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

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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1. A Nous La Liberte - Criterion Collection
by René Clair
 
2. Absence of Malice
by Sydney Pollack
 
3. The Accused
by Jonathan Kaplan
 
4. Adam's Rib
by George Cukor
 
5. The Adjuster
by Atom Egoyan
 
6. The Adventures of Robin Hood (Two-Disc Special Edition)
by Michael Curtiz
 
7.
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The African Queen
by John Huston
 
8. Luis Bunuel's L'Age d'Or  
9. Aguirre, the Wrath of God
by Werner Herzog
 
10. Airplane! (Special Collector's Edition)
by David Zucker
 
11. Akira Kurosawa's Dreams (Sub)
by Akira Kurosawa
 
12. Aladdin (Disney Special Platinum Edition)
by John Musker
 
13.
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Alexander Nevsky - Criterion Collection
by Sergei Eisenstein
 
14. Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
by Martin Scorsese
 
15. Alice's Restaurant
by Arthur Penn
 
16. Aliens (Two-Disc Collector's Edition)
by James Cameron
 
17.
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All About Eve  
18. All Quiet on the Western Front (Universal Cinema Classics)
by Lewis Milestone
 
19. All the King's Men
by Robert Rossen
 
20. All the President's Men (Two-Disc Special Edition)
by Alan J. Pakula
 
21. Amadeus - Director's Cut (Two-Disc Special Edition)
by Milos Forman
 
22. Amarcord (Criterion Collection)
by Federico Fellini
 
23.
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America, America (1963)
by Elia Kazan
 
24. American Graffiti (Collector's Edition)
by George Lucas
 
25.
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American in Paris (Two-Disc Special Edition)  
26. The Americanization of Emily
by Arthur Hiller
 
27. Anastasia
by Anatole Litvak
 
28. Anatomy of a Murder
by Otto Preminger
 
29.
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The Angry Silence
by Guy Green
 
30. Anna and the King of Siam
by John Cromwell
 
31. Anna Christie
by Clarence Brown
 
32. Annie Hall  
33. The Apartment (Collector's Edition)  
34. Apocalypse Now - The Complete Dossier (Two-Disc Special Collector's Edition)  
35. Apollo 13 (Widescreen 2-Disc Anniversary Edition)
by Ron Howard
 
36. The Apostle  
37. L' Argent
by Robert Bresson
 
38. Arthur
by Steve Gordon
 
39.
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Ashes and Diamonds - Criterion Collection
by Andrzej Wajda
 
40. The Asphalt Jungle
by John Huston
 
41. L' Atalante
by Jean Vigo
 
42. Atlantic City
by Louis Malle
 
43. Au Revoir Les Enfants - Criterion Collection
by Louis Malle
 
44. L'Avventura - Criterion Collection
by Michelangelo Antonioni
 
45. The Awful Truth
by Leo McCarey
 
46. Babette's Feast
by Gabriel Axel
 
47. Baby Doll
by Elia Kazan
 
48.
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Back to the Future
by Robert Zemeckis
 
49. The Bad and the Beautiful
by Vincente Minnelli
 
50. Bad Day at Black Rock
by John Sturges
 
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Created by CarmanJ on May 24, 2007.