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. 1121 new

    Citizenfour

    2014, in 3 top lists Check
  2. 1105 new

    Road to Nowhere

    2010, in 2 top lists Check
  3. 1104 new

    Le quattro volte

    2010 — a.k.a. The Four Times, in 4 top lists Check
  4. 1102 new

    Margaret

    2011, in 7 top lists Check
  5. 1100 new

    Copie conforme

    2010 — a.k.a. Certified Copy, in 8 top lists Check
  6. 1098 new

    Loong Boonmee raleuk chat

    2010 — a.k.a. Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives, in 13 top lists Check
  7. 1096 new

    Shi

    2010 — a.k.a. Poetry, in 7 top lists Check
  8. 1094 new

    Shekarchi

    2010 — a.k.a. The Hunter, in 1 top list Check
  9. 1092 new

    Film socialisme

    2010, in 4 top lists Check
  10. 1088 new

    The Limits of Control

    2009, in 1 top list Check
  11. 1087 new

    Les herbes folles

    2009 — a.k.a. Wild Grass, in 4 top lists Check
  12. 1086 new

    Helsinki, ikuisesti

    2008 — a.k.a. Helsinki, Forever, in 1 top list Check
  13. 1085 new

    Of Time and the City

    2008, in 2 top lists Check
  14. 1084 new

    Momma's Man

    2008, in 1 top list Check
  15. 1083 new

    Les plages d'Agnès

    2008 — a.k.a. The Beaches of Agnès, in 6 top lists Check
  16. 1082 new

    Er shi si cheng ji

    2008 — a.k.a. 24 City, in 2 top lists Check
  17. 1081 new

    My Winnipeg

    2007, in 9 top lists Check
  18. 1080 new

    Chacun son cinéma ou Ce petit coup au coeur...

    2007 — a.k.a. To Each His Own Cinema, in 1 top list Check
  19. 1079 new

    Juventude Em Marcha

    2006 — a.k.a. Colossal Youth, in 8 top lists Check
  20. 1077 new

    Hawaii

    1966, in 1 top list Check
  21. 1076 new

    Obyknovennyy fashizm

    1965 — a.k.a. Triumph Over Violence, in 6 top lists Check
  22. 1075 new

    Five Graves to Cairo

    1943, in 4 top lists Check
  23. 1074 new

    Too Much Johnson

    1938, in 1 top list Check
  24. 1073 +7

    The Trap: What Happened to Our Dream of Freedom

    2007, in 2 top lists Check
  25. 1071 +7

    Milyang

    2007 — a.k.a. Secret Sunshine, in 9 top lists Check
  26. 1069 +7

    I'm Not There

    2007, in 2 top lists Check
  27. 1068 +7

    When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts

    2006, in 6 top lists Check
  28. 1067 +7

    San xia hao ren

    2006 — a.k.a. Still Life, in 11 top lists Check
  29. 1066 +7

    Opera Jawa

    2006 — a.k.a. Requiem from Java, in 4 top lists Check
  30. 1065 +7

    Afsaid

    2006 — a.k.a. Offside, in 2 top lists Check
  31. 1064 +7

    Inland Empire

    2006, in 10 top lists Check
  32. 1063 +7

    Find Me Guilty

    2006, in 1 top list Check
  33. 1062 +7

    The Dead Girl

    2006, in 1 top list Check
  34. 1061 +7

    Coeurs

    2006 — a.k.a. Private Fears in Public Places, in 2 top lists Check
  35. 1059 +7

    Zwartboek

    2006 — a.k.a. Black Book, in 5 top lists Check
  36. 1058 +7

    Bamako

    2006, in 4 top lists Check
  37. 1057 +7

    Away from Her

    2006, in 3 top lists Check
  38. 1056 +7

    A History of Violence

    2005, in 11 top lists Check
  39. 1055 +7

    Yes

    2004, in 1 top list Check
  40. 1053 +7

    The Power of Nightmares: The Rise of the...

    2004 — a.k.a. The Power of Nightmares, in 4 top lists Check
  41. 1052 +7

    Hauru no ugoku shiro

    2004 — a.k.a. Howl's Moving Castle, in 18 top lists Check
  42. 1051 +7

    Shijie

    2004 — a.k.a. The World, in 7 top lists Check
  43. 1048 +7

    Before Sunset

    2004, in 18 top lists Check
  44. 1047 +7

    The Saddest Music in the World

    2003, in 3 top lists Check
  45. 1045 +7

    The Corporation

    2003, in 4 top lists Check
  46. 1044 +7

    Coffee and Cigarettes

    2003, in 1 top list Check
  47. 1043 +7

    Skoot hansawwar

    2001 — a.k.a. Silence... We're Rolling, in 1 top list Check
  48. 1038 +7

    Winter Soldier

    1972, in 3 top lists Check
  49. 1037 +7

    Rendez-vous à Bray

    1971 — a.k.a. Appointment in Bray, in 1 top list Check
  50. 1035 +7

    L'armée des ombres

    1969 — a.k.a. Army of Shadows, in 18 top lists Check
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Last updated on Feb 27, 2016 by joachimt; source