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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. 76 +8

    Berlin Alexanderplatz

    1980, in 7 top lists Check
  2. 371 +12

    Heimat - Eine Chronik in elf Teilen

    1984 — a.k.a. Heimat: A Chronicle of Germany, in 10 top lists Check
  3. 639 new

    Out 1, noli me tangere

    1971 — a.k.a. Out 1, in 4 top lists Check
  4. 204 +13

    Dekalog

    1989, in 11 top lists Check
  5. 781 +6

    Shoah

    1985, in 18 top lists Check
  6. 620 new

    O.J.: Made in America

    2016, in 7 top lists Check
  7. 744 new

    Sátántangó

    1994 — a.k.a. Satantango, in 12 top lists Check
  8. 136 new

    Carlos

    2010, in 5 top lists Check
  9. 608 +4

    Novecento

    1976 — a.k.a. 1900, in 6 top lists Check
  10. 751 +6

    Scener ur ett äktenskap

    1973 — a.k.a. Scenes from a Marriage, in 4 top lists Check
  11. 558 new

    Les misérables

    1934 — a.k.a. Les Misérables, in 6 top lists Check
  12. 544 +11

    The Memory of Justice

    1976, in 2 top lists Check
  13. 387 +14

    Hôtel Terminus

    1988, in 6 top lists Check
  14. 593 new

    Mistérios de Lisboa - O Filme

    2010, in 6 top lists Check
  15. 805 +8

    Le chagrin et la pitié

    1969 — a.k.a. The Sorrow and the Pity, in 11 top lists Check
  16. 612 new

    Norte, hangganan ng kasaysayan

    2013 — a.k.a. Norte, the End of History, in 4 top lists Check
  17. 351 new

    Le fond de l'air est rouge

    1977 — a.k.a. A Grin Without A Cat, in 3 top lists Check
  18. 336 +10

    Gone with the Wind

    1939, in 31 top lists Check
  19. 121 new

    Guling jie shaonian sharen shijian

    1991 — a.k.a. A Brighter Summer Day, in 19 top lists Check
  20. 464 +9

    Lawrence of Arabia

    1962, in 40 top lists Check
  21. 862 +10

    The Ten Commandments

    1956, in 12 top lists Check
  22. 75 +8

    Ben-Hur

    1959, in 22 top lists Check
  23. 146 new

    Chelsea Girls

    1966, in 6 top lists Check
  24. 765 +6

    Shichinin no samurai

    1954 — a.k.a. Seven Samurai, in 36 top lists Check
  25. 32 new

    Andrey Rublyov

    1966 — a.k.a. Andrei Rublev, in 29 top lists Check
  26. 331 +12

    The Godfather Part II

    1974, in 32 top lists Check
  27. 424 new

    Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du commerce, 1080...

    1975, in 12 top lists Check
  28. 519 +11

    Malcolm X

    1992, in 7 top lists Check
  29. 323 +11

    Giant

    1956, in 10 top lists Check
  30. 225 +16

    Doctor Zhivago

    1965, in 17 top lists Check
  31. 808 +8

    Spartacus

    1960, in 19 top lists Check
  32. 710 +7

    Reds

    1981, in 9 top lists Check
  33. 752 +6

    Schindler's List

    1993, in 35 top lists Check
  34. 719 +9

    The Right Stuff

    1983, in 13 top lists Check
  35. 407 new

    In Jackson Heights

    2015, in 2 top lists Check
  36. 256 +13

    Les enfants du paradis

    1945 — a.k.a. Children of Paradise, in 21 top lists Check
  37. 272 +10

    Fanny och Alexander

    1982 — a.k.a. Fanny and Alexander, in 25 top lists Check
  38. 468 +8

    Il gattopardo

    1963 — a.k.a. The Leopard, in 18 top lists Check
  39. 916 +6

    L'albero degli zoccoli

    1978 — a.k.a. The Tree of Wooden Clogs, in 13 top lists Check
  40. 866 +11

    Tess

    1979, in 5 top lists Check
  41. 61 +8

    Barry Lyndon

    1975, in 24 top lists Check
  42. 206 +13

    The Deer Hunter

    1978, in 26 top lists Check
  43. 430 +9

    Judgment at Nuremberg

    1961, in 7 top lists Check
  44. 725 +8

    Rocco e i suoi fratelli

    1960 — a.k.a. Rocco and His Brothers, in 19 top lists Check
  45. 337 +10

    Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo

    1966 — a.k.a. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, in 28 top lists Check
  46. 496 +10

    The Longest Day

    1962, in 6 top lists Check
  47. 330 +12

    The Godfather

    1972, in 42 top lists Check
  48. 22 +7

    America America

    1963, in 7 top lists Check
  49. 227 +16

    La dolce vita

    1960 — a.k.a. La Dolce Vita, in 22 top lists Check
  50. 492 +10

    Long Day's Journey Into Night

    1962, in 3 top lists Check
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