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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  1. 3 new

    42nd Street

    1933, in 12 top lists Check
  2. 5 new

    Annie Hall

    1977, in 34 top lists Check
  3. 11 new

    The Birth of a Nation

    1915, in 21 top lists Check
  4. 14 new

    À bout de souffle

    1960 — a.k.a. Breathless, in 29 top lists Check
  5. 16 new

    Bringing Up Baby

    1938, in 23 top lists Check
  6. 17 new

    Casablanca

    1942, in 39 top lists Check
  7. 19 new

    Les enfants du paradis

    1945 — a.k.a. Children of Paradise, in 21 top lists Check
  8. 43 new

    Gone with the Wind

    1939, in 31 top lists Check
  9. 45 new

    The Graduate

    1967, in 29 top lists Check
  10. 47 new

    Chun gwong cha sit

    1997 — a.k.a. Happy Together, in 13 top lists Check
  11. 54 new

    L'Atalante

    1934, in 21 top lists Check
  12. 70 new

    On the Waterfront

    1954, in 32 top lists Check
  13. 72 new

    The Palm Beach Story

    1942, in 14 top lists Check
  14. 73 new

    Die Büchse der Pandora

    1929 — a.k.a. Pandora's Box, in 18 top lists Check
  15. 76 new

    The Piano

    1993, in 14 top lists Check
  16. 84 new

    Hong gao liang

    1988 — a.k.a. Red Sorghum, in 11 top lists Check
  17. 85 new

    La règle du jeu

    1939 — a.k.a. The Rules of the Game, in 24 top lists Check
  18. 90 new

    Singin' in the Rain

    1952, in 37 top lists Check
  19. 93 new

    Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans

    1927 — a.k.a. Sunrise, in 36 top lists Check
  20. 94 new

    Sunset Blvd.

    1950 — a.k.a. Sunset Boulevard, in 35 top lists Check
  21. 97 new

    Top Hat

    1935, in 13 top lists Check
  22. 99 new

    Trouble in Paradise

    1932, in 17 top lists Check
  23. 103 new

    Vertigo

    1958, in 42 top lists Check
  24. 107 new

    Written on the Wind

    1956, in 11 top lists Check
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