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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. 689 +7

    Pulp Fiction

    1994, in 38 top lists Check
  2. 330 +12

    The Godfather

    1972, in 42 top lists Check
  3. 331 +12

    The Godfather Part II

    1974, in 32 top lists Check
  4. 158 +12

    A Clockwork Orange

    1971, in 37 top lists Check
  5. 713 +8

    Reservoir Dogs

    1992, in 26 top lists Check
  6. 140 +9

    Casablanca

    1942, in 39 top lists Check
  7. 793 +6

    The Silence of the Lambs

    1991, in 36 top lists Check
  8. 340 +10

    Goodfellas

    1990, in 31 top lists Check
  9. 37 +6

    Apocalypse Now

    1979, in 38 top lists Check
  10. 303 +10

    Full Metal Jacket

    1987, in 18 top lists Check
  11. 261 new

    Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

    2004, in 28 top lists Check
  12. 860 +7

    Taxi Driver

    1976, in 34 top lists Check
  13. 276 +10

    Fargo

    1996, in 26 top lists Check
  14. 647 new

    El laberinto del fauno

    2006 — a.k.a. Pan's Labyrinth, in 33 top lists Check
  15. 627 +4

    One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

    1975, in 35 top lists Check
  16. 153 +13

    Citizen Kane

    1941, in 39 top lists Check
  17. 748 +6

    Saving Private Ryan

    1998, in 28 top lists Check
  18. 752 +6

    Schindler's List

    1993, in 35 top lists Check
  19. 923 +8

    12 Angry Men

    1957, in 30 top lists Check
  20. 765 +6

    Shichinin no samurai

    1954 — a.k.a. Seven Samurai, in 36 top lists Check
  21. 869 new

    There Will Be Blood

    2007, in 20 top lists Check
  22. 464 +9

    Lawrence of Arabia

    1962, in 40 top lists Check
  23. 336 +10

    Gone with the Wind

    1939, in 31 top lists Check
  24. 61 +8

    Barry Lyndon

    1975, in 24 top lists Check
  25. 578 +9

    Mulholland Dr.

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

    L.A. Confidential

    1997, in 27 top lists Check
  27. 94 new

    Black Swan

    2010, in 12 top lists Check
  28. 695 +6

    Raging Bull

    1980, in 34 top lists Check
  29. 149 +12

    Chinatown

    1974, in 31 top lists Check
  30. 422 +1

    Jaws

    1975, in 28 top lists Check
  31. 913 +6

    Trainspotting

    1996, in 18 top lists Check
  32. 419 +13

    It's a Wonderful Life

    1946, in 33 top lists Check
  33. 547 new

    Metropolis

    1927, in 36 top lists Check
  34. 500 new

    Lost in Translation

    2003, in 19 top lists Check
  35. 847 +8

    Sunset Blvd.

    1950 — a.k.a. Sunset Boulevard, in 35 top lists Check
  36. 35 +6

    Annie Hall

    1977, in 34 top lists Check
  37. 937 +5

    Unforgiven

    1992, in 24 top lists Check
  38. 206 +13

    The Deer Hunter

    1978, in 26 top lists Check
  39. 512 +11

    M - Eine Stadt sucht einen Mörder

    1931 — a.k.a. M, in 35 top lists Check
  40. 119 +8

    The Bridge on the River Kwai

    1957, in 32 top lists Check
  41. 114 +8

    The Breakfast Club

    1985, in 10 top lists Check
  42. 247 +16

    8½

    1963, in 35 top lists Check
  43. 230 +16

    Double Indemnity

    1944, in 37 top lists Check
  44. 520 +11

    The Maltese Falcon

    1941, in 26 top lists Check
  45. 654 +2

    Paths of Glory

    1957, in 26 top lists Check
  46. 769 +6

    Det sjunde inseglet

    1957 — a.k.a. The Seventh Seal, in 25 top lists Check
  47. 878 +11

    The Thin Red Line

    1998, in 14 top lists Check
  48. 342 +10

    The Graduate

    1967, in 29 top lists Check
  49. 1001 new

    Zodiac

    2007, in 14 top lists Check
  50. 625 +4

    On the Waterfront

    1954, in 32 top lists Check
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Last updated on Dec 31, 2019 by joachimt; source