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. 1059 +7

    Zwartboek

    2006 — a.k.a. Black Book, in 5 top lists Check
  2. 524 -

    Zulu

    1964, in 8 top lists Check
  3. 965 +7

    Zhao xiansheng

    1998 — a.k.a. Mr. Zhao, in 2 top lists Check
  4. 982 +7

    Zhantai

    2000 — a.k.a. Platform, in 10 top lists Check
  5. 139 -

    Zéro de conduite: Jeunes diables au collège

    1933 — a.k.a. Zero for Conduct, in 17 top lists Check
  6. 884 -

    Zendegi va digar hich

    1992 — a.k.a. And Life Goes On, in 10 top lists Check
  7. 103 -

    Zemlya

    1930 — a.k.a. Earth, in 16 top lists Check
  8. 477 -

    Zazie dans le métro

    1960 — a.k.a. Zazie dans le Métro, in 6 top lists Check
  9. 193 -

    Zangiku monogatari

    1939 — a.k.a. The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum, in 13 top lists Check
  10. 527 -

    Zacharovannaya Desna

    1964 — a.k.a. Enchanted Desna, in 2 top lists Check
  11. 609 -

    Zabriskie Point

    1970, in 6 top lists Check
  12. 489 -

    Yukinojô henge

    1963 — a.k.a. An Actor's Revenge, in 7 top lists Check
  13. 945 -

    Yours

    1998, in 1 top list Check
  14. 476 -

    The Young One

    1960, in 1 top list Check
  15. 1018 +7

    Young Mr. Lincoln

    1939, in 8 top lists Check
  16. 181 -

    You Only Live Once

    1937, in 7 top lists Check
  17. 752 -

    You Are Not I

    1981, in 1 top list Check
  18. 188 -

    You and Me

    1938, in 3 top lists Check
  19. 749 -

    Yoman Sadeh

    1982 — a.k.a. Field Diary, in 1 top list Check
  20. 983 +7

    Yi yi

    2000 — a.k.a. Yi Yi: A One and a Two..., in 19 top lists Check
  21. 1055 +7

    Yes

    2004, in 1 top list Check
  22. 820 -

    Yeelen

    1987, in 9 top lists Check
  23. 1005 +7

    Y tu mamá también

    2001, in 15 top lists Check
  24. 1000 +7

    Xiao cheng zhi chun

    2002 — a.k.a. Springtime in a Small Town, in 3 top lists Check
  25. 280 -

    Xiao cheng zhi chun

    1948 — a.k.a. Spring in a Small Town, in 10 top lists Check
  26. 1122 new

    Xi you

    2014 — a.k.a. Journey to the West, in 1 top list Check
  27. 899 -

    Xi meng ren sheng

    1993 — a.k.a. The Puppetmaster, in 11 top lists Check
  28. 426 -

    The Wrong Man

    1956, in 8 top lists Check
  29. 1125 new

    Words and Pictures

    2013, in 1 top list Check
  30. 608 -

    Woodstock

    1970, in 13 top lists Check
  31. 664 -

    A Woman Under the Influence

    1974, in 14 top lists Check
  32. 268 -

    The Woman on the Beach

    1947, in 3 top lists Check
  33. 194 -

    The Wizard of Oz

    1939, in 37 top lists Check
  34. 14 -

    The Wishing Ring: An Idyll of Old England

    1914, in 2 top lists Check
  35. 723 -

    Wise Blood

    1979, in 7 top lists Check
  36. 1078 new

    The Wire

    2002, in 2 top lists Check
  37. 1038 +7

    Winter Soldier

    1972, in 3 top lists Check
  38. 299 -

    The Window

    1949, in 2 top lists Check
  39. 444 -

    Wind Across the Everglades

    1958, in 1 top list Check
  40. 425 -

    Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?

    1957, in 4 top lists Check
  41. 475 -

    Wild River

    1960, in 6 top lists Check
  42. 592 -

    The Wild Bunch

    1969, in 25 top lists Check
  43. 685 -

    Wide Angle Saxon

    1975, in 1 top list Check
  44. 398 -

    Wichita

    1955, in 2 top lists Check
  45. 229 -

    Who Killed Who?

    1943, in 1 top list Check
  46. 835 -

    Who Framed Roger Rabbit

    1988, in 16 top lists Check
  47. 865 -

    White Hunter Black Heart

    1990, in 1 top list Check
  48. 745 -

    White Dog

    1982, in 7 top lists Check
  49. 413 -

    While the City Sleeps

    1956, in 5 top lists Check
  50. 1068 +7

    When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts

    2006, in 6 top lists Check
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Last updated on Feb 27, 2016 by joachimt; source