The New York Times's Book of Movies

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This list is drawn from "The New York Times Book of Movies: The Essential 1,000 Films to See", published in 2019. It contains a selection of 1000 reviews that have been printed in The New York Times. The majority of movies in this book are among the "10 Best Films" chosen by New York Times critics at the end of each year.

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  1. 9 +4

    A.I. Artificial Intelligence

    2001, in 11 top lists Check
  2. 953 new

    WALL·E

    2008, in 26 top lists Check
  3. 821 +6

    Star Wars

    1977, in 40 top lists Check
  4. 422 +1

    Jaws

    1975, in 28 top lists Check
  5. 979 +3

    The Wizard of Oz

    1939, in 38 top lists Check
  6. 514 new

    Mad Max: Fury Road

    2015, in 23 top lists Check
  7. 51 +6

    Back to the Future

    1985, in 25 top lists Check
  8. 513 +11

    Mad Max

    1979, in 13 top lists Check
  9. 812 +7

    Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi

    2001 — a.k.a. Spirited Away, in 39 top lists Check
  10. 910 +6

    Toy Story

    1995, in 25 top lists Check
  11. 14 +5

    Aliens

    1986, in 24 top lists Check
  12. 696 +6

    Raiders of the Lost Ark

    1981 — a.k.a. Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark, in 29 top lists Check
  13. 464 +9

    Lawrence of Arabia

    1962, in 40 top lists Check
  14. 75 +8

    Ben-Hur

    1959, in 22 top lists Check
  15. 906 +8

    Total Recall

    1990, in 8 top lists Check
  16. 754 +7

    The Searchers

    1956, in 26 top lists Check
  17. 61 +8

    Barry Lyndon

    1975, in 24 top lists Check
  18. 723 +8

    Mad Max 2

    1981 — a.k.a. The Road Warrior, in 14 top lists Check
  19. 765 +6

    Shichinin no samurai

    1954 — a.k.a. Seven Samurai, in 36 top lists Check
  20. 804 +8

    Some Like It Hot

    1959, in 35 top lists Check
  21. 899 +9

    Tom Jones

    1963, in 13 top lists Check
  22. 442 +7

    King Kong

    1933, in 26 top lists Check
  23. 868 +12

    Thelma & Louise

    1991, in 13 top lists Check
  24. 613 +3

    North by Northwest

    1959, in 30 top lists Check
  25. 334 +11

    Goldfinger

    1964, in 15 top lists Check
  26. 208 +13

    Deliverance

    1972, in 15 top lists Check
  27. 6 +3

    The African Queen

    1951, in 11 top lists Check
  28. 862 +10

    The Ten Commandments

    1956, in 12 top lists Check
  29. 8 +4

    Aguirre, der Zorn Gottes

    1972 — a.k.a. Aguirre, the Wrath of God, in 18 top lists Check
  30. 333 new

    The Gold Rush

    1925, in 30 top lists Check
  31. 119 +8

    The Bridge on the River Kwai

    1957, in 32 top lists Check
  32. 808 +8

    Spartacus

    1960, in 19 top lists Check
  33. 993 +4

    Yellow Submarine

    1968, in 8 top lists Check
  34. 914 +6

    The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

    1948, in 25 top lists Check
  35. 820 +6

    Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan

    1982, in 6 top lists Check
  36. 314 new

    The General

    1926, in 33 top lists Check
  37. 949 +4

    Le salaire de la peur

    1953 — a.k.a. The Wages of Fear, in 29 top lists Check
  38. 816 +6

    Stagecoach

    1939, in 21 top lists Check
  39. 4 +3

    The Adventures of Robin Hood

    1938, in 17 top lists Check
  40. 284 +13

    Fitzcarraldo

    1982, in 14 top lists Check
  41. 841 +9

    Sullivan's Travels

    1941, in 24 top lists Check
  42. 719 +9

    The Right Stuff

    1983, in 13 top lists Check
  43. 354 +11

    Gunga Din

    1939, in 7 top lists Check
  44. 951 +4

    Walkabout

    1971, in 13 top lists Check
  45. 218 +12

    The Dirty Dozen

    1967, in 8 top lists Check
  46. 708 +7

    Red River

    1948, in 16 top lists Check
  47. 875 +11

    The Thief of Bagdad

    1940, in 13 top lists Check
  48. 581 +8

    Mutiny on the Bounty

    1935, in 6 top lists Check
  49. 920 +7

    True Grit

    1969, in 2 top lists Check
  50. 895 +9

    To Have and Have Not

    1944, in 16 top lists Check
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Last updated on Dec 31, 2019 by joachimt; source