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. 443 -

    Vertigo

    1958, in 42 top lists Check
  2. 320 -

    Singin' in the Rain

    1952, in 37 top lists Check
  3. 76 -

    Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans

    1927 — a.k.a. Sunrise, in 36 top lists Check
  4. 312 -

    Sunset Blvd.

    1950 — a.k.a. Sunset Boulevard, in 35 top lists Check
  5. 686 -

    Annie Hall

    1977, in 34 top lists Check
  6. 113 -

    City Lights

    1931, in 34 top lists Check
  7. 249 -

    The Best Years of Our Lives

    1946, in 30 top lists Check
  8. 980 +7

    Fa yeung nin wah

    2000 — a.k.a. In the Mood for Love, in 30 top lists Check
  9. 453 -

    À bout de souffle

    1960 — a.k.a. Breathless, in 29 top lists Check
  10. 278 -

    The Red Shoes

    1948, in 27 top lists Check
  11. 248 -

    La belle et la bête

    1946 — a.k.a. Beauty and the Beast, in 26 top lists Check
  12. 256 -

    Notorious

    1946, in 24 top lists Check
  13. 192 -

    La règle du jeu

    1939 — a.k.a. The Rules of the Game, in 24 top lists Check
  14. 254 -

    A Matter of Life and Death

    1946, in 23 top lists Check
  15. 231 -

    Brief Encounter

    1945, in 22 top lists Check
  16. 891 -

    Groundhog Day

    1993, in 22 top lists Check
  17. 233 -

    Les enfants du paradis

    1945 — a.k.a. Children of Paradise, in 21 top lists Check
  18. 152 -

    L'Atalante

    1934, in 21 top lists Check
  19. 81 -

    The Crowd

    1928, in 20 top lists Check
  20. 909 -

    Trois couleurs: Rouge

    1994 — a.k.a. Three Colors: Red, in 20 top lists Check
  21. 869 -

    Guling jie shaonian sharen shijian

    1991 — a.k.a. A Brighter Summer Day, in 19 top lists Check
  22. 517 -

    La jetée

    1962 — a.k.a. La Jetée, in 19 top lists Check
  23. 634 -

    Ultimo tango a Parigi

    1972 — a.k.a. Last Tango in Paris, in 19 top lists Check
  24. 983 +7

    Yi yi

    2000 — a.k.a. Yi Yi: A One and a Two..., in 19 top lists Check
  25. 1048 +7

    Before Sunset

    2004, in 18 top lists Check
  26. 308 -

    Orphée

    1950 — a.k.a. Orpheus, in 18 top lists Check
  27. 450 -

    Hiroshima mon amour

    1959 — a.k.a. Hiroshima Mon Amour, in 17 top lists Check
  28. 137 -

    Trouble in Paradise

    1932, in 17 top lists Check
  29. 683 -

    Ai no korîda

    1976 — a.k.a. In the Realm of the Senses, in 16 top lists Check
  30. 179 -

    Make Way for Tomorrow

    1937, in 16 top lists Check
  31. 238 -

    To Have and Have Not

    1944, in 16 top lists Check
  32. 275 -

    Letter from an Unknown Woman

    1948, in 15 top lists Check
  33. 215 -

    The Magnificent Ambersons

    1942, in 15 top lists Check
  34. 724 -

    Atlantic City

    1980, in 14 top lists Check
  35. 345 -

    The Band Wagon

    1953, in 14 top lists Check
  36. 913 -

    Before Sunrise

    1995, in 14 top lists Check
  37. 642 -

    La maman et la putain

    1973 — a.k.a. The Mother and the Whore, in 14 top lists Check
  38. 216 -

    The Palm Beach Story

    1942, in 14 top lists Check
  39. 202 -

    The Shop Around the Corner

    1940, in 14 top lists Check
  40. 53 -

    The Big Parade

    1925, in 13 top lists Check
  41. 22 -

    Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl

    1919 — a.k.a. Broken Blossoms, in 13 top lists Check
  42. 78 -

    The Cameraman

    1928, in 13 top lists Check
  43. 939 -

    Chun gwong cha sit

    1997 — a.k.a. Happy Together, in 13 top lists Check
  44. 252 -

    Gilda

    1946, in 13 top lists Check
  45. 261 -

    I Know Where I'm Going!

    1945, in 13 top lists Check
  46. 335 -

    Madame de...

    1953 — a.k.a. The Earrings of Madame De..., in 13 top lists Check
  47. 373 -

    A Star Is Born

    1954, in 13 top lists Check
  48. 282 -

    They Live by Night

    1948, in 13 top lists Check
  49. 384 -

    Lola Montès

    1955, in 12 top lists Check
  50. 158 -

    The Scarlet Empress

    1934, in 12 top lists Check
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Last updated on Feb 27, 2016 by joachimt; source