Jonathan Rosenbaum's Essential Cinema

Jonathan Rosenbaum's Essential Cinema's icon

An official iCheckMovies list.

Favorited 256 times, disliked 12 times, added to 260 watchlists.

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

Source

Remove ads

Pssst, want to check out the Jonathan Rosenbaum's Essential Cinema list in our new look?

  1. 610 -

    The Act of Seeing with One's Own Eyes

    1971, in 9 top lists Check
  2. 753 -

    Adynata

    1983, in 1 top list Check
  3. 946 -

    Alone. Life Wastes Andy Hardy

    1998, in 1 top list Check
  4. 230 -

    At Land

    1944, in 6 top lists Check
  5. 41 -

    Ballet mécanique

    1924, in 7 top lists Check
  6. 771 -

    Barres

    1984, in 1 top list Check
  7. 739 -

    Be Tartib ya Bedoun-e Tartib

    1995 — a.k.a. Orderly or Disorderly, in 1 top list Check
  8. 285 -

    Begone Dull Care

    1950, in 7 top lists Check
  9. 90 -

    Black and Tan

    1929, in 3 top lists Check
  10. 565 -

    Der Bräutigam, die Komödiantin und der Zuhälter

    1968 — a.k.a. The Bridegroom, the Comedienne and the Pimp, in 1 top list Check
  11. 677 -

    Breakfast (Table Top Dolly)

    1976, in 1 top list Check
  12. 16 -

    A Burlesque on Carmen

    1915, in 1 top list Check
  13. 870 -

    La cabale des oursins

    1992, in 1 top list Check
  14. 429 -

    Le chant du Styrène

    1958 — a.k.a. The Song of Styrene, in 1 top list Check
  15. 903 -

    The Chartres Series

    1994, in 1 top list Check
  16. 1091 new

    Chef-d'oeuvre ?

    2010, in 1 top list Check
  17. 79 -

    Un chien andalou

    1929 — a.k.a. An Andalusian Dog, in 25 top lists Check
  18. 689 -

    Colloque de chiens

    1977 — a.k.a. Dog's Dialogue, in 1 top list Check
  19. 29 -

    Cops

    1922, in 10 top lists Check
  20. 4 -

    A Corner in Wheat

    1909, in 8 top lists Check
  21. 841 -

    The Deadman

    1987, in 1 top list Check
  22. 711 -

    Devo: Mongoloid

    1978, in 1 top list Check
  23. 701 -

    The Discipline of D.E.

    1982, in 1 top list Check
  24. 12 -

    Ditya bolshogo goroda

    1914 — a.k.a. Child of the Big City, in 1 top list Check
  25. 675 -

    Dow Rahehal Baraye yek Massaleh

    1975 — a.k.a. Two Solutions for One Problem, in 1 top list Check
  26. 748 -

    En rachâchant

    1982, in 1 top list Check
  27. 826 -

    Essai d'ouverture

    1988, in 1 top list Check
  28. 907 -

    Exterior Night

    1993, in 1 top list Check
  29. 405 -

    The Fountain of Youth

    1958, in 1 top list Check
  30. 1032 +7

    Ganjine-haye gohar

    1965 — a.k.a. The crown jewels of Iran, in 1 top list Check
  31. 585 -

    The Grandmother

    1970, in 1 top list Check
  32. 617 -

    Hapax Legomena I: Nostalgia

    1971, in 8 top lists Check
  33. 978 +7

    The Heart of the World

    2000, in 4 top lists Check
  34. 553 -

    Le Horla

    1966, in 1 top list Check
  35. 318 -

    Hôtel des Invalides

    1952, in 3 top lists Check
  36. 1128 new

    I, Dalio

    2015, in 1 top list Check
  37. 927 -

    Improvisation

    1950, in 1 top list Check
  38. 538 -

    Inauguration of the Pleasure Dome

    1954, in 4 top lists Check
  39. 706 -

    Incontinence: A Diarrhetic Flow of Mismatches

    1978, in 1 top list Check
  40. 234 -

    Jammin' the Blues

    1944, in 2 top lists Check
  41. 801 -

    Joan Does Dynasty

    1986, in 1 top list Check
  42. 493 -

    Khaneh siah ast

    1963 — a.k.a. The House Is Black, in 13 top lists Check
  43. 1034 +7

    Kiyevskiye freski

    2019, in 1 top list Check
  44. 1070 +7

    Kramasha

    2007 — a.k.a. To Be Continued, in 1 top list Check
  45. 1 -

    L'arrivée d'un train à La Ciotat

    1896 — a.k.a. The Arrival of a Train, in 13 top lists Check
  46. 124 -

    Las Hurdes

    1933 — a.k.a. Land Without Bread, in 12 top lists Check
  47. 83 -

    Leave 'Em Laughing

    1928, in 1 top list Check
  48. 287 -

    L'école des facteurs

    1947 — a.k.a. The School for Postmen, in 1 top list Check
  49. 293 -

    Little Rural Riding Hood

    1949, in 2 top lists Check
  50. 709 -

    Lmno

    1978, in 1 top list Check
Remove ads
Show all 1133 movies

Last updated on Feb 27, 2016 by joachimt; source