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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. 903 +8

    Topaz

    1969, in 1 top list Check
  2. 360 +9

    Hamlet

    2000, in 2 top lists Check
  3. 523 +10

    Man Hunt

    1941, in 4 top lists Check
  4. 851 +8

    Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song

    1971, in 12 top lists Check
  5. 249 new

    Hak se wooi

    2005 — a.k.a. Election, in 3 top lists Check
  6. 683 +6

    Prince of the City

    1981, in 2 top lists Check
  7. 884 +11

    Que la bête meure

    1969 — a.k.a. This Man Must Die, in 3 top lists Check
  8. 796 +6

    Silkwood

    1983, in 4 top lists Check
  9. 5 +3

    Affliction

    1997, in 1 top list Check
  10. 198 +12

    Dead Calm

    1989, in 5 top lists Check
  11. 222 +14

    Diva

    1981, in 7 top lists Check
  12. 416 +13

    The Ipcress File

    1965, in 6 top lists Check
  13. 774 +5

    Shaft

    1971, in 10 top lists Check
  14. 810 +8

    The Spiral Staircase

    1946, in 7 top lists Check
  15. 596 new

    The Naked Spur

    1953, in 10 top lists Check
  16. 350 +12

    The Grifters

    1990, in 8 top lists Check
  17. 912 +6

    The Train

    1964, in 5 top lists Check
  18. 207 +13

    The Defiant Ones

    1958, in 7 top lists Check
  19. 606 +1

    Night Moves

    1975, in 6 top lists Check
  20. 649 +3

    The Parallax View

    1974, in 10 top lists Check
  21. 108 +7

    Le boucher

    1970 — a.k.a. Le Boucher, in 11 top lists Check
  22. 446 +8

    Klute

    1971, in 11 top lists Check
  23. 848 +8

    Suspicion

    1941, in 4 top lists Check
  24. 23 +7

    Der amerikanische Freund

    1977 — a.k.a. The American Friend, in 8 top lists Check
  25. 887 +11

    Three Days of the Condor

    1975, in 4 top lists Check
  26. 103 +6

    Bob le flambeur

    1956 — a.k.a. Bob the Gambler, in 13 top lists Check
  27. 236 +14

    Dressed to Kill

    1980, in 6 top lists Check
  28. 663 +5

    Pickup on South Street

    1953, in 14 top lists Check
  29. 784 +6

    Tirez sur le pianiste

    1960 — a.k.a. Shoot the Piano Player, in 10 top lists Check
  30. 299 +10

    Frenzy

    1972, in 7 top lists Check
  31. 856 +6

    The Taking of Pelham One Two Three

    1974, in 6 top lists Check
  32. 675 +6

    Point Blank

    1967, in 15 top lists Check
  33. 319 +12

    Get Carter

    1971, in 11 top lists Check
  34. 127 +8

    Bullitt

    1968, in 11 top lists Check
  35. 82 +9

    The Big Heat

    1953, in 18 top lists Check
  36. 200 +14

    Dead Ringers

    1988, in 12 top lists Check
  37. 742 +7

    Tsubaki Sanjûrô

    1962 — a.k.a. Sanjuro, in 7 top lists Check
  38. 494 +9

    The Long Goodbye

    1973, in 15 top lists Check
  39. 837 +8

    Straw Dogs

    1971, in 11 top lists Check
  40. 676 new

    Point Break

    1991, in 9 top lists Check
  41. 640 +5

    Out of the Past

    1947, in 16 top lists Check
  42. 881 +11

    The 39 Steps

    1935, in 16 top lists Check
  43. 413 +14

    The Insider

    1999, in 5 top lists Check
  44. 718 +9

    Du rififi chez les hommes

    1955 — a.k.a. Rififi, in 18 top lists Check
  45. 452 +8

    The Lady Vanishes

    1938, in 15 top lists Check
  46. 208 +13

    Deliverance

    1972, in 15 top lists Check
  47. 772 +6

    Shadow of a Doubt

    1943, in 15 top lists Check
  48. 579 new

    Munich

    2005, in 4 top lists Check
  49. 513 +11

    Mad Max

    1979, in 13 top lists Check
  50. 193 +13

    The Day the Earth Stood Still

    1951, in 12 top lists Check
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