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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. 434 +10

    Kagemusha

    1980, in 10 top lists Check
  2. 456 +8

    The Last Emperor

    1987, in 14 top lists Check
  3. 651 +2

    A Passage to India

    1984, in 5 top lists Check
  4. 70 new

    Before Midnight

    2013, in 6 top lists Check
  5. 256 +13

    Les enfants du paradis

    1945 — a.k.a. Children of Paradise, in 21 top lists Check
  6. 465 +9

    A League of Their Own

    1992, in 5 top lists Check
  7. 755 +8

    Secrets & Lies

    1996, in 17 top lists Check
  8. 582 +8

    My Beautiful Laundrette

    1985, in 7 top lists Check
  9. 865 +11

    La terra trema

    1948 — a.k.a. The Earth Trembles, in 11 top lists Check
  10. 424 new

    Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du commerce, 1080...

    1975, in 12 top lists Check
  11. 579 new

    Munich

    2005, in 4 top lists Check
  12. 756 new

    Selma

    2014, in 7 top lists Check
  13. 787 +6

    The Shop Around the Corner

    1940, in 14 top lists Check
  14. 180 new

    Sedmikrásky

    1966 — a.k.a. Daisies, in 19 top lists Check
  15. 673 +7

    Playtime

    1967, in 19 top lists Check
  16. 876 +11

    The Thin Blue Line

    1988, in 12 top lists Check
  17. 519 +11

    Malcolm X

    1992, in 7 top lists Check
  18. 156 new

    Cléo de 5 à 7

    1962 — a.k.a. Cleo from 5 to 7, in 15 top lists Check
  19. 139 new

    Carol

    2015, in 8 top lists Check
  20. 341 +10

    Gosford Park

    2001, in 6 top lists Check
  21. 781 +6

    Shoah

    1985, in 18 top lists Check
  22. 385 +14

    Hoop Dreams

    1994, in 15 top lists Check
  23. 318 new

    Germania anno zero

    1948 — a.k.a. Germany Year Zero, in 11 top lists Check
  24. 84 new

    The Big Short

    2015, in 4 top lists Check
  25. 8 +4

    Aguirre, der Zorn Gottes

    1972 — a.k.a. Aguirre, the Wrath of God, in 18 top lists Check
  26. 207 +13

    The Defiant Ones

    1958, in 7 top lists Check
  27. 72 +8

    Being John Malkovich

    1999, in 14 top lists Check
  28. 252 +15

    Empire of the Sun

    1987, in 9 top lists Check
  29. 192 +11

    Dawn of the Dead

    1978, in 15 top lists Check
  30. 383 new

    A History of Violence

    2005, in 11 top lists Check
  31. 676 new

    Point Break

    1991, in 9 top lists Check
  32. 607 +4

    A Nightmare on Elm Street

    1984, in 8 top lists Check
  33. 642 +4

    The Outlaw Josey Wales

    1976, in 11 top lists Check
  34. 885 +11

    This Sporting Life

    1963, in 9 top lists Check
  35. 745 +8

    Saturday Night Fever

    1977, in 13 top lists Check
  36. 48 +6

    The Awful Truth

    1937, in 15 top lists Check
  37. 758 -87

    Sense and Sensibility

    1995, in 11 top lists Check
  38. 106 +7

    Born on the Fourth of July

    1989, in 6 top lists Check
  39. 18 +6

    All the King's Men

    1949, in 8 top lists Check
  40. 373 +12

    The Chronicle History of King Henry the Fifth...

    1944 — a.k.a. Henry V, in 12 top lists Check
  41. 485 +11

    Local Hero

    1983, in 10 top lists Check
  42. 731 +8

    A Room with a View

    1985, in 11 top lists Check
  43. 586 +8

    My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown

    1989 — a.k.a. My Left Foot, in 7 top lists Check
  44. 460 +9

    The Last Temptation of Christ

    1988, in 7 top lists Check
  45. 241 +16

    Dumbo

    1941, in 9 top lists Check
  46. 848 +8

    Suspicion

    1941, in 4 top lists Check
  47. 286 new

    The Florida Project

    2017, in 5 top lists
    Check
  48. 536 new

    The Master

    2012, in 7 top lists Check
  49. 450 new

    Lady Bird

    2017, in 11 top lists Check
  50. 160 +12

    Nema-ye Nazdik

    1990 — a.k.a. Close-Up, in 21 top lists Check
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Last updated on Dec 31, 2019 by joachimt; source