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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. 557 +7

    The Miracle Worker

    1962, in 6 top lists Check
  2. 58 +7

    The Band Wagon

    1953, in 14 top lists Check
  3. 528 new

    Maynila sa mga kuko ng liwanag

    1975 — a.k.a. Manila in the Claws of Light, in 9 top lists Check
  4. 994 +4

    Yi yi

    2000 — a.k.a. Yi Yi: A One and a Two..., in 19 top lists Check
  5. 121 new

    Guling jie shaonian sharen shijian

    1991 — a.k.a. A Brighter Summer Day, in 19 top lists Check
  6. 668 +6

    Pixote: A Lei do Mais Fraco

    1980 — a.k.a. Pixote, in 7 top lists Check
  7. 328 +13

    The Go-Between

    1971, in 8 top lists Check
  8. 664 new

    Buta to gunkan

    1961 — a.k.a. Pigs and Battleships, in 4 top lists Check
  9. 388 +15

    Household Saints

    1993, in 1 top list Check
  10. 826 +7

    Stop Making Sense

    1984, in 9 top lists Check
  11. 475 +8

    Life with Father

    1947, in 1 top list Check
  12. 368 +12

    Heat and Dust

    1983, in 1 top list Check
  13. 523 +10

    Man Hunt

    1941, in 3 top lists Check
  14. 774 +5

    Shaft

    1971, in 10 top lists Check
  15. 886 +11

    Three Comrades

    1938, in 2 top lists Check
  16. 855 new

    Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One

    1968, in 7 top lists Check
  17. 220 +13

    Le charme discret de la bourgeoisie

    1972 — a.k.a. The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie, in 21 top lists Check
  18. 944 +5

    Viridiana

    1961, in 24 top lists Check
  19. 623 +3

    Los olvidados

    1950 — a.k.a. The Young and the Damned, in 25 top lists Check
  20. 904 +8

    Topkapi

    1964, in 2 top lists Check
  21. 197 +12

    The Dead

    1987, in 9 top lists Check
  22. 466 new

    The Learning Tree

    1969, in 4 top lists Check
  23. 554 +7

    Minnie and Moskowitz

    1971, in 2 top lists Check
  24. 101 new

    Tau ban no hoi

    1982 — a.k.a. Boat People, in 8 top lists Check
  25. 182 +11

    La caduta degli dei (Götterdämmerung)

    1969 — a.k.a. The Damned, in 7 top lists Check
  26. 603 new

    A New Leaf

    1971, in 8 top lists Check
  27. 172 new

    Cotton Comes to Harlem

    1970, in 1 top list Check
  28. 329 +11

    Die Angst des Tormanns beim Elfmeter

    1972 — a.k.a. The Goalie's Anxiety at the Penalty Kick, in 3 top lists Check
  29. 143 +10

    Festen

    1998 — a.k.a. The Celebration, in 18 top lists Check
  30. 573 +11

    Moulin Rouge

    1952, in 2 top lists Check
  31. 166 +11

    Coming Home

    1978, in 5 top lists Check
  32. 542 +11

    Melvin and Howard

    1980, in 4 top lists Check
  33. 155 +13

    Claudine

    1974, in 2 top lists Check
  34. 272 +10

    Fanny och Alexander

    1982 — a.k.a. Fanny and Alexander, in 25 top lists Check
  35. 591 +8

    Az én XX. századom

    1989 — a.k.a. My 20th Century, in 6 top lists Check
  36. 606 +1

    Night Moves

    1975, in 6 top lists Check
  37. 480 +9

    Little Fugitive

    1953, in 4 top lists Check
  38. 258 +14

    Coup de foudre

    1983 — a.k.a. Entre Nous, in 2 top lists Check
  39. 779 +5

    She's Gotta Have It

    1986, in 6 top lists Check
  40. 931 +7

    Ugetsu monogatari

    1953 — a.k.a. Ugetsu, in 25 top lists Check
  41. 584 +8

    My Dinner with Andre

    1981, in 7 top lists Check
  42. 476 +8

    Como agua para chocolate

    1992 — a.k.a. Like Water for Chocolate, in 6 top lists Check
  43. 103 +6

    Bob le flambeur

    1956 — a.k.a. Bob le Flambeur, in 13 top lists Check
  44. 1000 new

    Zama

    2017, in 8 top lists Check
  45. 571 +11

    The Mortal Storm

    1940, in 4 top lists Check
  46. 851 +8

    Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song

    1971, in 12 top lists Check
  47. 487 +11

    Lola Montès

    1955, in 12 top lists Check
  48. 727 new

    Roma

    2018, in 18 top lists
    Check
  49. 951 +4

    Walkabout

    1971, in 13 top lists Check
  50. 491 new

    The Long Day Closes

    1992, in 9 top lists Check
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