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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. 261 new

    Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

    2004, in 28 top lists Check
  3. 330 +12

    The Godfather

    1972, in 42 top lists Check
  4. 51 +6

    Back to the Future

    1985, in 25 top lists Check
  5. 953 new

    WALL·E

    2008, in 26 top lists Check
  6. 158 +12

    A Clockwork Orange

    1971, in 37 top lists Check
  7. 821 +6

    Star Wars

    1977, in 40 top lists Check
  8. 713 +8

    Reservoir Dogs

    1992, in 26 top lists Check
  9. 793 +6

    The Silence of the Lambs

    1991, in 36 top lists Check
  10. 780 +5

    The Shining

    1980, in 28 top lists Check
  11. 812 +7

    Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi

    2001 — a.k.a. Spirited Away, in 39 top lists Check
  12. 340 +10

    Goodfellas

    1990, in 31 top lists Check
  13. 923 +8

    12 Angry Men

    1957, in 30 top lists Check
  14. 627 +4

    One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

    1975, in 35 top lists Check
  15. 647 new

    El laberinto del fauno

    2006 — a.k.a. Pan's Labyrinth, in 33 top lists Check
  16. 331 +12

    The Godfather Part II

    1974, in 32 top lists Check
  17. 752 +6

    Schindler's List

    1993, in 35 top lists Check
  18. 928 +8

    2001: A Space Odyssey

    1968, in 45 top lists Check
  19. 910 +6

    Toy Story

    1995, in 25 top lists Check
  20. 95 new

    Blade Runner

    1982, in 36 top lists Check
  21. 860 +7

    Taxi Driver

    1976, in 34 top lists Check
  22. 13 new

    Alien

    1979, in 30 top lists Check
  23. 913 +6

    Trainspotting

    1996, in 18 top lists Check
  24. 94 new

    Black Swan

    2010, in 12 top lists Check
  25. 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
  26. 337 +10

    Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo

    1966 — a.k.a. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, in 28 top lists Check
  27. 276 +10

    Fargo

    1996, in 27 top lists Check
  28. 748 +6

    Saving Private Ryan

    1998, in 28 top lists Check
  29. 37 +6

    Apocalypse Now

    1979, in 37 top lists Check
  30. 687 +7

    Psycho

    1960, in 39 top lists Check
  31. 233 +7

    Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop...

    1964, in 37 top lists Check
  32. 352 +11

    Groundhog Day

    1993, in 23 top lists Check
  33. 869 new

    There Will Be Blood

    2007, in 20 top lists Check
  34. 303 +10

    Full Metal Jacket

    1987, in 18 top lists Check
  35. 140 +9

    Casablanca

    1942, in 39 top lists Check
  36. 703 +7

    Rear Window

    1954, in 31 top lists Check
  37. 216 +11

    Die Hard

    1988, in 21 top lists Check
  38. 500 new

    Lost in Translation

    2003, in 19 top lists Check
  39. 661 +5

    The Pianist

    2002, in 21 top lists Check
  40. 114 +8

    The Breakfast Club

    1985, in 10 top lists Check
  41. 578 +9

    Mulholland Dr.

    2001 — a.k.a. Mulholland Drive, in 26 top lists Check
  42. 940 +6

    Vertigo

    1958, in 42 top lists Check
  43. 14 +5

    Aliens

    1986, in 24 top lists Check
  44. 153 +13

    Citizen Kane

    1941, in 39 top lists Check
  45. 419 +13

    It's a Wonderful Life

    1946, in 33 top lists Check
  46. 67 +8

    Beauty and the Beast

    1991, in 19 top lists Check
  47. 35 +6

    Annie Hall

    1977, in 34 top lists Check
  48. 797 +6

    Singin' in the Rain

    1952, in 37 top lists Check
  49. 72 +8

    Being John Malkovich

    1999, in 14 top lists Check
  50. 765 +6

    Shichinin no samurai

    1954 — a.k.a. Seven Samurai, in 36 top lists Check
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