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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. 94 new

    Black Swan

    2010, in 12 top lists Check
  2. 158 +12

    A Clockwork Orange

    1971, in 37 top lists Check
  3. 261 new

    Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

    2004, in 28 top lists Check
  4. 500 new

    Lost in Translation

    2003, in 19 top lists Check
  5. 9 +4

    A.I. Artificial Intelligence

    2001, in 11 top lists Check
  6. 689 +7

    Pulp Fiction

    1994, in 38 top lists Check
  7. 393 new

    The Hurt Locker

    2008, in 13 top lists Check
  8. 869 new

    There Will Be Blood

    2007, in 20 top lists Check
  9. 647 new

    El laberinto del fauno

    2006 — a.k.a. Pan's Labyrinth, in 33 top lists Check
  10. 553 new

    Million Dollar Baby

    2004, in 12 top lists Check
  11. 578 +9

    Mulholland Dr.

    2001 — a.k.a. Mulholland Drive, in 26 top lists Check
  12. 330 +12

    The Godfather

    1972, in 42 top lists Check
  13. 336 +10

    Gone with the Wind

    1939, in 31 top lists Check
  14. 748 +6

    Saving Private Ryan

    1998, in 28 top lists Check
  15. 308 +12

    Gangs of New York

    2002, in 5 top lists Check
  16. 153 +13

    Citizen Kane

    1941, in 39 top lists Check
  17. 124 new

    Brokeback Mountain

    2005, in 21 top lists Check
  18. 422 +1

    Jaws

    1975, in 29 top lists Check
  19. 790 new

    Showgirls

    1995, in 6 top lists Check
  20. 913 +6

    Trainspotting

    1996, in 18 top lists Check
  21. 35 +6

    Annie Hall

    1977, in 34 top lists Check
  22. 276 +10

    Fargo

    1996, in 26 top lists Check
  23. 37 +6

    Apocalypse Now

    1979, in 37 top lists Check
  24. 713 +8

    Reservoir Dogs

    1992, in 26 top lists Check
  25. 806 +8

    The Sound of Music

    1965, in 25 top lists Check
  26. 1001 new

    Zodiac

    2007, in 14 top lists Check
  27. 860 +7

    Taxi Driver

    1976, in 34 top lists Check
  28. 964 +2

    West Side Story

    1961, in 22 top lists Check
  29. 114 +8

    The Breakfast Club

    1985, in 10 top lists Check
  30. 110 new

    Boyhood

    2014, in 16 top lists Check
  31. 3 +2

    Adaptation.

    2002, in 11 top lists Check
  32. 594 new

    Mystic River

    2003, in 7 top lists Check
  33. 419 +13

    It's a Wonderful Life

    1946, in 33 top lists Check
  34. 140 +9

    Casablanca

    1942, in 39 top lists Check
  35. 247 +16

    8½

    1963, in 35 top lists Check
  36. 752 +6

    Schindler's List

    1993, in 35 top lists Check
  37. 331 +12

    The Godfather Part II

    1974, in 32 top lists Check
  38. 793 +6

    The Silence of the Lambs

    1991, in 36 top lists Check
  39. 425 +11

    Jerry Maguire

    1996, in 8 top lists Check
  40. 342 +10

    The Graduate

    1967, in 29 top lists Check
  41. 159 +12

    Close Encounters of the Third Kind

    1977, in 23 top lists Check
  42. 695 +6

    Raging Bull

    1980, in 34 top lists Check
  43. 383 new

    A History of Violence

    2005, in 11 top lists Check
  44. 206 +13

    The Deer Hunter

    1978, in 26 top lists Check
  45. 435 new

    The Kids Are All Right

    2010, in 6 top lists Check
  46. 627 +4

    One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

    1975, in 35 top lists Check
  47. 878 +11

    The Thin Red Line

    1998, in 14 top lists Check
  48. 661 +5

    The Pianist

    2002, in 21 top lists Check
  49. 100 +7

    Blue Velvet

    1986, in 27 top lists Check
  50. 340 +10

    Goodfellas

    1990, in 31 top lists Check
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