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. 107 -

    Written on the Wind

    1956, in 11 top lists Check
  2. 106 -

    The Wizard of Oz

    1939, in 38 top lists Check
  3. 105 -

    Winchester '73

    1950, in 6 top lists Check
  4. 104 -

    The Wild Bunch

    1969, in 25 top lists Check
  5. 103 -

    Vertigo

    1958, in 42 top lists Check
  6. 102 -

    Les vampires

    1915, in 14 top lists Check
  7. 101 -

    Unforgiven

    1992, in 24 top lists Check
  8. 100 -

    Ugetsu monogatari

    1953 — a.k.a. Ugetsu, in 25 top lists Check
  9. 99 -

    Trouble in Paradise

    1932, in 17 top lists Check
  10. 98 -

    Touch of Evil

    1958, in 31 top lists Check
  11. 97 -

    Top Hat

    1935, in 14 top lists Check
  12. 96 -

    Tôkyô monogatari

    1953 — a.k.a. Tokyo Story, in 27 top lists Check
  13. 95 -

    The Thief of Bagdad

    1924, in 14 top lists Check
  14. 94 -

    Sunset Blvd.

    1950 — a.k.a. Sunset Boulevard, in 35 top lists Check
  15. 93 -

    Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans

    1927 — a.k.a. Sunrise, in 36 top lists Check
  16. 92 -

    Le notti di Cabiria

    1957 — a.k.a. Nights of Cabiria, in 19 top lists Check
  17. 91 -

    La strada

    1954, in 21 top lists Check
  18. 90 -

    Star Wars

    1977, in 40 top lists Check
  19. 89 -

    Singin' in the Rain

    1952, in 37 top lists Check
  20. 88 -

    Det sjunde inseglet

    1957 — a.k.a. The Seventh Seal, in 25 top lists Check
  21. 87 -

    Shichinin no samurai

    1954 — a.k.a. Seven Samurai, in 36 top lists Check
  22. 86 -

    The Searchers

    1956, in 26 top lists Check
  23. 85 -

    Schindler's List

    1993, in 35 top lists Check
  24. 84 -

    La règle du jeu

    1939 — a.k.a. The Rules of the Game, in 24 top lists Check
  25. 83 -

    Rebel Without a Cause

    1955, in 16 top lists Check
  26. 82 -

    Rashômon

    1950 — a.k.a. Rashomon, in 34 top lists Check
  27. 81 -

    Raging Bull

    1980, in 34 top lists Check
  28. 80 -

    Pulp Fiction

    1994, in 38 top lists Check
  29. 79 -

    The Public Enemy

    1931, in 13 top lists Check
  30. 78 -

    Psycho

    1960, in 39 top lists Check
  31. 77 -

    The Piano

    1993, in 14 top lists Check
  32. 76 -

    Apur Sansar

    1959 — a.k.a. The World of Apu, in 19 top lists Check
  33. 75 -

    Aparajito

    1956 — a.k.a. The Unvanquished, in 15 top lists Check
  34. 74 -

    Pather Panchali

    1955, in 21 top lists Check
  35. 73 -

    La passion de Jeanne d'Arc

    1928 — a.k.a. The Passion of Joan of Arc, in 27 top lists Check
  36. 72 -

    Die Büchse der Pandora

    1929 — a.k.a. Pandora's Box, in 18 top lists Check
  37. 71 -

    The Palm Beach Story

    1942, in 14 top lists Check
  38. 70 -

    Roma città aperta

    1945 — a.k.a. Rome, Open City, in 23 top lists Check
  39. 69 -

    On the Waterfront

    1954, in 32 top lists Check
  40. 68 -

    Los olvidados

    1950 — a.k.a. The Young and the Damned, in 25 top lists Check
  41. 67 -

    Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens

    1922 — a.k.a. Nosferatu, in 28 top lists Check
  42. 66 -

    Night of the Living Dead

    1968, in 20 top lists Check
  43. 65 -

    The Night of the Hunter

    1955, in 34 top lists Check
  44. 64 -

    Nashville

    1975, in 21 top lists Check
  45. 63 -

    Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

    1939, in 16 top lists Check
  46. 62 -

    Modern Times

    1936, in 30 top lists Check
  47. 61 -

    Metropolis

    1927, in 36 top lists Check
  48. 60 -

    Die Ehe der Maria Braun

    1979 — a.k.a. The Marriage of Maria Braun, in 11 top lists Check
  49. 59 -

    Chelovek s kino-apparatom

    1929 — a.k.a. Man with a Movie Camera, in 24 top lists Check
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    The Maltese Falcon

    1941, in 27 top lists Check
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