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. 48 -

    Paris qui dort

    1925 — a.k.a. At 3:25, in 4 top lists Check
  2. 58 -

    Metropolis

    1927, in 36 top lists Check
  3. 69 -

    Sur un air de Charleston

    1927 — a.k.a. Charleston Parade, in 1 top list Check
  4. 129 -

    The Mask of Fu Manchu

    1932, in 1 top list Check
  5. 162 -

    Aerograd

    1935 — a.k.a. Frontier, in 3 top lists Check
  6. 163 -

    Bride of Frankenstein

    1935, in 19 top lists Check
  7. 169 -

    The Devil-Doll

    1936, in 2 top lists Check
  8. 317 -

    The Day the Earth Stood Still

    1951, in 12 top lists Check
  9. 336 -

    Monkey Business

    1952, in 4 top lists Check
  10. 408 -

    Invasion of the Body Snatchers

    1956, in 19 top lists Check
  11. 505 -

    The Nutty Professor

    1963, in 11 top lists Check
  12. 517 -

    La jetée

    1962 — a.k.a. La Jetée, in 19 top lists Check
  13. 525 -

    Alphaville: Une étrange aventure de Lemmy Caution

    1965 — a.k.a. Alphaville, in 13 top lists Check
  14. 532 -

    Vinyl

    1965, in 2 top lists Check
  15. 545 -

    The War Game

    1966, in 12 top lists Check
  16. 568 -

    Je t'aime, je t'aime

    1968, in 3 top lists Check
  17. 578 -

    2001: A Space Odyssey

    1968, in 45 top lists Check
  18. 581 -

    The Bed Sitting Room

    1969, in 3 top lists Check
  19. 596 -

    Fata Morgana

    1971, in 4 top lists Check
  20. 636 -

    Solyaris

    1972 — a.k.a. Solaris, in 27 top lists Check
  21. 721 -

    Stalker

    1979, in 22 top lists Check
  22. 746 -

    Blade Runner

    1982, in 36 top lists Check
  23. 761 -

    Twilight Zone: The Movie

    1983, in 3 top lists Check
  24. 769 -

    Videodrome

    1983, in 18 top lists Check
  25. 778 -

    Nineteen Eighty-Four

    1984 — a.k.a. 1984, in 3 top lists Check
  26. 830 -

    King Lear

    1987, in 3 top lists Check
  27. 845 -

    Ji dong qi xia

    1989 — a.k.a. The Iceman Cometh, in 2 top lists Check
  28. 953 +7

    New Rose Hotel

    1998, in 3 top lists Check
  29. 984 +7

    A.I. Artificial Intelligence

    2001, in 11 top lists Check
  30. 1126 new

    Ex Machina

    2014, in 5 top lists Check
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Last updated on Feb 27, 2016 by joachimt; source