Jonathan Rosenbaum's 1000 Essential Films

• À Bout de Souffle (1960)
• Accattone (1961)
• Ace in the Hole (1951)
• The Act of Seeing with One's Own Eyes (1971)
• An Actor's Revenge (1963)
• Actress (1992)
• Adam's Rib (1949)
• Adieu Philippine (1962)
• The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1988)
• The Adventures of Hajji Baba (1954)
• Adynata (1983)
• Aerograd (1935)
• An Affair to Remember (1957)
• L'Age d'Or (1930)
• Aguirre, the Wrath of God (1972)
• AI: Artificial Intelligence (2001)
• Ajantrik (1958)
• Alexander Nevsky (1938)
• Alice in the Cities (1974)
• Alice in Wonderland (1951)
• All About Eve (1950)
• All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
• All That Jazz (1979)
• Alone. Love Wastes Andy Hardy (1998)
• Alphaville (1965)
• Les Amants du Pont-Neuf (1991)
• L'Amour Fou (1969)
• Ananas (1984)
• Anatahan (1953)
• Anatomy of a Murder (1959)
• Anatomy of a Relationship (1976)
• And Life Goes On... (1991)
• Andrei Rublev (1966)
• Angel Face (1952)
• Angele (1934)
• Annie Get Your Gun (1950)
• Annie Hall (1977)
• Anticipation (1967)
• Aparajito (1956)
• Apocalypse Now (1979)
• The Apostle (1997)
• The Apple (1998)
• Archangel (1990)
• L'Argent (1928)
• L'Argent (1983)
• The Argyle Secrets (1948)
• Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat (1896)
• Arsenal (1928)
• Artists and Models (1955)
• Ashes and Diamonds (1958)
• Ashes of Time (1994)
• The Asthenic Syndrome (1989)
• At Land (1944)
• L'Atalante (1934)
• Atlantic City (1980)
• Au Hasard Balthazar (1966)
• Autumn Almanac (1984)
• Avanti! (1972)
• The Avenging Conscience (1914)
• L'Avventura (1960)
• Baby Doll (1956)
• <---> (1969)
• The Bad and the Beautiful (1952)
• Bad Day at Black Rock (1955)
• Bad Luck Blackie (1949)
• Badlands (1973)
• Ballet Mecanique (1924)
• The Band Wagon (1953)
• Bande à Part (1964)
• The Barefoot Contessa (1954)
• Barrabas (1919)
• Barres (1984)
• Barry Lyndon (1975)
• Basic Instinct (1992)
• Battleship Potemkin (1925)
• Beau Travail (1999)
• The Bed Sitting Room (1969)
• Before Sunrise (1995)
• Before the Revolution (1964)
• Begone Dull Care (1949)
• The Bellboy (1960)
• Belle de Jour (1967)
• La Belle et la Bête (1946)
• La Belle Noiseuse (1991)
• Bellissima (1951)
• Bells Are Ringing (1960)
• Beneath the Valley of the Ultra-Vixens (1979)
• Benilde or the Virgin Mother (1975)
• Besieged (1998)
• The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
• La Bête Humaine (1938)
• Bhowani Junction (1956)
• Bicycle Thieves (1948)
• The Big Heat (1953)
• The Big Parade (1925)
• The Big Red One (1980)
• The Big Sky (1952)
• Bigger Than Life (1956)
• Bird (1988)
• The Birth of Love (1993)
• Bitter Moon (1992)
• The Bitter Tea of General Yen (1933)
• Bitter Victory (1957)
• Black and Tan (1929)
• The Black Cat (1934)
• Black Girl (1966)
• Black God, White Devil (1964)
• Black Sin (1989)
• Blackmail (1929)
• Blade Runner (1982)
• The Blind Owl (1990)
• Blonde Bombshell (1933)
• Blonde Crazy (1931)
• Blood of the Beasts (1949)
• The Blue Angel (1930)
• The Blue Kite (1993)
• Blue Moon (1997)
• Blue Movie (1969)
• Blush (1995)
• Les Bonnes Femmes (1960)
• Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
• Boudu Saved from Drowning (1932)
• Boy (1969)
• Breakfast (1976)
• Brick and Mirror (1965)
• Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
• The Bridegroom, the Comedienne, and the Pimp (1968)
• Brief Encounter (1945)
• A Brighter Summer Day (1991)
• Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia (1974)
• Broadway Danny Rose (1984)
• Broken Blossoms (1919)
• Brothers and Sisters of the Toda Family (1941)
• Build My Gallows High (1947)
• Bulworth (1998)
• Burlesque on Carmen (1916)
• Cabale des Oursins (1991)
• The Cabinet of Dr Caligari (1920)
• Calendar (1993)
• The Cameraman (1928)
• Camp Thiaroye (1987)
• Candy Mountain (1988)
• Careful (1992)
• La Casa del Ángel (1957)
• Cat People (1942)
• The Cat's Meow (2001)
• Céline and Julie Go Boating (1974)
• La Cérémonie (1995)
• Cézanne (1989)
• Une Chambre en Ville (1982)
• Chameleon Street (1989)
• The Champ (1931)
• Le Chant du Styrène (1958)
• Charleston Parade (1927)
• Charmed Particles (1979)
• Chartres Series (1994)
• Chess Fever (1925)
• Un Chien Andalou (1929)
• La Chienne (1931)
• Chikamatsu Monogatari (1954)
• The Child and the Soldier (2000)
• The Childhood of Maxim Gorky (1938)
• China Is Near (1967)
• La Chinoise (1967)
• Choose Me (1984)
• Christmas in July (1940)
• Chronicle of a Summer (1961)
• Chunhyang (2000)
• Cinderella (1950)
• The Circle (2000)
• Circle's Short Circuit (1998)
• Citizen Kane (1941)
• City Lights (1931)
• A City of Sadness (1989)
• Clash by Night (1952)
• Cleo from 5-7 (1962)
• Cleopatra (1934)
• The Clock (1945)
• Close My Eyes (1991)
• Close-Up (1990)
• The Cloud-Capped Star (1960)
• The Cobweb (1955)
• Cockfighter (1974)
• The Colour of Pomegranates (1968)
• Comrades: Almost a Love Story (1996)
• The Confession (1992)
• Confessions of an Opium Eater (1962)
• Confidential Report (1955)
• Contempt (1963)
• The Conversation (1974)
• Cops (1922)
• A Corner in Wheat (1909)
• *Corpus Callosum (2002)
• The Covered Wagon (1923)
• The Crime of Monsieur Lange (1936)
• Crimson Gold (2003)
• The Crowd (1928)
• Crumb (1994)
• Culloden (1964)
• Cutter's Way (1981)
• Daisies (1966)
• Les Dames du Bois de Boulogne (1945)
• Damnation (1987)
• Dangerous When Wet (1953)
• Dark Passage (1947)
• David Holzman's Diary (1967)
• The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)
• The Day I Became a Woman (2000)
• Day of the Dead (1985)
• Day of Wrath (1943)
• The Day the Sun Turned Cold (1994)
• Days and Nights in the Forest (1970)
• Days of Being Wild (1990)
• Dead Man (1995)
• The Deadman (1987)
• Death by Hanging (1968)
• The Death of Maria Malibrun (1972)
• Deep Cover (1992)
• Defending Your Life (1991)
• Dekalog (1989)
• The Deserter (1933)
• D'Est (1993)
• Destiny (1921)
• Destiny (1997)
• Deux Fois (1968)
• The Devil and Daniel Webster (1941)
• The Devil, Probably (1977)
• The Devil-Doll (1936)
• Dieu Sait Quoi (1994)
• The Discipline of D.E. (1982)
• The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972)
• Dishonored (1931)
• The Disorderly Orderly (1964)
• Distant Voices, Still Lives (1988)
• Divorce Iranian Style (1998)
• Do the Right Thing (1989)
• The Docks of New York (1928)
• Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler (1922)
• Dog Symposium (1977)
• Doomed Love (1979)
• Double Indemnity (1944)
• Down by Law (1986)
• Down with Love (2003)
• Dracula (1992)
• Duck Amuck (1953)
• Duck Soup (1933)
• Duel in the Sun (1946)
• Dumb-Hounded (1943)
• Dumbo (1941)
• Dura Lex (1926)
• Dynamite (1929)
• Eadweard Muybridge, Zoopraxographer (1975)
• Earth (1930)
• East of Eden (1955)
• L'Eclisse (1962)
• The Eddy Duchin Story (1956)
• Edvard Munch (1974)
• 8½ (1963)
• The Eighties (1983)
• Elena et les Hommes (1956)
• Elephant (2003)
• 11 x 14 (1977)
• Elmer Gantry (1960)
• En Rachâchant (1982)
• The Enchanted Desna (1964)
• Enemies: A Love Story (1989)
• L'Enfant de Paris (1913)
• Les Enfants du Paradis (1945)
• Les Enfants Terribles (1950)
• Enthusiasm (1931)
• Eraserhead (1977)
• L'Espoir (1945)
• Essai d'Ouverture (1988)
• Europa '51 (1951)
• Executive Suite (1954)
• The Exiles (1961)
• Exotica (1994)
• Exterior Night (1993)
• The Exterminating Angel (1962)
• Eyes Wide Shut (1999)
• F for Fake (1974)
• The Face (1958)
• Faces (1968)
• The Fall of the House of Usher (1928)
• A False Student (1960)
• Family Plot (1976)
• The Famine Within (1990)
• Fantômas (1913/14)
• Fast, Cheap & Out of Control (1997)
• Fat City (1972)
• Fata Morgana (1971)
• Father of the Bride (1950)
• Faust (1926)
• Fellow Citizen (1983)
• Femme Fatale (2002)
• La Femme Infidèle (1969)
• Une Femme Mariée (1964)
• Field Diary (1982)
• Fig Leaves (1926)
• Filming 'Othello' (1978)
• Final Accord (1936)
• The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T. (1953)
• Five Women around Utamaro (1946)
• The Flame and the Arrow (1950)
• Foolish Wives (1922)
• Forbidden Planet (1956)
• Force of Evil (1948)
• Foreign Correspondent (1940)
• Forevermore: Biography of a Leach Lord (1989)
• Forty Guns (1957)
• The Fountain of Youth (1958)
• The Four Hundred Blows (1959)
• Four Nights of a Dreamer (1971)
• France/tour/detour/deux/enfants (1977)
• Freaks (1932)
• From the Cloud to the Resistance (1979)
• From the Journals of Jean Seberg (1995)
• From the Pole to the Equator (1987)
• From This Day Forward (1946)
• Full Metal Jacket (1987)
• The Funeral (1984)
• Fury (1936)
• The Gay Divorcee (1934)
• The General (1927)
• The General Line (1929)
• Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953)
• George Washington (2000)
• Germany Year Zero (1948)
• Gertrud (1964)
• Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai (1999)
• Gigi (1958)
• Gilda (1946)
• The Girl Can't Help It (1956)
• The Girl from the Street (1914)
• The Gleaners and I (2000)
• Gloria (1980)
• Go Further (2003)
• The Goddess (1960)
• The Gold Diggers (1983)
• The Gold Rush (1925)
• The Golden Coach (1952)
• Golub (1988)
• Good Men, Good Women (1995)
• Good Morning (1959)
• Good Sam (1948)
• Goodbye, Dragon Inn (2003)
• Goodbye, South, Goodbye (1996)
• La Grande Illusion (1937)
• The Grandmother (1970)
• The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
• The Great Consoler (1933)
• A Great Day in Harlem (1994)
• The Great Dictator (1940)
• The Great Garrick (1937)
• Greed (1924)
• The Green Room (1978)
• Groundhog Day (1993)
• Grown-Ups (1980)
• Guelwaar (1992)
• Gun Crazy (1950)
• The Gunfighter (1950)
• Guys and Dolls (1955)
• Hairspray (1988)
• Hallelujah! (1929)
• Hallelujah, I'm a Bum (1933)
• Hamlet (2000)
• Hammett (1982)
• Handle with Care (1977)
• Hangin' with the Homeboys (1991)
• Happy Together (1997)
• A Hard Day's Night (1964)
• Hard to Handle (1933)
• Hardly Working (1980)
• Hawks and Sparrows (1966)
• The Heart of the World (2000)
• The Heartbreak Kid (1972)
• Heaven Can Wait (1943)
• Heimat 2 (1992)
• Hellzapoppin' (1941)
• A Hen in the Wind (1948)
• Her Man (1930)
• Here and Elsewhere (1976)
• High Hopes (1988)
• Highway Patrolman (1991)
• Hiroshima Mon Amour (1959)
• Histoire(s) du Cinema (1989-1998)
• History of the World, Part I (1981)
• Hitler, a Film from Germany (1977)
• The Hole (1998)
• Homework (1989)
• The Honeymoon Killers (1969)
• Le Horla (1966)
• Horse Feathers (1932)
• The Horse Thief (1986)
• Hôtel des Invalides (1952)
• The Hours and Times (1991)
• The House Is Black (1963)
• House of Games (1987)
• Housekeeping (1987)
• How Tasty Was My Little Frenchman (1971)
• How to Live in the Federal Republic of Germany (1990)
• The Hustler (1961)
• Hyenas (1992)
• I Am Cuba (1964)
• I Know Where I'm Going! (1945)
• I Love Melvin (1953)
• I Walked with a Zombie (1943)
• I Was Born, But... (1932)
• Ice (1970)
• The Iceman Cometh (1989)
• Ikiru (1952)
• I'll Do Anything (unreleased musical version)
• I'm Going Home (2001)
• Images of the World and the Inscription of War (1989)
• Improvisation (1950)
• In a Lonely Place (1950)
• In the Mood for Love (2000)
• In the Realm of the Senses (1976)
• Inauguration of the Pleasure Dome (1954)
• Incontinence (1979)
• India (1959)
• India Song (1975)
• The Indian Tomb (1959)
• The Inhuman Woman (1924)
• L'Innocente (1976)
• Inquietude (1998)
• Intolerance (1916)
• Intruder in the Dust (1949)
• Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)
• Irma Vep (1996)
• Ishtar (1987)
• It (1927)
• An Italian Straw Hat (1928)
• It's a Good Life (1983)
• Ivan (1932)
• Ivan the Terrible, Part One (1944)
• Ivan the Terrible, Part Two (1946)
• Jammin' the Blues (1944)
• Jazz '34 (1997)
• Je t'aime, je t'aime (1968)
• Jeanne Dielman (1975)
• La Jetée (1962)
• Joan Does Dynasty (1986)
• Johnny Guitar (1954)
• Jour de Fête (1949)
• Judex (1963)
• Judge Priest (1934)
• Katzelmacher (1969)
• Khroustaliov, My Car! (1998)
• The Kid (1921)
• Kikujiro (1999)
• Killer of Sheep (1977)
• The Killing (1956)
• The Killing of a Chinese Bookie (1976)
• A King in New York (1957)
• King Lear (1987)
• The King of Comedy (1982)
• King-Size Canary (1947)
• Kiss Me Deadly (1955)
• Kiss Me Kate (1953)
• Kisses (1957)
• The Ladies Man (1961)
• The Lady from Shanghai (1947)
• The Lady Vanishes (1938)
• The Lady Without Camelias (1953)
• Lancelot du Lac (1974)
• Land of the Pharaohs (1955)
• Land Without Bread (1933)
• Landscape Suicide (1986)
• The Last Bolshevik (1993)
• Last Chants for a Slow Dance (1977)
• The Last Emperor (1987)
• The Last Laugh (1924)
• The Last of the Mohicans (1920)
• Last Tango in Paris (1972)
• Last Year in Marienbad (1961)
• Latcho Drom (1993)
• Late Spring (1949)
• Laughter (1930)
• Laura (1944)
• Leave 'em Laughing (1928)
• Leaving the Lumière Factory (1895)
• The Leopard (1963)
• The Leopard Man (1943)
• Let's Make Love (1960)
• Letter from an Unknown Woman (1948)
• The Life of Oharu (1952)
• Limelight (1952)
• Little by Little (1971)
• The Little Match Girl (1928)
• The Little Richard Story (1980)
• Little Rural Riding Hood (1949)
• LMNO (1978)
• Lola (1961)
• Lola Montes (1955)
• Lonesome (1928)
• The Long Day Closes (1992)
• The Long Goodbye (1973)
• The Long Gray Line (1955)
• The Long Voyage Home (1940)

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