Jonathan Rosenbaum's 1000 Essential Films

• Lord Love a Duck (1966)
• The Lorry (1977)
• Los Angeles Plays Itself (2003)
• Love Affair (1939)
• Love and Death on Long Island (1997)
• Love Me Tonight (1932)
• The Love Parade (1929)
• Love Streams (1984)
• Lovers of the Arctic Circle (1998)
• The Loyal 47 Ronin of the Genroku Era (1941)
• Lumière d'Été (1943)
• The Lusty Men (1952)
• M (1931)
• Ma Saison Préférée (1993)
• The Machine that Killed Bad People (1952)
• The Mad Songs of Fernanda Hussein (2001)
• Madame de... (1953)
• Made in U.S.A (1966)
• The Magnificent Ambersons (1942)
• Mahjong (1996)
• Les Maitres Fous (1955)
• Make Way for Tomorrow (1937)
• The Maltese Falcon (1941)
• Mammame (1986)
• A Man Escaped (1956)
• Man Hunt (1941)
• The Man I Killed (1932)
• The Man I Love (1947)
• Man of the West (1958)
• The Man Who Envied Women (1985)
• The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)
• Man with a Movie Camera (1929)
• The Man with the Golden Arm (1955)
• The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
• Mandingo (1975)
• Man's Castle (1933)
• Manuel on the Island of Wonders (1984)
• Marie, Légende Hongroise (1932)
• Marriage of the Blessed (1989)
• Martha (1974)
• Martin (1977)
• Masculine, Feminine (1966)
• The Mask of Fu Manchu (1932)
• Master of the House (1925)
• Matinee (1993)
• A Matter of Life and Death (1946)
• Mauvais Sang (1986)
• McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1971)
• Me and My Gal (1932)
• Méditerranée (1963)
• Meet Me in St. Louis (1944)
• Mélo (1986)
• Melvin and Howard (1980)
• Mémoire des Apparences (1987)
• The Merry Widow (1925)
• The Metaphor (1980)
• Metropolis (1927)
• The Mexican Tapes (1986)
• Michael (1924)
• Midnight Meeting (1961)
• Mikey and Nicky (1976)
• Million Dollar Legs (1932)
• Les Mistons (1957)
• Mix-Up (1985)
• Moana (1926)
• Modern Romance (1981)
• Modern Times (1936)
• Mon Oncle (1958)
• Mongoloid (1978)
• The Mongols (1973)
• Monkey Business (1952)
• Monsieur Hulot's Holiday (1953)
• Monsieur Verdoux (1947)
• Monte Carlo (1930)
• Moonfleet (1955)
• Moonrise (1948)
• Mother (1926)
• The Mother and the Whore (1973)
• Motion Painting No. 1 (1947)
• Mouchette (1967)
• The Mouth Agape (1974)
• Mr. and Mrs. Bridge (1990)
• Mr. Freedom (1969)
• Mr. Hoover and I (1989)
• Mr. Zhao (1998)
• Mulholland Dr. (2001)
• Murder by Contract (1958)
• Muriel ou Le Temps d'un Retour (1963)
• The Music Box (1932)
• The Musketeers of Pig Alley (1912)
• Mutable Fire (1984)
• My American Uncle (1980)
• My Brother's Wedding (1983)
• My Darling Clementine (1946)
• My Night with Maud (1969)
• My Own Private Idaho (1991)
• My Son John (1952)
• My Voyage to Italy (1999)
• Mysterious Object at Noon (2000)
• Naked Lunch (1991)
• The Naked Spur (1953)
• Nanook of the North (1922)
• Narita: Heta Village (1973)
• The Narrow Margin (1952)
• Nathalie Granger (1972)
• Nazarin (1959)
• The New Babylon (1929)
• A New Leaf (1971)
• New Rose Hotel (1998)
• The Newton Boys (1998)
• Next of Kin (1984)
• Die Nibelungen (1924)
• Night and Day (1991)
• Night and Fog (1955)
• Night Moves (1975)
• The Night of the Hunter (1955)
• Night of the Demon (1957)
• Nineteen Eighty-Four (1984)
• 99 River Street (1953)
• 1941 (1979)
• No, or the Vain Glory of Command (1990)
• North by Northwest (1959)
• Nosferatu (1922)
• Nostalgia (1971)
• Not Reconciled (1965)
• Notorious (1946)
• Nouvelle Vague (1990)
• Noviciat (1964)
• La Nuit du Carrefour (1932)
• Numéro Deux (1975)
• The Nutty Professor (1963)
• Obsession (1976)
• Occasional Work of a Female Slave (1973)
• October (1928)
• Odd Man Out (1947)
• Oedipus Rex (1967)
• The Old Dark House (1932)
• Los Olvidados (1950)
• Olympia (1938)
• On Top of the Whale (1982)
• One A.M. (1916)
• A One and a Two... (2000)
• One Hour (1990)
• One Hour with You (1932)
• One Man's War (1982)
• One Way Boogie Woogie (1977)
• Only Angels Have Wings (1939)
• The Only Son (1936)
• Ordet (1955)
• Oriental Elegy (1996)
• Origins of a Meal (1978)
• Orphans of the Storm (1921)
• Orpheus (1950)
• Othello (1952)
• Our Daily Bread (1934)
• Out 1 (1971)
• Out 1: Spectre (1974)
• Out of the Blue (1980)
• The Oyster Princess (1919)
• A Page of Madness (1926)
• Paisan (1946)
• The Palm Beach Story (1942)
• Pandora and the Flying Dutchman (1951)
• Panic in the Streets (1950)
• Parade (1974)
• Paris Nous Appartient (1961)
• Paris Qui Dort (1925)
• Park Row (1952)
• The Parson's Widow (1920)
• The Party (1968)
• Party Girl (1958)
• The Passenger (1975)
• Passing Fancy (1933)
• Passing Through (1977)
• The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928)
• Passionless Moments (1983)
• Paths of Glory (1957)
• The Pearls of the Crown (1937)
• La Peau Douce (1964)
• The Pedlar (1989)
• Peeping Tom (1960)
• Pennies from Heaven (1981)
• Perceval le Gallois (1978)
• Performance (1970)
• Persona (1966)
• Peter Pan (1924)
• Le Petit Théâtre de Jean Renoir (1970)
• Petulia (1968)
• The Phantom of Liberty (1974)
• The Phenix City Story (1955)
• Philips-Radio (1931)
• Pickpocket (1959)
• Pickup on South Street (1953)
• The Pig (1970)
• Pinocchio (1940)
• The Pirate (1948)
• Pistol Opera (2001)
• Platform (2000)
• Playtime (1967)
• Plein Soleil (1960)
• The Plot Against Harry (1989)
• Point Blank (1967)
• Point of Order (1964)
• La Prise de Pouvoir par Louis XIV (1966)
• The Prisoner of Shark Island (1936)
• The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (1970)
• Privilege (1967)
• Providence (1977)
• Psycho (1960)
• Public Housing (1997)
• Puissance de la Parole (1988)
• Die Puppe (1919)
• The Puppetmaster (1993)
• Quai des Orfèvres (1947)
• Queen Kelly (1929)
• Raskolnikov (1923)
• Real Life (1979)
• Rear Window (1954)
• Reason, Debate and a Story (1974)
• Rebecca (1940)
• Rebel Without a Cause (1955)
• The Reckless Moment (1949)
• The Red and the White (1967)
• Red Angel (1966)
• The Red Desert (1964)
• Red Hot Riding Hood (1943)
• Red Line 7000 (1965)
• Red Psalm (1972)
• The Red Shoes (1948)
• La Région Centrale (1971)
• La Règle du Jeu (1939)
• Regularly or Irregularly (1981)
• Rembrandt Laughing (1988)
• Reminiscences of a Journey to Lithuania (1972)
• Les Rendez-Vous d'Anna (1978)
• Report (1967)
• Rhapsody in August (1991)
• Richard Pryor: Live in Concert (1979)
• La Ricotta (1963)
• The Ring (1927)
• Rio Bravo (1959)
• The River (1997)
• River of No Return (1954)
• Rock-a-Bye Baby (1958)
• Roma (1972)
• Rope (1948)
• Rose Hobart (1936)
• Rosemary's Baby (1968)
• Rosetta (1999)
• Routine Pleasures (1986)
• Ruby in Paradise (Victor Nunez)
• Ruggles of Red Gap (1935)
• Run of the Arrow (1957)
• Rushmore (1998)
• Russian Ark (2002)
• Safe (1995)
• Salaam Cinema (1995)
• Salomè (1972)
• Salt of the Earth (1954)
• The Same River Twice (2003)
• Samson and Delilah (1949)
• Sans Soleil (1983)
• Sansho Dayu (1954)
• Sátántangó (1994)
• The Savage Innocents (1960)
• Sawdust and Tinsel (1953)
• Scarface (1932)
• The Scarlet Empress (1934)
• Scarlet Street (1945)
• Scenario du film "Passion" (1982)
• Scenes from Under Childhood (1967-70)
• The Scenic Route (1978)
• The Scent of Green Papaya (1993)
• School for Postmen (1947)
• The Scoundrel (1935)
• Screwball Squirrel (1944)
• The Searchers (1956)
• The Second Civil War (1997)
• Senso (1954)
• Seul Contre Tous (1998)
• Seven Chances (1925)
• The 17th Parallel (1968)
• 7th Heaven (1927)
• The Seventh Victim (1943)
• Shadows (1959)
• Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors (1964)
• Sherlock Jr. (1924)
• Sherman's March (1986)
• Shin Heike Monogatari (1955)
• The Shining (1980)
• Shoah (1985)
• Shock Corridor (1963)
• Shoeshine (1946)
• Shoot the Pianist (1960)
• The Shooting (1967)
• The Shop Around the Corner (1940)
• Short Memory (1979)
• Show Boat (1936)
• La Signora di Tutti (1934)
• The Silent Majority (1987)
• Silver Lode (1954)
• A Simple Story (1959)
• Singin' in the Rain (1952)
• 6ixtynin9 (1999)
• Sleepwalk (1986)
• The Smiling Madame Beudet (1923)
• Smorgasbord (The Movie) (1983)
• Solaris (1972)
• Some Call It Loving (1973)
• Something Different (1963)
• The Son of Gascogne (1995)
• Son of Paleface (1952)
• Son's Big Doll (1983)
• The Sound of Fury (1950)
• Spartacus (1960)
• Spider (2002)
• The Spider's Stratagem (1970)
• Spione (1928)
• Spring in a Small Town (1948)
• Springtime in a Small Town (2002)
• A Spy in the House That Ruth Built (1989)
• Stalker (1979)
• A Star Is Born (1954)
• Stars in My Crown (1950)
• The State of Things (1982)
• Statues Also Die (1953)
• Stavisky... (1974)
• The Steel Helmet (1951)
• Stolen Kisses (1968)
• Stoopnocracy (1933)
• The Story of the Last Chrysanthemums (1939)
• The Story of Three Loves (1953)
• Stranger Than Paradise (1984)
• The Strawberry Blonde (1941)
• A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
• Strike (1925)
• Stromboli (1950)
• The Struggle (1931)
• The Suicide (1996)
• Sullivan's Travels (1941)
• The Sun Shines Bright (1953)
• Sunrise (1927)
• Sunset Boulevard (1950)
• Suspicion (1941)
• Sweet Sixteen (2002)
• Sweet Smell of Success (1957)
• Sweetie (1989)
• Swing Shift (1984)
• Sylvia Scarlett (1935)
• Sylvia: Un portrait de Parvameh Navar (1983)
• Tabu (1931)
• Taipei Story (1985)
• A Tale of the Wind (1988)
• Talking to Strangers (1988)
• The Tall Target (1951)
• Tampopo (1985)
• Tangos Volés (2002)
• Targets (1968)
• The Tarnished Angels (1958)
• Tartuffe (1925)
• Taste of Cherry (1997)
• La Terra Trema (1948)
• The Testament of Dr. Mabuse (1933)
• The Testament of Orpheus (1960)
• Texasville (1990)
• That Night's Wife (1930)
• That Obscure Object of Desire (1977)
• That's Entertainment! III (1994)
• Theorem (1968)
• They Live by Night (1948)
• The Thief of Bagdad (1924)
• The Thief of Bagdad (1940)
• Thieves' Highway (1949)
• The Thin Red Line (1998)
• The Third Man (1949)
• The 39 Steps (1935)
• This Land Is Mine (1943)
• The 1,000 Eyes of Dr. Mabuse (1960)
• Three Ages (1923)
• The Three Caballeros (1944)
• Three Colours: Red (1994)
• Three Places for the 26th (1988)
• The Three-Sided Mirror (1927)
• Thunderbolt (1929)
• Ticket of No Return (1979)
• The Tiger of Eschnapur (1959)
• Tih Minh (1918)
• A Time for Dying (1969)
• The Time to Live and the Time to Die (1985)
• A Time to Love and a Time to Die (1958)
• To Have and Have Not (1944)
• To Sleep with Anger (1990)
• Tokyo Story (1953)
• Tom, Tom, the Piper's Son (1969)
• Toni (1935)
• Too Early, Too Late (1982)
• Too Late Blues (1961)
• Topaze (1933)
• Touch of Evil (1958)
• Tough Guys Don't Dance (1987)
• Touki Bouki (1973)
• Toute la Memoire du Monde (1956)
• The Tower of the Seven Hunchbacks (1944)
• Track of the Cat (1954)
• The Tracker (2002)
• Trafic (1971)
• The Tragedy of a Switchboard Operator (1967)
• The Traveller (1974)
• The Trial (1962)
• Tristana (1970)
• Trouble in Paradise (1932)
• The Trouble with Harry (1955)
• True Heart Susie (1919)
• Tunnelling the English Channel (1907)
• 12 Angry Men (1957)
• Twentieth Century (1934)
• 25th Hour (2002)
• Two or Three Things I Know About Her (1967)
• Two Portraits (1981)
• Two Solutions for One Problem (1975)
• Two Tars (1928)
• 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
• Two-Lane Blacktop (1971)
• Ugetsu Monogatari (1953)
• Umberto D. (1952)
• Under the Roofs of Paris (1930)
• Underground (1995)
• Universal Hotel / Universal Citizen (1987)
• Unknown Chaplin (1983)
• Up / Down / Fragile (1995)
• Vagabond (1985)
• Valse Triste (1977)
• Vampir (1970)
• Les Vampires (1915)
• Vampyr (1932)
• Venom and Eternity (1951)
• Vertigo (1958)
• Videodrome (1983)
• Vinyl (1965)
• Viridiana (1961)
• Les Visiteurs du Soir (1942)
• Les Voleurs (1996)
• The Vulture (1981)
• W.R. – Mysteries of the Organism (1971)
• The Wages of Fear (1953)
• Wagon Master (1950)
• Waking Life (2001)
• Walkabout (1971)
• Walker (1987)
• Wanda (1970)
• The War Game (1965)
• Wavelength (1967)
• Weekend (1967)
• Welfare (1975)
• The Well (1951)
• West Beirut (1998)
• A Western (1987)
• What Time Is It There? (2001)
• What? (1972)
• What's Up, Tiger Lily? (1966)
• When It Rains (1995)
• When Strangers Marry (1944)
• Where Does Your Hidden Smile Lie? (2001)
• Where Is My Friend's House? (1987)
• While the City Sleeps (1956)
• Whispering Pages (1994)
• White Dog (1982)
• White Hunter, Black Heart (1990)
• The White Sheik (1952)
• Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)
• Who Killed Who? (1943)
• Wichita (1955)
• Wide Angle Saxon (1975)
• A Wife Confesses (1961)
• The Wild Bunch (1969)
• The Wild Child (1970)
• Wild River (1960)
• Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? (1957)
• Wind Across the Everglades (1958)
• The Wind Will Carry Us (1999)
• The Window (1949)
• Wise Blood (1979)
• The Wishing Ring (1914)
• The Wizard of Oz (1939)
• The Woman on the Beach (1947)
• A Woman Under the Influence (1974)
• The Woman Who Dared (1944)
• Woodstock (1970)
• Workers, Peasants (2001)
• The Wrong Man (1956)
• Y Tu Mamá También (2001)
• Yeelen (1987)
• You and Me (1938)
• You Are Not I (1981)
• You Only Live Once (1937)
• The Young Girls of Rochefort (1967)
• The Young One (1960)
• Yours (1997)
• Zabriskie Point (1970)
• Zazie dans le Métro (1960)
• Zéro de Conduite (1933)
• Zulu (1964)

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