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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42nd Street
1933, in 12 top lists Check -
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Annie Hall
1977, in 34 top lists Check -
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The Birth of a Nation
1915, in 21 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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Bringing Up Baby
1938, in 23 top lists Check -
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Casablanca
1942, in 39 top lists Check -
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Les enfants du paradis
1945 — a.k.a. Children of Paradise, in 21 top lists Check -
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Gone with the Wind
1939, in 31 top lists Check -
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The Graduate
1967, in 29 top lists Check -
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Chun gwong cha sit
1997 — a.k.a. Happy Together, in 13 top lists Check -
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L'Atalante
1934, in 21 top lists Check -
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On the Waterfront
1954, in 32 top lists Check -
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The Palm Beach Story
1942, in 14 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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The Piano
1993, in 14 top lists Check -
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Hong gao liang
1988 — a.k.a. Red Sorghum, in 11 top lists Check -
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La règle du jeu
1939 — a.k.a. The Rules of the Game, in 24 top lists Check -
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Singin' in the Rain
1952, in 37 top lists Check -
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Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
1927 — a.k.a. Sunrise, in 36 top lists Check -
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Sunset Blvd.
1950 — a.k.a. Sunset Boulevard, in 35 top lists Check -
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Top Hat
1935, in 13 top lists Check -
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Trouble in Paradise
1932, in 17 top lists Check -
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Vertigo
1958, in 42 top lists Check -
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Written on the Wind
1956, in 11 top lists Check
Last updated on Feb 21, 2013; source