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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. 448 -

    Les quatre cents coups

    1959 — a.k.a. The 400 Blows, in 26 top lists Check
  2. 674 -

    Professione: reporter

    1975 — a.k.a. The Passenger, in 11 top lists Check
  3. 482 -

    The Hustler

    1961, in 15 top lists Check
  4. 270 -

    Ladri di biciclette

    1948 — a.k.a. Bicycle Thieves, in 36 top lists Check
  5. 59 -

    Bronenosets Potemkin

    1925 — a.k.a. Battleship Potemkin, in 27 top lists Check
  6. 255 -

    My Darling Clementine

    1946, in 20 top lists Check
  7. 1035 +7

    L'armée des ombres

    1969 — a.k.a. Army of Shadows, in 18 top lists Check
  8. 206 -

    Citizen Kane

    1941, in 39 top lists Check
  9. 906 -

    Exotica

    1994, in 7 top lists Check
  10. 655 -

    The Conversation

    1974, in 23 top lists Check
  11. 266 -

    Out of the Past

    1947, in 16 top lists Check
  12. 213 -

    Cat People

    1942, in 15 top lists Check
  13. 615 -

    McCabe & Mrs. Miller

    1971, in 20 top lists Check
  14. 715 -

    Apocalypse Now

    1979, in 37 top lists Check
  15. 231 -

    Brief Encounter

    1945, in 22 top lists Check
  16. 734 -

    The Shining

    1980, in 28 top lists Check
  17. 209 -

    The Maltese Falcon

    1941, in 27 top lists Check
  18. 292 -

    Banshun

    1949 — a.k.a. Late Spring, in 16 top lists Check
  19. 1116 new

    Gloria

    2013, in 4 top lists Check
  20. 808 -

    Full Metal Jacket

    1987, in 18 top lists Check
  21. 578 -

    2001: A Space Odyssey

    1968, in 45 top lists Check
  22. 666 -

    Barry Lyndon

    1975, in 24 top lists Check
  23. 557 -

    Point Blank

    1967, in 15 top lists Check
  24. 1064 +7

    Inland Empire

    2006, in 10 top lists Check
  25. 631 -

    Fat City

    1972, in 9 top lists Check
  26. 283 -

    Adam's Rib

    1949, in 8 top lists Check
  27. 367 -

    Rear Window

    1954, in 31 top lists Check
  28. 549 -

    Bonnie and Clyde

    1967, in 28 top lists Check
  29. 207 -

    Dumbo

    1941, in 9 top lists Check
  30. 200 -

    Pinocchio

    1940, in 15 top lists Check
  31. 302 -

    Cinderella

    1950, in 6 top lists Check
  32. 411 -

    The Searchers

    1956, in 26 top lists Check
  33. 278 -

    The Red Shoes

    1948, in 27 top lists Check
  34. 997 +7

    Femme Fatale

    2002, in 5 top lists Check
  35. 592 -

    The Wild Bunch

    1969, in 25 top lists Check
  36. 988 +7

    Mulholland Dr.

    2001 — a.k.a. Mulholland Drive, in 26 top lists Check
  37. 360 -

    Ugetsu monogatari

    1953 — a.k.a. Ugetsu, in 25 top lists Check
  38. 331 -

    Ikiru

    1952, in 25 top lists Check
  39. 359 -

    Tôkyô monogatari

    1953 — a.k.a. Tokyo Story, in 27 top lists Check
  40. 214 -

    Genroku Chûshingura

    1941 — a.k.a. The 47 Ronin, in 4 top lists Check
  41. 366 -

    Les vacances de Monsieur Hulot

    1953 — a.k.a. Monsieur Hulot's Holiday, in 22 top lists Check
  42. 446 -

    L'avventura

    1960 — a.k.a. L'Avventura, in 24 top lists Check
  43. 1078 new

    The Wire

    2002, in 2 top lists Check
  44. 248 -

    La belle et la bête

    1946 — a.k.a. Beauty and the Beast, in 26 top lists Check
  45. 185 -

    The Lady Vanishes

    1938, in 15 top lists Check
  46. 920 -

    Safe

    1995, in 8 top lists Check
  47. 1005 +7

    Y tu mamá también

    2001, in 15 top lists Check
  48. 876 -

    Basic Instinct

    1992, in 10 top lists Check
  49. 968 +7

    Rushmore

    1998, in 11 top lists Check
  50. 443 -

    Vertigo

    1958, in 42 top lists Check
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Last updated on Feb 27, 2016 by joachimt; source