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. 911 -

    Die Zweite Heimat - Chronik Einer Jugend

    1992 — a.k.a. Heimat 2: Chronicle of a Generation, in 4 top lists Check
  2. 618 -

    Out 1, noli me tangere

    1971 — a.k.a. Out 1, in 4 top lists Check
  3. 824 -

    Dekalog

    1989, in 11 top lists Check
  4. 692 -

    Hitler, ein Film aus Deutschland

    1977 — a.k.a. Hitler: A Film from Germany, in 4 top lists Check
  5. 910 -

    Sátántangó

    1994 — a.k.a. Satantango, in 12 top lists Check
  6. 1095 new

    Mistérios de Lisboa - O Filme

    2010, in 6 top lists Check
  7. 702 -

    Amor de Perdição: Memórias de uma Família

    1978, in 5 top lists Check
  8. 635 -

    Out 1: Spectre

    1972 — a.k.a. Out One, in 3 top lists Check
  9. 579 -

    L'amour fou

    1969, in 5 top lists Check
  10. 214 -

    Genroku Chûshingura

    1941 — a.k.a. The 47 Ronin, in 4 top lists Check
  11. 868 -

    La Belle Noiseuse

    1991 — a.k.a. The Beautiful Troublemaker, in 11 top lists Check
  12. 869 -

    Guling jie shaonian sharen shijian

    1991 — a.k.a. A Brighter Summer Day, in 19 top lists Check
  13. 642 -

    La maman et la putain

    1973 — a.k.a. The Mother and the Whore, in 14 top lists Check
  14. 678 -

    Edvard Munch

    1974, in 9 top lists Check
  15. 533 -

    Andrey Rublyov

    1966 — a.k.a. Andrei Rublev, in 29 top lists Check
  16. 668 -

    Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du commerce, 1080...

    1975, in 12 top lists Check
  17. 472 -

    Spartacus

    1960, in 19 top lists Check
  18. 77 -

    L'argent

    1928 — a.k.a. L'Argent, in 8 top lists Check
  19. 653 -

    Céline et Julie vont en bateau: Phantom Ladies...

    1974 — a.k.a. Celine and Julie Go Boating, in 11 top lists Check
  20. 233 -

    Les enfants du paradis

    1945 — a.k.a. Children of Paradise, in 21 top lists Check
  21. 1077 new

    Hawaii

    1966, in 1 top list Check
  22. 502 -

    Il gattopardo

    1963 — a.k.a. The Leopard, in 18 top lists Check
  23. 666 -

    Barry Lyndon

    1975, in 24 top lists Check
  24. 1064 +7

    Inland Empire

    2006, in 10 top lists Check
  25. 983 +7

    Yi yi

    2000 — a.k.a. Yi Yi: A One and a Two..., in 19 top lists Check
  26. 249 -

    The Best Years of Our Lives

    1946, in 30 top lists Check
  27. 955 +7

    The Thin Red Line

    1998, in 14 top lists Check
  28. 923 -

    Underground

    1995, in 9 top lists Check
  29. 987 +7

    The Mad Songs of Fernanda Hussein

    2001, in 1 top list Check
  30. 636 -

    Solyaris

    1972 — a.k.a. Solaris, in 27 top lists Check
  31. 17 -

    Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages

    1916, in 24 top lists Check
  32. 813 -

    The Last Emperor

    1987, in 15 top lists Check
  33. 721 -

    Stalker

    1979, in 22 top lists Check
  34. 445 -

    Anatomy of a Murder

    1959, in 12 top lists Check
  35. 821 -

    Bird

    1988, in 2 top lists Check
  36. 281 -

    La terra trema

    1948 — a.k.a. The Earth Trembles, in 11 top lists Check
  37. 960 +7

    Eyes Wide Shut

    1999, in 11 top lists Check
  38. 840 -

    Bei qing cheng shi

    1989 — a.k.a. A City of Sadness, in 10 top lists Check
  39. 823 -

    Camp de Thiaroye

    1988, in 6 top lists Check
  40. 1079 new

    Juventude Em Marcha

    2006 — a.k.a. Colossal Youth, in 8 top lists Check
  41. 1112 new

    A torinói ló

    2011 — a.k.a. The Turin Horse, in 8 top lists Check
  42. 664 -

    A Woman Under the Influence

    1974, in 14 top lists Check
  43. 373 -

    A Star Is Born

    1954, in 13 top lists Check
  44. 982 +7

    Zhantai

    2000 — a.k.a. Platform, in 10 top lists Check
  45. 837 -

    Astenicheskiy sindrom

    1989 — a.k.a. The Asthenic Syndrome, in 8 top lists Check
  46. 58 -

    Metropolis

    1927, in 36 top lists Check
  47. 101 -

    All Quiet on the Western Front

    1930, in 19 top lists Check
  48. 53 -

    The Big Parade

    1925, in 13 top lists Check
  49. 1102 new

    Margaret

    2011, in 7 top lists Check
  50. 36 -

    Orphans of the Storm

    1921, in 7 top lists Check
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Last updated on Feb 27, 2016 by joachimt; source