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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. 495 -

    The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

    1962, in 16 top lists Check
  2. 494 -

    The Manchurian Candidate

    1962, in 15 top lists Check
  3. 457 -

    Rio Bravo

    1959, in 19 top lists Check
  4. 435 -

    Mon oncle

    1958 — a.k.a. My Uncle, in 17 top lists Check
  5. 366 -

    Les vacances de Monsieur Hulot

    1953 — a.k.a. Monsieur Hulot's Holiday, in 22 top lists Check
  6. 256 -

    Notorious

    1946, in 24 top lists Check
  7. 209 -

    The Maltese Falcon

    1941, in 27 top lists Check
  8. 200 -

    Pinocchio

    1940, in 15 top lists Check
  9. 73 -

    Oktyabr

    1927 — a.k.a. October (Ten Days that Shook the World), in 12 top lists Check
  10. 279 -

    Rope

    1948, in 10 top lists Check
  11. 248 -

    La belle et la bête

    1946 — a.k.a. Beauty and the Beast, in 26 top lists Check
  12. 185 -

    The Lady Vanishes

    1938, in 15 top lists Check
  13. 168 -

    The 39 Steps

    1935, in 16 top lists Check
  14. 1015 +7

    King Kong

    1933, in 26 top lists Check
  15. 35 -

    Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens

    1922 — a.k.a. Nosferatu, in 28 top lists Check
  16. 472 -

    Spartacus

    1960, in 19 top lists Check
  17. 249 -

    The Best Years of Our Lives

    1946, in 30 top lists Check
  18. 1048 +7

    Before Sunset

    2004, in 18 top lists Check
  19. 891 -

    Groundhog Day

    1993, in 22 top lists Check
  20. 84 -

    La passion de Jeanne d'Arc

    1928 — a.k.a. The Passion of Joan of Arc, in 27 top lists Check
  21. 298 -

    The Third Man

    1949, in 37 top lists Check
  22. 1052 +7

    Hauru no ugoku shiro

    2004 — a.k.a. Howl's Moving Castle, in 18 top lists Check
  23. 270 -

    Ladri di biciclette

    1948 — a.k.a. Bicycle Thieves, in 36 top lists Check
  24. 331 -

    Ikiru

    1952, in 25 top lists Check
  25. 116 -

    M - Eine Stadt sucht einen Mörder

    1931 — a.k.a. M, in 35 top lists Check
  26. 320 -

    Singin' in the Rain

    1952, in 37 top lists Check
  27. 198 -

    The Great Dictator

    1940, in 25 top lists Check
  28. 578 -

    2001: A Space Odyssey

    1968, in 45 top lists Check
  29. 628 -

    Aguirre, der Zorn Gottes

    1972 — a.k.a. Aguirre, the Wrath of God, in 18 top lists Check
  30. 683 -

    Ai no korîda

    1976 — a.k.a. In the Realm of the Senses, in 16 top lists Check
  31. 650 -

    Alice in den Städten

    1974 — a.k.a. Alice in the Cities, in 10 top lists Check
  32. 714 -

    All That Jazz

    1979, in 19 top lists Check
  33. 715 -

    Apocalypse Now

    1979, in 37 top lists Check
  34. 637 -

    Badlands

    1973, in 23 top lists Check
  35. 666 -

    Barry Lyndon

    1975, in 24 top lists Check
  36. 840 -

    Bei qing cheng shi

    1989 — a.k.a. A City of Sadness, in 10 top lists Check
  37. 548 -

    Belle de jour

    1967 — a.k.a. Belle de Jour, in 21 top lists Check
  38. 746 -

    Blade Runner

    1982, in 36 top lists Check
  39. 549 -

    Bonnie and Clyde

    1967, in 28 top lists Check
  40. 655 -

    The Conversation

    1974, in 23 top lists Check
  41. 793 -

    Down by Law

    1986, in 9 top lists Check
  42. 638 -

    F for Fake

    1973, in 11 top lists Check
  43. 808 -

    Full Metal Jacket

    1987, in 18 top lists Check
  44. 762 -

    The King of Comedy

    1982, in 15 top lists Check
  45. 1035 +7

    L'armée des ombres

    1969 — a.k.a. Army of Shadows, in 18 top lists Check
  46. 639 -

    The Long Goodbye

    1973, in 15 top lists Check
  47. 588 -

    Ma nuit chez Maud

    1969 — a.k.a. My Night at Maud's, in 15 top lists Check
  48. 1039 +7

    The Other Side of the Wind

    2018, in 3 top lists Check
  49. 569 -

    The Party

    1968, in 4 top lists Check
  50. 542 -

    Persona

    1966, in 25 top lists Check
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Last updated on Feb 27, 2016 by joachimt; source