Jonathan Rosenbaum's Essential Cinema

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This list contains the favorite movies of movie critic Jonathan Rosenbaum who writes for the Chicago Reader. The movies span virtually every decade, and include many an obscure movie.

#1 - #1012: original list
#1013 - #1073: 2008 additions
#1074 - #1133: 2016 additions

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  1. 808 -

    Full Metal Jacket

    1987, in 18 top lists Check
  2. 715 -

    Apocalypse Now

    1979, in 37 top lists Check
  3. 198 -

    The Great Dictator

    1940, in 25 top lists Check
  4. 955 +7

    The Thin Red Line

    1998, in 14 top lists Check
  5. 421 -

    Paths of Glory

    1957, in 26 top lists Check
  6. 143 -

    Duck Soup

    1933, in 24 top lists Check
  7. 101 -

    All Quiet on the Western Front

    1930, in 19 top lists Check
  8. 59 -

    Bronenosets Potemkin

    1925 — a.k.a. Battleship Potemkin, in 27 top lists Check
  9. 249 -

    The Best Years of Our Lives

    1946, in 30 top lists Check
  10. 177 -

    La grande illusion

    1937 — a.k.a. The Grand Illusion, in 30 top lists Check
  11. 390 -

    Nuit et brouillard

    1956 — a.k.a. Night and Fog, in 17 top lists Check
  12. 1059 +7

    Zwartboek

    2006 — a.k.a. Black Book, in 5 top lists Check
  13. 923 -

    Underground

    1995, in 9 top lists Check
  14. 524 -

    Zulu

    1964, in 8 top lists Check
  15. 410 -

    Un condamné à mort s'est échappé ou Le vent...

    1956 — a.k.a. A Man Escaped, in 20 top lists Check
  16. 1035 +7

    L'armée des ombres

    1969 — a.k.a. Army of Shadows, in 18 top lists Check
  17. 725 -

    The Big Red One

    1980, in 10 top lists Check
  18. 545 -

    The War Game

    1966, in 12 top lists Check
  19. 717 -

    1941

    1979, in 1 top list Check
  20. 428 -

    Popiól i diament

    1958 — a.k.a. Ashes and Diamonds, in 16 top lists Check
  21. 788 -

    Shoah

    1985, in 18 top lists Check
  22. 53 -

    The Big Parade

    1925, in 13 top lists Check
  23. 1033 +7

    Campanadas a medianoche

    1965 — a.k.a. Chimes at Midnight, in 11 top lists Check
  24. 1022 +7

    A Canterbury Tale

    1944, in 8 top lists Check
  25. 140 -

    The Bitter Tea of General Yen

    1932, in 3 top lists Check
  26. 560 -

    Csillagosok, katonák

    1967 — a.k.a. The Red and the White, in 8 top lists Check
  27. 658 -

    Lancelot du Lac

    1974 — a.k.a. Lancelot of the Lake, in 4 top lists Check
  28. 1075 new

    Five Graves to Cairo

    1943, in 4 top lists Check
  29. 853 -

    Archangel

    1990, in 5 top lists Check
  30. 321 -

    The Steel Helmet

    1951, in 2 top lists Check
  31. 899 -

    Xi meng ren sheng

    1993 — a.k.a. The Puppetmaster, in 11 top lists Check
  32. 199 -

    The Long Voyage Home

    1940, in 4 top lists Check
  33. 89 -

    Arsenal

    1929, in 7 top lists Check
  34. 114 -

    Dishonored

    1931, in 4 top lists Check
  35. 510 -

    Culloden

    1964 — a.k.a. The Battle of Culloden, in 5 top lists Check
  36. 441 -

    A Time to Love and a Time to Die

    1958, in 4 top lists Check
  37. 620 -

    Még kér a nép

    1972 — a.k.a. Red Psalm, in 4 top lists Check
  38. 228 -

    This Land Is Mine

    1943, in 2 top lists Check
  39. 543 -

    Akai tenshi

    1966 — a.k.a. The Red Angel, in 3 top lists Check
  40. 369 -

    Anatahan

    1953 — a.k.a. Ana-ta-han, in 4 top lists Check
  41. 1016 +7

    Okraina

    1933 — a.k.a. Outskirts, in 4 top lists Check
  42. 415 -

    Bitter Victory

    1957, in 3 top lists Check
  43. 1076 new

    Obyknovennyy fashizm

    1965 — a.k.a. Triumph Over Violence, in 6 top lists Check
  44. 681 -

    Ici et ailleurs

    1976 — a.k.a. Here and Elsewhere, in 3 top lists Check
  45. 823 -

    Camp de Thiaroye

    1988, in 6 top lists Check
  46. 860 -

    'Non', ou A Vã Glória de Mandar

    1990, in 4 top lists Check
  47. 1038 +7

    Winter Soldier

    1972, in 3 top lists Check
  48. 846 -

    Bilder der Welt und Inschrift des Krieges

    1989 — a.k.a. Images of the World and the Inscription of War, in 4 top lists Check
  49. 847 -

    Arousi-ye Khouban

    1989 — a.k.a. Marriage of the Blessed, in 2 top lists Check
  50. 189 -

    L'espoir

    1940 — a.k.a. Days of Hope, in 4 top lists Check
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