The A List - National Society of Film Critics' 100 Essential Films
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This is the Amazon book description for "The A List", published in 2002:
People love movies. People love lists. So The A-List is a natural. While there are plenty of encyclopedic lists of films, this compulsively readable book of 100 essays—most written expressly for this volume-flags the best of the best as chosen by a consensus of the National Society of Film Critics. The Society is a world-renowned, marquee—name organization embracing some of America's most distinguished critics: more than forty writers who have national followings as well as devoted local constituencies in such major cities as New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, Boston, Philadelphia, Atlanta, and Minneapolis. But make no mistake about it: This isn't a collection of esoteric "critic's choice" movies. The Society has made its selections based on a film's intrinsic merits, its role in the development of the motion-picture art, and its impact on culture and society. Some of the choices are controversial. So are some of the omissions. It will be a jumping-off point for discussions for years to come. And since the volume spans all international films from the very beginning, it will act as a balance to recent guides dominated by films of the last two decades (hardly film's golden age). Here is a book that is definitely ready for its close-up.
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Les vampires
1915, in 14 top lists Check -
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The Godfather Part II
1974, in 32 top lists Check -
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The Godfather
1972, in 42 top lists Check -
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Pulp Fiction
1994, in 38 top lists Check -
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L.A. Confidential
1997, in 27 top lists Check -
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The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith
1978, in 5 top lists Check -
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Do the Right Thing
1989, in 25 top lists Check -
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Bonnie and Clyde
1967, in 28 top lists Check -
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Die Büchse der Pandora
1929 — a.k.a. Pandora's Box, in 18 top lists Check -
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On the Waterfront
1954, in 32 top lists Check -
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Double Indemnity
1944, in 37 top lists Check -
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Enter the Dragon
1973, in 14 top lists Check -
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The Maltese Falcon
1941, in 27 top lists Check -
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M - Eine Stadt sucht einen Mörder
1931 — a.k.a. M, in 35 top lists Check -
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Les quatre cents coups
1959 — a.k.a. The 400 Blows, in 26 top lists Check -
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Fargo
1996, in 27 top lists Check -
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Touch of Evil
1958, in 31 top lists Check -
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The Night of the Hunter
1955, in 34 top lists Check -
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À bout de souffle
1960 — a.k.a. Breathless, in 29 top lists Check -
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Rashômon
1950 — a.k.a. Rashomon, in 34 top lists Check -
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The Public Enemy
1931, in 13 top lists Check -
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Trouble in Paradise
1932, in 17 top lists Check -
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Los olvidados
1950 — a.k.a. The Young and the Damned, in 25 top lists Check
Last updated on Feb 21, 2013; source