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. 960 +7

    Eyes Wide Shut

    1999, in 11 top lists Check
  2. 686 -

    Annie Hall

    1977, in 34 top lists Check
  3. 891 -

    Groundhog Day

    1993, in 22 top lists Check
  4. 443 -

    Vertigo

    1958, in 42 top lists Check
  5. 877 -

    Bram Stoker's Dracula

    1992, in 6 top lists Check
  6. 913 -

    Before Sunrise

    1995, in 14 top lists Check
  7. 320 -

    Singin' in the Rain

    1952, in 37 top lists Check
  8. 431 -

    Gigi

    1958, in 11 top lists Check
  9. 634 -

    Ultimo tango a Parigi

    1972 — a.k.a. Last Tango in Paris, in 19 top lists Check
  10. 1048 +7

    Before Sunset

    2004, in 18 top lists Check
  11. 453 -

    À bout de souffle

    1960 — a.k.a. Breathless, in 29 top lists Check
  12. 1007 +7

    Down with Love

    2003, in 1 top list Check
  13. 980 +7

    Fa yeung nin wah

    2000 — a.k.a. In the Mood for Love, in 30 top lists Check
  14. 312 -

    Sunset Blvd.

    1950 — a.k.a. Sunset Boulevard, in 35 top lists Check
  15. 683 -

    Ai no korîda

    1976 — a.k.a. In the Realm of the Senses, in 16 top lists Check
  16. 192 -

    La règle du jeu

    1939 — a.k.a. The Rules of the Game, in 24 top lists Check
  17. 873 -

    My Own Private Idaho

    1991, in 10 top lists Check
  18. 113 -

    City Lights

    1931, in 34 top lists Check
  19. 76 -

    Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans

    1927 — a.k.a. Sunrise, in 36 top lists Check
  20. 256 -

    Notorious

    1946, in 24 top lists Check
  21. 450 -

    Hiroshima mon amour

    1959 — a.k.a. Hiroshima Mon Amour, in 17 top lists Check
  22. 414 -

    An Affair to Remember

    1957, in 9 top lists Check
  23. 278 -

    The Red Shoes

    1948, in 27 top lists Check
  24. 517 -

    La jetée

    1962 — a.k.a. La Jetée, in 19 top lists Check
  25. 977 +7

    Hamlet

    2000, in 2 top lists Check
  26. 778 -

    Nineteen Eighty-Four

    1984 — a.k.a. 1984, in 3 top lists Check
  27. 231 -

    Brief Encounter

    1945, in 22 top lists Check
  28. 215 -

    The Magnificent Ambersons

    1942, in 15 top lists Check
  29. 249 -

    The Best Years of Our Lives

    1946, in 30 top lists Check
  30. 828 -

    Hairspray

    1988, in 5 top lists Check
  31. 909 -

    Trois couleurs: Rouge

    1994 — a.k.a. Three Colors: Red, in 20 top lists Check
  32. 350 -

    Gentlemen Prefer Blondes

    1953, in 11 top lists Check
  33. 667 -

    India Song

    1975, in 8 top lists Check
  34. 248 -

    La belle et la bête

    1946 — a.k.a. Beauty and the Beast, in 26 top lists Check
  35. 22 -

    Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl

    1919 — a.k.a. Broken Blossoms, in 13 top lists Check
  36. 609 -

    Zabriskie Point

    1970, in 6 top lists Check
  37. 152 -

    L'Atalante

    1934, in 21 top lists Check
  38. 983 +7

    Yi yi

    2000 — a.k.a. Yi Yi: A One and a Two..., in 19 top lists Check
  39. 245 -

    Duel in the Sun

    1946, in 7 top lists Check
  40. 887 -

    Bitter Moon

    1992, in 3 top lists Check
  41. 947 -

    Bulworth

    1998, in 2 top lists Check
  42. 233 -

    Les enfants du paradis

    1945 — a.k.a. Children of Paradise, in 21 top lists Check
  43. 642 -

    La maman et la putain

    1973 — a.k.a. The Mother and the Whore, in 14 top lists Check
  44. 254 -

    A Matter of Life and Death

    1946, in 23 top lists Check
  45. 373 -

    A Star Is Born

    1954, in 13 top lists Check
  46. 407 -

    Guys and Dolls

    1955, in 7 top lists Check
  47. 283 -

    Adam's Rib

    1949, in 8 top lists Check
  48. 137 -

    Trouble in Paradise

    1932, in 17 top lists Check
  49. 528 -

    Masculin féminin

    1966 — a.k.a. Masculine-Feminine, in 7 top lists Check
  50. 345 -

    The Band Wagon

    1953, in 14 top lists Check
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Last updated on Feb 27, 2016 by joachimt; source