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. 3 -

    Les quatre cents coups

    1959 — a.k.a. The 400 Blows, in 26 top lists Check
  2. 12 -

    Bonnie and Clyde

    1967, in 28 top lists Check
  3. 13 -

    À bout de souffle

    1960 — a.k.a. Breathless, in 29 top lists Check
  4. 16 -

    The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith

    1978, in 5 top lists Check
  5. 27 -

    Do the Right Thing

    1989, in 25 top lists Check
  6. 29 -

    Double Indemnity

    1944, in 37 top lists Check
  7. 32 -

    Enter the Dragon

    1973, in 14 top lists Check
  8. 36 -

    Fargo

    1996, in 27 top lists Check
  9. 40 -

    The Godfather

    1972, in 42 top lists Check
  10. 41 -

    The Godfather Part II

    1974, in 32 top lists Check
  11. 54 -

    L.A. Confidential

    1997, in 27 top lists Check
  12. 57 -

    M - Eine Stadt sucht einen Mörder

    1931 — a.k.a. M, in 35 top lists Check
  13. 58 -

    The Maltese Falcon

    1941, in 27 top lists Check
  14. 65 -

    The Night of the Hunter

    1955, in 34 top lists Check
  15. 68 -

    Los olvidados

    1950 — a.k.a. The Young and the Damned, in 25 top lists Check
  16. 69 -

    On the Waterfront

    1954, in 32 top lists Check
  17. 72 -

    Die Büchse der Pandora

    1929 — a.k.a. Pandora's Box, in 18 top lists Check
  18. 79 -

    The Public Enemy

    1931, in 13 top lists Check
  19. 80 -

    Pulp Fiction

    1994, in 38 top lists Check
  20. 82 -

    Rashômon

    1950 — a.k.a. Rashomon, in 34 top lists Check
  21. 98 -

    Touch of Evil

    1958, in 31 top lists Check
  22. 99 -

    Trouble in Paradise

    1932, in 17 top lists Check
  23. 102 -

    Les vampires

    1915, in 14 top lists Check
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