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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. 314 new

    The General

    1926, in 33 top lists Check
  2. 698 +7

    Raising Arizona

    1987, in 9 top lists Check
  3. 727 new

    Roma

    2018, in 18 top lists
    Check
  4. 704 +7

    Rebecca

    1940, in 23 top lists Check
  5. 880 +11

    The Third Man

    1949, in 37 top lists Check
  6. 901 +8

    Tootsie

    1982, in 17 top lists Check
  7. 907 +8

    Touch of Evil

    1958, in 31 top lists Check
  8. 550 +10

    Midnight Cowboy

    1969, in 22 top lists Check
  9. 358 new

    Halloween

    1978, in 17 top lists Check
  10. 286 new

    The Florida Project

    2017, in 5 top lists
    Check
  11. 672 +7

    The Player

    1992, in 10 top lists Check
  12. 247 +16

    1963, in 35 top lists Check
  13. 582 +8

    My Beautiful Laundrette

    1985, in 7 top lists Check
  14. 658 +3

    Persona

    1966, in 25 top lists Check
  15. 3 +2

    Adaptation.

    2002, in 11 top lists Check
  16. 889 +10

    Kumonosu-jô

    1957 — a.k.a. Throne of Blood, in 16 top lists Check
  17. 70 new

    Before Midnight

    2013, in 6 top lists Check
  18. 460 +9

    The Last Temptation of Christ

    1988, in 7 top lists Check
  19. 726 +8

    Roger & Me

    1989, in 12 top lists Check
  20. 655 -243

    Patton

    1970, in 13 top lists Check
  21. 995 +4

    Yôjinbô

    1961 — a.k.a. Yojimbo, in 19 top lists Check
  22. 598 +4

    Nashville

    1975, in 21 top lists Check
  23. 412 new

    Inside Llewyn Davis

    2013, in 8 top lists Check
  24. 259 new

    Eraserhead

    1977, in 20 top lists Check
  25. 450 new

    Lady Bird

    2017, in 11 top lists Check
  26. 878 +11

    The Thin Red Line

    1998, in 14 top lists Check
  27. 112 +6

    Boyz n the Hood

    1991, in 9 top lists Check
  28. 124 new

    Brokeback Mountain

    2005, in 21 top lists Check
  29. 488 +11

    Lolita

    1962, in 11 top lists Check
  30. 250 +15

    The Elephant Man

    1980, in 16 top lists Check
  31. 96 +7

    Blazing Saddles

    1974, in 14 top lists Check
  32. 10 +4

    Airplane!

    1980, in 14 top lists Check
  33. 147 +12

    Chicken Run

    2000, in 9 top lists Check
  34. 57 +7

    Bambi

    1942, in 13 top lists Check
  35. 67 +8

    Beauty and the Beast

    1991, in 19 top lists Check
  36. 114 +8

    The Breakfast Club

    1985, in 10 top lists Check
  37. 228 +16

    Donnie Brasco

    1997, in 5 top lists Check
  38. 227 +16

    La dolce vita

    1960 — a.k.a. La Dolce Vita, in 22 top lists Check
  39. 113 +6

    Brazil

    1985, in 23 top lists Check
  40. 86 +9

    The Big Sleep

    1946, in 22 top lists Check
  41. 337 +10

    Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo

    1966 — a.k.a. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, in 28 top lists Check
  42. 75 +8

    Ben-Hur

    1959, in 22 top lists Check
  43. 896 +9

    To Kill a Mockingbird

    1962, in 18 top lists Check
  44. 79 +8

    Ladri di biciclette

    1948 — a.k.a. Bicycle Thieves, in 36 top lists Check
  45. 578 +9

    Mulholland Dr.

    2001 — a.k.a. Mulholland Drive, in 26 top lists Check
  46. 94 new

    Black Swan

    2010, in 12 top lists Check
  47. 164 +11

    The Color of Money

    1986, in 3 top lists Check
  48. 924 new

    12 Years a Slave

    2013, in 22 top lists Check
  49. 61 +8

    Barry Lyndon

    1975, in 24 top lists Check
  50. 346 +10

    The Great Dictator

    1940, in 25 top lists Check
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