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Jonathan Rosenbaum: 1,000 Favorites (A Personal Canon) Updated & Revised

First published in the appendix of the 2004 collection Essential Cinema: On the Necessity of Film Canons by American film critic Jonathan Rosenbaum:
"The criteria I've used for inclusion on this list are pleasure and edification; I haven't factored in any sense of historical importance that might exist independently of these factors. I've incorporated shorts as well as features, both animation and live-action, and videos as well as some works made for television, but not anything made for a TV series."
The original list has been updated and expanded to include subsequent additions made by Rosenbaum between 2004 and 2018.
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The Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat Station (1895)
The Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat Station (1895)
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The Sprinkler Sprinkled (1895)
The Sprinkler Sprinkled (1895)
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Workers Leaving the Lumière Factory (1895)
Workers Leaving the Lumière Factory (1895)
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Tunnelling the English Channel (1907)
Tunnelling the English Channel (1907)
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A Corner in Wheat (1909)
A Corner in Wheat (1909)
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The Musketeers of Pig Alley (1912)
The Musketeers of Pig Alley (1912)
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Fantômas (1913)
Fantômas (1913)
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L'enfant De Paris (1913)
L'enfant De Paris (1913)
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Child of the Big City (1914)
Child of the Big City (1914)
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The Avenging Conscience: Or 'Thou Shalt Not Kill' (1914)
The Avenging Conscience: Or 'Thou Shalt Not Kill' (1914)
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The Wishing Ring: An Idyll of Old England (1914)
The Wishing Ring: An Idyll of Old England (1914)
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A Burlesque on Carmen (1915)
A Burlesque on Carmen (1915)
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Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages (1916)
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages (1916)
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Judex (1916)
Judex (1916)
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Les Vampires (1916)
Les Vampires (1916)
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One A.M. (1916)
One A.M. (1916)
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Tih Minh (1918)
Tih Minh (1918)
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Blind Husbands (1919)
Blind Husbands (1919)
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Broken Blossoms (1919)
Broken Blossoms (1919)
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The Doll (1919)
The Doll (1919)
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The Oyster Princess (1919)
The Oyster Princess (1919)
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True Heart Susie (1919)
True Heart Susie (1919)
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Barrabas (1920)
Barrabas (1920)
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The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920)
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920)
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The Last of the Mohicans (1920)
The Last of the Mohicans (1920)
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The Parson's Widow (1920)
The Parson's Widow (1920)
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Destiny (1921)
Destiny (1921)
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Orphans of the Storm (1921)
Orphans of the Storm (1921)
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The Kid (1921)
The Kid (1921)
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Cops (1922)
Cops (1922)
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Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler (1922)
Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler (1922)
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Foolish Wives (1922)
Foolish Wives (1922)
Rotten Tomatoes®   89%
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Nanook of the North (1922)
Nanook of the North (1922)
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Nosferatu (1922)
Nosferatu (1922)
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Crime and Punishment (1923)
Crime and Punishment (1923)
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The Covered Wagon (1923)
The Covered Wagon (1923)
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The Smiling Madame Beudet (1923)
The Smiling Madame Beudet (1923)
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Three Ages (1923)
Three Ages (1923)
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Aelita: Queen of Mars (1924)
Aelita: Queen of Mars (1924)
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Ballet Mécanique (1924)
Ballet Mécanique (1924)
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