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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. 646 -

    Salomè

    1972, in 1 top list Check
  2. 879 -

    Close My Eyes

    1991, in 1 top list Check
  3. 921 -

    Salam Cinema

    1995 — a.k.a. Hello Cinema, in 6 top lists Check
  4. 550 -

    La Cina è vicina

    1967 — a.k.a. China Is Near, in 1 top list Check
  5. 439 -

    Une simple histoire

    1959 — a.k.a. A Simple Story, in 3 top lists Check
  6. 162 -

    Aerograd

    1935 — a.k.a. Frontier, in 3 top lists Check
  7. 125 -

    Ivan

    1932, in 3 top lists Check
  8. 788 -

    Shoah

    1985, in 18 top lists Check
  9. 962 +7

    Seul contre tous

    1998 — a.k.a. I Stand Alone, in 6 top lists Check
  10. 464 -

    Meghe Dhaka Tara

    1960 — a.k.a. The Cloud-Capped Star, in 12 top lists Check
  11. 554 -

    Ljubavni slucaj ili tragedija sluzbenice P.T.T.

    1967 — a.k.a. Love Affair, or the Case of the Missing Switchboard Operator, in 5 top lists Check
  12. 622 -

    Reminiscences of a Journey to Lithuania

    1972, in 5 top lists Check
  13. 489 -

    Yukinojô henge

    1963 — a.k.a. An Actor's Revenge, in 7 top lists Check
  14. 573 -

    Sayat Nova

    1969 — a.k.a. The Color of Pomegranates, in 12 top lists Check
  15. 733 -

    Out of the Blue

    1980, in 4 top lists Check
  16. 499 -

    Adieu Philippine

    1962, in 5 top lists Check
  17. 1012 +7

    The Same River Twice

    2003, in 1 top list Check
  18. 14 -

    The Wishing Ring: An Idyll of Old England

    1914, in 2 top lists Check
  19. 128 -

    Tavaszi zápor

    1932 — a.k.a. Spring Shower, in 2 top lists Check
  20. 589 -

    Mr. Freedom

    1968, in 4 top lists Check
  21. 959 +7

    L'assedio

    1998 — a.k.a. Besieged, in 1 top list Check
  22. 269 -

    The Argyle Secrets

    1948, in 1 top list Check
  23. 839 -

    Chameleon Street

    1989, in 3 top lists Check
  24. 218 -

    Les visiteurs du soir

    1942 — a.k.a. The Devil's Envoys, in 3 top lists Check
  25. 882 -

    Guelwaar

    1992, in 3 top lists Check
  26. 823 -

    Camp de Thiaroye

    1988, in 6 top lists Check
  27. 979 +7

    Dong

    1998 — a.k.a. The Hole, in 5 top lists Check
  28. 898 -

    La naissance de l'amour

    1993 — a.k.a. The Birth of Love, in 2 top lists Check
  29. 324 -

    The Well

    1951, in 2 top lists Check
  30. 969 +7

    Ruang talok 69

    1999 — a.k.a. 6ixtynin9, in 2 top lists Check
  31. 613 -

    Quatre nuits d'un rêveur

    1971 — a.k.a. Four Nights of a Dreamer, in 4 top lists Check
  32. 1003 +7

    The Tracker

    2002, in 3 top lists Check
  33. 479 -

    Chronique d'un été (Paris 1960)

    1961 — a.k.a. Chronicle of a Summer, in 8 top lists Check
  34. 920 -

    Safe

    1995, in 8 top lists Check
  35. 987 +7

    The Mad Songs of Fernanda Hussein

    2001, in 1 top list Check
  36. 767 -

    Unknown Chaplin

    1983, in 1 top list Check
  37. 643 -

    Sanrizuka: Heta buraku

    1973, in 2 top lists Check
  38. 611 -

    Der Tod der Maria Malibran

    1972 — a.k.a. The Death of Maria Malibran, in 3 top lists Check
  39. 707 -

    Genèse d'un repas

    1979 — a.k.a. Origins of a Meal, in 1 top list Check
  40. 885 -

    The Long Day Closes

    1992, in 9 top lists Check
  41. 825 -

    Distant Voices, Still Lives

    1988, in 11 top lists Check
  42. 665 -

    Anatomie d'un rapport

    1976 — a.k.a. Anatomy of a Relationship, in 1 top list Check
  43. 580 -

    <--->

    1969 — a.k.a. Back and Forth, in 2 top lists Check
  44. 24 -

    Die Austernprinzessin

    1919 — a.k.a. The Oyster Princess, in 8 top lists Check
  45. 28 -

    Die Puppe

    1919 — a.k.a. The Doll, in 7 top lists Check
  46. 883 -

    The Hours and Times

    1991, in 2 top lists Check
  47. 786 -

    Next of Kin

    1984, in 1 top list Check
  48. 656 -

    Eadweard Muybridge, Zoopraxographer

    1975, in 2 top lists Check
  49. 939 -

    Chun gwong cha sit

    1997 — a.k.a. Happy Together, in 13 top lists Check
  50. 752 -

    You Are Not I

    1981, in 1 top list Check
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