New York Times - Best 1,000 Movies Ever Made (1999 ed.)

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This list refers to the 1999 first edition of "The New York Times Guide to the Best 1,000 Movies Ever Made" edited by Peter M. Nichols. The book contains reviews from Vincent Canby, Janet Maslin and others as they originally appeared in print. Fun to see some now-revered classic movies elicit a negative or non-plussed review.

Note: I spent A LOT of time creating this list directly from the book. I have tried to use the DVD edition that is currently in print or the Criterion edition and will continue to keep it up to date. Please don’t change any of the items on this list just for fun.

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    A Nous La Liberte - Criterion Collection
    by René Clair

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    Absence of Malice
    by Sydney Pollack

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  3. 3.
    The Accused
    by Jonathan Kaplan

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    Adam's Rib
    by George Cukor

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    The Adjuster
    by Atom Egoyan

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  6. 6.
    The Adventures of Robin Hood (Two-Disc Special Edition)
    by Michael Curtiz

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    The African Queen
    by John Huston

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  8. 8.
    Luis Bunuel's L'Age d'Or

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  9. 9.
    Aguirre, the Wrath of God
    by Werner Herzog

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  10. 10.
    Airplane! (Special Collector's Edition)
    by David Zucker

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    Akira Kurosawa's Dreams (Sub)
    by Akira Kurosawa

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  12. 12.
    Aladdin (Disney Special Platinum Edition)
    by John Musker

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  13. 13.
    Alexander Nevsky - Criterion Collection
    by Sergei Eisenstein

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  14. 14.
    Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
    by Martin Scorsese

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  15. 15.
    Alice's Restaurant
    by Arthur Penn

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  16. 16.
    Aliens (Two-Disc Collector's Edition)
    by James Cameron

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  17. 17.
    All About Eve

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    All Quiet on the Western Front (Universal Cinema Classics)
    by Lewis Milestone

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    All the King's Men
    by Robert Rossen

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    All the President's Men (Two-Disc Special Edition)
    by Alan J. Pakula

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  21. 21.
    Amadeus - Director's Cut (Two-Disc Special Edition)
    by Milos Forman

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    Amarcord (Criterion Collection)
    by Federico Fellini

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  23. 23.
    America, America (1963)
    by Elia Kazan

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  24. 24.
    American Graffiti (Collector's Edition)
    by George Lucas

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  25. 26.
    The Americanization of Emily
    by Arthur Hiller

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    Anastasia
    by Anatole Litvak

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    Anatomy of a Murder
    by Otto Preminger

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    The Angry Silence
    by Guy Green

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    Anna and the King of Siam
    by John Cromwell

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    Anna Christie
    by Clarence Brown

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    Annie Hall

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    Apollo 13 (Widescreen 2-Disc Anniversary Edition)
    by Ron Howard

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    The Apostle

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    L' Argent
    by Robert Bresson

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  36. 38.
    Arthur
    by Steve Gordon

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    Ashes and Diamonds - Criterion Collection
    by Andrzej Wajda

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  38. 40.
    The Asphalt Jungle
    by John Huston

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  39. 41.
    L' Atalante
    by Jean Vigo

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  40. 42.
    Atlantic City
    by Louis Malle

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    Au Revoir Les Enfants - Criterion Collection
    by Louis Malle

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  42. 44.
    L'Avventura - Criterion Collection
    by Michelangelo Antonioni

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  43. 45.
    The Awful Truth
    by Leo McCarey

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  44. 46.
    Babette's Feast
    by Gabriel Axel

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    Baby Doll
    by Elia Kazan

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  46. 48.
    Back to the Future
    by Robert Zemeckis

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  47. 49.
    The Bad and the Beautiful
    by Vincente Minnelli

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    Bad Day at Black Rock
    by John Sturges

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Comments

Untitled — 2 years ago

Does this list have the right films in these two cases?

The General—the Buster Keaton silent film is much more famous
The Fly (1958)—the Cronenberg remake is better