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.
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#1074 - #1133: 2016 additions
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Le tunnel sous La Manche ou Le cauchemar...
1907 — a.k.a. Tunneling the English Channel, in 4 top lists Check -
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Die Puppe
1919 — a.k.a. The Doll, in 7 top lists Check -
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Der müde Tod
1921 — a.k.a. Destiny, in 8 top lists Check -
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Die Nibelungen: Siegfried
1924, in 13 top lists Check -
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Die Nibelungen: Kriemhilds Rache
1924 — a.k.a. Die Nibelungen: Kriemhild's Revenge, in 12 top lists Check -
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Peter Pan
1924, in 3 top lists Check -
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Sherlock Jr.
1924, in 24 top lists Check -
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The Thief of Bagdad
1924, in 14 top lists Check -
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Faust: Eine deutsche Volkssage
1926 — a.k.a. Faust, in 15 top lists Check -
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The Wizard of Oz
1939, in 37 top lists Check -
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Pinocchio
1940, in 16 top lists Check -
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The Thief of Bagdad
1940, in 13 top lists Check -
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All That Money Can Buy
1941 — a.k.a. The Devil and Daniel Webster, in 4 top lists Check -
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Les visiteurs du soir
1942 — a.k.a. The Devil's Envoys, in 3 top lists Check -
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Heaven Can Wait
1943, in 5 top lists Check -
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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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The Three Caballeros
1944, in 3 top lists Check -
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La belle et la bête
1946 — a.k.a. Beauty and the Beast, in 26 top lists Check -
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A Matter of Life and Death
1946, in 23 top lists Check -
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Cinderella
1950, in 6 top lists Check -
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Orphée
1950 — a.k.a. Orpheus, in 18 top lists Check -
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Pandora and the Flying Dutchman
1951, in 2 top lists Check -
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The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T.
1953, in 4 top lists Check -
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The Story of Three Loves
1953 — a.k.a. Equilibrium, in 1 top list Check -
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Ordet
1955, in 21 top lists Check -
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Zazie dans le métro
1960 — a.k.a. Zazie dans le Métro, in 6 top lists Check -
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El ángel exterminador
1962 — a.k.a. The Exterminating Angel, in 17 top lists Check -
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8½
1963, in 35 top lists Check -
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Le procès
1962 — a.k.a. The Trial, in 10 top lists Check -
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Zacharovannaya Desna
1964 — a.k.a. Enchanted Desna, in 2 top lists Check -
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W.R. - Misterije organizma
1971 — a.k.a. WR: Mysteries of the Organism, in 12 top lists Check -
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Le charme discret de la bourgeoisie
1972 — a.k.a. The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie, in 21 top lists Check -
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Céline et Julie vont en bateau: Phantom Ladies...
1974 — a.k.a. Celine and Julie Go Boating, in 11 top lists Check -
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India Song
1975, in 8 top lists Check -
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Het dak van de Walvis
1982 — a.k.a. On Top of the Whale, in 1 top list Check -
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Mémoire des apparences
1986 — a.k.a. Life Is a Dream, in 1 top list Check -
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Sleepwalk
1986, in 1 top list Check -
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La chouette aveugle
1987 — a.k.a. The Blind Owl, in 1 top list Check -
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Yeelen
1987, in 9 top lists Check -
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The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
1988, in 2 top lists Check -
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Defending Your Life
1991, in 3 top lists Check -
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Groundhog Day
1993, in 22 top lists Check -
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Dead Man
1995, in 12 top lists Check -
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Circle's Short Circuit
1998, in 1 top list Check -
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Dong
1998 — a.k.a. The Hole, in 5 top lists Check -
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Russkiy kovcheg
2002 — a.k.a. Russian Ark, in 9 top lists Check -
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King Kong
1933, in 26 top lists Check -
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I Married a Witch
1942, in 3 top lists Check -
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La nuit fantastique
1942 — a.k.a. Fantastic Night, in 3 top lists Check -
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Loong Boonmee raleuk chat
2010 — a.k.a. Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives, in 13 top lists Check
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