Lists of Bests: New York Times - Best 1,000 Movies Ever Made (1999 ed.) http://www.listsofbests.com/list/33919 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. Tue, 15 Dec 2009 10:54:27 GMT en-us 0 50 1000 50 0 A Nous La Liberte - Criterion Collection http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/46355 <div id="position">1</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/46355"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000067IY4.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by René Clair</div> Absence of Malice http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/175516 <div id="position">2</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/175516"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0767804325.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Sydney Pollack</div> The Accused http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/126633 <div id="position">3</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/126633"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00005Y1UT.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jonathan Kaplan</div> Adam's Rib http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/38678 <div id="position">4</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/38678"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00004TJOD.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by George Cukor</div> The Adjuster http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/138346 <div id="position">5</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/138346"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000059H95.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Atom Egoyan</div> The Adventures of Robin Hood (Two-Disc Special Edition) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/59956 <div id="position">6</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/59956"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00005JKEZ.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Michael Curtiz</div> The African Queen http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/45455 <div id="position">7</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by John Huston</div> Luis Bunuel's L'Age d'Or http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/71365 <div id="position">8</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/71365"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00064AMBM.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div> Aguirre, the Wrath of God http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/65536 <div id="position">9</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/65536"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/6305972761.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Werner Herzog</div> Airplane! (Special Collector's Edition) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/56196 <div id="position">10</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/56196"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000B5XOWA.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by David Zucker</div> Akira Kurosawa's Dreams (Sub) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/50774 <div id="position">11</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/50774"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00007G1ZC.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Akira Kurosawa</div> Aladdin (Disney Special Platinum Edition) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/52075 <div id="position">12</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/52075"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B0001I561E.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by John Musker</div> Alexander Nevsky - Criterion Collection http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/340514 <div id="position">13</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Sergei Eisenstein</div> Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/37159 <div id="position">14</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/37159"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000286RO8.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Martin Scorsese</div> Alice's Restaurant http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/156715 <div id="position">15</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/156715"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000053VAR.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Arthur Penn</div> Aliens (Two-Disc Collector's Edition) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/36943 <div id="position">16</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/36943"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00012FXAE.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by James Cameron</div> All About Eve http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3518447 <div id="position">17</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div> All Quiet on the Western Front (Universal Cinema Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2437368 <div id="position">18</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2437368"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000KGGJ0Y.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Lewis Milestone</div> All the King's Men http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/210569 <div id="position">19</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/210569"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51D4SCR3SFL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Robert Rossen</div> All the President's Men (Two-Disc Special Edition) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/198485 <div id="position">20</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/198485"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51DW0NHHQFL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Alan J. Pakula</div> Amadeus - Director's Cut (Two-Disc Special Edition) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/44503 <div id="position">21</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/44503"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00006DEFA.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Milos Forman</div> Amarcord (Criterion Collection) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1603506 <div id="position">22</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1603506"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000G8NXYQ.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Federico Fellini</div> America, America (1963) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1406339 <div id="position">23</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Elia Kazan</div> American Graffiti (Collector's Edition) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/48367 <div id="position">24</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/48367"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/078322737X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by George Lucas</div> American in Paris (Two-Disc Special Edition) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4348735 <div id="position">25</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div> The Americanization of Emily http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/303622 <div id="position">26</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/303622"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B0007TKNGU.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Arthur Hiller</div> Anastasia http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/51104 <div id="position">27</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/51104"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00008LDO0.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Anatole Litvak</div> Anatomy of a Murder http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/59111 <div id="position">28</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/59111"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00004TJKI.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Otto Preminger</div> The Angry Silence http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/575426 <div id="position">29</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Guy Green</div> Anna and the King of Siam http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/318247 <div id="position">30</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/318247"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B0007PALTS.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by John Cromwell</div> Anna Christie http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/220217 <div id="position">31</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/220217"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B0009S4IK6.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Clarence Brown</div> Annie Hall http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/35047 <div id="position">32</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/35047"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/6304907729.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div> The Apartment (Collector's Edition) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3365001 <div id="position">33</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3365001"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/11JAw9eV2lL.jpg" /></a></div> Apocalypse Now - The Complete Dossier (Two-Disc Special Collector's Edition) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1374457 <div id="position">34</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1374457"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000FSME1A.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div> Apollo 13 (Widescreen 2-Disc Anniversary Edition) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/44526 <div id="position">35</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/44526"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0783219695.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ron Howard</div> The Apostle http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/61329 <div id="position">36</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/61329"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00007ELF1.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div> L' Argent http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/293120 <div id="position">37</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/293120"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000929UQY.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Robert Bresson</div> Arthur http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/65138 <div id="position">38</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/65138"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0790731886.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Steve Gordon</div> Ashes and Diamonds - Criterion Collection http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/356014 <div id="position">39</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Andrzej Wajda</div> The Asphalt Jungle http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/82530 <div id="position">40</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/82530"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/5144M6JK1PL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by John Huston</div> L' Atalante http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/41747 <div id="position">41</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/41747"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00008OSD5.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jean Vigo</div> Atlantic City http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/158194 <div id="position">42</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/158194"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000062UHA.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Louis Malle</div> Au Revoir Les Enfants - Criterion Collection http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2577550 <div id="position">43</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2577550"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B0009HLCS8.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Louis Malle</div> L'Avventura - Criterion Collection http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/39237 <div id="position">44</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/39237"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51RA3DP0KDL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Michelangelo Antonioni</div> The Awful Truth http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/61408 <div id="position">45</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/61408"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000085EFE.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Leo McCarey</div> Babette's Feast http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/41087 <div id="position">46</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/41087"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000053VBK.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Gabriel Axel</div> Baby Doll http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/256612 <div id="position">47</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/256612"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000EBD9SU.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Elia Kazan</div> Back to the Future http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/79713 <div id="position">48</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Robert Zemeckis</div> The Bad and the Beautiful http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/281334 <div id="position">49</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/281334"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00005U2KI.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Vincente Minnelli</div> Bad Day at Black Rock http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/85027 <div id="position">50</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/85027"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B0007TKNH4.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by John Sturges</div>