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. 788 -

    Shoah

    1985, in 18 top lists Check
  2. 1133 new

    Wake: Subic

    2015, in 1 top list Check
  3. 1099 new

    Vapor Trail (Clark)

    2010, in 1 top list Check
  4. 1068 +7

    When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts

    2006, in 6 top lists Check
  5. 989 +7

    Il mio viaggio in Italia

    1999 — a.k.a. My Voyage to Italy, in 2 top lists Check
  6. 795 -

    The Mexican Tapes: A Chronicle of Life Outside...

    1986, in 1 top list Check
  7. 966 +7

    Public Housing

    1997, in 2 top lists Check
  8. 608 -

    Woodstock

    1970, in 13 top lists Check
  9. 621 -

    La région centrale

    1971, in 8 top lists Check
  10. 1073 +7

    The Trap: What Happened to Our Dream of Freedom

    2007, in 2 top lists Check
  11. 1011 +7

    Los Angeles Plays Itself

    2003, in 5 top lists Check
  12. 676 -

    Welfare

    1975, in 7 top lists Check
  13. 1053 +7

    The Power of Nightmares: The Rise of the...

    2004 — a.k.a. The Power of Nightmares, in 4 top lists Check
  14. 799 -

    Sherman's March

    1985, in 10 top lists Check
  15. 767 -

    Unknown Chaplin

    1983, in 1 top list Check
  16. 1045 +7

    The Corporation

    2003, in 4 top lists Check
  17. 1076 new

    Obyknovennyy fashizm

    1965 — a.k.a. Triumph Over Violence, in 6 top lists Check
  18. 186 -

    Olympia 1. Teil - Fest der Völker

    1938 — a.k.a. Olympia Part One: Festival of the Nations, in 14 top lists Check
  19. 852 -

    The Machine That Killed Bad People

    1990, in 1 top list Check
  20. 908 -

    Le tombeau d'Alexandre

    1993 — a.k.a. The Last Bolshevik, in 3 top lists Check
  21. 904 -

    Crumb

    1994, in 12 top lists Check
  22. 707 -

    Genèse d'un repas

    1979 — a.k.a. Origins of a Meal, in 1 top list Check
  23. 1129 new

    No Home Movie

    2015, in 4 top lists Check
  24. 1121 new

    Citizenfour

    2014, in 3 top lists Check
  25. 574 -

    Le 17e parallèle: La guerre du peuple

    1968 — a.k.a. 17th Parallel: Vietnam in War, in 3 top lists Check
  26. 912 -

    That's Entertainment! III

    1994, in 1 top list Check
  27. 1108 new

    The Forgotten Space

    2010, in 1 top list Check
  28. 1083 new

    Les plages d'Agnès

    2008 — a.k.a. The Beaches of Agnès, in 6 top lists Check
  29. 1049 +7

    Cha ma gu dao xi lie

    2004 — a.k.a. Tea-Horse Road Series: Delamu, in 2 top lists Check
  30. 1111 new

    Stories We Tell

    2012, in 7 top lists Check
  31. 1131 new

    The Thoughts That Once We Had

    2015, in 1 top list Check
  32. 890 -

    D'Est

    1993 — a.k.a. From the East, in 5 top lists Check
  33. 750 -

    La guerre d'un seul homme

    1981, in 3 top lists Check
  34. 991 +7

    Cinéma, de notre temps: Où gît votre sourire...

    2001, in 3 top lists Check
  35. 764 -

    Sans soleil

    1983 — a.k.a. Sans Soleil, in 16 top lists Check
  36. 895 -

    Latcho Drom

    1993, in 1 top list Check
  37. 1050 +7

    Ten Skies

    2004, in 1 top list Check
  38. 742 -

    Trop tôt/Trop tard

    1981 — a.k.a. Too Early/Too Late, in 5 top lists Check
  39. 1103 new

    Nightfall

    2012, in 1 top list Check
  40. 916 -

    From the Journals of Jean Seberg

    1995, in 1 top list Check
  41. 521 -

    Point of Order!

    1964, in 4 top lists Check
  42. 807 -

    Dal Polo all'Equatore

    1987 — a.k.a. From the Pole to the Equator, in 2 top lists Check
  43. 187 -

    Olympia 2. Teil - Fest der Schönheit

    1938 — a.k.a. Olympia Part Two: Festival of Beauty, in 14 top lists Check
  44. 1038 +7

    Winter Soldier

    1972, in 3 top lists Check
  45. 1060 +7

    Citadel

    2006, in 1 top list Check
  46. 905 -

    Dieu sait quoi

    1994 — a.k.a. God Only Knows, in 2 top lists Check
  47. 881 -

    The Famine Within

    1990, in 1 top list Check
  48. 432 -

    India: Matri Bhumi

    1959, in 5 top lists Check
  49. 728 -

    The Little Richard Story

    1980, in 1 top list Check
  50. 638 -

    F for Fake

    1973, in 11 top lists Check
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