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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

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  1. 984 +7

    A.I. Artificial Intelligence

    2001, in 11 top lists Check
  2. 315 -

    Alice in Wonderland

    1951, in 2 top lists Check
  3. 1052 +7

    Hauru no ugoku shiro

    2004 — a.k.a. Howl's Moving Castle, in 18 top lists Check
  4. 564 -

    Les demoiselles de Rochefort

    1967 — a.k.a. The Young Girls of Rochefort, in 12 top lists Check
  5. 207 -

    Dumbo

    1941, in 9 top lists Check
  6. 200 -

    Pinocchio

    1940, in 15 top lists Check
  7. 835 -

    Who Framed Roger Rabbit

    1988, in 16 top lists Check
  8. 302 -

    Cinderella

    1950, in 6 top lists Check
  9. 666 -

    Barry Lyndon

    1975, in 24 top lists Check
  10. 198 -

    The Great Dictator

    1940, in 25 top lists Check
  11. 448 -

    Les quatre cents coups

    1959 — a.k.a. The 400 Blows, in 26 top lists Check
  12. 171 -

    Modern Times

    1936, in 30 top lists Check
  13. 298 -

    The Third Man

    1949, in 37 top lists Check
  14. 320 -

    Singin' in the Rain

    1952, in 37 top lists Check
  15. 443 -

    Vertigo

    1958, in 42 top lists Check
  16. 367 -

    Rear Window

    1954, in 31 top lists Check
  17. 578 -

    2001: A Space Odyssey

    1968, in 45 top lists Check
  18. 679 -

    11 x 14

    1977, in 1 top list Check
  19. 424 -

    12 Angry Men

    1957, in 30 top lists Check
  20. 574 -

    Le 17e parallèle: La guerre du peuple

    1968 — a.k.a. 17th Parallel: Vietnam in War, in 3 top lists Check
  21. 717 -

    1941

    1979, in 1 top list Check
  22. 544 -

    2 ou 3 choses que je sais d'elle

    1967 — a.k.a. Two or Three Things I Know About Her, in 10 top lists Check
  23. 1004 +7

    25th Hour

    2002, in 7 top lists Check
  24. 168 -

    The 39 Steps

    1935, in 16 top lists Check
  25. 349 -

    The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T.

    1953, in 4 top lists Check
  26. 75 -

    7th Heaven

    1927, in 11 top lists Check
  27. 501 -

    8½

    1963, in 35 top lists Check
  28. 355 -

    99 River Street

    1953, in 3 top lists Check
  29. 478 -

    Accattone

    1961, in 8 top lists Check
  30. 314 -

    Ace in the Hole

    1951, in 21 top lists Check
  31. 610 -

    The Act of Seeing with One's Own Eyes

    1971, in 9 top lists Check
  32. 283 -

    Adam's Rib

    1949, in 8 top lists Check
  33. 1120 new

    Adieu au langage

    2014 — a.k.a. Goodbye to Language, in 6 top lists Check
  34. 499 -

    Adieu Philippine

    1962, in 5 top lists Check
  35. 836 -

    The Adventures of Baron Munchausen

    1988, in 2 top lists Check
  36. 361 -

    The Adventures of Hajji Baba

    1954, in 2 top lists Check
  37. 753 -

    Adynata

    1983, in 1 top list Check
  38. 162 -

    Aerograd

    1935 — a.k.a. Frontier, in 3 top lists Check
  39. 414 -

    An Affair to Remember

    1957, in 9 top lists Check
  40. 1065 +7

    Afsaid

    2006 — a.k.a. Offside, in 2 top lists Check
  41. 628 -

    Aguirre, der Zorn Gottes

    1972 — a.k.a. Aguirre, the Wrath of God, in 18 top lists Check
  42. 856 -

    Ah Fei jing juen

    1990 — a.k.a. Days of Being Wild, in 11 top lists Check
  43. 683 -

    Ai no korîda

    1976 — a.k.a. In the Realm of the Senses, in 16 top lists Check
  44. 427 -

    Ajantrik

    1958 — a.k.a. Pathetic Fallacy, in 5 top lists Check
  45. 543 -

    Akai tenshi

    1966 — a.k.a. The Red Angel, in 3 top lists Check
  46. 937 -

    Al-massir

    1997 — a.k.a. Destiny, in 2 top lists Check
  47. 182 -

    Aleksandr Nevskiy

    1938 — a.k.a. Alexander Nevsky, in 10 top lists Check
  48. 650 -

    Alice in den Städten

    1974 — a.k.a. Alice in the Cities, in 10 top lists Check
  49. 300 -

    All About Eve

    1950, in 25 top lists Check
  50. 101 -

    All Quiet on the Western Front

    1930, in 19 top lists Check
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Last updated on Feb 27, 2016 by joachimt; source