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Bosley Crowther, New York Times

1. Hombre 1967 For this is a first-rate cooking of a western recipe-not a great Western film nor a creation, but an excellent putting of heat to a fine selected blend. full review
2. Persona 1966 Miss Ullmann and Miss Andersson just about carry the film -- and exquisitely, too. full review
3. The Agony and the Ecstasy 1965 full review
4. Thunderball 1965 The color is handsome. The scenery in the Bahamas is an irresistible lure. Even the violence is funny. That's the best I can say for a Bond film. full review
5. Von Ryan's Express 1965 full review
6. Becket 1964 Becket shows us a conflict that has more meaning for the heart than for the head. It is not a conflict to stand as a tempest violent and unforgettable, after 800 years. full review
7. Zulu 1964 Students of such things in movies should appreciate this one, for it has all the standard ingredients of the heroic hold-the-fort film. full review
8. 8 1/2 1963 Here is a piece of entertainment that will really make you sit up straight and think, a movie endowed with the challenge of a fascinating intellectual game. full review
9. Charade 1963 I tell you, this light-hearted picture is full of such gruesome violence. full review
10. Come Blow Your Horn 1963 full review
11. Harakiri 1963 full review
12. Heavens Above! 1963 full review
13. McLintock! 1963 full review
14. Funny Face 1957 Funny Face...teams Fred Astaire and Audrey Hepburn in a delightfully balmy romance. full review
15. Gunfight at the O.K. Corral 1957 full review
16. Kiss Them for Me 1957 full review
17. Witness for the Prosecution 1957 And the air in the courtroom fairly crackles with emotional electricity, until that staggering surprise in the last reel. full review
18. Bus Stop 1956 full review
19. War and Peace 1956 Alas, the human stories that Tolstoy told so significantly in the book are sketchy and inconsequential, despite the time devoted to them. full review
20. Strategic Air Command 1955 full review
21. Sabrina 1954 It is a story as light as a feather and as old as yesterday's news, as transparent as a society column item and as smug as a foreign-made car. But Mr. Wilder...has made it into a commentary as crisp as a screed in a smart magazine. full review
22. There's No Business Like Show Business 1954 full review
23. White Christmas 1954 Director Michael Curtiz has made his picture look good. It is too bad that it doesn't hit the eardrums and the funnybone with equal force. full review
24. How To Marry A Millionaire 1953 full review
25. Monkey Business 1952 As soon as this gag is established and provokes the obvious guffaws, the subsequent changes rung upon it become just a little dull. full review
26. The African Queen 1951 And so Mr. Huston merits credit for putting this fantastic tale on a level of sly, polite kidding and generally keeping it there, while going about the happy business of engineering excitement and visual thrills. full review
27. Alice in Wonderland 1951 If you are not too particular about the images of Carroll and Tenniel, if you are high on Disney whimsey and if you'll take a somewhat slow, uneven pace, you should find this picture entertaining. full review
28. Appointment With Danger 1951 Appointment With Danger not only proves that crime does not pay but that it can be interesting to observe. full review
29. Cry Danger 1951 full review
30. The Desert Fox 1951 full review
31. Here Comes the Groom 1951 full review
32. Dark City 1950 full review
33. Harvey 1950 If you're for warm and gentle whimsey, for a charmingly fanciful farce and for a little touch of pathos anent the fateful evanescence of man's dreams, then the movie version of Harvey is definitely for you. full review
34. House By the River 1950 full review
35. Let's Dance 1950 full review
36. The Blue Lamp 1949 full review
37. Champion 1949 Kirk Douglas does a good, aggressive job, with a slight inclination to over-eagerness at times, which might amuse an old fight fan. full review
38. I Was a Male War Bride 1949 The flimsiness of the film's foundations and the disorder of its episodes provoke the inevitable impression that it all fell together en route. full review
39. The Inspector General 1949 full review
40. Twelve O'Clock High 1949 Wisely, the writers and director, Mr. King, have husbanded the potential of an illustrated mission for one big concentrated punch, and they have got into this major sequence great excitement and reality. full review
41. Wake of the Red Witch 1949 full review
42. Anna Karenina 1948 full review
43. The Naked City 1948 A definite parochial fascination is liberally assured all the way and the seams in a none-too-good whodunnit are rather cleverly concealed. full review
44. Fear in the Night 1947 full review
45. Gentleman's Agreement 1947 The film still has abundant meaning and should be fully and widely enjoyed. full review
46. Magic Town 1947 full review
47. Double Indemnity 1944 Such folks as delight in murder stories for their academic elegance alone should find this one steadily diverting, despite its monotonous pace and length. full review
48. For Whom the Bell Tolls 1943 full review
49. Guadalcanal Diary 1943 full review
50. Dumbo 1941 A film you will never forget. full review
51. The Lady Eve 1941 Now there's no question about it: Preston Sturges is definitely and distinctly the most refreshing new force to hit the American motion pictures in the past five years. full review
52. The Mummy's Hand 1940 full review
53. Our Town 1940 full review