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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. 469 +8

    The Letter

    1940, in 5 top lists Check
  2. 331 +12

    The Godfather Part II

    1974, in 32 top lists Check
  3. 500 new

    Lost in Translation

    2003, in 19 top lists Check
  4. 100 +7

    Blue Velvet

    1986, in 27 top lists Check
  5. 163 new

    Collateral

    2004, in 6 top lists Check
  6. 153 +13

    Citizen Kane

    1941, in 39 top lists Check
  7. 768 +6

    The Seven Year Itch

    1955, in 3 top lists Check
  8. 89 +9

    The Birds

    1963, in 18 top lists Check
  9. 940 +6

    Vertigo

    1958, in 42 top lists Check
  10. 276 +10

    Fargo

    1996, in 27 top lists Check
  11. 261 new

    Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

    2004, in 28 top lists Check
  12. 780 +5

    The Shining

    1980, in 28 top lists Check
  13. 689 +7

    Pulp Fiction

    1994, in 38 top lists Check
  14. 340 +10

    Goodfellas

    1990, in 31 top lists Check
  15. 860 +7

    Taxi Driver

    1976, in 34 top lists Check
  16. 703 +7

    Rear Window

    1954, in 31 top lists Check
  17. 3 +2

    Adaptation.

    2002, in 11 top lists Check
  18. 62 +8

    Barton Fink

    1991, in 8 top lists Check
  19. 478 +9

    Little Caesar

    1931, in 10 top lists Check
  20. 45 new

    Au hasard Balthazar

    1966 — a.k.a. Au Hasard Balthazar, in 18 top lists Check
  21. 661 +5

    The Pianist

    2002, in 21 top lists Check
  22. 745 +8

    Saturday Night Fever

    1977, in 13 top lists Check
  23. 358 new

    Halloween

    1978, in 17 top lists Check
  24. 51 +6

    Back to the Future

    1985, in 25 top lists Check
  25. 330 +12

    The Godfather

    1972, in 42 top lists Check
  26. 923 +8

    12 Angry Men

    1957, in 30 top lists Check
  27. 924 new

    12 Years a Slave

    2013, in 22 top lists Check
  28. 928 +8

    2001: A Space Odyssey

    1968, in 45 top lists Check
  29. 929 new

    2046

    2004, in 6 top lists Check
  30. 767 +6

    28 Up

    1984, in 5 top lists Check
  31. 881 +11

    The 39 Steps

    1935, in 16 top lists Check
  32. 296 new

    4 luni, 3 saptamâni si 2 zile

    2007 — a.k.a. 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days, in 13 top lists Check
  33. 294 new

    The 40 Year Old Virgin

    2005 — a.k.a. The 40-Year-Old Virgin, in 5 top lists Check
  34. 293 new

    42nd Street

    1933, in 12 top lists Check
  35. 247 +16

    1963, in 35 top lists Check
  36. 9 +4

    A.I. Artificial Intelligence

    2001, in 11 top lists Check
  37. 2 +2

    Adam's Rib

    1949, in 8 top lists Check
  38. 4 +3

    The Adventures of Robin Hood

    1938, in 17 top lists Check
  39. 831 +7

    Une affaire de femmes

    1988 — a.k.a. Story of Women, in 2 top lists Check
  40. 5 +3

    Affliction

    1997, in 1 top list Check
  41. 6 +3

    The African Queen

    1951, in 11 top lists Check
  42. 8 +4

    Aguirre, der Zorn Gottes

    1972 — a.k.a. Aguirre, the Wrath of God, in 18 top lists Check
  43. 946 new

    Ai qing wan sui

    1994 — a.k.a. Vive L'Amour, in 9 top lists Check
  44. 10 +4

    Airplane!

    1980, in 14 top lists Check
  45. 11 +5

    Aleksandr Nevskiy

    1938 — a.k.a. Alexander Nevsky, in 10 top lists Check
  46. 12 +5

    Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore

    1974, in 4 top lists Check
  47. 13 new

    Alien

    1979, in 30 top lists Check
  48. 14 +5

    Aliens

    1986, in 24 top lists Check
  49. 15 +5

    All About Eve

    1950, in 25 top lists Check
  50. 20 +2

    All Quiet on the Western Front

    1930, in 19 top lists Check
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Last updated on Dec 31, 2019 by joachimt; source