in 12 top lists Check
  25. 259 new

    Eraserhead

    1977, in 20 top lists Check
  26. 377 +12

    Tengoku to jigoku

    1963 — a.k.a. High and Low, in 16 top lists Check
  27. 127 +8

    Bullitt

    1968, in 11 top lists Check
  28. 857 +6

    Hable con ella

    2002 — a.k.a. Talk to Her, in 12 top lists Check
  29. 410 new

    Mou gaan dou

    2002 — a.k.a. Infernal Affairs, in 14 top lists Check
  30. 47 +6

    L'avventura

    1960 — a.k.a. L'Avventura, in 24 top lists Check
  31. 809 +8

    Spellbound

    1945, in 7 top lists Check
  32. 894 +9

    To Catch a Thief

    1955, in 6 top lists Check
  33. 406 +16

    In the Heat of the Night

    1967, in 17 top lists Check
  34. 341 +10

    Gosford Park

    2001, in 6 top lists Check
  35. 877 +11

    The Thin Man

    1934, in 14 top lists Check
  36. 408 new

    In a Lonely Place

    1950, in 19 top lists Check
  37. 236 +14

    Dressed to Kill

    1980, in 7 top lists Check
  38. 98 +7

    Blow-Up

    1966, in 20 top lists Check
  39. 782 +6

    Shock Corridor

    1963, in 14 top lists Check
  40. 493 +11

    The Long Good Friday

    1980, in 12 top lists Check
  41. 848 +8

    Suspicion

    1941, in 4 top lists Check
  42. 887 +11

    Three Days of the Condor

    1975, in 4 top lists Check
  43. 789 +6

    A Shot in the Dark

    1964, in 2 top lists Check
  44. 560 +7

    Missing

    1982, in 5 top lists Check
  45. 446 +8

    Klute

    1971, in 11 top lists Check
  46. 23 +7

    Der amerikanische Freund

    1977 — a.k.a. The American Friend, in 8 top lists Check
  47. 489 +11

    Lone Star

    1996, in 6 top lists Check
  48. 118 +8

    La mariée était en noir

    1968 — a.k.a. The Bride Wore Black, in 3 top lists Check
  49. 876 +11

    The Thin Blue Line

    1988, in 12 top lists Check
  50. 606 +1

    Night Moves

    1975, in 6 top lists Check
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