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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. 622 -

    Reminiscences of a Journey to Lithuania

    1972, in 5 top lists Check
  2. 585 -

    The Grandmother

    1970, in 1 top list Check
  3. 71 -

    La glace à trois faces

    1927 — a.k.a. The Three-Sided Mirror, in 3 top lists Check
  4. 14 -

    The Wishing Ring: An Idyll of Old England

    1914, in 2 top lists Check
  5. 1098 new

    Loong Boonmee raleuk chat

    2010 — a.k.a. Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives, in 13 top lists Check
  6. 924 -

    When It Rains

    1995, in 2 top lists Check
  7. 869 -

    Guling jie shaonian sharen shijian

    1991 — a.k.a. A Brighter Summer Day, in 19 top lists Check
  8. 556 -

    Playtime

    1967, in 19 top lists Check
  9. 615 -

    McCabe & Mrs. Miller

    1971, in 20 top lists Check
  10. 819 -

    Khane-ye doust kodjast?

    1987 — a.k.a. Where Is the Friend's House?, in 15 top lists Check
  11. 564 -

    Les demoiselles de Rochefort

    1967 — a.k.a. The Young Girls of Rochefort, in 12 top lists Check
  12. 126 -

    Otona no miru ehon - Umarete wa mita keredo

    1932 — a.k.a. I Was Born, But..., in 15 top lists Check
  13. 36 -

    Orphans of the Storm

    1921, in 7 top lists Check
  14. 47 -

    Die Nibelungen: Kriemhilds Rache

    1924 — a.k.a. Die Nibelungen: Kriemhild's Revenge, in 12 top lists Check
  15. 46 -

    Die Nibelungen: Siegfried

    1924, in 13 top lists Check
  16. 373 -

    A Star Is Born

    1954, in 13 top lists Check
  17. 18 -

    Judex

    1916, in 6 top lists Check
  18. 13 -

    L'enfant de Paris

    1913, in 6 top lists Check
  19. 20 -

    Tih Minh

    1918, in 9 top lists Check
  20. 123 -

    Horse Feathers

    1932, in 6 top lists Check
  21. 714 -

    All That Jazz

    1979, in 19 top lists Check
  22. 102 -

    Der blaue Engel

    1930 — a.k.a. The Blue Angel, in 17 top lists Check
  23. 983 +7

    Yi yi

    2000 — a.k.a. Yi Yi: A One and a Two..., in 19 top lists Check
  24. 136 -

    Das Testament des Dr. Mabuse

    1933 — a.k.a. The Testament of Dr. Mabuse, in 13 top lists Check
  25. 431 -

    Gigi

    1958, in 11 top lists Check
  26. 545 -

    The War Game

    1966, in 12 top lists Check
  27. 608 -

    Woodstock

    1970, in 12 top lists Check
  28. 1064 +7

    Inland Empire

    2006, in 10 top lists Check
  29. 306 -

    In a Lonely Place

    1950, in 19 top lists Check
  30. 1035 +7

    L'armée des ombres

    1969 — a.k.a. Army of Shadows, in 18 top lists Check
  31. 202 -

    The Shop Around the Corner

    1940, in 14 top lists Check
  32. 179 -

    Make Way for Tomorrow

    1937, in 16 top lists Check
  33. 10 -

    Le faux magistrat

    1914 — a.k.a. Fantômas: The False Magistrate, in 9 top lists Check
  34. 9 -

    Fantômas contre Fantômas

    1914 — a.k.a. Fantomas: The Mysterious Finger Print, in 9 top lists Check
  35. 8 -

    Le mort qui tue

    1913 — a.k.a. Fantômas: The Dead Man Who Killed, in 9 top lists Check
  36. 7 -

    Juve contre Fantômas

    1913 — a.k.a. Fantomas: The Man in Black, in 9 top lists Check
  37. 6 -

    Fantômas - À l'ombre de la guillotine

    1913 — a.k.a. Fantômas: In the Shadow of the Guillotine, in 9 top lists Check
  38. 1005 +7

    Y tu mamá también

    2001, in 15 top lists Check
  39. 213 -

    Cat People

    1942, in 15 top lists Check
  40. 30 -

    Der müde Tod

    1921 — a.k.a. Destiny, in 8 top lists Check
  41. 565 -

    Der Bräutigam, die Komödiantin und der Zuhälter

    1968 — a.k.a. The Bridegroom, the Comedienne and the Pimp, in 1 top list Check
  42. 854 -

    Nema-ye Nazdik

    1990 — a.k.a. Close-Up, in 21 top lists Check
  43. 552 -

    David Holzman's Diary

    1967, in 7 top lists Check
  44. 801 -

    Joan Does Dynasty

    1986, in 1 top list Check
  45. 841 -

    The Deadman

    1987, in 1 top list Check
  46. 16 -

    A Burlesque on Carmen

    1915, in 1 top list Check
  47. 83 -

    Leave 'Em Laughing

    1928, in 1 top list Check
  48. 918 -

    A Great Day in Harlem

    1994, in 1 top list Check
  49. 788 -

    Shoah

    1985, in 18 top lists Check
  50. 1053 +7

    The Power of Nightmares: The Rise of the...

    2004 — a.k.a. The Power of Nightmares, in 4 top lists Check
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