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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Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
1916, in 24 top lists Check -
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Orphans of the Storm
1921, in 7 top lists Check -
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Bronenosets Potyomkin
1925 — a.k.a. Battleship Potemkin, in 27 top lists Check -
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Oktyabr
1927 — a.k.a. October (Ten Days that Shook the World), in 12 top lists Check -
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La passion de Jeanne d'Arc
1928 — a.k.a. The Passion of Joan of Arc, in 27 top lists Check -
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Novyy Vavilon
1929 — a.k.a. The New Babylon, in 4 top lists Check -
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Cleopatra
1934, in 5 top lists Check -
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The Scarlet Empress
1934, in 12 top lists Check -
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The Prisoner of Shark Island
1936, in 2 top lists Check -
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Les perles de la couronne
1937 — a.k.a. The Pearls of the Crown, in 5 top lists Check -
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Aleksandr Nevskiy
1938 — a.k.a. Alexander Nevsky, in 10 top lists Check -
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Genroku Chûshingura
1941 — a.k.a. The 47 Ronin, in 4 top lists Check -
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Ivan Groznyy
1944 — a.k.a. Ivan the Terrible, Part I, in 19 top lists Check -
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Ivan Groznyy. Skaz vtoroy: Boyarskiy zagovor
1958 — a.k.a. Ivan the Terrible, Part II: The Boyars' Plot, in 15 top lists Check -
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Samson and Delilah
1949, in 4 top lists Check -
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Senso
1954, in 12 top lists Check -
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Land of the Pharaohs
1955, in 4 top lists Check -
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Nuit et brouillard
1956 — a.k.a. Night and Fog, in 17 top lists Check -
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Salt of the Earth
1954, in 6 top lists Check -
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Bhowani Junction
1956, in 2 top lists Check -
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Il gattopardo
1963 — a.k.a. The Leopard, in 18 top lists Check -
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Culloden
1964 — a.k.a. The Battle of Culloden, in 5 top lists Check -
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Tini zabutykh predkiv
1965 — a.k.a. Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors, in 12 top lists Check -
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Zulu
1964, in 8 top lists Check -
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Andrey Rublyov
1966 — a.k.a. Andrei Rublev, in 29 top lists Check -
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Uccellacci e uccellini
1966 — a.k.a. The Hawks and the Sparrows, in 7 top lists Check -
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La prise de pouvoir par Louis XIV
1966 — a.k.a. The Taking of Power by Louis XIV, in 6 top lists Check -
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Woodstock
1970, in 12 top lists Check -
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Aguirre, der Zorn Gottes
1972 — a.k.a. Aguirre, the Wrath of God, in 18 top lists Check -
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Mogholha
1973 — a.k.a. The Mongols, in 4 top lists Check -
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Barry Lyndon
1975, in 24 top lists Check -
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Edvard Munch
1974, in 9 top lists Check -
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Ai no korîda
1976 — a.k.a. In the Realm of the Senses, in 16 top lists Check -
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Shoah
1985, in 18 top lists Check -
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The Last Emperor
1987, in 14 top lists Check -
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Walker
1987, in 2 top lists Check -
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'Non', ou A Vã Glória de Mandar
1990, in 4 top lists Check -
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Le tombeau d'Alexandre
1993 — a.k.a. The Last Bolshevik, in 3 top lists Check -
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Hao nan hao nu
1995 — a.k.a. Good Men, Good Women, in 3 top lists Check -
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Al-massir
1997 — a.k.a. Destiny, in 2 top lists Check -
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Zhantai
2000 — a.k.a. Platform, in 10 top lists Check -
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Russkiy kovcheg
2002 — a.k.a. Russian Ark, in 9 top lists Check -
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The Tracker
2002, in 3 top lists Check -
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Los Angeles Plays Itself
2003, in 5 top lists Check -
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Winter Soldier
1972, in 3 top lists Check -
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The Corporation
2003, in 4 top lists Check -
1053 +7
The Power of Nightmares: The Rise of the...
2004 — a.k.a. The Power of Nightmares, in 4 top lists Check -
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Obyknovennyy fashizm
1965 — a.k.a. Triumph Over Violence, in 6 top lists Check -
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Helsinki, ikuisesti
2008 — a.k.a. Helsinki, Forever, in 1 top list Check -
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Lowlands
2009, in 1 top list Check
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