NEW
YORK TIMES: TOP 10 MOVIE LISTS
1924
The
Dramatic Life Of Abraham Lincoln
The Thief Of Baghdad
Beau
Brummel
Merton Of The Movies
The Sea Hawk
He
Who Gets Slapped
The Marriage Circle
In Hollywood With Potash
And Perlmutter
Peter Pan
Isn't Life Wonderful?
1925
The Big Parade
The Last Laugh
The Unholy Three
The Gold Rush
The Merry Widow
The Dark Angel
Don Q., Son Of Zorro
Ben-Hur
Stella Dallas
A
Kiss For Cinderella
1926
Variety
Beau Geste
What Price Glory
Potemkin
The Grand Duchess And The
Waiter
The Black Pirate
Old Ironsides
Moana
La Boheme
So This Is Paris
1927
The King
Of Kings
Chang
The Way Of All Flesh
Wings
Seventh Heaven
Sunrise
Service For Ladies
Quality
Street
Underwood
Stark Love
1928
The
Circus
Street Angel
Czar Ivan The Terrible
The
Last Command
White Shadows Of The South Seas
The Patriot
The End Of St. Petersburg
Show People
Homecoming
Four Devils
1929
The Love Parade
Disraeli
Hallelujah!
The Passion Of Joan Of Arc
The Taming
Of The Shrew
Bulldog Drummond
They Had To See Paris
The Sky Hawk
The Virginian
Sally
1930
With Byrd At The South Pole
All Quiet At The Western Front
Journey's End
Lightnin'
The Devil To Pay
Outward
Bound
Tom Sawyer
Holiday
Abraham Lincoln
Anna Christie
1931
The Guardsman
City Lights
The Smiling Lieutenant
Arrowsmith
Tabu
Bad
Girl
Frankenstein
Skippy
Private Lives
A
Connecticut Yankee
1932
Madchen On Uniform
Trouble
In Paradise
Der Raub der Mona Lisa
Grand Hotel
Dr.
Jekyll And Mr. Hyde
The Mouthpiece
One Hour With You
A Bill Of Divorcement
The Doomed Battalion
Reserved
For Ladies
1933
Cavalcade
Reunion In Vienna
Morgenroth
State Fair
Dinner At Eight
Berkeley
Square
The Private Life Of Henry VIII
Little Women
The
Invisible Man
His Double Life
1934
It Happened
One Night
The House Of Rothschild
The Battle
The
Thin Man
Catherine The Great
The First World War
One
Night Of Love
The Lost Patrol
Man Of Aran
Our
Daily Bread
1935
The Informer
Ruggles Of Red Gap
David Copperfield
Lives Of A Bengal Lancer
Les Miserables
The Scoundrel
Chapayev
The Man Who Knew Too Much
Sequioa
Love Me Forever
1936
Carnival In
Flanders
Fury
Dodsworth
Mr. Deeds Goes To Town
Winterset
Romeo And Juliet
The Green Pastures
The Ghost Goes West
The Story Of Louis Pasteur
These
Three
The Great Ziegfeld
1937
The Life Of Emile
Zola
The Good Earth
Stage Door
Captains Courageous
They Won't Forget
Make Way For Tomorrow
I Met Him
In Paris
A Star Is Born
Camille
Lost Horizon
1938
Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs
The Citadel
To The Victor
Pygmalion
A Slight Case Of Murder
Three Comrades
The Lady Vanishes
The Adventures Of
Robin Hood
A Man To Remember
Four Daughters
1939
Made For Each Other
Stagecoach
Wuthering Heights
Dark Victory
Juarez
Goodbye, Mr. Chips
The
Women
Mr. Smith Goes To Washington
Ninotchka
Gone
With The Wind
1940
The Grapes Of Wrath
The Baker's
Wife
Rebecca
Our Town
The Mortal Storm
Pride
And Prejudice
The Great McGinty
The Long Voyage Home
The Great Dictator
Fantasia
1941
The Lady
Eve
Citizen Kane
Major Barbara
Sergeant York
The Stars Look Down
Here Comes Mr. Jordan
Target
For Tonight
Dumbo
How Green Was My Valley
One
Foot In Heaven
1942
In Which We Serve
Journey For
Margaret
Casblanca
One Of Our Aircraft Is Missing
Wake
Island
Mrs. Miniver
Yankee Doodle Dandy
The Gold
Rush
Woman Of The Year
Sullivan's Travels
1943
Air Force
Desert Victory
The Ox-bow Incident
The
More The Merrier
For Whom The Bell Tolls
Report From The
Aleutians
Watch On The Rhine
Corvette K-225
Sahara
Madame Curie
1944
Destination Tokyo
The
Miracle Of Morgan's Creek
The Purple Heart
Going My Way
Wilson
Hail The Conquering Hero
Thirty Seconds Over
Tokyo
None But The Lonely Heart
Meet Me In St. Louis
National Velvet
1945
A Tree Grows In Brooklyn
The
Way Ahead
Anchors Aweigh
Pride Of The Marines
The
House On Ninety-Second Street
Story Of G.I. Joe
Spellbound
The Last Chance
The Lost Weekend
They Were Expendable
1946
Open City
Road To Utopia
The Green
Years
Henry V
Notorious
Brief Encounter
The
Well-Digger's Daughter
The Best Years Of Our Lives
My Darling
Clementine
Stairway to Heaven
1947
The Yearling
Great Expectations
Miracle On 34th St.
Crossfire
Life With Father
Shoeshine
Gentleman's Agreement
To Live In Peace
The Bishop's Wife
The Fugitive
1948
Treasure Of Sierra Madre
The Pearl
The
Search
A Foreign Affair
Louisiana Story
Hamlet
Johnny Belinda
Apartment For Peggy
The Red Shoes
The Snake Pit
1949
Command Decision
A Letter
To Three Wives
The Quiet One
Lost Boundaries
Pinky
The Heiress
All The King's Men
Battleground
The
Fallen Idol
Intruder In The Dust
1950
The Titan
Twelve O'Clock High
Father Of The Bride
The Asphalt
Jungle
Destination Moon
The Men
Sunset Boulevard
Trio
All About Eve
Born Yesterday
1951
Fourteen Hours
The Brave Bulls
Oliver Twist
A
Place In The Sun
People Will Talk
A Streetcar Named Desire
An American In Paris
Detective Story
Death Of A Salesman
Decision Before Dawn
Rashomon
1952
The Greatest
Show On Earth
Cry, The Beloved Country
Viva Zapata!
Five Fingers
High Noon
Ivanhoe
The Quiet
Man
Limelight
Breaking The Sound Barrier
Come
Back, Little Sheba
1953
Moulin Rouge
Lili
Shane
Julius Caesar
Man On A Tightrope
Stalag 17
From
Here To Eternity
Roman Holiday
Martin Luther
The
Conquest of Everest
1954
The Glenn Miller Story
Genevieve
Knock On Wood
Mr. Hulot's Holiday
Seven Brides For
Seven Brothers
On The Waterfront
The Little Kidnappers
Sabrina
The Country Girl
Romeo And Juliet
1955
The Bridges At Toko-Ri
Bad Day At Black Rock
A Man
Called Peter
Marty
The Great Adventure
Mister
Roberts
The Phoenix City Story
It's Always Fair Weather
Oklahoma!
The Prisoner
1956
Richard III
The King And I
Moby Dick
Bus Stop
Lust
For Life
The Silent World
Giant
Around The World
In 80 Days
Friendly Persuasion
Anastasia
The
Proud And The Beautiful
Rififi
La Strada
The
Grand Maneouver
The Seven Samurai
1957
The Great
Man
Funny Face
Twelve Angry Men
The Green Man
A Hatful Of Rain
Silk Stockings
Love In The Afternoon
Les Girls
Sayonara
The Bridge On The River Kwai
We Are All Murderers
Gold Of Naples
The Red Balloon
Torerol
The Passionate Summer
The Last Bridge
Cabiria
Gervaise
Ordet
Smiles Of A Summer
Night
1958
Teacher's Pet
Gigi
The Goddess
God's Little Acre
Cat On A Hot Tin Roof
The Defiant
Ones
Damn Yankees
The Horse's Mouth
I Want To
Live
A Night To Remember
Gates Of Paris
Rouge
Et Noir
Case Of Dr. Laurent
The Captain From Koepnick
Pather Panchali
Inspector Maigret
The Seventh Seal
Mon Oncle
Witches Of Salem
He Who Must Die
1959
The Diary Of Anne Frank
Room At The Top
The Nun's
Story
Porgy And Bess
Anatomy Of A Murder
A Hole
In The Head
North By Northwest
Pillow Talk
Ben-Hur
On The Beach
The Devil Strikes At Night
Forbidden
Fruit
Aparajito
The Roof
Wild Strawberries
The Magician
The Lovers
The 400 Blows
The
Cousins
Black Orpheus
1960
I'm All Right, Jack
The Apartment
Psycho
Elmer Gantry
Sunrise
At Campobello
The Entertainer
Inherit The Wind
The
Angry Silence
Exodus
Tunes Of Glory
Rosemary
Ikiru
The Cranes Are Flying
Hiroshima, Mon Amour
The World Of Apu
Never On Sunday
Virgin Spring
General Della Rovere
The Big Deal On Madonna Street
The
Ballad Of A Soldier
1961
The Facts Of Life
A Raisin
In The Sun
Saturday Night And Sunday Morning
Fanny
The
Hustler
Splendor In The Grass
West Side Story
El
Cid
Judgment At Nuremberg
One, Two, Three
Don
Quixote
Breathless
La Dolce Vita
The Bridge
Two Women
Ashes And Diamonds
Rocco And His Brothers
Purple Noon
Girl With A Suitcase
A Summer To Remember
1962
Lover Come Back
Last Year At Marienbad
Whistle
Down The Wind
A Taste Of Honey
Divorce -- Italian Style
The Longest Day
Long Day's Journey Into Night
Sundays
And Cybele
Freud
Electra
1963
Heaven's
Above!
The L-Shaped Room
Hud
Cleopatra
Eight
And One-Half
Tom Jones
Any Number Can Win
The
Sound Of Trumpets
It's A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
America,
America
1964
Dr. Strangelove
The Servant
That
Man From Rio
One Potato, Two Potato
A Hard Day's Night
Woman In The Dunes
Mary Poppins
My Fair Lady
The Americanization Of Emily
Marriage Italian Style
1965
The Pawnbroker
Ship Of Fools
Darling
Repulsion
Juliet Of The Spirits
The Eleanor Roosevelt Story
Red
Desert
Kwaidan
To Die In Madrid
Thunderball
1966
The Shop On Main Street
The Gospel According To
St. Matthew
Dear John
Morgan!
The Russians Are
Coming, The Russians Are Coming!
Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf?
Georgy Girl
Loves Of A Blonde
A Man For All Seasons
Blow-Up
1967
La Guerre Est Finie
Ulysses
The Hunt
In The Heat Of The Night
Father
Elvira
Madigan
Closely Watched Trains
Cool Hand Luke
In
Cold Blood
The Graduate
1968
Charlie Bubbles
The Two Of Us
Belle De Jour
Faces
Les
Carabiniers
The Bride Wore Black
The Fifth Horseman Is Fear
Petulia
Rosemary's Baby
A Report On The Party And
The Guests
1969
Alice's Restaurant
The Damned
If ...
La Femme Infidele
Midnight Cowboy
Stolen
Kisses
Topaz
True Grit
The Wild Bunch
Z
1970
The Ballad Of Cable Hogue
Catch-22
Fellini's
Satyricon
Little Big Man
Loving
M*A*S*H
My
Night At Maud's
The Passion Of Anna
Tristana
The
Wild Child
1971
Bed And Board
Carnal Knowledge
Claire's Knee
A Clockwork Orange
The Conformist
Derby
The French Connection
The Last Picture Show
Le Boucher
Sunday Bloody Sunday
1972
Chloe
In The Afternoon
Cries And Whispers
The Discreet Charm Of
The Bourgeosie
Fat City
Frenzy
The Godfather
The Heartbreak Kid
Tokyo Story
Traffic
Two
English Girls
1973
American Graffiti
Day For Night
Heavy Traffic
Last Tango In Paris
The Long Goodbye
Love
Mean Streets
Memories Of Underdevelopment
Playtime
Sleeper
1974
Amarcord
Badlands
California Split
Claudine
Daisy Miller
Harry
And Tonto
Lacombe, Lucien
Man Is Not A Bird
The
Little Theatre Of Jean Renoir
Phantom Of LibertyShampoo
Scenes
From A Marriage
1975
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
Barry
Lyndon
Distant Thunder
Hearts And Minds
Love
And Death
The Magic Flute
Nashville
Shampoo
The Story Of Adele H.
Swept Away ...
1976
Seven
Beauties
All The President's Men
Face To Face
La
Chienne
Network
The Seven Percent Solution
Memory
Of Justice
Taxi Driver
1977
Annie Hall
Close
Encounters Of The Third Kind
Effi Briest
The Goalie's Anxiety
At The Penalty Kick
Handle With Care
The Late Show
The
Man Who Loved Women
Star Wars
Stroszek
That Obscure
Object Of Desire
1978
California Suite
Days Of
Heaven
The Deer Hunter
A Geisha
Movie Movie
Perceval
Pretty Baby
A Slave Of Love
Straight
Time
Violette
1979
Breaking Away
Escape
From Alcatraz
Fedora
Hair
Kramer vs. Kramer
Love On The Run
Manhattan
The Marriage Of Maria Braun
Ten
The Tree Of Wooden Clogs
1980
Airplane!
Dressed To Kill
Every Man For Himself
Melvin And
Howard
Mon Oncle d'Amerique
Ordinary People
Raging
Bull
Stardust Memories
The Third Generation
Wise
Blood
1981
Arthur
Atlantic City
Body
Heat
Four Friends
Pixote
Raiders Of The Lost
Ark
Reds
Stevie
True Confessions
Woman
Next Door
1982
Chan Is Missing
ET
Fitzcarraldo
Gregory's Girl
Le Beau Mariage
Lola
Missing
Smash Palace
Tootsie
Victor/Victoria
1983
Berlin Alexanderplatz
Betrayal
Big Chill
Fanny
And Alexander
Heart Like A Wheel
King Of Comedy
Local
Hero
Right Stuff
Tender Mercies
Zelig
1984
The Bostonians
Broadway Danny Rose
Entre Nous
Family Game
Greystoke
Love In Germany
Passage
To India
Places In The Heart
Stranger Than Paradise
This Is Spinal Tap
1985
Desparately Seeking Susan
Kiss Of The Spider Woman
Prizzi's Honor
Purple Rose
Of Cairo
Ran
Secret Honor
Twenty-Eight Up
Shoah
Trip To Bountiful
Young Sherlock Holmes
1986
Blue Velvet
Color Of Money
Down By
Law
Hannah And Her Sisters
Menage
My Beautiful
Lauderette
Platoon
Room With A View
Smooth Talk
Summer
1987
Barfly
The Dead
Empire
Of The Sun
Full Metal Jacket
House Of Games
Housekeeping
Radio Days
Tampopo
Tin Men
Untouchables
1988
Au Revoir Les Enfants
Hotel Terminus
Married
To The Mob
Mississippi Burning
Patty Hearst
Taxing
Woman
Things Change
Who Framed Roger Rabbit?
Women
On The Verge
Working Girl
1989
Chocolat
Crimes
And Misdemeanors
Do The Right Thing
Enemies: A Love Story
High Hopes
Little Vera
Mystery Train
Roger
And Me
sex, lies, and videotape
True Love
1990
Akira Kurosawa's Dreams
Alice
Dick Tracy
Good
Fellas
The Grifters
Metropolitan
Mr. And Mrs.
Bridge
My 20th Century
Reversal Of Fortune
Sweetie
1991
Barton Fink
Beauty and the Beast
Bugsy
Cape Fear
The Fisher King
Life Is Sweet
My
Own Private Idaho
Silence of the Lambs
Thelma and Louise
1992
The Crying Game
A Few Good Men
Gas
Food Lodging
Howard's End
Malcom X
The Match
Factory Girl
One False Move
Reservoir Dogs
Savage
Nights
The Story of Qui Ju
1993
Belle Epoque
Farewell My Concubine
The Joy Luck Club
Much Ado
About Nothing
The Piano
The Remains of the Day
Schindler's
List
1994
Pulp Fiction
Hoop Dreams
Quiz
Show
Thirty Films About Glenn Gould
To Live
Last
Seduction
Four Weddings And A Funeral
Red
Caro
Diario
Nobody's Fool
Bullets Over Broadway
Ladybird,
Ladybird
1995
Apollo 13
Toy Story
Persuasion
Crumb
L'America
Before The Rain
To Die
For
Leaving Las Vegas
Living In Oblivion
Dead
Man Walking
1996
English Patient
People Vs. Larry
Flynt
Breaking The Waves
Lone Star
Flirting With
Disaster
Secrets And Lies
Looking For Richard
Fargo
The Crucible
Mother
1997
Titanic
L.A.
Confidential
The Apostle
Deconstructing Harry
Pillow
Book
The Sweet Hereafter
In The Company Of Men
Boogie
Nights
Ponette
Ulee's Gold
Face-Off
La
Promesse
Donnie Brasco
The Full Monty
1998
Saving Private Ryan
Happiness
Butcher Boy
Henry
Fool
Shakepeare In Love
A Simple Plan
Celebration
Bulworth
Opposite Of Sex
Western
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