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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. 689 +7

    Pulp Fiction

    1994, in 38 top lists Check
  2. 330 +12

    The Godfather

    1972, in 42 top lists Check
  3. 158 +12

    A Clockwork Orange

    1971, in 37 top lists Check
  4. 713 +8

    Reservoir Dogs

    1992, in 26 top lists Check
  5. 793 +6

    The Silence of the Lambs

    1991, in 36 top lists Check
  6. 340 +10

    Goodfellas

    1990, in 31 top lists Check
  7. 331 +12

    The Godfather Part II

    1974, in 32 top lists Check
  8. 860 +7

    Taxi Driver

    1976, in 34 top lists Check
  9. 276 +10

    Fargo

    1996, in 27 top lists Check
  10. 448 +9

    L.A. Confidential

    1997, in 27 top lists Check
  11. 804 +8

    Some Like It Hot

    1959, in 35 top lists Check
  12. 613 +3

    North by Northwest

    1959, in 30 top lists Check
  13. 972 +1

    Who Framed Roger Rabbit

    1988, in 16 top lists Check
  14. 896 +9

    To Kill a Mockingbird

    1962, in 18 top lists Check
  15. 1001 new

    Zodiac

    2007, in 14 top lists Check
  16. 100 +7

    Blue Velvet

    1986, in 27 top lists Check
  17. 512 +11

    M - Eine Stadt sucht einen Mörder

    1931 — a.k.a. M, in 35 top lists Check
  18. 230 +16

    Double Indemnity

    1944, in 37 top lists Check
  19. 701 +7

    Rashômon

    1950 — a.k.a. Rashomon, in 34 top lists Check
  20. 129 +8

    Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

    1969, in 21 top lists Check
  21. 594 new

    Mystic River

    2003, in 7 top lists Check
  22. 308 +12

    Gangs of New York

    2002, in 5 top lists Check
  23. 295 +11

    Les quatre cents coups

    1959 — a.k.a. The 400 Blows, in 26 top lists Check
  24. 604 +4

    The Night of the Hunter

    1955, in 34 top lists Check
  25. 520 +11

    The Maltese Falcon

    1941, in 27 top lists Check
  26. 724 +8

    RoboCop

    1987, in 15 top lists Check
  27. 224 +14

    Do the Right Thing

    1989, in 25 top lists Check
  28. 117 +8

    À bout de souffle

    1960 — a.k.a. Breathless, in 29 top lists Check
  29. 625 +4

    On the Waterfront

    1954, in 32 top lists Check
  30. 214 +11

    Dial M for Murder

    1954, in 9 top lists Check
  31. 836 +8

    Strangers on a Train

    1951, in 17 top lists Check
  32. 163 new

    Collateral

    2004, in 6 top lists Check
  33. 907 +8

    Touch of Evil

    1958, in 31 top lists Check
  34. 104 +7

    Bonnie and Clyde

    1967, in 28 top lists Check
  35. 268 new

    Face/Off

    1997, in 7 top lists Check
  36. 698 +7

    Raising Arizona

    1987, in 9 top lists Check
  37. 369 +12

    Heathers

    1988, in 7 top lists Check
  38. 53 +7

    Badlands

    1973, in 23 top lists Check
  39. 383 new

    A History of Violence

    2005, in 11 top lists Check
  40. 964 +2

    West Side Story

    1961, in 22 top lists Check
  41. 868 +12

    Thelma & Louise

    1991, in 13 top lists Check
  42. 595 +6

    The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!

    1988, in 7 top lists Check
  43. 86 +9

    The Big Sleep

    1946, in 22 top lists Check
  44. 219 +12

    Dirty Harry

    1971, in 17 top lists Check
  45. 377 +12

    Tengoku to jigoku

    1963 — a.k.a. High and Low, in 16 top lists Check
  46. 410 new

    Mou gaan dou

    2002 — a.k.a. Infernal Affairs, in 14 top lists Check
  47. 298 +10

    The French Connection

    1971, in 23 top lists Check
  48. 947 new

    Volver

    2006, in 6 top lists Check
  49. 911 +6

    Traffic

    2000, in 7 top lists Check
  50. 78 +8

    Beverly Hills Cop

    1984, in 7 top lists Check
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Last updated on Dec 31, 2019 by joachimt; source