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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. 298 -

    The Third Man

    1949, in 37 top lists Check
  2. 669 -

    The Killing of a Chinese Bookie

    1976, in 8 top lists Check
  3. 1112 new

    A torinói ló

    2011 — a.k.a. The Turin Horse, in 8 top lists Check
  4. 1069 +7

    I'm Not There

    2007, in 2 top lists Check
  5. 664 -

    A Woman Under the Influence

    1974, in 14 top lists Check
  6. 335 -

    Madame de...

    1953 — a.k.a. The Earrings of Madame De..., in 13 top lists Check
  7. 999 +7

    Spider

    2002, in 5 top lists Check
  8. 770 -

    Öszi almanach

    1984 — a.k.a. Almanac of Fall, in 2 top lists Check
  9. 920 -

    Safe

    1995, in 8 top lists Check
  10. 915 -

    Dead Man

    1995, in 12 top lists Check
  11. 382 -

    La signora senza camelie

    1953 — a.k.a. The Lady Without Camelias, in 3 top lists Check
  12. 567 -

    Faces

    1968, in 11 top lists Check
  13. 152 -

    L'Atalante

    1934, in 21 top lists Check
  14. 923 -

    Underground

    1995, in 9 top lists Check
  15. 375 -

    Le salaire de la peur

    1953 — a.k.a. The Wages of Fear, in 29 top lists Check
  16. 471 -

    Shadows

    1958, in 12 top lists Check
  17. 779 -

    Stranger Than Paradise

    1984, in 14 top lists Check
  18. 806 -

    Kárhozat

    1988 — a.k.a. Damnation, in 6 top lists Check
  19. 1044 +7

    Coffee and Cigarettes

    2003, in 1 top list Check
  20. 52 -

    The Thief of Bagdad

    1924, in 14 top lists Check
  21. 198 -

    The Great Dictator

    1940, in 25 top lists Check
  22. 944 -

    Ta'm e guilass

    1997 — a.k.a. Taste of Cherry, in 17 top lists Check
  23. 851 -

    Sweetie

    1989, in 5 top lists Check
  24. 901 -

    Mùi du du xanh

    1993 — a.k.a. The Scent of Green Papaya, in 5 top lists Check
  25. 97 -

    Chelovek s kino-apparatom

    1929 — a.k.a. Man with a Movie Camera, in 24 top lists Check
  26. 896 -

    Matinee

    1993, in 1 top list Check
  27. 316 -

    Bellissima

    1951 — a.k.a. Beautiful, in 6 top lists Check
  28. 67 -

    Kurutta ippêji

    1926 — a.k.a. A Page of Madness, in 12 top lists Check
  29. 32 -

    Nanook of the North

    1922, in 17 top lists Check
  30. 607 -

    Cuadecuc, vampir

    1971, in 4 top lists Check
  31. 535 -

    La noire de...

    1966 — a.k.a. Black Girl, in 9 top lists Check
  32. 939 -

    Chun gwong cha sit

    1997 — a.k.a. Happy Together, in 13 top lists Check
  33. 408 -

    Invasion of the Body Snatchers

    1956, in 19 top lists Check
  34. 389 -

    The Night of the Hunter

    1955, in 34 top lists Check
  35. 320 -

    Singin' in the Rain

    1952, in 37 top lists Check
  36. 455 -

    Pickpocket

    1959, in 20 top lists Check
  37. 639 -

    The Long Goodbye

    1973, in 15 top lists Check
  38. 909 -

    Trois couleurs: Rouge

    1994 — a.k.a. Three Colors: Red, in 20 top lists Check
  39. 171 -

    Modern Times

    1936, in 30 top lists Check
  40. 122 -

    Freaks

    1932, in 19 top lists Check
  41. 1015 +7

    King Kong

    1933, in 26 top lists Check
  42. 202 -

    The Shop Around the Corner

    1940, in 14 top lists Check
  43. 560 -

    Csillagosok, katonák

    1967 — a.k.a. The Red and the White, in 8 top lists Check
  44. 608 -

    Woodstock

    1970, in 13 top lists Check
  45. 1098 new

    Loong Boonmee raleuk chat

    2010 — a.k.a. Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives, in 13 top lists Check
  46. 359 -

    Tôkyô monogatari

    1953 — a.k.a. Tokyo Story, in 27 top lists Check
  47. 891 -

    Groundhog Day

    1993, in 22 top lists Check
  48. 981 +7

    Dokfa nai meuman

    2000 — a.k.a. Mysterious Object at Noon, in 6 top lists Check
  49. 121 -

    Boudu sauvé des eaux

    1932 — a.k.a. Boudu Saved from Drowning, in 9 top lists Check
  50. 89 -

    Arsenal

    1929, in 7 top lists Check
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