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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. 153 +13

    Citizen Kane

    1941, in 39 top lists Check
  4. 158 +12

    A Clockwork Orange

    1971, in 37 top lists Check
  5. 860 +7

    Taxi Driver

    1976, in 34 top lists Check
  6. 37 +6

    Apocalypse Now

    1979, in 38 top lists Check
  7. 793 +6

    The Silence of the Lambs

    1991, in 36 top lists Check
  8. 140 +9

    Casablanca

    1942, in 39 top lists Check
  9. 340 +10

    Goodfellas

    1990, in 31 top lists Check
  10. 331 +12

    The Godfather Part II

    1974, in 32 top lists Check
  11. 765 +6

    Shichinin no samurai

    1954 — a.k.a. Seven Samurai, in 36 top lists Check
  12. 422 +1

    Jaws

    1975, in 29 top lists Check
  13. 752 +6

    Schindler's List

    1993, in 35 top lists Check
  14. 261 new

    Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

    2004, in 28 top lists Check
  15. 627 +4

    One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

    1975, in 35 top lists Check
  16. 578 +9

    Mulholland Dr.

    2001 — a.k.a. Mulholland Drive, in 26 top lists Check
  17. 847 +8

    Sunset Blvd.

    1950 — a.k.a. Sunset Boulevard, in 35 top lists Check
  18. 923 +8

    12 Angry Men

    1957, in 30 top lists Check
  19. 149 +12

    Chinatown

    1974, in 31 top lists Check
  20. 647 new

    El laberinto del fauno

    2006 — a.k.a. Pan's Labyrinth, in 33 top lists Check
  21. 276 +10

    Fargo

    1996, in 26 top lists Check
  22. 713 +8

    Reservoir Dogs

    1992, in 26 top lists Check
  23. 464 +9

    Lawrence of Arabia

    1962, in 40 top lists Check
  24. 547 new

    Metropolis

    1927, in 36 top lists Check
  25. 419 +13

    It's a Wonderful Life

    1946, in 33 top lists Check
  26. 35 +6

    Annie Hall

    1977, in 34 top lists Check
  27. 512 +11

    M - Eine Stadt sucht einen Mörder

    1931 — a.k.a. M, in 35 top lists Check
  28. 869 new

    There Will Be Blood

    2007, in 20 top lists Check
  29. 695 +6

    Raging Bull

    1980, in 34 top lists Check
  30. 79 +8

    Ladri di biciclette

    1948 — a.k.a. Bicycle Thieves, in 36 top lists Check
  31. 701 +7

    Rashômon

    1950 — a.k.a. Rashomon, in 34 top lists Check
  32. 100 +7

    Blue Velvet

    1986, in 27 top lists Check
  33. 748 +6

    Saving Private Ryan

    1998, in 28 top lists Check
  34. 247 +16

    8½

    1963, in 35 top lists Check
  35. 604 +4

    The Night of the Hunter

    1955, in 34 top lists Check
  36. 336 +10

    Gone with the Wind

    1939, in 31 top lists Check
  37. 230 +16

    Double Indemnity

    1944, in 37 top lists Check
  38. 658 +3

    Persona

    1966, in 25 top lists Check
  39. 36 +6

    The Apartment

    1960, in 28 top lists Check
  40. 295 +11

    Les quatre cents coups

    1959 — a.k.a. The 400 Blows, in 26 top lists Check
  41. 409 new

    Fa yeung nin wah

    2000 — a.k.a. In the Mood for Love, in 30 top lists Check
  42. 342 +10

    The Graduate

    1967, in 29 top lists Check
  43. 733 -309

    Rosemary's Baby

    1968, in 21 top lists Check
  44. 303 +10

    Full Metal Jacket

    1987, in 18 top lists Check
  45. 562 new

    Modern Times

    1936, in 30 top lists Check
  46. 769 +6

    Det sjunde inseglet

    1957 — a.k.a. The Seventh Seal, in 25 top lists Check
  47. 15 +5

    All About Eve

    1950, in 25 top lists Check
  48. 754 +7

    The Searchers

    1956, in 26 top lists Check
  49. 937 +5

    Unforgiven

    1992, in 24 top lists Check
  50. 520 +11

    The Maltese Falcon

    1941, in 26 top lists Check
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