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. 70 -

    The General

    1926, in 34 top lists Check
  2. 447 -

    North by Northwest

    1959, in 30 top lists Check
  3. 457 -

    Rio Bravo

    1959, in 19 top lists Check
  4. 769 -

    Videodrome

    1983, in 18 top lists Check
  5. 135 -

    Scarface

    1932, in 16 top lists Check
  6. 15 -

    Les vampires

    1915, in 14 top lists Check
  7. 182 -

    Aleksandr Nevskiy

    1938 — a.k.a. Alexander Nevsky, in 10 top lists Check
  8. 725 -

    The Big Red One

    1980, in 10 top lists Check
  9. 652 -

    Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia

    1974, in 10 top lists Check
  10. 404 -

    Forbidden Planet

    1956, in 9 top lists Check
  11. 902 -

    Dung che sai duk

    1994 — a.k.a. Ashes of Time, in 7 top lists Check
  12. 961 +7

    Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai

    1999, in 7 top lists Check
  13. 214 -

    Genroku Chûshingura

    1941 — a.k.a. The 47 Ronin, in 4 top lists Check
  14. 334 -

    The Lusty Men

    1952, in 4 top lists Check
  15. 355 -

    99 River Street

    1953, in 3 top lists Check
  16. 880 -

    Deep Cover

    1992, in 3 top lists Check
  17. 530 -

    Red Line 7000

    1965, in 3 top lists Check
  18. 361 -

    The Adventures of Hajji Baba

    1954, in 2 top lists Check
  19. 1023 +7

    Canyon Passage

    1946, in 2 top lists Check
  20. 811 -

    Ishtar

    1987, in 2 top lists Check
  21. 845 -

    Ji dong qi xia

    1989 — a.k.a. The Iceman Cometh, in 2 top lists Check
  22. 954 +7

    The Newton Boys

    1998, in 2 top lists Check
  23. 992 +7

    Pisutoru opera

    2001 — a.k.a. Pistol Opera, in 2 top lists Check
  24. 321 -

    The Steel Helmet

    1951, in 2 top lists Check
  25. 717 -

    1941

    1979, in 1 top list Check
  26. 670 -

    Mandingo

    1975, in 1 top list Check
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Last updated on Feb 27, 2016 by joachimt; source