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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. 139 -

    Zéro de conduite: Jeunes diables au collège

    1933 — a.k.a. Zero for Conduct, in 17 top lists Check
  2. 945 -

    Yours

    1998, in 1 top list Check
  3. 685 -

    Wide Angle Saxon

    1975, in 1 top list Check
  4. 924 -

    When It Rains

    1995, in 2 top lists Check
  5. 804 -

    A Western

    1987, in 1 top list Check
  6. 930 -

    Vostochnaya elegiya

    1996, in 1 top list Check
  7. 698 -

    Valse Triste

    1977, in 1 top list Check
  8. 817 -

    Universal Hotel

    1986, in 1 top list Check
  9. 816 -

    Universal Citizen

    1987, in 1 top list Check
  10. 88 -

    Two Tars

    1928, in 4 top lists Check
  11. 743 -

    Two Portraits

    1982, in 1 top list Check
  12. 3 -

    Le tunnel sous La Manche ou Le cauchemar...

    1907 — a.k.a. Tunneling the English Channel, in 4 top lists Check
  13. 412 -

    Toute la mémoire du monde

    1956, in 4 top lists Check
  14. 1097 new

    Toujours moins

    2010, in 1 top list Check
  15. 1074 new

    Too Much Johnson

    1938, in 1 top list Check
  16. 1014 +7

    Symphonie diagonale

    1924 — a.k.a. Symphonie diaganale, in 3 top lists Check
  17. 69 -

    Sur un air de Charleston

    1927 — a.k.a. Charleston Parade, in 1 top list Check
  18. 149 -

    Stoopnocracy

    1933, in 1 top list Check
  19. 342 -

    Les statues meurent aussi

    1953 — a.k.a. Statues also Die, in 4 top lists Check
  20. 850 -

    A Spy in the House that Ruth Built

    1990, in 1 top list Check
  21. 2 -

    La sortie de l'usine Lumière à Lyon

    1895 — a.k.a. Leaving the Factory, in 10 top lists Check
  22. 976 +7

    The Silent Majority

    1987, in 1 top list Check
  23. 54 -

    Shakhmatnaya goryachka

    1925 — a.k.a. Chess Fever, in 2 top lists Check
  24. 822 -

    Schwarze Sünde

    1989, in 1 top list Check
  25. 604 -

    Scenes from Under Childhood Section #4

    1970, in 3 top lists Check
  26. 603 -

    Scenes from Under Childhood Section #3

    1969, in 2 top lists Check
  27. 602 -

    Scenes from Under Childhood Section #2

    1969, in 2 top lists Check
  28. 601 -

    Scenes from Under Childhood Section #1

    1969, in 3 top lists Check
  29. 286 -

    Le sang des bêtes

    1949 — a.k.a. Blood of the Beasts, in 10 top lists Check
  30. 174 -

    Rose Hobart

    1936, in 6 top lists Check
  31. 531 -

    Report

    1967, in 4 top lists Check
  32. 226 -

    Red Hot Riding Hood

    1943, in 5 top lists Check
  33. 831 -

    Puissance de la parole

    1988, in 2 top lists Check
  34. 119 -

    Philips-Radio

    1931, in 1 top list Check
  35. 85 -

    La petite marchande d'allumettes

    1928 — a.k.a. The Little Match Girl, in 2 top lists Check
  36. 787 -

    Passionless Moments

    1983, in 1 top list Check
  37. 48 -

    Paris qui dort

    1925 — a.k.a. At 3:25, in 4 top lists Check
  38. 19 -

    One A.M.

    1916, in 4 top lists Check
  39. 519 -

    Noviciat

    1965, in 1 top list Check
  40. 777 -

    Mutable Fire

    1984, in 1 top list Check
  41. 5 -

    The Musketeers of Pig Alley

    1912, in 8 top lists Check
  42. 264 -

    Motion Painting No. 1

    1947, in 2 top lists Check
  43. 434 -

    Les mistons

    1957 — a.k.a. The Mischief Makers, in 1 top list Check
  44. 731 -

    The Metaphor

    1980, in 1 top list Check
  45. 503 -

    Méditerranée

    1963, in 5 top lists Check
  46. 420 -

    Les maîtres fous

    1955 — a.k.a. The Mad Masters, in 6 top lists Check
  47. 709 -

    Lmno

    1978, in 1 top list Check
  48. 293 -

    Little Rural Riding Hood

    1949, in 2 top lists Check
  49. 287 -

    L'école des facteurs

    1947 — a.k.a. The School for Postmen, in 1 top list Check
  50. 83 -

    Leave 'Em Laughing

    1928, in 1 top list Check
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Last updated on Feb 27, 2016 by joachimt; source