Jonathan Rosenbaum’s 1000 Essential FilmsIn 2004 Jonathan Rosenbaum published a list of his 1000 essential films in his book Essential Cinema: One the Necessity of Film Canons (Johns Hopkins University Press). Since 2004 my website has hosted a version of this list, with Rosenbaum’s permission. As far as it relates to the other contents of this website, the list represents a period of peak cinephi