The New York Times book of movies : the essential 1,000 films to see
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The essential 1,000 films to see; the year following the title of the movie is the year of its review unless otherwise indicated : A Nous, La Liberte (1932) -- Adam's Rib (1949) -- Adaptation (2002) -- The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938) -- Affliction (1998) -- The African Queen (1952) -- L'Age d'Or (1930, reviewed 1964) -- Aguirre, the Wrath of God (1972, reviewed 1977) -- A.I. (2001) -- Airplane! (1980) -- Alexander Nevsky (1939) -- Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1975) -- Alien (1979) -- Aliens (1986) -- All About Eve (1950) -- All ABout My Mother (1999) -- All That Heaven Allows (1956) -- All the King's Men (1949) -- All the President's Men (1976) -- All Quiet on the Western Front (1930) -- Amarcord (1974) -- America, America (1963) -- The American Friend (1977) -- American Graffiti (1973) -- American Movie (1999) -- An American in Paris (1951) -- The Americanization of Emily (1964) -- Amores Perros (2000) -- Amour (2012) -- Anatomy of a Murder (1959) -- And Life Goes On (1992) -- Andrei Rublev (1973) -- The Angry Silence (1960) -- Anna Christie (1930) -- Annie Hall (1977) -- The Apartment (1960) -- Apocalypse Now (1979) -- The Apostle (1997) -- L'Argent (1983) -- Army of Shadows (1969, reviewed 2006) -- Ashes and Diamonds (1958, reviewed 1961) -- The Asphalt Jungle (1950) -- L'Atalante (1934, reviewed 1990) -- Atlantic City (1981) -- Au Hasard Balthazar (1966, reviewed 1970) -- Au Revoir Les Enfants (1988) -- L'Avventura (1961) -- The Awful Truth (1937) -- Babette's Feast (1987) -- Baby Doll (1956) -- Back to the Future (1985) -- The Bad and the Beautiful (1953) -- Badlands (1973) -- The Baker's Wife (1940) -- Ball of Fire (1943) -- The Ballad of Cable Hogue (1970) -- Bambi (1942) -- The Band Wagon (1953) -- The Bank Dick (1940) -- Barfly (1974) -- Barry Lyndon (1975) -- Barton Fink (1991) -- The Battle of Algiers (1965, reviewed 1967) -- Battleship Potemkin (1926) -- Le Beau Mariage (1982) -- Beauty and the Beast (1947) -- Beauty and the Beast (1992) -- Bed and Board (1971) -- Beetlejuice (1988) -- Before Midnight (2013) -- Before Night Falls (2000) -- Being John Malkovich (1999) -- Being There (1979) -- Belle de Jour (1968) -- Ben-Hur (1959) -- Berlin Alexanderplatz (1983) -- The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) -- Beverly Hills Cop (1984) -- The Bicycle Thief (1949) -- The Big Clock (1948) -- The Big Deal on Madonna Street (1960) -- The Big Heat (1953) -- The Big Red One (The Reconstuction) (2004) -- The Big Short (2015) -- The Big Sky (1952) -- The Big Sleep (1946) -- The Bigamist (1953) -- Billy Liar (1963) -- The Birds (1963) -- Black Girl (1966, reviewed 1969 and 2016)-- Black Narcissus (1947) -- Black Orpheus (1959) -- Black Rain (1989) -- Black Swan (2010) -- Blade Runner (1982) -- Blazing Saddles (1974) -- Blind (1987) -- Blow-Up (1966) -- Blue Collar (1978) -- Blue Velvet (1986) -- Boat People (1983) -- Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice (1969) -- Bob le Flambeur (1955, reviewed 1981) -- Bonnie and Clyde (1967) -- Boogie Nights (1997) -- Born on the Fourth of July (1989) -- Born Yesterday (1950) -- Le Boucher (1970) -- Bound for Glory (1976) -- Boyhood (2014) -- Boys Don't Cry (1999) -- Boyz N the Hood (1992) -- Brazil (1985) -- The Breakfast Club (1984) -- Breaking Away (1979) -- Breaking the Waves (1996) -- Breathless (1961) -- The Bride Wore Black (1968) -- The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) -- Brief Encounter (1946) -- A Brighter Summer Day (1992, reviewed 2011) -- Bringing Up Baby (1938) -- Broadcast News (1987) -- Brokeback Mountain (2004) -- Brother's Keeper (1992) -- Bull Durham (1988) -- Bullitt (1968) -- Bus Stop (1956) -- Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) -- The Butcher Boy (1998) --

Cabaret (1972) -- The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1921) -- The Caine Mutiny (1954) -- Camille (1937) -- Captains Courageous (1937) -- Carlos (2010) -- Carmen Jones (1954) -- Carnal Knowledge (1971) -- Carol (2015) -- Casablanca (1942) -- Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958) -- Cavalcade (1933) --The Celebration (1998) -- La Ceremonie (1996) -- Chan is Missing (1982) -- The Chelsea Girls (1966) -- Chicken Run (2000) -- La Chienne (1931, reviewed 1975) -- Chinatown (1974) -- Chloe in the Afternoon (1972) -- Chocolat (1988, reviewed 1989) -- Christopher Strong (1933) -- Citizen Kane (1941) -- Claire's Knee (1971) -- Claudine (1974) -- Cleo From 5 to 7 (1962) -- The Clockmaker (1973, reviewed 1976) -- A Clockwork Orange (1971) -- Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) -- Close-Up (1990, reviewed 1999) -- Clueless (1995) -- Coal Miner's Daughter (1980) -- Collateral (2004) -- The Color of Money (1986) -- Come Back, Little Sheba (1952) -- Coming Home (1978) -- The Conformist (1970) -- Contempt (1964) -- The Conversation (1974) -- Cool Hand Luke (1964) -- The Cool World (1964) -- Cotton Comes to Harlem (1970) -- The Count of Monte Cristo (1934) -- The Cousins (1959) -- The Cranes are Flying (1960) -- Cries and Whispers (1972) -- Crossfire (1947) -- Crumb (1994) -- The Crying Game (1992) -- Daisies (1966, reviewed 2012) -- Damn Yankees (1958) -- The Damned (1969) -- Dangerous Liasions (1988) -- Daniel (1983) -- Danton (1983) -- Dark Eyes (1987) -- Dark Victory (1939) -- Darling (1965) -- Daughters of the Dust (1992) -- David Copperfield (1935) -- David Holtzman's Diary (1968, reviewed 1973) -- Dawn of the Dead (1979) -- The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951) -- Day for Night (1973) -- Days of Heaven (1978) -- Days of Wine and Roses (1963) -- The Dead (1987) -- Dead Calm (1989) -- Dead End (1937) -- Dead Ringers (1988) -- Death in Venice (1971) -- The Death of Mr. Lazarescu (2005, reviewed 2006) -- Death of a Salesman (1951) -- The Decalogue (2000) -- Deep End (1971) -- The Deer Hunter (1978) -- The Defiant Ones (1958) -- Deliverance (1972) -- Design for Living (1933) -- Desperately Seeking Susan (1985) -- Destry Rides Again (1939) -- Detour (1945, reviewed 1992) -- Diabolique (1955) -- Dial M for Murder (1954) -- Diary of a Country Priest (1950, reviewed 1954) -- Die Hard (1988) -- Dinner at Eight (1933) -- The Dirty Dozen (1967) -- Dirty Harry (1971) -- The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972) -- Distant Thunder (1973) -- Diva (1982) -- Divorce-Italian Style (1962) -- Do the Right Thing (1989) -- Doctor Zhivago (1965) -- Dodsworth (1936) -- La Dolce Vita (1961) -- Donnie Brasco (1997) -- Don't Look Back (1967) -- Double Indemnity (1944) -- Down by Law (1986) -- Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1932) -- Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964) -- Dracula (1931) -- The Dreamlife of Angels (1998) -- Dressed to Kill (1980) -- The Dresser (1983) -- Drugstore Cowboy (1989) -- Duck Soup (1933) -- The Duellists (1978) -- Dumbo (1941) --

The Earrings of Madame De . . . (1954) -- East of Eden (1955) -- Easy Living (1937) -- Eat Drink Man Woman (1994) -- Effi Briest (1977) -- 8 1/2 (1963) -- Eight Men Out (1988) -- Election (2007) -- The Elephant Man (1980) -- Elmer Gantry (1960) -- Empire of the Sun (1987) -- Enemies, a Love Story (1989) -- L'enfance Nue (1968) -- L'Enfant (2006) -- Les Enfants du Paradis (Children of Paradise) (1945, reviewed 1947) -- The Entertainer (1960) -- Entre Nous (1983) -- Eraserhead (1977) -- E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982) -- Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) -- Europa, Europa (1991) -- Every Man for Himself (1980) -- The Exorcist (1973) -- The Exterminating Angel (1967) -- A Face in the Crowd (1957) -- Face to Face (1976) -- Face/Off (1997) -- Faces (1968) -- Faces Places (2017) -- The Family Game (1984) -- Fanny and Alexander (1983) -- Fantasia (1940) -- Far From Heaven (2002) -- Farewell My Concubine (1993) -- Fargo (1996) -- The Fast Runner (Atanarjuat) (2002) -- Fat City (1972) -- Fatal Attraction (1987) -- Father of the Bride (1950) -- Fellini Satyricon (1970) -- La Femme Infidele (1969) -- Fist in His Pocket (1968) -- Fitzcarraldo (1982) -- Five Easy Pieces (1970) -- The Florida Project (2017) -- The Fly (1958) -- Footnote (2012) -- For Whom the Bell Tolls (1943) -- Forbidden Games (1952) -- Force of Evil (1948) -- A Foreign Affair (1948) -- 42nd Street (1933) -- The 40-Year-Old Virgin (2005) -- The 400 Blows (1959) -- 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (2008) -- Frankenstein (1931) -- The French Connection (1971) -- Frenzy (1972) -- Friendly Persuasion (1956) -- From Here to Eternity (1953) -- The Fugitive (1947) -- Full Metal Jacket (1987) -- Funny Face (1957) -- Funny Girl (1968) -- Fury (1936) --

Gallipoli (1981) -- Gangs of New York (2002) -- The Garden of the Finzi-Continis (1971) -- Gas Food Lodging (1992) -- Gaslight (1944) -- Gate of Hell (1954) -- A Geisha (1978) -- The General (1926, reviewed 1971) -- General della Rovere (1960) -- Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953) -- Georgy Girl (1966) -- Germany Year Zero (1949) -- Get Carter (1971) -- Get Out (2017) -- Get Out Your Handkerchiefs (1978) -- Ghost World (2001) -- Giant (1956) -- Gigi (1958) -- Gimme Shelter (1970) -- The Girl Can't Help It (1957) -- The Gleaners and I (2001) -- The Go-Between (1971) -- The Goalie's Anxiety at the Penaly Kick (1977) -- The Godfather (1972) -- The Godfather, Part II (1974) -- Going My Way (1944) -- The Gold Rush (1925) -- Goldfinger (1964) -- Gomorrah (2009) -- Gone With the Wind (1939) -- The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1968) -- The Good Earth (1937) -- Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1939) -- Goodfellas (1990) -- Gosford Park (2000) -- The Graduate (1967) -- Grand Hotel (1932) -- Grand Illusion (1938) -- The Grapes of Wrath (1940) -- The Great Dictator (1940) -- Great Expectations (1947) -- The Great McGinty (1940) -- Gregory's Girl (1982) -- The Grifters (1990) -- A Grin Without a Cat (1977, reviewed 2002) -- Groundhog Day (1993) -- Gruelwaar (1993) -- Gunga Din (1939) -- Guns of the Trees (1964) -- Hail the Conquering Hero (1944) -- Hair (1979) -- Halloween (1978, reviewed 2018) -- Hamlet (1948) -- Hamlet (2000) -- Handle with Care (1977) -- Hannah and Her Sisters (1986) -- A Hard Day's Night (1964) -- Harlan County, U.S.A. (1976) -- Harry and Tonto (1974) -- The Heartbreak Kid (1972) -- Heartland (1981) -- Heat and Dust (1983) -- Heathers (1989) -- Heavy Traffic (1973) -- Heimat (1985) -- The Heiress (1949) -- Henry V (1946) -- Here Comes Mr. Jordan (1941) -- High Art (1998) -- High Hopes (1988) -- High and Low (1963) -- The High and the Mighty (1954) -- High Noon (1952) -- High Sierra (1941) -- Hiroshima, Mon Amour (1960) -- His Girl Friday (1940) -- A History of Violence (2005) -- The Homecoming (1973) -- Hoop Dreams (1994) -- Hope and Glory (1987) -- Hotel Terminus: The Life and Times of Klaus Barbie (1988) -- Household Saints (1993) -- How Green Was My Valley (1941) -- How to Marry a Millionaire (1953) -- Howards End (1992) -- Hud (1963) -- The Hurt Locker (2009) -- Husbands and Wives (1992) -- The Hustler (1961) --

I Am Cuba (1964, reviewed 2005) -- I Am Not Your Negro (2017) -- I Know Where I'm Going (1947) -- I Remember Mama (1948) -- I Want to Live! (1958) -- If . . . (1969) -- Ikiru (1952, reviewed 1960) -- I'm Going Home (2001) -- Imitation of Life (1959) -- In Cold Blood (1967) -- In the Heat of the Night (1967) -- In Jackson Heights (2015) -- In a Lonely PLace (1950) -- In the Mood for Love (2000) -- Infernal Affairs (2003) -- The Informer (1935) -- Inside Llewyn Davis (2013) -- The Insider (1999) -- Intolerance (1916) -- Intruder in the Dust (1949) -- The Ipcress File (1965) -- It Happened One Night (1934) -- It's a Gift (1935) -- It's a Wonderful Life (1946) -- The Jackie Robinson Story (1950) -- Jailhouse Rock (1957) -- Jaws (1975) -- The Jazz Singer (1927) -- Jeanne Dielman, 23 Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (1975, reviewed 1983) -- Jerry Maguire (1996) -- Johnny Guitar (1954) -- Le Jolie Mai (1966) -- Ju Dou (1990) -- The Judge and the Assassin (1982) -- Judgment at Nuremberg (1961) -- Jules and Jim (1962) -- Juliet of the Spirits (1965) -- Junior Bonner (1972) --

Kagemusha (1980) -- The Kids Are All Right (2010) -- The Killer (1991) -- Killer of Sheep (1977, reviewed 2007) -- The Killers (1946) -- The Killing FIelds (1984) -- Kind Hearts and Coronets (1950) -- The King and I (1956) -- King Kong (1933) -- King Lear (1971) -- The King of Comedy (1983) -- Kiss of the Spider Woman (1985) -- Klute (1971) -- Knife in the Water (1963) -- L.A. Confidential (1997) -- Lacombe, Lucien (1974) -- Lady Bird (2017) -- The Lady Eve (1941) -- The Lady Vanishes (1938) -- Ladybird, Ladybird (1944) -- Lamerica (1994, reviewed 1995) -- The Last American Hero (1973) -- The Last Emperor (1987) -- The Last Metro (1980) -- The Last Picture Show (1971) -- Last Tango in Paris (1973) -- The Last Temptation of Christ (1988) -- The Last Waltz (1978) -- Laura (1944) -- The Lavender Hill Mob (1951) -- Lawrence of Arabia (1962) -- A League of Their Own (1992) -- The Learning Tree (1969) -- Leaving Las Vegas (1995) -- The Leopard (1963) -- The Letter (1940) -- A Letter to Three Wives (1949) -- Les Liaisons Dangereuses (1961) -- The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1945) -- Life is Sweet (1991) -- The Life of Emile Zola (1937) -- Life with Father (1947) -- Like Water for Chocolate (1992, reviewed 1993) -- Little Big Man (1970) -- Little Caesar (1931) -- The Little Foxes (1941) -- Little Fugitive (1953) -- Little Vera (1988, reviewed 1989) -- Little Women (1933) -- Little Women (1994) -- The Lives of a Bengal Lancer (1935) -- Local Hero (1983) -- Lola (1982) -- Lola Montes (1968) -- Lolita (1962) -- Lone Star (1996) -- The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner (1962) -- The Long Day Closes (1993) -- Long Day's Journey Into Night (1962) -- The Long Good Friday (1982) -- The Long Goodbye (1973) -- The Long Voyage Home (1940) -- The Longest Day (1962) -- Look Back in Anger (1959) -- Lost Horizon (1937) -- Lost in America (1985) -- Lost in Translation (2003) -- The Lost Weekend (1945) -- Love (1973) -- Love Affair (1939) -- Love in the Afternoon (1957) -- Love on the Run (1979) -- Lovely and Amazing (2002) -- Lover Come Back (1962) -- The Lovers (1959) -- Loves of a Blonde (1966) -- Loving (1970) -- Lust for Life (1956) --

M (1931, reviewed 1933) -- Mad Max (1980) -- Mad Max: Fury Road (2015) -- The Magic Flute (1975) -- Major Barbara (1941) -- The Major and the Minor (1942) -- Make Way for Tomorrow (1937) -- Malcolm X (1992) -- The Maltese Falcon (1941) -- Mamma Roma (1962, reviewed 1995) -- A Man for All Seasons (1966) -- Man Hunt (1941) -- The Man Who Came to Dinner (1942) -- The Man Who Loved Women (1977) -- The Man with the Golden Arm (1955) -- The Manchurian Candidate (1962) -- Manila in the Claws of Light (1975, reviewed 2014) -- Marriage, Italian Style (1964) -- The Marriage of Maria Braun (1979) -- Married to the Mob (1988) -- The Marrying Kind (1952) -- Marty (1955) -- Mary Poppins (1964) -- M*A*S*H (1970) -- The Master (2012) -- The Match Factory Girl (1990) -- Mayerling (1937) -- McCabe and Mrs. Miller (1971) -- Mean Streets (1973) -- Meet Me in St. Louis (1944) -- Melvin and Howard (1980) -- Memories of Underdevelopment (1973) -- The Memory of Justice (1976) -- The Men (1950) -- Menage (1986) -- Metropolis (1927, reviewed 1927 and 2002) -- Metropolitan (1990) -- Midnight (1939) -- Midnight Cowboy (1969) -- Mikey and Nicky (1976) -- Mildred Pierce (1945) -- Million Dollar Baby (2004) -- Minnie and Moskowitz (1971) -- The Miracle of Morgn's Creek (1944) -- Miracle on 34th Street (1947) -- The Miracle Worker (1962) -- Les Miserables (1935) -- The Misfits (1961) -- Missing (1982) -- Mister Roberts (1955) -- Modern Times (1936) -- A Moment of Innocence (1999) -- Mon Oncle d'Amerique (1980) -- Mona Lisa (1986) -- Monika (1952, reviewed 2007) -- Monsieur Verdoux (1947, reviewed 1964) -- Moonlight (2016) -- Moonlighting (1982) -- Moonstruck (1987) -- The Mortal Storm (1940) -- Mother (1996) -- Moulin Rouge (1953) -- Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936) -- Mr. Hulot's Holiday (1954) -- Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939) -- Mrs. Miniver (1942) -- Mulholland Drive (2001) -- Munich (2005) -- Murmur of the Heart (1971) -- Mutiny on the Bounty (1935) -- My Beautiful Laundrette (1986) -- My Darling Clementine (1946) -- My Dinner with Andre (1981) -- My Fair Lady (1964) -- My Left Foot (1989) -- My Life as a Dog (1987) -- My Man Godfrey (1936) -- My Night at Maud's (1969) -- My Own Private Idaho (1991) -- My 20th Century (1990) -- My Uncle (1958) -- Mysteries of Lisbon (2011) -- Mystic River (2003) -- The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! (1988) -- The Naked Spur (1953) -- Nanook of the North (1922) -- Nashville (1975) -- National Lampoon's Animal House (1978) -- National Velvet (1944) -- Network (1976) -- Never on Sunday (1960) -- A New Leaf (1971) -- The Night of the Hunter (1955) -- Night of the Living Dead (1968) -- Night Moves (1975) -- A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984) -- 1900 (1977) -- Ninotchka (1939) -- No (2013) -- Norma Rae (1979) -- Norte, the End of History (2014) -- North by Northwest (1959) -- Nortorious (1946) -- Now, Voyager (1942) -- La Nuit de Varennes (1983) -- The Nutty Professor (1963) --

Odd Man Out (1947) -- Of Mice and Men (1940) -- O.J.: Made in America (2016) -- Oklahoma! (1955) -- Oliver Twist (1951) -- Los Olvidados (1950, reviewed 1952) -- On the Town (1949) -- On the Waterfront (1954) -- One False Move (1992) -- One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) -- One Hour with You (1932) -- One Night of Love (1934) -- One, Two, Three (1961) -- Only Angels Have Wings (1939) -- Open City (1946) -- The Opposite of Sex (1998) -- Ordinary People (1980) -- Orpheus (1950) -- Ossessione (1942, reviewed 1976) -- Othello (1952, reviewed 1955) -- Our Town (1940) -- Out 1 (1970, reviewed 2006) -- Out of the Past (1947) -- Out of Sight (1998) -- The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976) -- The Overlanders (1946) -- The Ox-Bow Incident (1943) -- Paisan (1948) -- The Palm Beach Story (1942) -- Pen's Labyrinth (2006) -- Pariah (2011) -- The Parallax View (1974) -- Paris is Burning (1991) -- A Passage to India (1984) -- The Passion of Anna (1970) -- Pather Panchali (Song of the Road) (1958) -- Paths of Glory (1957) -- Patton (1970) -- The Pawnbroker (1965) -- Payday (1973) -- Persona (1967) -- Petulia (1968) -- The Philadelphia Story (1940) -- The Pianist (2002) -- The Piano (1993) -- Pickup on South Street (1953) -- Pigs and Battleships (1961, reviewed 1986) -- Pillow Talk (1959) -- The Pink Panther (1964) -- Pinocchio (1940) -- Pixote (1981) -- A Place in the Sun (1951) -- Platoon (1986) -- Play Misty for Me (1971) -- The Player (1992) -- Playtime (1967, reviewed 1973) -- Poetry (2011) -- Point Blank (1967) -- Point Break (1991) -- Pollyanna (1920) -- Poltergeist (1982) -- Portrait of Jason (1967) -- The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946) -- Pride and Prejudice (1940) -- The Pride of the Yankees (1942) -- Prince of the City (1981) -- The Private Life of Henry VIII (1933) -- Prizzi's Honor (1985) -- The Producers (1968) -- Psycho (1960) -- The Public Enemy (1931) -- Pulp Fiction (1994) -- The Puppetmaster (1993) -- The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985) -- Pygmalion (1938) -- Quadrophenia (1979) -- The Quiet Man (1952) --

Raging Bull (1980) -- Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) -- Raise the Red Lantern (1991, reviewed 1992) -- Raising Arizona (1987) -- Ran (1985) -- The Rapture (1991) -- Rashomon (1951) -- Re-Animator (1985) -- Rear Window (1954) -- Rebecca (1940) -- Rebel Without a Cause (1955) -- Red (1994) -- The Red Badge of Courage (1951) -- Red River (1948) -- The Red Shoes (1948) -- Reds (1981) -- Repo Man (1984) -- Repulsion (1965) -- Reservoir Dogs (1992) -- The Return of Martin Guerre (1983) -- Reversal of Fortune (1990) -- Richard III (1956) -- Ride the High Country (1962) -- Rififi (1956) -- The Right Stuff (1983) -- Risky Business (1983) -- The River (1993, reviewed 2001) -- River's Edge (1987) -- The Road Warrior (1982) -- RoboCop (1987) -- Rocco and His Brothers (1960, reviewed 1961) -- Roger and Me (1989) -- Roma (2018) -- Roman Holiday (1953) -- Romeo and Juliet (1936) -- Room at theTop (1959) -- A Room with a View (1986) -- The Rose Tattoo (1955) -- Rosemary's Baby (1968) -- 'Round Midnight (1986) -- Ruggles of Red Gap (1935) -- The Rules of the Game (1939, reviewed 1950 and 1961) -- The Ruling Class (1972) -- Rushmore (1998) -- Russian Ark (2002) -- Salaam Bombay! (1988) -- Salesman (1969) -- Sanjuro (1963) -- Sansho the Bailiff (1969) -- Satantango (1994)-- Saturday Night Fever (1977) -- Saturday Night and Sunday Morning (1961) -- The Savages (2007) -- Saving Private Ryan (1998) -- Say Anything (1989) -- Sayonara (1957) -- Scenes from a Marriage (1974) -- Schindler's List (1993) -- The Scoundrel (1935) -- The Searchers (1956) -- Secrets and Lies (1996) -- Selma (2014) -- The Sensation Seekers (1927) -- Sense and Sensibility (1995) -- Sergeant York (1941) -- Serpico (1973) -- The Servant (1963, reviewed 1964) -- The Set-Up (1949) -- Seven Beauties (1976) -- Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954) -- The Seven Samurai (1956) -- 7 Up / 28 Up (1985) -- The Seven Year Itch (1955) -- The Seventh Seal (1958) -- Sex, Lies and Videotape (1989) -- Sexy Beast (2001) -- Shadow of a Doubt (1943) -- Shadows (1961) -- Shaft (1971) -- Shane (1953) -- She Done Him Wrong (1933) -- She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949) -- Sherman's March (1986) -- She's Gotta Have It (1986) -- The Shining (1980) -- Shoah (1985) -- Shock Corridor (1963) -- Shoeshine (1947) -- Shoot the Piano Player (1962) -- The Shooting Party (1985) -- The Shootist (1976) -- The Shop Around the Corner (1940) -- The Shop on Main Street (1966) -- A Shot in the Dark (1964) -- Showgirls (1995) -- Sid and Nancy (1986) -- The Silence (1964)-- The Silence of the Lambs (1991) -- The Silent World (1956) -- Silk Stockings (1957) -- Silkwood (1983) -- Singin' in the Rain (1952) -- Sleeper (1973) -- Smash Palace (1982) -- Smile (1975) -- Smiles of a Summer Night (1956, reviewed 1957) -- The Snake Pit (1948) -- Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1938) -- Some Like it Hot (1959) -- The Sorrow and the Pity (Le Chagrin et la Pitie) (1971) -- The Sound of Music (1965) -- South Pacific (1958) -- Spartacus (1960) -- Spellbound (1945) -- The Spiral Staircase (1946) -- The Spirit of the Beehive (1973, reviewed 2006) -- Spirited Away (2002) -- Splendor in the Grass (1961) -- The Squid and the Whale (2005) -- Stage Door (1937) -- Stagecoach (1939) -- Stairway to Heaven (1946) -- Stalag 17 (1953) -- A Star is Born (1937) -- Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982) -- Star Wars (1977) -- The Stars Look Down (1941) -- State Fair (1933) -- Stevie (1981) -- Stolen Kisses (1969) -- Stop Making Sense (1984) -- Stormy Weather (1943) -- The Story of Adele H. (1975) -- The Story of G.I. Joe (1945) -- The Story of Qiu Ju (1992) -- Story of Women (1989) -- La Strada (1956) -- The Straight Story (1999) -- Straight Time (1978) -- Stranger than Paradise (1984) -- Strangers on a Train (1951) -- Straw Dogs (1972) -- A Streetcar Named Desire (1951) -- Stroszek (1977) -- The Sugarland Express (1974) -- Sullivan's Travels (1942) -- Summer (1986) -- Summer Hours (2008, reviewed 2009) -- Summertime (1955) -- Sunday, Bloody Sunday (1971) -- Sunrise (1927) -- Sunset Boulevard (1950) -- Suspicion (1941) -- The Sweet Hereafter (1997) -- Sweet Smell of Success (1957) -- Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song (1971) -- Sweetie (1989) -- Swept Away (By an Unusual Destiny in the Blue Sea of August) (1975) -- Swing Time (1936) -- Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take 1 (1967, reviewed 2005) --

The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974) -- Talk to Her (2002) -- Taste of Cherry (1997) -- A Taste of Honey (1961, reviewed 1962) -- Taxi Driver (1976) -- Tell Them Willie Boy is Here (1969) -- The Ten Commandments (1956) -- The Tender Trap (1955) -- Terms of Endearment (1983) -- La Terra Trema (1947, reviewed 1965) -- Tess (1980) -- That Obscure Object of Desire (1977) -- Thelma and Louise (1991) -- There Will Be Blood (2007) -- These Three (1936) -- They Live by Night (1949) -- They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969) -- They were Expendable (1945) -- They Won't Forget (1937) -- The Thief of Bagdad (1940) -- The Thin Blue Line (1988) -- The Thin Man (1934) -- The Thin Red Line (1998) -- The Third Generation (1979, reviewed 1980) -- The Third Man (1950) -- The Thirty-Nine Steps (1935) -- Thirty-Two Short Films About Glenn Gould (1994) -- This is Spinal Tap (1984) -- This Man Must Die (1970) -- This Sporting Life (1963) -- Three Comrades (1938) -- Three Days of the Condor (1975) -- Three Times (2006) -- Throne of Blood (1961) -- Timbuktu (2015) -- The Tin Drum (1980) -- Titicut Follies (1967) -- To Be or Not to Be (1942) -- To Catch a Thief (1955) -- To Have and Have Not (1944) -- To Kill a Mockingbird (1963) -- To Live (1994) -- Tokyo Story (1952, reviewed 1972) -- Tom Jones (1963) -- Toni Erdmann (2016) -- Tootsie (1982) -- Top Hat (1935) -- Topaz (1969) -- Topkapi (1964) -- Topsy-Turvy (1999) -- Total Recall (1990) -- Touch of Evil (1958) -- A Touch of Sin (2013) -- Touki-Bouki (1973, reviewed 1991) -- Toy Story (1995) -- Traffic (2000) -- The Train (1965) -- Trainspotting (1996) -- Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948) -- A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1945) -- The Tree of Wooden Clogs (1979) -- Tristana (1970) -- Trouble in Paradise (1932) -- The Trouble with Harry (1955) -- True Grit (1969) -- True Love (1989) -- Trust (1991) -- 12 Angry Men (1957) -- 12 Years a Slave (2013) -- Twentieth Century (1934) -- Two English Girls (1972) -- The Two of Us (1968) -- 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) -- 2046 (2005) -- Two Women (1961) -- Ugetsu (1954) -- Ulzana's Raid (1972) -- Umberto D. (1955) -- The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964) -- The Unbearable Lightness of Being (1988) -- Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives (2011) -- Unforgiven (1992) -- Vanya on 42nd Street (1994) -- The Verdict (1982) -- Vertigo (1958) -- Victor/Victoria (1982) -- Videodrome (1983) -- Violette (1978) -- Viridiana (1962) -- Viva Zapata! (1952) -- Vive l'Amour (1995) -- Volver (2006) -- Voyage to Italy (1955, reviewed 2013) -- The Wages of Fear (1955) -- A Walk in the Sun (1946) -- Walkabout (1971) -- Walking and Talking (1996) -- Wall-E (2008) -- Wanda (1971) -- The War Game (1966) -- The Warriors (1979) -- Watch on the Rhine (1943) -- The Watermelon Woman (1997) -- The Way We Were (1973) -- Weekend (1968) -- Welcome to the Dollhouse (1996) -- The Well-Digger's Daughter (1946) -- Wendy and Lucy (2008) -- West Side Story (1961) -- What Do Men Want? (1921) -- Whatever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962) -- What's Eating Gilbert Grape? (1993) -- What's Up, Doc? (1972) -- When Harry Met Sally . . . (1989) -- White Heat (1949) -- White Material (2009, reviewed 2010) -- Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988) -- Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966) -- The Wild Bunch (1969) -- The Wild Child (1970) -- Wild Reeds (1994) -- Wild Strawberries (1959) -- Wings of Desire (1988) -- The Wizard of Oz (1939) -- Woman in the Dunes (1964) -- Woman of the Year (1942) -- The Women (1939) -- Women in Love (1970) -- Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (1988) -- Working Girl (1988) -- The World of Apu (1959, reviewed 1960) -- Written on the Wind (1957) -- Wuthering Heights (1939) -- Y Tu Mama Tambien (2002) -- Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942) -- The Year of Living Dangerously (1983) -- The Yearling (1947) -- Yellow Submarine (1968) -- Yi Yi: A One and a Two (2000) -- Yojimbo (1962) -- You Only Live Once (1937) -- Young Frankenstein (1974) -- Young Mr. Lincoln (1939) -- Z (1969) -- Zama (2018) -- Zodiac (2007) --

Appendices : 1. Best films of the year, 1931-2018

2. Films by category: Action/adventure ; Animated ; Comedy ; Crime/mystery/suspense ; Documentary ; Drama ; Horror ; Musical ; Science fiction ; Western

3. Foreign films by country of origin: Argentina ; Australia ; Belguim ; Brazil ; Britain ; Canada ; Chile ; China ; Cuba ; Czechoslovakia ; Denmark ; Finland ; France ; Germany ; Greece ; Hong Kong ; Hungary ; India ; Iran ; Israel ; Italy ; Japan ; Mauritania ; Mexico ; New Zealand ; Philippines ; Poland ; Portugal ; Romania ; Russia ; Senegal ; South Korea ; Spain ; Sweden ; Switzerland ; Taiwan ; Thailand.