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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. 105 +7

    Boogie Nights

    1997, in 12 top lists Check
  2. 994 +4

    Yi yi

    2000 — a.k.a. Yi Yi: A One and a Two..., in 19 top lists Check
  3. 857 +6

    Hable con ella

    2002 — a.k.a. Talk to Her, in 12 top lists Check
  4. 327 +12

    Les glaneurs et la glaneuse

    2000 — a.k.a. The Gleaners & I, in 13 top lists Check
  5. 84 new

    The Big Short

    2015, in 4 top lists Check
  6. 228 +16

    Donnie Brasco

    1997, in 5 top lists Check
  7. 900 new

    Toni Erdmann

    2016, in 13 top lists Check
  8. 568 new

    Moonlight

    2016, in 13 top lists Check
  9. 578 +9

    Mulholland Dr.

    2001 — a.k.a. Mulholland Drive, in 26 top lists Check
  10. 63 +8

    La battaglia di Algeri

    1966 — a.k.a. The Battle of Algiers, in 29 top lists Check
  11. 706 +7

    Trois couleurs: Rouge

    1994 — a.k.a. Three Colors: Red, in 20 top lists Check
  12. 336 +10

    Gone with the Wind

    1939, in 31 top lists Check
  13. 272 +10

    Fanny och Alexander

    1982 — a.k.a. Fanny and Alexander, in 25 top lists Check
  14. 409 new

    Fa yeung nin wah

    2000 — a.k.a. In the Mood for Love, in 30 top lists Check
  15. 61 +8

    Barry Lyndon

    1975, in 24 top lists Check
  16. 77 +8

    The Best Years of Our Lives

    1946, in 30 top lists Check
  17. 213 +11

    Les diaboliques

    1955 — a.k.a. Diabolique, in 21 top lists Check
  18. 72 +8

    Being John Malkovich

    1999, in 14 top lists Check
  19. 345 +10

    The Grapes of Wrath

    1940, in 24 top lists Check
  20. 129 +8

    Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

    1969, in 21 top lists Check
  21. 28 +7

    Amores perros

    2000, in 17 top lists Check
  22. 295 +11

    Les quatre cents coups

    1959 — a.k.a. The 400 Blows, in 26 top lists Check
  23. 75 +8

    Ben-Hur

    1959, in 22 top lists Check
  24. 949 +4

    Le salaire de la peur

    1953 — a.k.a. The Wages of Fear, in 29 top lists Check
  25. 670 +7

    Platoon

    1986, in 21 top lists Check
  26. 417 +13

    It Happened One Night

    1934, in 29 top lists Check
  27. 268 new

    Face/Off

    1997, in 7 top lists Check
  28. 704 +7

    Rebecca

    1940, in 23 top lists Check
  29. 170 +12

    Cool Hand Luke

    1967, in 13 top lists Check
  30. 898 +9

    Tôkyô monogatari

    1953 — a.k.a. Tokyo Story, in 27 top lists Check
  31. 294 new

    The 40 Year Old Virgin

    2005 — a.k.a. The 40-Year-Old Virgin, in 5 top lists Check
  32. 214 +11

    Dial M for Murder

    1954, in 9 top lists Check
  33. 977 +1

    Smultronstället

    1957 — a.k.a. Wild Strawberries, in 24 top lists Check
  34. 250 +15

    The Elephant Man

    1980, in 16 top lists Check
  35. 576 -4

    Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

    1939, in 16 top lists Check
  36. 594 new

    Mystic River

    2003, in 7 top lists Check
  37. 769 +6

    Det sjunde inseglet

    1957 — a.k.a. The Seventh Seal, in 25 top lists Check
  38. 430 +9

    Judgment at Nuremberg

    1961, in 7 top lists Check
  39. 699 +7

    Ran

    1985, in 25 top lists Check
  40. 402 +15

    Ikiru

    1952, in 25 top lists Check
  41. 914 +6

    The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

    1948, in 25 top lists Check
  42. 995 +4

    Yôjinbô

    1961 — a.k.a. Yojimbo, in 19 top lists Check
  43. 337 +10

    Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo

    1966 — a.k.a. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, in 28 top lists Check
  44. 896 +9

    To Kill a Mockingbird

    1962, in 18 top lists Check
  45. 613 +3

    North by Northwest

    1959, in 30 top lists Check
  46. 654 +2

    Paths of Glory

    1957, in 26 top lists Check
  47. 346 +10

    The Great Dictator

    1940, in 25 top lists Check
  48. 119 +8

    The Bridge on the River Kwai

    1957, in 32 top lists Check
  49. 880 +11

    The Third Man

    1949, in 37 top lists Check
  50. 937 +5

    Unforgiven

    1992, in 24 top lists Check
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