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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. 375 -

    Le salaire de la peur

    1953 — a.k.a. The Wages of Fear, in 29 top lists Check
  2. 50 -

    Sherlock Jr.

    1924, in 24 top lists Check
  3. 638 -

    F for Fake

    1973, in 11 top lists Check
  4. 813 -

    The Last Emperor

    1987, in 14 top lists Check
  5. 153 -

    The Black Cat

    1934, in 8 top lists Check
  6. 76 -

    Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans

    1927 — a.k.a. Sunrise, in 36 top lists Check
  7. 322 -

    A Streetcar Named Desire

    1951, in 15 top lists Check
  8. 655 -

    The Conversation

    1974, in 23 top lists Check
  9. 306 -

    In a Lonely Place

    1950, in 19 top lists Check
  10. 877 -

    Bram Stoker's Dracula

    1992, in 6 top lists Check
  11. 876 -

    Basic Instinct

    1992, in 10 top lists Check
  12. 423 -

    Sweet Smell of Success

    1957, in 20 top lists Check
  13. 1126 new

    Ex Machina

    2014, in 5 top lists Check
  14. 453 -

    À bout de souffle

    1960 — a.k.a. Breathless, in 29 top lists Check
  15. 308 -

    Orphée

    1950 — a.k.a. Orpheus, in 18 top lists Check
  16. 507 -

    Shock Corridor

    1963, in 14 top lists Check
  17. 201 -

    Rebecca

    1940, in 23 top lists Check
  18. 84 -

    La passion de Jeanne d'Arc

    1928 — a.k.a. The Passion of Joan of Arc, in 27 top lists Check
  19. 200 -

    Pinocchio

    1940, in 16 top lists Check
  20. 509 -

    Bande à part

    1964 — a.k.a. Band of Outsiders, in 13 top lists Check
  21. 835 -

    Who Framed Roger Rabbit

    1988, in 16 top lists Check
  22. 266 -

    Out of the Past

    1947, in 16 top lists Check
  23. 1121 new

    Citizenfour

    2014, in 3 top lists Check
  24. 231 -

    Brief Encounter

    1945, in 22 top lists Check
  25. 235 -

    Laura

    1944, in 21 top lists Check
  26. 628 -

    Aguirre, der Zorn Gottes

    1972 — a.k.a. Aguirre, the Wrath of God, in 18 top lists Check
  27. 592 -

    The Wild Bunch

    1969, in 25 top lists Check
  28. 317 -

    The Day the Earth Stood Still

    1951, in 12 top lists Check
  29. 1008 +7

    Elephant

    2003, in 10 top lists Check
  30. 515 -

    A Hard Day's Night

    1964, in 18 top lists Check
  31. 163 -

    Bride of Frankenstein

    1935, in 19 top lists Check
  32. 409 -

    The Killing

    1956, in 15 top lists Check
  33. 769 -

    Videodrome

    1983, in 18 top lists Check
  34. 442 -

    Touch of Evil

    1958, in 30 top lists Check
  35. 314 -

    Ace in the Hole

    1951, in 21 top lists Check
  36. 968 +7

    Rushmore

    1998, in 11 top lists Check
  37. 454 -

    Peeping Tom

    1960, in 20 top lists Check
  38. 58 -

    Metropolis

    1927, in 36 top lists Check
  39. 494 -

    The Manchurian Candidate

    1962, in 15 top lists Check
  40. 842 -

    Do the Right Thing

    1989, in 25 top lists Check
  41. 302 -

    Cinderella

    1950, in 6 top lists Check
  42. 198 -

    The Great Dictator

    1940, in 25 top lists Check
  43. 448 -

    Les quatre cents coups

    1959 — a.k.a. The 400 Blows, in 26 top lists Check
  44. 331 -

    Ikiru

    1952, in 25 top lists Check
  45. 984 +7

    A.I. Artificial Intelligence

    2001, in 11 top lists Check
  46. 960 +7

    Eyes Wide Shut

    1999, in 11 top lists Check
  47. 300 -

    All About Eve

    1950, in 25 top lists Check
  48. 533 -

    Andrey Rublyov

    1966 — a.k.a. Andrei Rublev, in 29 top lists Check
  49. 501 -

    8½

    1963, in 35 top lists Check
  50. 70 -

    The General

    1926, in 33 top lists Check
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Last updated on Feb 27, 2016 by joachimt; source