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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. 464 +9

    Lawrence of Arabia

    1962, in 40 top lists Check
  2. 862 +10

    The Ten Commandments

    1956, in 12 top lists Check
  3. 75 +8

    Ben-Hur

    1959, in 22 top lists Check
  4. 765 +6

    Shichinin no samurai

    1954 — a.k.a. Seven Samurai, in 36 top lists Check
  5. 808 +8

    Spartacus

    1960, in 19 top lists Check
  6. 719 +9

    The Right Stuff

    1983, in 13 top lists Check
  7. 61 +8

    Barry Lyndon

    1975, in 24 top lists Check
  8. 289 +13

    For Whom the Bell Tolls

    1943, in 3 top lists Check
  9. 651 +2

    A Passage to India

    1984, in 5 top lists Check
  10. 119 +8

    The Bridge on the River Kwai

    1957, in 32 top lists Check
  11. 284 +13

    Fitzcarraldo

    1982, in 14 top lists Check
  12. 218 +12

    The Dirty Dozen

    1967, in 8 top lists Check
  13. 378 +12

    The High and the Mighty

    1954, in 1 top list Check
  14. 9 +4

    A.I. Artificial Intelligence

    2001, in 11 top lists Check
  15. 14 +5

    Aliens

    1986, in 24 top lists Check
  16. 613 +3

    North by Northwest

    1959, in 30 top lists Check
  17. 708 +7

    Red River

    1948, in 17 top lists Check
  18. 498 +10

    Lost Horizon

    1937, in 6 top lists Check
  19. 581 +8

    Mutiny on the Bounty

    1935, in 6 top lists Check
  20. 949 +4

    Le salaire de la peur

    1953 — a.k.a. The Wages of Fear, in 29 top lists Check
  21. 190 +11

    The Personal History, Adventures, Experience, &...

    1935 — a.k.a. David Copperfield, in 4 top lists Check
  22. 868 +12

    Thelma & Louise

    1991, in 13 top lists Check
  23. 899 +9

    Tom Jones

    1963, in 13 top lists Check
  24. 920 +7

    True Grit

    1969, in 2 top lists Check
  25. 914 +6

    The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

    1948, in 25 top lists Check
  26. 812 +7

    Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi

    2001 — a.k.a. Spirited Away, in 39 top lists Check
  27. 422 +1

    Jaws

    1975, in 29 top lists Check
  28. 631 +6

    Only Angels Have Wings

    1939, in 10 top lists Check
  29. 804 +8

    Some Like It Hot

    1959, in 35 top lists Check
  30. 821 +6

    Star Wars

    1977, in 40 top lists Check
  31. 514 new

    Mad Max: Fury Road

    2015, in 23 top lists Check
  32. 904 +8

    Topkapi

    1964, in 2 top lists Check
  33. 754 +7

    The Searchers

    1956, in 26 top lists Check
  34. 135 +11

    Captains Courageous

    1937, in 6 top lists Check
  35. 354 +11

    Gunga Din

    1939, in 7 top lists Check
  36. 51 +6

    Back to the Future

    1985, in 25 top lists Check
  37. 622 +3

    Oliver Twist

    1948, in 6 top lists Check
  38. 365 +10

    Harry and Tonto

    1974, in 1 top list Check
  39. 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
  40. 853 +7

    Travolti da un insolito destino nell'azzurro...

    1974 — a.k.a. Swept Away, in 3 top lists Check
  41. 173 +10

    The Count of Monte Cristo

    1934, in 2 top lists Check
  42. 820 +6

    Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan

    1982, in 6 top lists Check
  43. 906 +8

    Total Recall

    1990, in 8 top lists Check
  44. 307 +11

    Gallipoli

    1981, in 6 top lists Check
  45. 334 +11

    Goldfinger

    1964, in 15 top lists Check
  46. 840 +9

    The Sugarland Express

    1974, in 3 top lists Check
  47. 208 +13

    Deliverance

    1972, in 15 top lists Check
  48. 484 +10

    The Lives of a Bengal Lancer

    1935, in 3 top lists Check
  49. 875 +11

    The Thief of Bagdad

    1940, in 13 top lists Check
  50. 6 +3

    The African Queen

    1951, in 11 top lists Check
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Last updated on Dec 31, 2019 by joachimt; source