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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Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl
1919 — a.k.a. Broken Blossoms, in 13 top lists Check -
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True Heart Susie
1919, in 7 top lists Check -
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The Covered Wagon
1923, in 4 top lists Check -
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Michael
1924, in 6 top lists Check -
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The Big Parade
1925, in 13 top lists Check -
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The Merry Widow
1925, in 5 top lists Check -
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Seven Chances
1925, in 12 top lists Check -
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It
1927, in 6 top lists Check -
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The Ring
1927, in 1 top list Check -
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7th Heaven
1927, in 11 top lists Check -
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Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
1927 — a.k.a. Sunrise, in 36 top lists Check -
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L'argent
1928 — a.k.a. L'Argent, in 8 top lists Check -
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The Cameraman
1928, in 13 top lists Check -
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The Crowd
1928, in 20 top lists Check -
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Spione
1928 — a.k.a. Spies, in 8 top lists Check -
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Lonesome
1928, in 9 top lists Check -
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The Love Parade
1929, in 5 top lists Check -
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Laughter
1930, in 1 top list Check -
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Monte Carlo
1930, in 2 top lists Check -
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Sous les toits de Paris
1930 — a.k.a. Under the Roofs of Paris, in 5 top lists Check -
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Tabu: A Story of the South Seas
1931, in 11 top lists Check -
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City Lights
1931, in 34 top lists Check -
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Horse Feathers
1932, in 6 top lists Check -
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Love Me Tonight
1932, in 11 top lists Check -
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Me and My Gal
1932, in 1 top list Check -
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One Hour with You
1932, in 6 top lists Check -
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Trouble in Paradise
1932, in 17 top lists Check -
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The Bitter Tea of General Yen
1932, in 3 top lists Check -
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Bombshell
1933, in 2 top lists Check -
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Hard to Handle
1933, in 1 top list Check -
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Man's Castle
1933, in 2 top lists Check -
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L'Atalante
1934, in 21 top lists Check -
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The Gay Divorcee
1934, in 6 top lists Check -
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Judge Priest
1934, in 3 top lists Check -
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Our Daily Bread
1934, in 3 top lists Check -
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The Scarlet Empress
1934, in 12 top lists Check -
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Twentieth Century
1934, in 6 top lists Check -
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Ruggles of Red Gap
1935, in 8 top lists Check -
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Sylvia Scarlett
1935, in 4 top lists Check -
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The Great Garrick
1937, in 1 top list Check -
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Make Way for Tomorrow
1937, in 16 top lists Check -
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You and Me
1938, in 3 top lists Check -
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Love Affair
1939, in 7 top lists Check -
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La règle du jeu
1939 — a.k.a. The Rules of the Game, in 24 top lists Check -
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Christmas in July
1940, in 1 top list Check -
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Foreign Correspondent
1940, in 6 top lists Check -
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The Shop Around the Corner
1940, in 14 top lists Check -
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The Strawberry Blonde
1941, in 1 top list Check -
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The Magnificent Ambersons
1942, in 15 top lists Check -
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The Palm Beach Story
1942, in 14 top lists Check
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