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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. 6 +3

    The African Queen

    1951, in 11 top lists Check
  2. 20 +2

    All Quiet on the Western Front

    1930, in 19 top lists Check
  3. 27 +6

    The Americanization of Emily

    1964, in 1 top list Check
  4. 37 +6

    Apocalypse Now

    1979, in 38 top lists Check
  5. 46 +6

    Au revoir les enfants

    1987 — a.k.a. Au Revoir les Enfants, in 13 top lists Check
  6. 63 +8

    La battaglia di Algeri

    1966 — a.k.a. The Battle of Algiers, in 29 top lists Check
  7. 77 +8

    The Best Years of Our Lives

    1946, in 30 top lists Check
  8. 83 +10

    The Big Red One

    1980, in 10 top lists Check
  9. 106 +7

    Born on the Fourth of July

    1989, in 6 top lists Check
  10. 119 +8

    The Bridge on the River Kwai

    1957, in 32 top lists Check
  11. 64 new

    Bronenosets Potemkin

    1925 — a.k.a. Battleship Potemkin, in 27 top lists Check
  12. 133 +8

    The Caine Mutiny

    1954, in 3 top lists Check
  13. 140 +9

    Casablanca

    1942, in 39 top lists Check
  14. 142 +10

    Cavalcade

    1933, in 4 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. 930 +7

    La ciociara

    1960 — a.k.a. Two Women, in 4 top lists Check
  17. 166 +11

    Coming Home

    1978, in 5 top lists Check
  18. 258 +14

    Coup de foudre

    1983 — a.k.a. Entre Nous, in 2 top lists Check
  19. 206 +13

    The Deer Hunter

    1978, in 26 top lists Check
  20. 457 +8

    Le dernier métro

    1980 — a.k.a. The Last Metro, in 8 top lists Check
  21. 891 +10

    Die Blechtrommel

    1979 — a.k.a. The Tin Drum, in 14 top lists Check
  22. 218 +12

    The Dirty Dozen

    1967, in 8 top lists Check
  23. 225 +16

    Doctor Zhivago

    1965, in 17 top lists Check
  24. 239 +16

    Duck Soup

    1933, in 24 top lists Check
  25. 240 +16

    The Duellists

    1977, in 5 top lists Check
  26. 647 new

    El laberinto del fauno

    2006 — a.k.a. Pan's Labyrinth, in 33 top lists Check
  27. 252 +15

    Empire of the Sun

    1987, in 9 top lists Check
  28. 262 +12

    Europa Europa

    1990 — a.k.a. Europa Europe, in 6 top lists Check
  29. 300 +10

    Friendly Persuasion

    1956, in 3 top lists Check
  30. 301 +10

    From Here to Eternity

    1953, in 13 top lists Check
  31. 303 +10

    Full Metal Jacket

    1987, in 18 top lists Check
  32. 315 +12

    Il generale Della Rovere

    1959 — a.k.a. General della Rovere, in 6 top lists Check
  33. 309 +12

    Il giardino dei Finzi Contini

    1970 — a.k.a. The Garden of the Finzi-Continis, in 9 top lists Check
  34. 344 +10

    La grande illusion

    1937 — a.k.a. The Grand Illusion, in 30 top lists Check
  35. 346 +10

    The Great Dictator

    1940, in 25 top lists Check
  36. 354 +11

    Gunga Din

    1939, in 7 top lists Check
  37. 356 +10

    Hail the Conquering Hero

    1944, in 7 top lists Check
  38. 897 +9

    Huo zhe

    1994 — a.k.a. To Live, in 7 top lists Check
  39. 393 new

    The Hurt Locker

    2008, in 13 top lists Check
  40. 290 +13

    Jeux interdits

    1952 — a.k.a. Forbidden Games, in 15 top lists Check
  41. 430 +9

    Judgment at Nuremberg

    1961, in 7 top lists Check
  42. 434 +10

    Kagemusha

    1980, in 10 top lists Check
  43. 439 +7

    The Killing Fields

    1984, in 12 top lists Check
  44. 93 new

    Kuroi ame

    1989 — a.k.a. Black Rain, in 6 top lists Check
  45. 449 +9

    Lacombe Lucien

    1974, in 8 top lists Check
  46. 40 new

    L'armée des ombres

    1969 — a.k.a. Army of Shadows, in 18 top lists Check
  47. 175 +11

    Letyat zhuravli

    1957 — a.k.a. The Cranes Are Flying, in 17 top lists Check
  48. 472 +8

    The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp

    1943, in 16 top lists Check
  49. 495 +10

    The Long Voyage Home

    1940, in 4 top lists Check
  50. 544 +11

    The Memory of Justice

    1976, in 2 top lists Check
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