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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. 397 -

    The Trouble with Harry

    1955, in 2 top lists Check
  2. 353 -

    Kiss Me Kate

    1953, in 2 top lists Check
  3. 210 -

    Man Hunt

    1941, in 3 top lists Check
  4. 356 -

    Pickup on South Street

    1953, in 14 top lists Check
  5. 426 -

    The Wrong Man

    1956, in 8 top lists Check
  6. 243 -

    The Clock

    1945, in 4 top lists Check
  7. 3 -

    Le tunnel sous La Manche ou Le cauchemar...

    1907 — a.k.a. Tunneling the English Channel, in 4 top lists Check
  8. 512 -

    Deus e o Diabo na Terra do Sol

    1964 — a.k.a. Black God, White Devil, in 10 top lists Check
  9. 630 -

    Le charme discret de la bourgeoisie

    1972 — a.k.a. The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie, in 21 top lists Check
  10. 380 -

    The Eddy Duchin Story

    1956, in 1 top list Check
  11. 570 -

    Petulia

    1968, in 4 top lists Check
  12. 631 -

    Fat City

    1972, in 9 top lists Check
  13. 468 -

    Let's Make Love

    1960 — a.k.a. The Billionaire, in 1 top list Check
  14. 47 -

    Die Nibelungen: Kriemhilds Rache

    1924 — a.k.a. Die Nibelungen: Kriemhild's Revenge, in 13 top lists Check
  15. 46 -

    Die Nibelungen: Siegfried

    1924, in 13 top lists Check
  16. 336 -

    Monkey Business

    1952, in 4 top lists Check
  17. 254 -

    A Matter of Life and Death

    1946, in 22 top lists Check
  18. 48 -

    Paris qui dort

    1925 — a.k.a. At 3:25, in 4 top lists Check
  19. 282 -

    They Live by Night

    1948, in 13 top lists Check
  20. 341 -

    Son of Paleface

    1952, in 2 top lists Check
  21. 136 -

    Das Testament des Dr. Mabuse

    1933 — a.k.a. The Testament of Dr. Mabuse, in 13 top lists Check
  22. 138 -

    Vampyr

    1932, in 18 top lists Check
  23. 179 -

    Make Way for Tomorrow

    1937, in 16 top lists Check
  24. 157 -

    Our Daily Bread

    1934, in 3 top lists Check
  25. 90 -

    Black and Tan

    1929, in 3 top lists Check
  26. 95 -

    Lonesome

    1928, in 9 top lists Check
  27. 82 -

    The Docks of New York

    1928, in 9 top lists Check
  28. 72 -

    It

    1927, in 6 top lists Check
  29. 32 -

    Nanook of the North

    1922, in 17 top lists Check
  30. 34 -

    Foolish Wives

    1922, in 10 top lists Check
  31. 29 -

    Cops

    1922, in 10 top lists Check
  32. 14 -

    The Wishing Ring: An Idyll of Old England

    1914, in 2 top lists Check
  33. 5 -

    The Musketeers of Pig Alley

    1912, in 8 top lists Check
  34. 1107 new

    Bernie

    2011, in 1 top list Check
  35. 1110 new

    Holy Motors

    2012, in 11 top lists Check
  36. 309 -

    Panic in the Streets

    1950, in 5 top lists Check
  37. 398 -

    Wichita

    1955, in 2 top lists Check
  38. 132 -

    The Music Box

    1932, in 9 top lists Check
  39. 182 -

    Aleksandr Nevskiy

    1938 — a.k.a. Alexander Nevsky, in 10 top lists Check
  40. 683 -

    Ai no korîda

    1976 — a.k.a. In the Realm of the Senses, in 16 top lists Check
  41. 1026 +7

    Pete Kelly's Blues

    1955, in 1 top list Check
  42. 246 -

    Scarlet Street

    1945, in 10 top lists Check
  43. 1069 +7

    I'm Not There

    2007, in 2 top lists Check
  44. 1057 +7

    Away from Her

    2006, in 3 top lists Check
  45. 1059 +7

    Zwartboek

    2006 — a.k.a. Black Book, in 5 top lists Check
  46. 377 -

    Bad Day at Black Rock

    1955, in 7 top lists Check
  47. 514 -

    Gertrud

    1964, in 11 top lists Check
  48. 274 -

    The Lady from Shanghai

    1947, in 9 top lists Check
  49. 295 -

    Samson and Delilah

    1949, in 4 top lists Check
  50. 564 -

    Les demoiselles de Rochefort

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