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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. 702 +7

    Re-Animator

    1985, in 7 top lists Check
  2. 70 new

    Before Midnight

    2013, in 6 top lists Check
  3. 547 new

    Metropolis

    1927, in 36 top lists Check
  4. 550 +10

    Midnight Cowboy

    1969, in 22 top lists Check
  5. 686 +7

    The Producers

    1967, in 14 top lists Check
  6. 158 +12

    A Clockwork Orange

    1971, in 37 top lists Check
  7. 408 new

    In a Lonely Place

    1950, in 19 top lists Check
  8. 199 +12

    Dead End

    1937, in 5 top lists Check
  9. 363 +10

    A Hard Day's Night

    1964, in 18 top lists Check
  10. 113 +6

    Brazil

    1985, in 23 top lists Check
  11. 279 +11

    Fatal Attraction

    1987, in 11 top lists Check
  12. 937 +5

    Unforgiven

    1992, in 24 top lists Check
  13. 818 +6

    Stalag 17

    1953, in 7 top lists Check
  14. 303 +10

    Full Metal Jacket

    1987, in 18 top lists Check
  15. 856 +6

    The Taking of Pelham One Two Three

    1974, in 6 top lists Check
  16. 115 +8

    Breaking Away

    1979, in 8 top lists Check
  17. 299 +10

    Frenzy

    1972, in 7 top lists Check
  18. 400 +15

    I Want to Live!

    1958, in 2 top lists Check
  19. 15 +5

    All About Eve

    1950, in 25 top lists Check
  20. 293 new

    42nd Street

    1933, in 12 top lists Check
  21. 36 +6

    The Apartment

    1960, in 28 top lists Check
  22. 644 +4

    The Ox-Bow Incident

    1943, in 14 top lists Check
  23. 470 +8

    A Letter to Three Wives

    1949, in 5 top lists Check
  24. 802 +8

    The Snake Pit

    1948, in 4 top lists Check
  25. 524 +10

    The Man Who Came to Dinner

    1942, in 2 top lists Check
  26. 430 +9

    Judgment at Nuremberg

    1961, in 7 top lists Check
  27. 342 +10

    The Graduate

    1967, in 29 top lists Check
  28. 406 +16

    In the Heat of the Night

    1967, in 17 top lists Check
  29. 104 +7

    Bonnie and Clyde

    1967, in 28 top lists Check
  30. 535 +12

    M*A*S*H

    1970, in 21 top lists Check
  31. 120 +8

    Brief Encounter

    1945, in 22 top lists Check
  32. 869 new

    There Will Be Blood

    2007, in 20 top lists Check
  33. 187 +12

    Dark Victory

    1939, in 6 top lists Check
  34. 699 +7

    Ran

    1985, in 25 top lists Check
  35. 561 +10

    Mister Roberts

    1955, in 3 top lists Check
  36. 512 +11

    M - Eine Stadt sucht einen Mörder

    1931 — a.k.a. M, in 35 top lists Check
  37. 48 +6

    The Awful Truth

    1937, in 15 top lists Check
  38. 631 +6

    Only Angels Have Wings

    1939, in 10 top lists Check
  39. 695 +6

    Raging Bull

    1980, in 34 top lists Check
  40. 501 +9

    The Lost Weekend

    1945, in 17 top lists Check
  41. 990 +4

    Yankee Doodle Dandy

    1942, in 12 top lists Check
  42. 966 +2

    What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?

    1962, in 15 top lists Check
  43. 676 new

    Point Break

    1991, in 9 top lists Check
  44. 557 +7

    The Miracle Worker

    1962, in 6 top lists Check
  45. 304 +11

    Funny Face

    1957, in 6 top lists Check
  46. 728 +7

    Roman Holiday

    1953, in 13 top lists Check
  47. 665 +5

    Pillow Talk

    1959, in 6 top lists Check
  48. 332 +12

    Going My Way

    1944, in 6 top lists Check
  49. 234 +14

    Dracula

    1931, in 11 top lists Check
  50. 297 +10

    Frankenstein

    1931, in 18 top lists Check
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