The New York Times's Book of Movies
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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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4 +3
The Adventures of Robin Hood
1938, in 17 top lists Check -
6 +3
The African Queen
1951, in 11 top lists Check -
8 +4
Aguirre, der Zorn Gottes
1972 — a.k.a. Aguirre, the Wrath of God, in 18 top lists Check -
9 +4
A.I. Artificial Intelligence
2001, in 11 top lists Check -
14 +5
Aliens
1986, in 24 top lists Check -
31 new
Zendegi va digar hich
1992 — a.k.a. And Life Goes On, in 10 top lists Check -
51 +6
Back to the Future
1985, in 25 top lists Check -
61 +8
Barry Lyndon
1975, in 24 top lists Check -
75 +8
Ben-Hur
1959, in 22 top lists Check -
119 +8
The Bridge on the River Kwai
1957, in 32 top lists Check -
135 +11
Captains Courageous
1937, in 6 top lists Check -
173 +10
The Count of Monte Cristo
1934, in 2 top lists Check -
190 +11
The Personal History, Adventures, Experience, &...
1935 — a.k.a. David Copperfield, in 4 top lists Check -
208 +13
Deliverance
1972, in 15 top lists Check -
218 +12
The Dirty Dozen
1967, in 8 top lists Check -
284 +13
Fitzcarraldo
1982, in 13 top lists Check -
289 +13
For Whom the Bell Tolls
1943, in 3 top lists Check -
307 +11
Gallipoli
1981, in 6 top lists Check -
314 new
The General
1926, in 33 top lists Check -
333 new
The Gold Rush
1925, in 29 top lists Check -
334 +11
Goldfinger
1964, in 15 top lists Check -
354 +11
Gunga Din
1939, in 7 top lists Check -
365 +10
Harry and Tonto
1974, in 1 top list Check -
378 +12
The High and the Mighty
1954, in 1 top list Check -
380 +14
High Sierra
1941, in 8 top lists Check -
422 +1
Jaws
1975, in 28 top lists Check -
442 +7
King Kong
1933, in 26 top lists Check -
464 +9
Lawrence of Arabia
1962, in 40 top lists Check -
484 +10
The Lives of a Bengal Lancer
1935, in 3 top lists Check -
498 +10
Lost Horizon
1937, in 6 top lists Check -
513 +11
Mad Max
1979, in 13 top lists Check -
514 new
Mad Max: Fury Road
2015, in 23 top lists Check -
581 +8
Mutiny on the Bounty
1935, in 6 top lists Check -
613 +3
North by Northwest
1959, in 30 top lists Check -
622 +3
Oliver Twist
1948, in 6 top lists Check -
631 +6
Only Angels Have Wings
1939, in 10 top lists Check -
643 +4
The Overlanders
1946, in 2 top lists Check -
651 +2
A Passage to India
1984, in 5 top lists Check -
696 +6
Raiders of the Lost Ark
1981 — a.k.a. Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark, in 29 top lists Check -
708 +7
Red River
1948, in 17 top lists Check -
717 +9
Ride the High Country
1962, in 7 top lists Check -
719 +9
The Right Stuff
1983, in 13 top lists Check -
723 +8
Mad Max 2
1981 — a.k.a. The Road Warrior, in 14 top lists Check -
754 +7
The Searchers
1956, in 26 top lists Check -
765 +6
Shichinin no samurai
1954 — a.k.a. Seven Samurai, in 36 top lists Check -
804 +8
Some Like It Hot
1959, in 35 top lists Check -
808 +8
Spartacus
1960, in 19 top lists Check -
812 +7
Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi
2001 — a.k.a. Spirited Away, in 39 top lists Check -
816 +6
Stagecoach
1939, in 21 top lists Check -
820 +6
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
1982, in 6 top lists Check
Last updated on Dec 31, 2019 by joachimt; source