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Viva Zapata! 1952

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This list is drawn from "The New York Times Book of Movies: The Essential 1,000 Films to See", published in 2019. It contains a selection of 1000 reviews that have been printed in The New York Times. The majority of movies in this book are among the "10 Best Films" chosen by New York Times critics at the end of each year.

Source: https://www.amazon.com/New-York-Times-Book-Movies/dp/078933657X

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Source:
Years 1931-2018 come from:
The New York Times: Book of Movies
the essential 1,000 films to see
2019 ed

Years after 2018 come from NYT website.

work in progress
There are discrepancies between the website and the book, particular for years after 2003. Please leave a comment for any errors you find.

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The BAFTA Award for Best Film is given annually by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts and presented at the British Academy Film Awards. It has been given since the 1st BAFTA Awards, representing the best films of 1947, but until 1969 it was called the BAFTA Award for Best Film From Any Source.

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Movies released during the 1950s to watch

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#BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR & CORRESPONDING MOVIE BY YEAR

  1. 1936
    • Walter Brennan (Swan Bostrom) - Come and Get It
  2. 1937
    • Joseph Schildkraut (Capt. Alfred Dreyfus) - The Life of Emile Zola
  3. 1938
    • Walter Brennan (Peter Goodwin) - Kentucky
  4. 1939
    • Thomas Mitchell (Dr. Josiah Boone) - Stagecoach
  5. 1940
    • Walter Brennan (Judge Roy Bean) - The Westerner
  6. 1941
    • Donald Crisp (Gwilym Morgan) - How Green Was My Valley
  7. 1942
    • Van Heflin (Jeff Hartnett) - Johnny Eager
  8. 1943
    • Charles Coburn (Benjamin Dingle) - The More the Merrier
  9. 1944
    • Barry Fitzgerald (Father Fitzgibbon) - Going My Way
  10. 1945
    • James Dunn (Johnny Nolan) - A Tree Grows In Brooklyn
  11. 1946
    • Harold Russell (Homer Parrish) - The Best Years of Our Lives
  12. 1947
    • Edmund Gwenn (Kris Kringle) - Miracle on 34th Street
  13. 1948
    • Walter Huston (Howard) - The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
  14. 1949
    • Dean Jagger (Major Harvey Stovall) - Twelve O'Clock High
  15. 1950
    • George Sanders (Addison De Witt) - All About Eve
  16. 1951
    • Karl Malden (Harold "Mitch" Mitchell) - A Streetcar Named Desire
  17. 1952
    • Anthony Quinn (Eufemio Zapata) - Viva Zapata!
  18. 1953
    • Frank Sinatra (Pvt. Angelo Maggio) - From Here to Eternity
  19. 1954
    • Edmond O'Brien (Oscar Muldoon) - The Barefoot Contessa
  20. 1955
    • Jack Lemmon (Ensign Frank Thurlowe Pulver) - Mister Roberts
  21. 1956
    • Anthony Quinn (Paul Gauquin) - Lust for Life
  22. 1957
    • Red Buttons (Airman Joe Kelly) - Sayonara
  23. 1958
    • Burl Ives (Rufus Hannassey) - The Big Country
  24. 1959
    • High Griffith (Sheik Ilderim) - Ben-Hur
  25. 1960
    • Peter Ustinov (Lentulus Batiatus) - Spartacus
  26. 1961
    • George Chakiris (Bernardo Nunez) - West Side Story
  27. 1962
    • Ed Begley (Tom "Boss" Finley) - Sweet Bird of Youth
  28. 1963
    • Melvyn Douglas (Homer Bannon) - Hud
  29. 1964
    • Peter Ustinov (Arthur Simon Simpson) - Topkapi
  30. 1965
    • Martin Balsam (Arnold Burns) - A Thousand Clowns
  31. 1966
    • Walter Matthau (Willie Gingrich) - The Fortune Cookie
  32. 1967
    • George Kennedy (Dragline) - Cool Hand Luke
  33. 1968
    • Jack Albertson (John Cleary) - The Subject Was Roses
  34. 1969
    • Gig Young (Rocky Graver) - The Shoot Horses, Don't They?
  35. 1970
    • John Mills (Michael) - Ryan's Daughter
  36. 1971
    • Ben Johnson (Sam the Lion) - The Last Picture Show
  37. 1972
    • Joel Grey (Master of Ceremonies) - Cabaret
  38. 1973
    • John Houseman (Charles W. Kingsfield Jr.) - The Paper Chase
  39. 1974
    • Robert De Niro (Vito Corleone) - The Godfather Part II
  40. 1975
    • George Burns (Al Lewis) - The Sunshine Boys
  41. 1976
    • Jason Robards (Ben Bradlee) - All the President's Men
  42. 1977
    • Jason Robards (Dashiell Hammett) - Julia
  43. 1978
    • Christopher Walken (Nikonar "Nick" Chevotarevich) - The Deer Hunter
  44. 1979
    • Melyn Douglas (Benjamin Turnbull Rand) - Being There
  45. 1980
    • Timothy Hutton (Conrad Jarrett) - Ordinary People
  46. 1981
    • John Gielgud (Hobson) - Arthur
  47. 1982
    • Louis Gossett Jr. (Gunnery Sgt. Emil Foley) - An Officer and a Gentleman
  48. 1983
    • Jack Nicholson (Garrett Breedlove) - Terms of Endearment
  49. 1984
    • Haing S. Ngor (Dith Pran) - The Killing Fields
  50. 1985
    • Dom Ameche (Arthur Selwyn) - Cocoon
  51. 1986
    • Michael Caine (Elliott Daniels) - Hannah and Her Sisters
  52. 1987
    • Sean Connery (Jimmy Malone) - The Untouchables
  53. 1988
    • Kevin Kline (Otto West) - A Fish Called Wanda
  54. 1989
    • Denzel Washington (Pvt. Silas Trip) - Glory
  55. 1990
    • Joe Pesci (Tommy DeVito) - Goodfellas
  56. 1991
    • Jack Palance (Curly Washburn) - City Slickers
  57. 1992
    • Gene Hackman (Little Bill Daggett) - Unforgiven
  58. 1993
    • Tommy Lee Jones (U.S. Marshal Samuel Gerard) - The Fugitive
  59. 1994
    • Marin Landau (Bela Lugosi) - Ed Wood
  60. 1995
    • Kevin Spacey (Roger "Verbal" Kint) - The Usual Suspects
  61. 1996
    • Cuba Gooding Jr. (Rod Tidwell) - Jerry Maguire
  62. 1997
    • Robin Williams (Dr. Sean Maquire) - Good Will Hunting
  63. 1998
    • James Coburn (Glen Whitehouse) - Affliction
  64. 1999
    • Michael Caine (Dr. Wilbur Larch) - The Cider House Rules
  65. 2000
    • Benicio del Toro (Javier Rodriguez) - Traffic
  66. 2001
    • Jim Broadbent (John Bayley) - Iris
  67. 2002
    • Chris Cooper (John Laroche) - Adaptation.
  68. 2003
    • Tim Ribbons (Dave Boyle) - Mystic River
  69. 2004
    • Morgan Freeman (Eddie "Scrap-Iron" Dupris) - Million Dollar Baby
  70. 2005
    • George Clooney (Robert Barnes) - Syriana
  71. 2006
    • Alan Arkin (Edwin Hoover) - Little Miss Sunshine
  72. 2007
    • Javier Bardem (Anton Chigurh) - No Country for Old Men
  73. 2008
    • Heath Ledger (The Joker) - The Dark Knight
  74. 2009
    • Christoph Waltz (Col. Hans Landa) - Inglourious Basterds
  75. 2010
    • Christian Bale (Dicky Elkund) - The Fighter
  76. 2011
    • Christopher Plummer (Hal Fields) - Beginners
  77. 2012
    • Christoph Waltz (Dr. King Schultz) - Django Unchained
  78. 2013
    • Jared Leto (Rayon) - Dallas Buyers Club
  79. 2014
    • J.K. Simmons (Terence Fletcher) - Whiplash
  80. 2015
    • Mark Rylance (Rudolf Abel) - Bridge of Spies
  81. 2016
    • Mahershala Ali (Juan) - Moonlight
  82. 2017
    • Sam Rockwell (Officer Jason Dixon) - Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
  83. 2018
    • Mahershala Ali (Don Shirley) - Green Book
  84. 2019
    • Brad Pitt (Cliff Booth) - Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
  85. 2020
    • Daniel Kaluuya (Fred Hampton) - Judas and the Black Messiah
  86. 2021
    • Troy Kotsur (Frank Rossi) - CODA
  87. 2021
    • Ke Huy Quan (Waymond Wang) - Everything Everywhere All at Once

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Political movies & series. No documentaries.

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A personal introduction to 1000 movies by the provocative contemporary film critic and historian David Thomson.

Source: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Have-You-Seen-Introduction-masterpieces/dp/014102075X

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Todo el mejor cine de la historia

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List of Nominees and Winners

  • ACTOR

GARY COOPER "High Noon" - WINNER
MARLON BRANDO "Viva Zapata!"
KIRK DOUGLAS "The Bad and the Beautiful"
MOULIN ROUGE "Moulin Rouge"
ALEC GUINNESS "The Lavender Hill Mob"

  • ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

ANTHONY QUINN "Viva Zapata!" - WINNER
RICHARD BURTON "My Cousin Rachel"
ARTHUR HUNNICUTT "The Big Sky"
VICTOR MCLAGLEN "The Quiet Man"
JACK PALANCE "Sudden Fear"

  • ACTRESS

SHIRLEY BOOTH "Come Back, Little Sheba" - WINNER
JOAN CRAWFORD "Sudden Fear"
BETTE DAVIS "The Star"
JULIE HARRIS "The Member of the Wedding"
SUSAN HAYWARD "With a Song in My Heart"

  • ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

GLORIA GRAHAME "The Bad and the Beautiful" - WINNER
JEAN HAGEN "Singin' in the Rain"
COLETTE MARCHAND "Moulin Rouge"
TERRY MOORE "Come Back, Little Sheba"
THELMA RITTER "With a Song in My Heart"

  • ART DIRECTION (BLACK-AND-WHITE)

"THE BAD AND THE BEAUTIFUL" Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons, Edward Carfagno; Set Decoration: Edwin B. Willis, Keogh Gleason - WINNER
"CARRIE" Art Direction: Hal Pereira, Roland Anderson; Set Decoration: Emile Kuri
"MY COUSIN RACHEL" Art Direction: Lyle Wheeler, John DeCuir; Set Decoration: Walter M. Scott
"RASHOMON" Art Direction: Matsuyama; Set Decoration: H. Motsumoto
"VIVA ZAPATA!" Art Direction: Lyle Wheeler, Leland Fuller; Set Decoration: Thomas Little, Claude Carpenter

  • ART DIRECTION (COLOR)

"MOULIN ROUGE" Art Direction: Paul Sheriff; Set Decoration: Marcel Vertes - WINNER
"HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN" Art Direction: Richard Day, Clave; Set Decoration: Howard Bristol
"THE MERRY WIDOW" Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons, Paul Groesse; Set Decoration: Edwin B. Willis, Arthur Krams
"THE QUIET MAN" Art Direction: Frank Hotaling; Set Decoration: John McCarthy, Jr., Charles Thompson
"THE SNOWS OF KILIMANJARO" Art Direction: Lyle Wheeler, John DeCuir; Set Decoration: Thomas Little, Paul S. Fox

  • CINEMATOGRAPHY (BLACK-AND-WHITE)

"THE BAD AND THE BEAUTIFUL" Robert Surtees - WINNER
"THE BIG SKY" Russell Harlan
"MY COUSIN RACHEL" Joseph LaShelle
"NAVAJO" Virgil E. Miller
"SUDDEN FEAR" Charles B. Lang, Jr.

  • CINEMATOGRAPHY (COLOR)

"THE QUIET MAN" Winton C. Hoch, Archie Stout - WINNER
"HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN" Harry Stradling
"IVANHOE" F. A. Young
"MILLION DOLLAR MERMAID" George J. Folsey
"THE SNOWS OF KILIMANJARO" Leon Shamroy

  • COSTUME DESIGN (BLACK-AND-WHITE)

"THE BAD AND THE BEAUTIFUL" Helen Rose - WINNER
"AFFAIR IN TRINIDAD" Jean Louis
"CARRIE" Edith Head
"MY COUSIN RACHEL" Charles LeMaire, Dorothy Jeakins
"SUDDEN FEAR" Sheila O'Brien

  • COSTUME DESIGN (COLOR)

"MOULIN ROUGE" Marcel Vertes - WINNER
"THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH" Edith Head, Dorothy Jeakins, Miles White
"HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN" Clave, Mary Wills, Madame Karinska
"THE MERRY WIDOW" Helen Rose, Gile Steele
"WITH A SONG IN MY HEART" Charles LeMaire

  • DIRECTING

"THE QUIET MAN" John Ford - WINNER
"FIVE FINGERS" Joseph L. Mankiewicz
"THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH" Cecil B. DeMille
"HIGH NOON" Fred Zinnemann
"MOULIN ROUGE" John Huston

  • DOCUMENTARY (FEATURE)

"THE SEA AROUND US" Irwin Allen, Producer - WINNER
"THE HOAXTERS" Dore Schary, Producer
"NAVAJO" Hall Bartlett, Producer

  • DOCUMENTARY (SHORT SUBJECT)

"NEIGHBOURS" Norman McLaren, Producer - WINNER
"DEVIL TAKE US" Herbert Morgan, Producer
"THE GARDEN SPIDER (EPEIRA DIADEMA)" Alberto Ancilotto, Producer
"MAN ALIVE!" Stephen Bosustow, Executive Producer

  • FILM EDITING

"HIGH NOON" Elmo Williams, Harry Gerstad - WINNER
"COME BACK, LITTLE SHEBA" Warren Low
"FLAT TOP" William Austin
"THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH" Anne Bauchens
"MOULIN ROUGE" Ralph Kemplen

  • HONORARY FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM AWARD

"FORBIDDEN GAMES" Special Award - WINNER

  • IRVING G. THALBERG MEMORIAL AWARD

Cecil B. DeMille - WINNER

  • MUSIC (MUSIC SCORE OF A DRAMATIC OR COMEDY PICTURE)

"HIGH NOON" Dimitri Tiomkin - WINNER
"IVANHOE" Miklos Rozsa
"MIRACLE OF FATIMA" Max Steiner
"THE THIEF" Herschel Burke Gilbert
"VIVA ZAPATA!" Alex North

  • MUSIC (SCORING OF A MUSICAL PICTURE)

"WITH A SONG IN MY HEART" Alfred Newman - WINNER
"HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN" Walter Scharf
"THE JAZZ SINGER" Ray Heindorf, Max Steiner
"THE MEDIUM" Gian-Carlo Menotti
"SINGIN' IN THE RAIN" Lennie Hayton

  • MUSIC (SONG)

"High Noon (Do Not Forsake Me, Oh My Darlin')" in "High Noon" Music by Dimitri Tiomkin; Lyrics by Ned Washington - WINNER
"Am I In Love" in "Son of Paleface" Music and Lyrics by Jack Brooks
"Because You're Mine" in "Because You're Mine" Music by Nicholas Brodszky; Lyrics by Sammy Cahn
"Thumbelina" in "Hans Christian Andersen" Music and Lyrics by Frank Loesser
"Zing A Little Zong" in "Just for You" Music by Harry Warren; Lyrics by Leo Robin

  • BEST MOTION PICTURE

"THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH" Cecil B. DeMille, Producer - WINNER
"HIGH NOON" Stanley Kramer, Producer
"IVANHOE" Pandro S. Berman, Producer
"MOULIN ROUGE" Romulus Films
"THE QUIET MAN" John Ford and Merian C. Cooper, Producers

  • SHORT SUBJECT (CARTOON)

"JOHANN MOUSE" Fred Quimby, Producer - WINNER
"LITTLE JOHNNY JET" Fred Quimby, Producer
"MADELINE" Stephen Bosustow, Executive Producer
"PINK AND BLUE BLUES" Stephen Bosustow, Executive Producer
"ROMANCE OF TRANSPORTATION" Tom Daly, Producer

  • SHORT SUBJECT (ONE-REEL)

"LIGHT IN THE WINDOW: THE ART OF VERMEER" Boris Vermont, Producer - WINNER
"ATHLETES OF THE SADDLE" Jack Eaton, Producer
"DESERT KILLER" Gordon Hollingshead, Producer
"NEIGHBOURS" Norman McLaren, Producer
"ROYAL SCOTLAND" Crown Film Unit

  • SHORT SUBJECT (TWO-REEL)

"WATER BIRDS" Walt Disney, Producer - WINNER
"BRIDGE OF TIME" London Film Production
"DEVIL TAKE US" Herbert Morgan, Producer
"THAR SHE BLOWS!" Gordon Hollingshead, Producer

  • SOUND RECORDING

"BREAKING THE SOUND BARRIER" London Film Sound Department - WINNER
"HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN" Samuel Goldwyn Studio Sound Department, Gordon Sawyer, Sound Director
"THE PROMOTER" Pinewood Studios Sound Department
"THE QUIET MAN" Republic Studio Sound Department, Daniel J. Bloomberg, Sound Director
"WITH A SONG IN MY HEART" 20th Century-Fox Studio Sound Department, Thomas T. Moulton, Sound Director

  • SPECIAL EFFECTS

"PLYMOUTH ADVENTURE" Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer - WINNER

  • WRITING (MOTION PICTURE STORY)

"THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH" Fredric M. Frank, Theodore St. John, Frank Cavett - WINNER
"MY SON JOHN" Leo McCarey
"THE NARROW MARGIN" Martin Goldsmith, Jack Leonard
"THE PRIDE OF ST. LOUIS" Guy Trosper
"THE SNIPER" Edna Anhalt, Edward Anhalt

  • WRITING (SCREENPLAY)

"THE BAD AND THE BEAUTIFUL" Charles Schnee - WINNER
"FIVE FINGERS" Michael Wilson
"HIGH NOON" Carl Foreman
"THE MAN IN THE WHITE SUIT" Roger MacDougall, John Dighton, Alexander Mackendrick
"THE QUIET MAN" Frank S. Nugent

  • WRITING (STORY AND SCREENPLAY)

"THE LAVENDER HILL MOB" T. E. B. Clarke - WINNER
"THE ATOMIC CITY" Sydney Boehm
"BREAKING THE SOUND BARRIER" Terence Rattigan
"PAT AND MIKE" Ruth Gordon, Garson Kanin
"VIVA ZAPATA!" John Steinbeck

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Social, political and revolutionary films.

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In his Guide for the Film Fanatic (1986), Danny Peary provides short reviews for over 1600 “Must See” films.

104 movies missing. Imported from external source.

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This list is drawn from the second edition of "The New York Times Guide to the Best 1,000 Movies Ever Made" (St. Martin's Griffin, $24.95), edited by Peter M. Nichols and published in 2004. For additional information about the list, read Peter M. Nichols's preface, or A. O. Scott's introduction.

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This list is drawn from the second edition of "The New York Times Guide to the Best 1,000 Movies Ever Made", published in 2004. It contains a selection of 1000 reviews that have been printed in The New York Times in a time period of over seven decades. The majority of movies in this book are among the "10 Best Films" chosen by New York Times critics at the end of each year.

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