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. 754 -

    Ananas

    1984, in 1 top list Check
  2. 1049 +7

    Cha ma gu dao xi lie

    2004 — a.k.a. Tea-Horse Road Series: Delamu, in 2 top lists Check
  3. 949 -

    Divorce Iranian Style

    1998, in 2 top lists Check
  4. 765 -

    Er zi de da wan ou

    1983 — a.k.a. The Sandwich Man, in 3 top lists Check
  5. 940 -

    Great Performances: Robert Altman's Jazz '34

    1997, in 1 top list Check
  6. 750 -

    La guerre d'un seul homme

    1981, in 3 top lists Check
  7. 917 -

    Hao nan hao nu

    1995 — a.k.a. Good Men, Good Women, in 3 top lists Check
  8. 1086 new

    Helsinki, ikuisesti

    2008 — a.k.a. Helsinki, Forever, in 1 top list Check
  9. 1030 +7

    Komal Gandhar

    1961 — a.k.a. E-Flat, in 2 top lists Check
  10. 895 -

    Latcho Drom

    1993, in 1 top list Check
  11. 728 -

    The Little Richard Story

    1980, in 1 top list Check
  12. 1089 new

    Lowlands

    2009, in 1 top list Check
  13. 796 -

    Mémoire des apparences

    1986 — a.k.a. Life Is a Dream, in 1 top list Check
  14. 786 -

    Next of Kin

    1984, in 1 top list Check
  15. 966 +7

    Public Housing

    1997, in 2 top lists Check
  16. 849 -

    Rembrandt Laughing

    1989, in 1 top list Check
  17. 833 -

    Talking to Strangers

    1988, in 1 top list Check
  18. 1002 +7

    Tangos volés

    2001 — a.k.a. Stolen Tangos, in 1 top list Check
  19. 912 -

    That's Entertainment! III

    1994, in 1 top list Check
  20. 774 -

    Tian guo ni zi

    1994 — a.k.a. The Day the Sun Turned Cold, in 1 top list Check
  21. 908 -

    Le tombeau d'Alexandre

    1993 — a.k.a. The Last Bolshevik, in 3 top lists Check
  22. 767 -

    Unknown Chaplin

    1983, in 1 top list Check
  23. 1099 new

    Vapor Trail (Clark)

    2010, in 1 top list Check
  24. 931 -

    Les voleurs

    1996 — a.k.a. Thieves, in 2 top lists Check
  25. 1133 new

    Wake: Subic

    2015, in 1 top list Check
  26. 956 +7

    West Beyrouth (À l'abri les enfants)

    1998 — a.k.a. West Beirut, in 3 top lists Check
  27. 749 -

    Yoman Sadeh

    1982 — a.k.a. Field Diary, in 1 top list Check
  28. 965 +7

    Zhao xiansheng

    1998 — a.k.a. Mr. Zhao, in 2 top lists Check
  29. 269 -

    The Argyle Secrets

    1948, in 1 top list Check
  30. 1025 +7

    Bangiku

    1954 — a.k.a. Late Chrysanthemums, in 3 top lists Check
  31. 727 -

    BBC2 Playhouse: Grown-Ups

    1980, in 1 top list Check
  32. 846 -

    Bilder der Welt und Inschrift des Krieges

    1989 — a.k.a. Images of the World and the Inscription of War, in 4 top lists Check
  33. 550 -

    La Cina è vicina

    1967 — a.k.a. China Is Near, in 1 top list Check
  34. 991 +7

    Cinéma, de notre temps: Où gît votre sourire...

    2001, in 3 top lists Check
  35. 807 -

    Dal Polo all'Equatore

    1987 — a.k.a. From the Pole to the Equator, in 2 top lists Check
  36. 905 -

    Dieu sait quoi

    1994 — a.k.a. God Only Knows, in 2 top lists Check
  37. 892 -

    El patrullero

    1991 — a.k.a. Highway Patrolman, in 1 top list Check
  38. 1132 new

    Emrouz

    2014 — a.k.a. Today, in 1 top list Check
  39. 881 -

    The Famine Within

    1990, in 1 top list Check
  40. 916 -

    From the Journals of Jean Seberg

    1995, in 1 top list Check
  41. 659 -

    Gelegenheitsarbeit einer Sklavin

    1973 — a.k.a. Part-Time Work of a Domestic Slave, in 1 top list Check
  42. 1093 new

    Get Out of the Car

    2010, in 1 top list
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  43. 1009 +7

    Go Further

    2003, in 1 top list Check
  44. 827 -

    Golub

    1988, in 1 top list Check
  45. 918 -

    A Great Day in Harlem

    1994, in 1 top list Check
  46. 882 -

    Guelwaar

    1992, in 3 top lists Check
  47. 744 -

    Ha-Ayit

    1981 — a.k.a. The Vulture, in 1 top list Check
  48. 872 -

    Hangin' with the Homeboys

    1991, in 1 top list Check
  49. 146 -

    Hard to Handle

    1933, in 1 top list Check
  50. 919 -

    Haut bas fragile

    1995 — a.k.a. Up, Down, Fragile, in 2 top lists Check
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Last updated on Feb 27, 2016 by joachimt; source