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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. 544 -

    2 ou 3 choses que je sais d'elle

    1967 — a.k.a. Two or Three Things I Know About Her, in 10 top lists Check
  2. 453 -

    À bout de souffle

    1960 — a.k.a. Breathless, in 29 top lists Check
  3. 84 -

    La passion de Jeanne d'Arc

    1928 — a.k.a. The Passion of Joan of Arc, in 27 top lists Check
  4. 278 -

    The Red Shoes

    1948, in 27 top lists Check
  5. 664 -

    A Woman Under the Influence

    1974, in 14 top lists Check
  6. 867 -

    Les amants du Pont-Neuf

    1991 — a.k.a. The Lovers on the Bridge, in 11 top lists Check
  7. 615 -

    McCabe & Mrs. Miller

    1971, in 20 top lists Check
  8. 331 -

    Ikiru

    1952, in 25 top lists Check
  9. 82 -

    The Docks of New York

    1928, in 9 top lists Check
  10. 365 -

    Johnny Guitar

    1954, in 21 top lists Check
  11. 1088 new

    The Limits of Control

    2009, in 1 top list Check
  12. 360 -

    Ugetsu monogatari

    1953 — a.k.a. Ugetsu, in 25 top lists Check
  13. 474 -

    Tirez sur le pianiste

    1960 — a.k.a. Shoot the Piano Player, in 10 top lists Check
  14. 691 -

    Eraserhead

    1977, in 20 top lists Check
  15. 472 -

    Spartacus

    1960, in 19 top lists Check
  16. 298 -

    The Third Man

    1949, in 37 top lists Check
  17. 939 -

    Chun gwong cha sit

    1997 — a.k.a. Happy Together, in 13 top lists Check
  18. 592 -

    The Wild Bunch

    1969, in 25 top lists Check
  19. 35 -

    Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens

    1922 — a.k.a. Nosferatu, in 28 top lists Check
  20. 59 -

    Bronenosets Potemkin

    1925 — a.k.a. Battleship Potemkin, in 27 top lists Check
  21. 359 -

    Tôkyô monogatari

    1953 — a.k.a. Tokyo Story, in 27 top lists Check
  22. 637 -

    Badlands

    1973, in 23 top lists Check
  23. 1044 +7

    Coffee and Cigarettes

    2003, in 1 top list Check
  24. 487 -

    Viridiana

    1961, in 24 top lists Check
  25. 192 -

    La règle du jeu

    1939 — a.k.a. The Rules of the Game, in 24 top lists Check
  26. 791 -

    Sans toit ni loi

    1985 — a.k.a. Vagabond, in 10 top lists Check
  27. 235 -

    Laura

    1944, in 21 top lists Check
  28. 445 -

    Anatomy of a Murder

    1959, in 12 top lists Check
  29. 426 -

    The Wrong Man

    1956, in 8 top lists Check
  30. 655 -

    The Conversation

    1974, in 23 top lists Check
  31. 999 +7

    Spider

    2002, in 5 top lists Check
  32. 116 -

    M - Eine Stadt sucht einen Mörder

    1931 — a.k.a. M, in 35 top lists Check
  33. 454 -

    Peeping Tom

    1960, in 20 top lists Check
  34. 1004 +7

    25th Hour

    2002, in 7 top lists Check
  35. 721 -

    Stalker

    1979, in 22 top lists Check
  36. 984 +7

    A.I. Artificial Intelligence

    2001, in 11 top lists Check
  37. 1107 new

    Bernie

    2011, in 1 top list Check
  38. 495 -

    The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

    1962, in 16 top lists Check
  39. 274 -

    The Lady from Shanghai

    1947, in 9 top lists Check
  40. 138 -

    Vampyr

    1932, in 18 top lists Check
  41. 171 -

    Modern Times

    1936, in 30 top lists Check
  42. 887 -

    Bitter Moon

    1992, in 3 top lists Check
  43. 500 -

    Le mépris

    1963 — a.k.a. Contempt, in 17 top lists Check
  44. 997 +7

    Femme Fatale

    2002, in 5 top lists Check
  45. 842 -

    Do the Right Thing

    1989, in 25 top lists Check
  46. 1117 new

    Locke

    2013, in 1 top list Check
  47. 501 -

    8½

    1963, in 35 top lists Check
  48. 70 -

    The General

    1926, in 33 top lists Check
  49. 50 -

    Sherlock Jr.

    1924, in 24 top lists Check
  50. 639 -

    The Long Goodbye

    1973, in 15 top lists Check
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