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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. 336 +10

    Gone with the Wind

    1939, in 31 top lists Check
  2. 121 new

    Guling jie shaonian sharen shijian

    1991 — a.k.a. A Brighter Summer Day, in 19 top lists Check
  3. 323 +11

    Giant

    1956, in 10 top lists Check
  4. 225 +16

    Doctor Zhivago

    1965, in 17 top lists Check
  5. 256 +13

    Les enfants du paradis

    1945 — a.k.a. Children of Paradise, in 21 top lists Check
  6. 866 +11

    Tess

    1979, in 5 top lists Check
  7. 994 +4

    Yi yi

    2000 — a.k.a. Yi Yi: A One and a Two..., in 19 top lists Check
  8. 275 +9

    Ba wang bie ji

    1992 — a.k.a. Farewell My Concubine, in 18 top lists Check
  9. 935 +6

    The Unbearable Lightness of Being

    1988, in 6 top lists Check
  10. 77 +8

    The Best Years of Our Lives

    1946, in 30 top lists Check
  11. 962 +3

    La fille du puisatier

    1940 — a.k.a. The Well-Digger's Daughter, in 2 top lists Check
  12. 472 +8

    The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp

    1943, in 16 top lists Check
  13. 116 +8

    Breaking the Waves

    1996, in 14 top lists Check
  14. 778 +5

    Sherman's March

    1985, in 10 top lists Check
  15. 807 +8

    South Pacific

    1958, in 2 top lists Check
  16. 488 +11

    Lolita

    1962, in 11 top lists Check
  17. 750 +6

    Sayonara

    1957, in 2 top lists Check
  18. 621 +3

    Oklahoma!

    1955, in 5 top lists Check
  19. 391 +16

    Howards End

    1992, in 9 top lists Check
  20. 636 +6

    Ossessione

    1943, in 12 top lists Check
  21. 425 +11

    Jerry Maguire

    1996, in 8 top lists Check
  22. 888 new

    Zui hao de shi guang

    2005 — a.k.a. Three Times, in 6 top lists Check
  23. 338 +10

    The Good Earth

    1937, in 5 top lists Check
  24. 758 -87

    Sense and Sensibility

    1995, in 11 top lists Check
  25. 489 +11

    Lone Star

    1996, in 6 top lists Check
  26. 709 +7

    The Red Shoes

    1948, in 27 top lists Check
  27. 124 new

    Brokeback Mountain

    2005, in 21 top lists Check
  28. 577 -4

    Mrs. Miniver

    1942, in 9 top lists Check
  29. 123 +8

    Broadcast News

    1987, in 10 top lists Check
  30. 708 +7

    Red River

    1948, in 17 top lists Check
  31. 457 +8

    Le dernier métro

    1980 — a.k.a. The Last Metro, in 8 top lists Check
  32. 983 +3

    Women in Love

    1969, in 7 top lists Check
  33. 926 +8

    Les deux Anglaises et le continent

    1971 — a.k.a. Two English Girls, in 5 top lists Check
  34. 368 +12

    Heat and Dust

    1983, in 1 top list Check
  35. 504 +11

    Love in the Afternoon

    1957, in 3 top lists Check
  36. 190 +11

    The Personal History, Adventures, Experience, &...

    1935 — a.k.a. David Copperfield, in 4 top lists Check
  37. 929 new

    2046

    2004, in 6 top lists Check
  38. 694 +6

    The Quiet Man

    1952, in 15 top lists Check
  39. 459 +9

    Ultimo tango a Parigi

    1972 — a.k.a. Last Tango in Paris, in 19 top lists Check
  40. 188 +12

    Darling

    1965, in 7 top lists Check
  41. 978 +2

    Der Himmel über Berlin

    1987 — a.k.a. Wings of Desire, in 21 top lists Check
  42. 481 +10

    Malenkaya Vera

    1988 — a.k.a. Little Vera, in 4 top lists Check
  43. 940 +6

    Vertigo

    1958, in 42 top lists Check
  44. 29 new

    Amour

    2012, in 15 top lists Check
  45. 166 +11

    Coming Home

    1978, in 5 top lists Check
  46. 36 +6

    The Apartment

    1960, in 28 top lists Check
  47. 404 +15

    Imitation of Life

    1959, in 6 top lists Check
  48. 559 +7

    The Misfits

    1961, in 5 top lists Check
  49. 564 +10

    Mon oncle d'Amérique

    1980 — a.k.a. My American Uncle, in 8 top lists Check
  50. 729 +7

    Romeo and Juliet

    1936, in 2 top lists Check
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