The A List: The National Society of Film Critics' 100 Essential Films

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"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."

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  1. 80 -

    Pulp Fiction

    1994, in 38 top lists Check
  2. 40 -

    The Godfather

    1972, in 42 top lists Check
  3. 1 -

    2001: A Space Odyssey

    1968, in 45 top lists Check
  4. 90 -

    Star Wars

    1977, in 40 top lists Check
  5. 41 -

    The Godfather Part II

    1974, in 32 top lists Check
  6. 15 -

    Casablanca

    1942, in 39 top lists Check
  7. 78 -

    Psycho

    1960, in 39 top lists Check
  8. 36 -

    Fargo

    1996, in 27 top lists Check
  9. 103 -

    Vertigo

    1958, in 42 top lists Check
  10. 19 -

    Citizen Kane

    1941, in 39 top lists Check
  11. 85 -

    Schindler's List

    1993, in 35 top lists Check
  12. 87 -

    Shichinin no samurai

    1954 — a.k.a. Seven Samurai, in 36 top lists Check
  13. 56 -

    Lawrence of Arabia

    1962, in 40 top lists Check
  14. 42 -

    Gone with the Wind

    1939, in 31 top lists Check
  15. 54 -

    L.A. Confidential

    1997, in 27 top lists Check
  16. 81 -

    Raging Bull

    1980, in 34 top lists Check
  17. 106 -

    The Wizard of Oz

    1939, in 38 top lists Check
  18. 18 -

    Chinatown

    1974, in 31 top lists Check
  19. 89 -

    Singin' in the Rain

    1952, in 37 top lists Check
  20. 61 -

    Metropolis

    1927, in 36 top lists Check
  21. 94 -

    Sunset Blvd.

    1950 — a.k.a. Sunset Boulevard, in 35 top lists Check
  22. 5 -

    Annie Hall

    1977, in 34 top lists Check
  23. 101 -

    Unforgiven

    1992, in 24 top lists Check
  24. 57 -

    M - Eine Stadt sucht einen Mörder

    1931 — a.k.a. M, in 35 top lists Check
  25. 34 -

    The Exorcist

    1973, in 27 top lists Check
  26. 29 -

    Double Indemnity

    1944, in 37 top lists Check
  27. 58 -

    The Maltese Falcon

    1941, in 27 top lists Check
  28. 88 -

    Det sjunde inseglet

    1957 — a.k.a. The Seventh Seal, in 25 top lists Check
  29. 44 -

    The Graduate

    1967, in 29 top lists Check
  30. 69 -

    On the Waterfront

    1954, in 32 top lists Check
  31. 82 -

    Rashômon

    1950 — a.k.a. Rashomon, in 34 top lists Check
  32. 4 -

    All About Eve

    1950, in 25 top lists Check
  33. 65 -

    The Night of the Hunter

    1955, in 34 top lists Check
  34. 20 -

    Close Encounters of the Third Kind

    1977, in 23 top lists Check
  35. 62 -

    Modern Times

    1936, in 30 top lists Check
  36. 98 -

    Touch of Evil

    1958, in 30 top lists Check
  37. 38 -

    Bride of Frankenstein

    1935, in 19 top lists Check
  38. 37 -

    Frankenstein

    1931, in 18 top lists Check
  39. 12 -

    Bonnie and Clyde

    1967, in 28 top lists Check
  40. 66 -

    Night of the Living Dead

    1968, in 20 top lists Check
  41. 3 -

    Les quatre cents coups

    1959 — a.k.a. The 400 Blows, in 26 top lists Check
  42. 86 -

    The Searchers

    1956, in 26 top lists Check
  43. 104 -

    The Wild Bunch

    1969, in 25 top lists Check
  44. 67 -

    Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens

    1922 — a.k.a. Nosferatu, in 28 top lists Check
  45. 93 -

    Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans

    1927 — a.k.a. Sunrise, in 36 top lists Check
  46. 13 -

    À bout de souffle

    1960 — a.k.a. Breathless, in 29 top lists Check
  47. 31 -

    Easy Rider

    1969, in 17 top lists Check
  48. 28 -

    La dolce vita

    1960 — a.k.a. La Dolce Vita, in 22 top lists Check
  49. 39 -

    The General

    1926, in 34 top lists Check
  50. 63 -

    Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

    1939, in 16 top lists Check
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