Jonathan Rosenbaum's Essential Cinema

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Favorited 256 times, disliked 12 times, added to 259 watchlists.

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. 236 -

    Meet Me in St. Louis

    1944, in 15 top lists Check
  2. 232 -

    Double Indemnity

    1944, in 37 top lists Check
  3. 247 -

    The Three Caballeros

    1944, in 3 top lists Check
  4. 235 -

    Laura

    1944, in 21 top lists Check
  5. 241 -

    Ivan Groznyy

    1944 — a.k.a. Ivan the Terrible, Part I, in 19 top lists Check
  6. 238 -

    To Have and Have Not

    1944, in 16 top lists Check
  7. 1022 +7

    A Canterbury Tale

    1944, in 8 top lists Check
  8. 230 -

    At Land

    1944, in 6 top lists Check
  9. 237 -

    Screwball Squirrel

    1944, in 1 top list Check
  10. 234 -

    Jammin' the Blues

    1944, in 2 top lists Check
  11. 219 -

    Le ciel est à vous

    1944 — a.k.a. The Woman Who Dared, in 4 top lists Check
  12. 240 -

    When Strangers Marry

    1944, in 2 top lists Check
  13. 239 -

    La torre de los siete jorobados

    1944 — a.k.a. The Tower of the Seven Hunchbacks, in 4 top lists Check
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Last updated on Feb 27, 2016 by joachimt; source