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. 85 -

    Schindler's List

    1993, in 35 top lists Check
  4. 41 -

    The Godfather Part II

    1974, in 32 top lists Check
  5. 36 -

    Fargo

    1996, in 27 top lists Check
  6. 15 -

    Casablanca

    1942, in 39 top lists Check
  7. 19 -

    Citizen Kane

    1941, in 39 top lists Check
  8. 54 -

    L.A. Confidential

    1997, in 27 top lists Check
  9. 44 -

    The Graduate

    1967, in 29 top lists Check
  10. 42 -

    Gone with the Wind

    1939, in 31 top lists Check
  11. 5 -

    Annie Hall

    1977, in 34 top lists Check
  12. 18 -

    Chinatown

    1974, in 31 top lists Check
  13. 81 -

    Raging Bull

    1980, in 34 top lists Check
  14. 101 -

    Unforgiven

    1992, in 24 top lists Check
  15. 20 -

    Close Encounters of the Third Kind

    1977, in 23 top lists Check
  16. 56 -

    Lawrence of Arabia

    1962, in 40 top lists Check
  17. 62 -

    Modern Times

    1936, in 30 top lists Check
  18. 87 -

    Shichinin no samurai

    1954 — a.k.a. Seven Samurai, in 36 top lists Check
  19. 61 -

    Metropolis

    1927, in 36 top lists Check
  20. 94 -

    Sunset Blvd.

    1950 — a.k.a. Sunset Boulevard, in 35 top lists Check
  21. 58 -

    The Maltese Falcon

    1941, in 26 top lists Check
  22. 12 -

    Bonnie and Clyde

    1967, in 28 top lists Check
  23. 82 -

    Rashômon

    1950 — a.k.a. Rashomon, in 34 top lists Check
  24. 29 -

    Double Indemnity

    1944, in 37 top lists Check
  25. 57 -

    M - Eine Stadt sucht einen Mörder

    1931 — a.k.a. M, in 35 top lists Check
  26. 88 -

    Det sjunde inseglet

    1957 — a.k.a. The Seventh Seal, in 25 top lists Check
  27. 69 -

    On the Waterfront

    1954, in 32 top lists Check
  28. 31 -

    Easy Rider

    1969, in 17 top lists Check
  29. 83 -

    Rebel Without a Cause

    1955, in 16 top lists Check
  30. 63 -

    Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

    1939, in 16 top lists Check
  31. 27 -

    Do the Right Thing

    1989, in 25 top lists Check
  32. 32 -

    Enter the Dragon

    1973, in 14 top lists Check
  33. 4 -

    All About Eve

    1950, in 25 top lists Check
  34. 3 -

    Les quatre cents coups

    1959 — a.k.a. The 400 Blows, in 26 top lists Check
  35. 13 -

    À bout de souffle

    1960 — a.k.a. Breathless, in 29 top lists Check
  36. 65 -

    The Night of the Hunter

    1955, in 34 top lists Check
  37. 28 -

    La dolce vita

    1960 — a.k.a. La Dolce Vita, in 22 top lists Check
  38. 86 -

    The Searchers

    1956, in 26 top lists Check
  39. 77 -

    The Piano

    1993, in 14 top lists Check
  40. 11 -

    Blow-Up

    1966, in 20 top lists Check
  41. 73 -

    La passion de Jeanne d'Arc

    1928 — a.k.a. The Passion of Joan of Arc, in 27 top lists Check
  42. 91 -

    La strada

    1954, in 21 top lists Check
  43. 93 -

    Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans

    1927 — a.k.a. Sunrise, in 36 top lists Check
  44. 10 -

    The Birth of a Nation

    1915, in 21 top lists Check
  45. 96 -

    Tôkyô monogatari

    1953 — a.k.a. Tokyo Story, in 27 top lists Check
  46. 84 -

    La règle du jeu

    1939 — a.k.a. The Rules of the Game, in 24 top lists Check
  47. 92 -

    Le notti di Cabiria

    1957 — a.k.a. Nights of Cabiria, in 19 top lists Check
  48. 64 -

    Nashville

    1975, in 20 top lists Check
  49. 70 -

    Roma città aperta

    1945 — a.k.a. Rome, Open City, in 23 top lists Check
  50. 100 -

    Ugetsu monogatari

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