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. 702 -

    Amor de Perdição: Memórias de uma Família

    1978, in 5 top lists Check
  2. 579 -

    L'amour fou

    1969, in 5 top lists Check
  3. 869 -

    Guling jie shaonian sharen shijian

    1991 — a.k.a. A Brighter Summer Day, in 19 top lists Check
  4. 642 -

    La maman et la putain

    1973 — a.k.a. The Mother and the Whore, in 14 top lists Check
  5. 77 -

    L'argent

    1928 — a.k.a. L'Argent, in 8 top lists Check
  6. 233 -

    Les enfants du paradis

    1945 — a.k.a. Children of Paradise, in 21 top lists Check
  7. 983 +7

    Yi yi

    2000 — a.k.a. Yi Yi: A One and a Two..., in 19 top lists Check
  8. 249 -

    The Best Years of Our Lives

    1946, in 30 top lists Check
  9. 960 +7

    Eyes Wide Shut

    1999, in 11 top lists Check
  10. 799 -

    Sherman's March

    1985, in 10 top lists Check
  11. 373 -

    A Star Is Born

    1954, in 13 top lists Check
  12. 53 -

    The Big Parade

    1925, in 13 top lists Check
  13. 407 -

    Guys and Dolls

    1955, in 7 top lists Check
  14. 87 -

    Spione

    1928 — a.k.a. Spies, in 8 top lists Check
  15. 629 -

    Avanti!

    1972, in 2 top lists Check
  16. 718 -

    Perceval le Gallois

    1978 — a.k.a. Perceval, in 3 top lists Check
  17. 887 -

    Bitter Moon

    1992, in 3 top lists Check
  18. 57 -

    The Merry Widow

    1925, in 6 top lists Check
  19. 278 -

    The Red Shoes

    1948, in 27 top lists Check
  20. 441 -

    A Time to Love and a Time to Die

    1958, in 4 top lists Check
  21. 245 -

    Duel in the Sun

    1946, in 7 top lists Check
  22. 634 -

    Ultimo tango a Parigi

    1972 — a.k.a. Last Tango in Paris, in 19 top lists Check
  23. 877 -

    Bram Stoker's Dracula

    1992, in 6 top lists Check
  24. 443 -

    Vertigo

    1958, in 42 top lists Check
  25. 670 -

    Mandingo

    1975, in 1 top list Check
  26. 462 -

    Bells Are Ringing

    1960, in 1 top list Check
  27. 866 -

    Ruan Ling Yu

    1991 — a.k.a. Center Stage, in 10 top lists Check
  28. 867 -

    Les amants du Pont-Neuf

    1991 — a.k.a. The Lovers on the Bridge, in 10 top lists Check
  29. 732 -

    Mon oncle d'Amérique

    1980 — a.k.a. My American Uncle, in 8 top lists Check
  30. 371 -

    Senso

    1954, in 12 top lists Check
  31. 1105 new

    Road to Nowhere

    2010, in 2 top lists Check
  32. 1061 +7

    Coeurs

    2006 — a.k.a. Private Fears in Public Places, in 2 top lists Check
  33. 196 -

    Foreign Correspondent

    1940, in 6 top lists Check
  34. 667 -

    India Song

    1975, in 8 top lists Check
  35. 806 -

    Kárhozat

    1988 — a.k.a. Damnation, in 6 top lists Check
  36. 218 -

    Les visiteurs du soir

    1942 — a.k.a. The Devil's Envoys, in 3 top lists Check
  37. 844 -

    Enemies, A Love Story

    1989, in 2 top lists Check
  38. 468 -

    Let's Make Love

    1960 — a.k.a. The Billionaire, in 1 top list Check
  39. 327 -

    The Bad and the Beautiful

    1952, in 9 top lists Check
  40. 936 -

    Tian mi mi

    1996 — a.k.a. Comrades, Almost a Love Story, in 5 top lists Check
  41. 931 -

    Les voleurs

    1996 — a.k.a. Thieves, in 2 top lists Check
  42. 972 +7

    Chunhyangdyun

    2000 — a.k.a. Chunhyang, in 7 top lists Check
  43. 384 -

    Lola Montès

    1955, in 12 top lists Check
  44. 792 -

    Mauvais sang

    1986 — a.k.a. Mauvais Sang, in 5 top lists Check
  45. 994 +7

    Ni na bian ji dian

    2001 — a.k.a. What Time Is It There?, in 6 top lists Check
  46. 74 -

    The Ring

    1927, in 1 top list Check
  47. 1000 +7

    Xiao cheng zhi chun

    2002 — a.k.a. Springtime in a Small Town, in 3 top lists Check
  48. 414 -

    An Affair to Remember

    1957, in 9 top lists Check
  49. 431 -

    Gigi

    1958, in 11 top lists Check
  50. 942 -

    He liu

    1997 — a.k.a. The River, in 8 top lists Check
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Last updated on Feb 27, 2016 by joachimt; source