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
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    All About Eve

    1950, in 25 top lists Check
  3. 5 -

    Annie Hall

    1977, in 34 top lists Check
  4. 6 -

    Popiól i diament

    1958 — a.k.a. Ashes and Diamonds, in 17 top lists Check
  5. 7 -

    L'Atalante

    1934, in 21 top lists Check
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    The Birth of a Nation

    1915, in 21 top lists Check
  7. 11 -

    Blow-Up

    1966, in 20 top lists Check
  8. 12 -

    Bonnie and Clyde

    1967, in 28 top lists Check
  9. 13 -

    À bout de souffle

    1960 — a.k.a. Breathless, in 29 top lists Check
  10. 15 -

    Casablanca

    1942, in 39 top lists Check
  11. 16 -

    The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith

    1978, in 5 top lists Check
  12. 17 -

    Les enfants du paradis

    1945 — a.k.a. Children of Paradise, in 21 top lists Check
  13. 18 -

    Chinatown

    1974, in 31 top lists Check
  14. 19 -

    Citizen Kane

    1941, in 39 top lists Check
  15. 20 -

    Close Encounters of the Third Kind

    1977, in 23 top lists Check
  16. 21 -

    Ostre sledované vlaky

    1966 — a.k.a. Closely Watched Trains, in 14 top lists Check
  17. 22 -

    Nema-ye Nazdik

    1990 — a.k.a. Close-Up, in 21 top lists Check
  18. 23 -

    Dance, Girl, Dance

    1940, in 4 top lists Check
  19. 24 -

    Dekalog

    1989, in 11 top lists Check
  20. 25 -

    Journal d'un curé de campagne

    1951 — a.k.a. Diary of a Country Priest, in 14 top lists Check
  21. 26 -

    Diner

    1982, in 7 top lists Check
  22. 27 -

    Do the Right Thing

    1989, in 25 top lists Check
  23. 28 -

    La dolce vita

    1960 — a.k.a. La Dolce Vita, in 22 top lists Check
  24. 29 -

    Double Indemnity

    1944, in 37 top lists Check
  25. 31 -

    Easy Rider

    1969, in 17 top lists Check
  26. 32 -

    Enter the Dragon

    1973, in 14 top lists Check
  27. 33 -

    The Entertainer

    1960, in 1 top list Check
  28. 35 -

    Faces

    1968, in 11 top lists Check
  29. 36 -

    Fargo

    1996, in 27 top lists Check
  30. 40 -

    The Godfather

    1972, in 42 top lists Check
  31. 41 -

    The Godfather Part II

    1974, in 32 top lists Check
  32. 42 -

    Gone with the Wind

    1939, in 31 top lists Check
  33. 43 -

    Il vangelo secondo Matteo

    1964 — a.k.a. The Gospel According to St. Matthew, in 14 top lists Check
  34. 44 -

    The Graduate

    1967, in 29 top lists Check
  35. 45 -

    Greed

    1924, in 21 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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    Jailhouse Rock

    1957, in 4 top lists Check
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    Ju Dou

    1990, in 5 top lists Check
  39. 51 -

    Da hong denglong gaogao gua

    1991 — a.k.a. Raise the Red Lantern, in 21 top lists Check
  40. 52 -

    Hong gao liang

    1988 — a.k.a. Red Sorghum, in 11 top lists Check
  41. 53 -

    Killer of Sheep

    1978, in 14 top lists Check
  42. 54 -

    L.A. Confidential

    1997, in 27 top lists Check
  43. 55 -

    Topio stin omihli

    1988 — a.k.a. Landscape in the Mist, in 7 top lists Check
  44. 56 -

    Lawrence of Arabia

    1962, in 40 top lists Check
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    M - Eine Stadt sucht einen Mörder

    1931 — a.k.a. M, in 35 top lists Check
  46. 58 -

    The Maltese Falcon

    1941, in 27 top lists Check
  47. 60 -

    Die Ehe der Maria Braun

    1979 — a.k.a. The Marriage of Maria Braun, in 11 top lists Check
  48. 61 -

    Metropolis

    1927, in 36 top lists Check
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    Modern Times

    1936, in 30 top lists Check
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    Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

    1939, in 16 top lists Check
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