Jonathan Rosenbaum's Essential Cinema

Jonathan Rosenbaum's Essential Cinema's icon

An official iCheckMovies list.

Favorited 256 times, disliked 12 times, added to 259 watchlists.

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

Source

Remove ads

Pssst, want to check out the Jonathan Rosenbaum's Essential Cinema list in our new look?

Filter

  1. 578 -

    2001: A Space Odyssey

    1968, in 45 top lists Check
  2. 734 -

    The Shining

    1980, in 28 top lists Check
  3. 746 -

    Blade Runner

    1982, in 36 top lists Check
  4. 469 -

    Psycho

    1960, in 39 top lists Check
  5. 715 -

    Apocalypse Now

    1979, in 38 top lists Check
  6. 808 -

    Full Metal Jacket

    1987, in 18 top lists Check
  7. 367 -

    Rear Window

    1954, in 31 top lists Check
  8. 443 -

    Vertigo

    1958, in 42 top lists Check
  9. 206 -

    Citizen Kane

    1941, in 39 top lists Check
  10. 424 -

    12 Angry Men

    1957, in 30 top lists Check
  11. 447 -

    North by Northwest

    1959, in 30 top lists Check
  12. 666 -

    Barry Lyndon

    1975, in 24 top lists Check
  13. 988 +7

    Mulholland Dr.

    2001 — a.k.a. Mulholland Drive, in 26 top lists Check
  14. 194 -

    The Wizard of Oz

    1939, in 38 top lists Check
  15. 320 -

    Singin' in the Rain

    1952, in 37 top lists Check
  16. 58 -

    Metropolis

    1927, in 36 top lists Check
  17. 312 -

    Sunset Blvd.

    1950 — a.k.a. Sunset Boulevard, in 35 top lists Check
  18. 686 -

    Annie Hall

    1977, in 34 top lists Check
  19. 891 -

    Groundhog Day

    1993, in 22 top lists Check
  20. 116 -

    M - Eine Stadt sucht einen Mörder

    1931 — a.k.a. M, in 35 top lists Check
  21. 298 -

    The Third Man

    1949, in 37 top lists Check
  22. 279 -

    Rope

    1948, in 10 top lists Check
  23. 960 +7

    Eyes Wide Shut

    1999, in 11 top lists Check
  24. 501 -

    8½

    1963, in 35 top lists Check
  25. 232 -

    Double Indemnity

    1944, in 37 top lists Check
  26. 209 -

    The Maltese Falcon

    1941, in 26 top lists Check
  27. 421 -

    Paths of Glory

    1957, in 26 top lists Check
  28. 955 +7

    The Thin Red Line

    1998, in 14 top lists Check
  29. 1052 +7

    Hauru no ugoku shiro

    2004 — a.k.a. Howl's Moving Castle, in 18 top lists Check
  30. 201 -

    Rebecca

    1940, in 23 top lists Check
  31. 909 -

    Trois couleurs: Rouge

    1994 — a.k.a. Three Colors: Red, in 20 top lists Check
  32. 300 -

    All About Eve

    1950, in 25 top lists Check
  33. 389 -

    The Night of the Hunter

    1955, in 35 top lists Check
  34. 572 -

    Rosemary's Baby

    1968, in 21 top lists Check
  35. 171 -

    Modern Times

    1936, in 30 top lists Check
  36. 198 -

    The Great Dictator

    1940, in 25 top lists Check
  37. 442 -

    Touch of Evil

    1958, in 30 top lists Check
  38. 163 -

    Bride of Frankenstein

    1935, in 19 top lists Check
  39. 113 -

    City Lights

    1931, in 34 top lists Check
  40. 270 -

    Ladri di biciclette

    1948 — a.k.a. Bicycle Thieves, in 36 top lists Check
  41. 256 -

    Notorious

    1946, in 24 top lists Check
  42. 472 -

    Spartacus

    1960, in 19 top lists Check
  43. 549 -

    Bonnie and Clyde

    1967, in 28 top lists Check
  44. 409 -

    The Killing

    1956, in 15 top lists Check
  45. 1015 +7

    King Kong

    1933, in 26 top lists Check
  46. 835 -

    Who Framed Roger Rabbit

    1988, in 16 top lists Check
  47. 448 -

    Les quatre cents coups

    1959 — a.k.a. The 400 Blows, in 26 top lists Check
  48. 411 -

    The Searchers

    1956, in 26 top lists Check
  49. 55 -

    The Gold Rush

    1925, in 30 top lists Check
  50. 168 -

    The 39 Steps

    1935, in 16 top lists Check
Remove ads
Show all 1133 movies

Last updated on Feb 27, 2016 by joachimt; source