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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  1. 752 +6

    Schindler's List

    1993, in 35 top lists Check
  2. 336 +10

    Gone with the Wind

    1939, in 31 top lists Check
  3. 61 +8

    Barry Lyndon

    1975, in 24 top lists Check
  4. 64 new

    Bronenosets Potemkin

    1925 — a.k.a. Battleship Potemkin, in 27 top lists Check
  5. 8 +4

    Aguirre, der Zorn Gottes

    1972 — a.k.a. Aguirre, the Wrath of God, in 18 top lists Check
  6. 32 new

    Andrey Rublyov

    1966 — a.k.a. Andrei Rublev, in 29 top lists Check
  7. 924 new

    12 Years a Slave

    2013, in 22 top lists Check
  8. 19 +6

    All the President's Men

    1976, in 21 top lists Check
  9. 468 +8

    Il gattopardo

    1963 — a.k.a. The Leopard, in 18 top lists Check
  10. 414 new

    Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages

    1916, in 24 top lists Check
  11. 781 +6

    Shoah

    1985, in 18 top lists Check
  12. 999 +6

    Z

    1969, in 17 top lists Check
  13. 308 +12

    Gangs of New York

    2002, in 5 top lists Check
  14. 719 +9

    The Right Stuff

    1983, in 13 top lists Check
  15. 456 +8

    The Last Emperor

    1987, in 15 top lists Check
  16. 434 +10

    Kagemusha

    1980, in 10 top lists Check
  17. 710 +7

    Reds

    1981, in 9 top lists Check
  18. 739 new

    Russkiy kovcheg

    2002 — a.k.a. Russian Ark, in 9 top lists Check
  19. 439 +7

    The Killing Fields

    1984, in 12 top lists Check
  20. 522 +10

    A Man for All Seasons

    1966, in 14 top lists Check
  21. 519 +11

    Malcolm X

    1992, in 7 top lists Check
  22. 916 +6

    L'albero degli zoccoli

    1978 — a.k.a. The Tree of Wooden Clogs, in 13 top lists Check
  23. 477 +9

    Little Big Man

    1970, in 9 top lists Check
  24. 405 +15

    In Cold Blood

    1967, in 8 top lists Check
  25. 805 +8

    Le chagrin et la pitié

    1969 — a.k.a. The Sorrow and the Pity, in 11 top lists Check
  26. 579 new

    Munich

    2005, in 4 top lists Check
  27. 11 +5

    Aleksandr Nevskiy

    1938 — a.k.a. Alexander Nevsky, in 10 top lists Check
  28. 581 +8

    Mutiny on the Bounty

    1935, in 6 top lists Check
  29. 281 +11

    Fellini - Satyricon

    1969 — a.k.a. Fellini Satyricon, in 10 top lists Check
  30. 373 +12

    The Chronicle History of King Henry the Fifth...

    1944 — a.k.a. Henry V, in 12 top lists Check
  31. 496 +10

    The Longest Day

    1962, in 6 top lists Check
  32. 756 new

    Selma

    2014, in 7 top lists Check
  33. 252 +15

    Empire of the Sun

    1987, in 9 top lists Check
  34. 759 +5

    Sergeant York

    1941, in 7 top lists Check
  35. 560 +7

    Missing

    1982, in 5 top lists Check
  36. 307 +11

    Gallipoli

    1981, in 6 top lists Check
  37. 899 +9

    Tom Jones

    1963, in 13 top lists Check
  38. 651 +2

    A Passage to India

    1984, in 5 top lists Check
  39. 776 new

    She Done Him Wrong

    1933, in 8 top lists Check
  40. 309 +12

    Il giardino dei Finzi Contini

    1970 — a.k.a. The Garden of the Finzi-Continis, in 9 top lists Check
  41. 262 +12

    Europa Europa

    1990 — a.k.a. Europa Europe, in 6 top lists Check
  42. 312 +12

    Jigokumon

    1953 — a.k.a. Gate of Hell, in 9 top lists Check
  43. 93 new

    Kuroi ame

    1989 — a.k.a. Black Rain, in 6 top lists Check
  44. 610 new

    No

    2012, in 5 top lists Check
  45. 945 +6

    Viva Zapata!

    1952, in 2 top lists Check
  46. 716 +9

    Richard III

    1955, in 6 top lists Check
  47. 558 new

    Les misérables

    1934 — a.k.a. Les Misérables, in 6 top lists Check
  48. 289 +13

    For Whom the Bell Tolls

    1943, in 3 top lists Check
  49. 828 +7

    L'histoire d'Adèle H.

    1975 — a.k.a. The Story of Adele H, in 1 top list Check
  50. 185 +12

    Danton

    1983, in 4 top lists Check
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