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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. 34 +6

    Anna Christie

    1930, in 3 top lists Check
  2. 985 +4

    Working Girl

    1988, in 9 top lists Check
  3. 531 +12

    Married to the Mob

    1988, in 2 top lists Check
  4. 503 +9

    Love Affair

    1939, in 7 top lists Check
  5. 390 +16

    How to Marry a Millionaire

    1953, in 3 top lists Check
  6. 977 +1

    Smultronstället

    1957 — a.k.a. Wild Strawberries, in 23 top lists Check
  7. 485 +11

    Local Hero

    1983, in 10 top lists Check
  8. 566 new

    Sommaren med Monika

    1953 — a.k.a. Summer with Monika, in 6 top lists Check
  9. 409 new

    Fa yeung nin wah

    2000 — a.k.a. In the Mood for Love, in 30 top lists Check
  10. 978 +2

    Der Himmel über Berlin

    1987 — a.k.a. Wings of Desire, in 21 top lists Check
  11. 275 +9

    Ba wang bie ji

    1992 — a.k.a. Farewell My Concubine, in 18 top lists Check
  12. 349 +12

    Gregory's Girl

    1980, in 10 top lists Check
  13. 857 +6

    Hable con ella

    2002 — a.k.a. Talk to Her, in 12 top lists Check
  14. 294 new

    The 40 Year Old Virgin

    2005 — a.k.a. The 40-Year-Old Virgin, in 5 top lists Check
  15. 139 new

    Carol

    2015, in 8 top lists Check
  16. 126 +8

    Bull Durham

    1988, in 8 top lists Check
  17. 866 +11

    Tess

    1979, in 5 top lists Check
  18. 394 +16

    Husbands and Wives

    1992, in 6 top lists Check
  19. 317 +13

    Georgy Girl

    1966, in 1 top list Check
  20. 749 +6

    Say Anything...

    1989, in 3 top lists Check
  21. 328 +13

    The Go-Between

    1971, in 8 top lists Check
  22. 280 +11

    Father of the Bride

    1950, in 4 top lists Check
  23. 554 +7

    Minnie and Moskowitz

    1971, in 2 top lists Check
  24. 921 +7

    True Love

    1989, in 2 top lists Check
  25. 662 +5

    The Piano

    1993, in 14 top lists Check
  26. 124 new

    Brokeback Mountain

    2005, in 21 top lists Check
  27. 70 new

    Before Midnight

    2013, in 6 top lists Check
  28. 261 new

    Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

    2004, in 28 top lists Check
  29. 205 +13

    Deep End

    1970, in 7 top lists Check
  30. 161 +12

    Clueless

    1995, in 8 top lists Check
  31. 548 +10

    Metropolitan

    1990, in 5 top lists Check
  32. 549 +10

    Midnight

    1939, in 7 top lists Check
  33. 968 +2

    What's Up, Doc?

    1972, in 9 top lists Check
  34. 56 +7

    The Ballad of Cable Hogue

    1970, in 3 top lists Check
  35. 44 +7

    Atlantic City

    1980, in 14 top lists Check
  36. 659 +5

    Petulia

    1968, in 4 top lists Check
  37. 175 +11

    Letyat zhuravli

    1957 — a.k.a. The Cranes Are Flying, in 17 top lists Check
  38. 304 +11

    Funny Face

    1957, in 6 top lists Check
  39. 195 +12

    Days of Heaven

    1978, in 19 top lists Check
  40. 540 +11

    Mean Streets

    1973, in 22 top lists Check
  41. 483 +10

    Little Women

    1994, in 2 top lists Check
  42. 12 +5

    Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore

    1974, in 4 top lists Check
  43. 717 +9

    Ride the High Country

    1962, in 7 top lists Check
  44. 809 +8

    Spellbound

    1945, in 7 top lists Check
  45. 482 +10

    Little Women

    1933, in 5 top lists Check
  46. 886 +11

    Three Comrades

    1938, in 2 top lists Check
  47. 517 +10

    The Major and the Minor

    1942, in 3 top lists Check
  48. 870 +11

    These Three

    1936, in 1 top list Check
  49. 524 +10

    The Man Who Came to Dinner

    1942, in 2 top lists Check
  50. 225 +16

    Doctor Zhivago

    1965, in 17 top lists Check
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Last updated on Dec 31, 2019 by joachimt; source